Tony Daniel chose to focus on Hawkman as an archaeologist. This ties into the secret identity of the pre-"New DC" Hawkman. Daniel introduces a team that is salvaging an alien spaceship from the bottom of the ocean. It comes across as a mixture of Indiana Jones and Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt. Unfortunately the rest of the story does not hold up as well. The villain of the story appears to be a Venom rip off. Hopefully, Daniel fleshes out the background and characterization of the villain to make it seem different from Marvel's Venom.
This is a book that has potential. I will stick around for a few issues to see if the creative team can develop it into a good book. The pulp aspects of the archaeology story give it a solid foundation.
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