Hawkman #20 - DC Comics May 1995, Hawkman and the Black Condor — Stalking the Skies! (Single Issue)

Two winged predators. One sky. Zero chill. Hawkman #20 from DC Comics introduces the Black Condor into Carter Hall's orbit with a cover that puts both of them mid-dive through a storm of lightning and shattered debris — Hawkman above, Black Condor below, and something very large and very angry at the bottom of the frame. Published May 1995 at $1.95 US, this Direct Sales edition carries the classic DC bullet logo and a cover by Wagner and Lieber that leans fully into the kinetic chaos of two aerial powerhouses sharing the same airspace for the first time. Mid-'90s DC at its most electrically charged.

What's Included:

• 📚 Hawkman #20 — DC Comics, May 1995 — Direct Sales Edition
• 🎨 $1.95 US / $2.75 CAN / £1.25 UK — Direct Sales Edition with barcode
• 🎵 Back cover: Mad Season — Above album ad — Layne Staley, Mike McCready, Barrett Martin, Baker — a grunge supergroup's debut record on the back of a Hawkman comic, which is the most 1995 sentence ever written

Issue Details:

• ⚡ DC Comics — Hawkman #20 — May 1995 — $1.95 US — Direct Sales Edition
• 🧙 Story: Hawkman and the Black Condor — "Stalking the Skies!" — Black Condor guest appearance
• ✏️ Creative Team: William Messner-Loebs (writer), Steve Lieber (pencils), Shoultz (inks); Cover by Wagner & Lieber
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection.

Why Collectors Love It:

Black Condor — Ryan Kendall, the mid-'90s version — was DC's most underutilized aerial hero, and his team-up with Hawkman is exactly the kind of forgotten gem that run completists and guest-appearance hunters live for. Loebs writes the dynamic with genuine tension: two characters who share a power set but nothing else, forced into the same sky. Steve Lieber's linework gives the storm sequence real weight, and the Wagner & Lieber cover is one of the stronger entries in the run — all motion lines, lightning, and barely-controlled velocity. The Mad Season back cover is the artifact: Layne Staley, Mike McCready, and Above — one of the great lost grunge records — advertised in black and white woodcut style on the back of a Hawkman comic. May 1995 had range.

Condition Notes:

Normal wear consistent with age and storage — expect minor spine stress, edge wear, and light cover scuffing as shown in photos. Interior pages bright with solid color retention. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

Hawkman run completists, Black Condor guest appearance hunters, Steve Lieber early-work collectors, mid-'90s DC series enthusiasts, Mad Season and grunge ephemera fans, and anyone who has ever wanted to stalk the skies with a fellow winged vigilante and found the thermals surprisingly cooperative.