History and Origin of Marvel Comics' DARKHAWK!

[@alecaquino4306]

I came here for clarification. And now I'm more confused than ever.

[@metal_error10.-]

It's simple he is blue beetle with a cristal and is cooler

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

Thank Marvel Snap. That's the first time I've heard of Darkhawk.

[@Polymerata]

Darkhawk instantly become my favorite when I first saw him on Marvel future fight. He has the Ultraman/Enemies Similarities

[@canis2020]

When I was a kid this guy was my favorite.

[@sapientunderground]

Woo my old-time favorite Marvel character. Not a huge fan of the retcons, but back in the 90s I would track down as many issues as I could find. Gave me such joy however many years ago to walk into a toy-store and see he had his own figure. Thanks for the episode!

[@ckstanberry27]

Man, thank you for making this video. I thought that I was the only person left that knew about this character. I never thought that we would ever get a Moon Knight series so who knows what's going to happen in the future.

[@christianpelle1056]

I can’t wait till this character shows up in the mcu

[@JLSComics]

Me too!

[@seanholmes7482]

Darkhawk might be too "OP" to be in the MCU.

[@seanholmes7482]

@Rodney Abernathy I love Darkhawk! I brought the second Darkhawk comic book issue as a kid, but he has two problems that will hinder him from joining the MCU. The first issue of Darkhawk is his confusing origin story that keeps changing. Darkhawk's second issue is his secret identity (the MCU does not do secret ID(s)). The final issue is that Darkhawk has no weakness (too OP).

[@seanholmes7482]

@Rodney Abernathy Are you thinking of a Mephisto "One Fine Day" reboot?

[@seanholmes7482]

@Rodney Abernathy That is okay! I will explain. One Fine Day takes place in Marvel comics after the events of Civil War. Civil War in the Marvel comics is similar to the MCU's Civil War. Side one was commanded my Captain America, and that side fought for people who wanted to keep their identities. Side two opposed Side one and was commanded by Ironman. Ironman's side wanted all heroes to give up their secret identies and register with the government as sanctioned heroes. Peter (Spiderman) publicly unmasked to join team Ironman shortly after mysterious receiving biological-spider-enhancements. As result of his unmasking, Peter was fired from the Daily Bugle for being Spiderman, but Tony gave him a new job plus Spider armor. Several comic book issues later Peter quit team Ironman after coming to the conclusion that his side was too radical. As a result, some of Peter's enemies hurt his aunt May. One Fine Day was Peter's bargain with the devil Mephisto to heal his aunt May. Mephisto fulfills Peter's request, but removes the memories of Peter's public identity as Spiderman from those who learned of it after his public unmasking, he extracted Peter's biological-spider-enhancements returning him to Spiderman levels of his first comic book issue, and he ended the marriage of Peter & MJ.

[@Flashshadow]

I remember Darkhawk being one of the few classic comics I was able to consistently keep up with for a while. I wish I had seen some of his other team-up stories, though...

[@PaganGainz]

My favorite super hero since it came out. I still have almost all his comics including #1.

[@Saintbow]

@ 1:43, that comic was a foil cover edition and I have it! I have a bunch of Darkhawk comics from the 90's. The way they explained that there was more then one and how when the hero is in Darkhawk form, his human body is on an alien ship in stasis was such a cool new idea. I miss being in the 90's and having such great comics.

[@antonissa8345]

I really think he should appear in the MCU. I think he would be one of those characters that would get famous thanks to the MCU like the Guardians Of The Galaxy.

[@idkjordash]

Maybe whenever nova appears they’ll atleast mention him or something

[@RyuGekin]

I love darkhawk. I have always loved Darkhawk. He feels more, Marvel's version of The Gyver, then he does anywhere close to Spider-Man...

[@Anjilstorm1]

Agreed!

[@mr.t5589]

lol i bought a darkhawk comic when i was a kid only cause i thought he looked cool but had no idea who he was, and became one of my favorite superheroes

[@da1onlynickvicious]

I fucking love darkhawk.. He was my favorite character as a kid.. I collected from the first issue till the end of the series when it first came out religiously. I feel like he could be huge.. But then again I've always felt like that. I like what they did with him in avengers arena was it? And in some of the big cosmic stuff

[@johnnyfountainS]

Dark hawk looks like his dad with a moustache. Dark hawk looks like iron man. Dark hawk is a cop like the punisher was a detective.

