Hawks are a kind of bird, yes. But Birdman and Hawkman are not the same character. This seems like something DC Comics should probably know.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/732922462590111746
Whoever’s in charge of DC Comics’ twitter account just messed up when they sent this tweet promoting the launch of Future Quest—a new series that teams up old-school Hanna-Barbera characters—which refers to Birdman as Hawkman. They both have wings but there are important differences:
Birdman
needs the sun to recharge his powers
shoots solar beams
talks to one bird
Hawkman (classic Silver Age version)
needs Nth metal wings and belt to fly
uses ancient weapons to fuck shit up
talks to all birds
I’ll have a review of Future Quest coming later today. Spoiler: it’s good. That tweet, however, is not. (At least they didn’t call him Hawkguy…)
