Editor's Note: The following article is a new segment for The Batman Universe. It is meant to be a take on how the Joker would react to the real world outside of the DC Universe and current events. The article is also darker because it is in fact coming from the perspective of one of the darkest characters in The Batman Universe. Viewer discretion is advised.
  Greeting Bat-babies, it’s you dear old Uncle Joker here. So you are probably wondering what on earth I am doing here. Well I’ve…

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Hawk and Dove #8 was written and drawn by Rob Liefeld. It is the final issue in the series run, and was one of the first series cancelled from the DC New 52 Relaunch.   This issue opens with Hawk using sports cliches to describe this battle. They're attacking first and thus "going on the offensive" and he's playing the role of Lead Blocker, a large player who runs ahead of actual play to cause a distraction. He fights against the ninjas, saying he can't fumble right now because they're too…

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Hawk and Dove #7 was written and drawn by Rob Liefeld.   The penultimate issue of Hawk and Dove opens with Dawn dancing her cares away in a club while Hank lurks nearby, acting as a bodyguard when a guy gets too fresh with her. They both end up storming out and Hank asks her how many hearts she has to break before her own will be healed. Finally he tells her that he may come off like a jerk, but he really cares about her and…

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Hawk and Dove #6 is the third to last issue in this run, written and drawn by Rob Liefeld. This issue promised an appearance by Batman and did not disappoint. Hawk appears first, on the run over rooftops in Gotham. It turns out the man he's running from is Blockbuster. Hawk lists his advantages, but he realizes that Blockbuster is relentless, and so Hawk is going to have to take the fight to him.   Though Hawk pummels him, there seems to be…

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Comic Vine has posted a four page preview of Hawk and Dove #6. The issue hits stores next Wednesday, February 1. Check out the first page of the preview below and then head over to Comic Vine for the other three pages. The issue was written and drawn by Rob Liefeld. The issue features TBU in the form of Batman, Bruce Wayne.     Posted by Dustin Fritschel

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Hawk and Dove #5 was written by Sterling Gates and illustrated by Rob Liefeld, and continues the storyline they've set up for the past four issues. We open with Swan tormenting Deadman as he stands, encased in something called a Chaos Crystal. Condor speaks an enchantment while holding the crystal and it's enough to open a magic portal, which he carries Swan through.   Switching to Hawk for the moment, he says that he's always had a partner. When he was little, it…

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Hawk and Dove was written by Sterling Gates and illustrated by Rob Liefeld and opens sometime after the events of #3. Condor, who was revealed to be an old man, is in police custody and Hawk and Dove are there to question him. During the questioning, Hawk and Dove flash back to several points from the last issue, including the initial attack.   Hawk is threatening Condor with violence if he doesn't start answering his questions. The detective informs Dove from behind the…

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As always with the first issue of a series, there's groundwork to be laid. Hawk and Dove #1, written by Sterling Gates and drawn by Rob Liefeld, is no exception. The issue opens with a report of a science terrorist, Alexander Quirk, who intends to restore the system of checks and balances within the United States. Unverified information says he's hi-jacked a small cargo plane for an attack on the capital; however,…

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