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ShadowHawk (character)
ShadowHawk is a superhero created by Jim Valentino for Image Comics.
He was first advertised in the Malibu Sun free promotional magazine in May 1992. His official Image Comics debut was in the second issue of Youngblood series (June 1992), written and illustrated by Rob Liefeld.
Originally, the name ShadowHawk was to be used for the Marvel character Starhawk while he had darkness powers, but Tom DeFalco convinced Valentino to use the name for a new character instead.
Jim Valentino said the impetus behind ShadowHawk was his attempts to look at the elements of Batman that work versus those that do not. He pointed out that Batman being a "creature of the night" who strikes fear into the hearts of criminals was an element that worked, while criticizing Batman's souped-up car and his relationship with Commissioner Gordon. Valentino further criticized Batman's handling of the Joker, stating:
Batman lets the Joker go time and time again, knowing full well that he will kill indiscriminately every time he’s let go... He isn’t doing his job. That's where the spine breaking came from.
Paul Johnstone grows up as a troubled youth in Harlem, New York City. He avoids a life of crime due in part to the encouragement of a man named Richard Woodroe, who is originally assigned as a caseworker to Paul when he is caught stealing, and eventually marries his mother, becoming his stepfather.
Eventually, Paul became a lawyer and, beyond that, a district attorney. While his life is going so well, his half brother Hojo took his success in college, moved to Wall Street and developed a Coke and crack addiction. Using Hojo, some gangsters try to leverage Paul into letting their men off, but Paul refuses. Soon after he ends up the target of an assault intended to serve as an example to others who get in the way of these mobsters. This incident culminates in his attackers injecting him with HIV-infected blood.
After the encounter, Johnstone is left uncertain regarding whether he was infected or not. The attack was made public and word of his possible infection spreads through Johnstone's workplace, making it a very inhospitable environment to be in. Tensions between Johnstone and one of his co-workers lead to an altercation between the two which lands Johnstone out of a job and in jail.
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ShadowHawk (character)
ShadowHawk is a superhero created by Jim Valentino for Image Comics.
He was first advertised in the Malibu Sun free promotional magazine in May 1992. His official Image Comics debut was in the second issue of Youngblood series (June 1992), written and illustrated by Rob Liefeld.
Originally, the name ShadowHawk was to be used for the Marvel character Starhawk while he had darkness powers, but Tom DeFalco convinced Valentino to use the name for a new character instead.
Jim Valentino said the impetus behind ShadowHawk was his attempts to look at the elements of Batman that work versus those that do not. He pointed out that Batman being a "creature of the night" who strikes fear into the hearts of criminals was an element that worked, while criticizing Batman's souped-up car and his relationship with Commissioner Gordon. Valentino further criticized Batman's handling of the Joker, stating:
Batman lets the Joker go time and time again, knowing full well that he will kill indiscriminately every time he’s let go... He isn’t doing his job. That's where the spine breaking came from.
Paul Johnstone grows up as a troubled youth in Harlem, New York City. He avoids a life of crime due in part to the encouragement of a man named Richard Woodroe, who is originally assigned as a caseworker to Paul when he is caught stealing, and eventually marries his mother, becoming his stepfather.
Eventually, Paul became a lawyer and, beyond that, a district attorney. While his life is going so well, his half brother Hojo took his success in college, moved to Wall Street and developed a Coke and crack addiction. Using Hojo, some gangsters try to leverage Paul into letting their men off, but Paul refuses. Soon after he ends up the target of an assault intended to serve as an example to others who get in the way of these mobsters. This incident culminates in his attackers injecting him with HIV-infected blood.
After the encounter, Johnstone is left uncertain regarding whether he was infected or not. The attack was made public and word of his possible infection spreads through Johnstone's workplace, making it a very inhospitable environment to be in. Tensions between Johnstone and one of his co-workers lead to an altercation between the two which lands Johnstone out of a job and in jail.