Comic Title: Hawk and Dove #16
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1990
On Sale Date: July 24, 1990 Shipping Date July 24, 1990
Source: Previews, #17

Shipping Date July 24, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #181

Copyright Date July 24, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Michael Eury

Title: "Forces of Nature"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Hawk and Dove (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)
Writer: Karl Kesel
Penciller: Greg Guler
Inker: Scott Hanna
Letterer: Robert M. Pinaha
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Feature Character(s)

• Hawk (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Dove (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Renata Takamori (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)

Villain(s)

• M'Shulla (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Kestrel (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Flaw and Child (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Barter (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• M'Shulla's army (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)

Other Character(s)

• Rome (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Loranne (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Crane (a craftsman; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• The people of Druspa Tau (last appearance in Hawk and Dove #15; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• Terataya (last appearance in Secret Origins #43; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)
• T'Charr (last appearance in Secret Origins #43; next appearance in Hawk and Dove #17)

Comments:
This story is continued from Hawk and Dove #15 and continues in Hawk and Dove #17.

Synopsis:
Hawk uses the magic tridic metals of the world of Druspa Tau to fashion modern weapons for his assault on a tower containing the last of the world's defenders. Dove battles Hawk to a standstill, but M'Shulla's forces make headway into the tower. Hawk then brings about the collapse of a mountainside which destroys the tower. When all is seemingly lost, Rome encounters Barter who provides him with the true name of the Lord of Order who once protected the world. Once the name is spoken, Terataya is able enter the world in the form of a large dragon.