[@redblocks8821]

Me too, I missed a couple of issues on volume 1. Chris Powell is like the Peter Parker of the 90s.

[@ricky865]

To me This Character is Marvel's Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) difference being this character came first. With both characters getting inspiration from anime characters like Tekaman Blade and The Guyver Which also inspire an image comic character called Tech Jacket.

[@JDaDifferon]

Been waiting years for someone to do DH some justice and to catch me up with what happened to him after I stopped collecting comics. Thank you.

[@ericturczynowsky3243]

I have that issue with Cap and Daredevil where they team up to fight the Ufoes...one of my very first comics and a great issue

[@johnnyfountainS]

I have it on tpb and comic.

[@NightHawke]

I swear, I didn't even know the character existed when I first chose this handle back in the day (circa 1995). Kinda surprised it's been used as much as it has, even in recent years. Fun vid!

[@nicholase82]

I really need to buy more Dark Hawk books, he was such a cool character. No matter what origin they use they could easily add him to the MCU.

[@mythrandor2924]

Darkhawk was also clearly inspired by the Silverhawks

[@JLSComics]

Absolutely! If you notice, I made this video very shortly after my Silverhawks video for this very reason 😎

[@nicholase82]

I would love a cross over with Dark Hawk and Silver Hawk.

[@johnnyfountainS]

@@JLSComics who is the girl from silver hawks. Also I should subscribe to you. Do you know who sheila the thief and queen mesmira are.

[@Alverant]

Darkhawk was my favorite character in the 90s and a big part of why I got into Marvel. He lead me to New Warriors and a few others before I stopped collecting Marvel with Civil War (what they did to the NW was awful). I always got the feeling they didn't know what to do with him. Between the retcons and such how do we know what really happened and what was a hallucination? I want to get all the comics he's in, but they're not indexing him well. Everything after he fell into that singularity is new to me. Thanks for updating me.

[@eraticfx]

I'm here because of Marvel Snap. I don't have his card and he is such a good card that I expect him to show up in a show soon with Disney. His new design looks very good. Thank you for your informative video.

[@damiantanks1738]

Highly underrated, but coo character. Need to see more of him in Mcu

[@zoom15th26]

I loved this comic book as a kid,🔥🔥🔥. They need to make a movie or TV show would be nice..

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

crazy i never heard of this character but he was part of vital parts of the Marvel Universe - i bet there was talk of putting him in one of those movies.

[@SmartGoblin8]

Darkhawk, The New Warrriors, a few Spiderman titles, just about all the X-Titles (including Classic) and a few others were what I bought in the Early 90's to late 90's. Uncanny X-Men #259 was My First comic I ever got, Colossus on the cover punching some Ja'bronies! MAN!! Those were the days.

[@RDMacQ]

The timeline of Darkhawk's history is a bit off. It also misses two important parts of Darkhawk's history- his time in the Runaway's comics, and his starring role in the Marvel Team-Up "League of Losers" arc, written by Robert Kirkman.

[@lucasbishop4764]

Another piece worth mentioning was Darkhawks's supporting appearance in non-canon U.S. War Machine (2001). That was where the idea of the datasong corrupting Chris's mind was first introduced, and it eventually got adapted into the 616.

[@Setek23]

I had one of his first copies back in the 90's lost it when i moved as a kid

[@LordsoftheLongBoxShow]

Great info Jesse!

[@damiantanks1738]

Darkhawk was dope and underrated character. Need to bring him back to the MCU.

[@gregorydixon5191]

Darkhawk has been an avenger on the west coast among other things

[@seanholmes7482]

I really enjoyed your coverage of Darkhawk. Can you tell me about several G. I Joe related Cobra members whose names are CBX-825, CBX-023, and CBX-001?

[@1sliiver]

I first came across Darkhawk in the early 90's in issue #9 (I believe) when he teamed up with the Punisher. That was the bar of approval I needed. I later collected and read the whole series. Thoughts: Darkhawk is cool as hell. I always felt as a kid he should be a household name, but he's not. Glad he is getting his due as of recent times. While I thought the upgraded armor was great, I feel the original costume is awesome. I feel like Marvel rested their laurels too much in putting DH in teamups early on. I get they wanted him to have as much exposure as possible (in his own title and outside of). The Defenders were great later on...I just wish Marvel let DH grow a little more on his own as a character exploring his own story instead of DH doing that AND jumping into others long established canons and instead maybe did crossovers and teamups sporadically with him. War of Kings was ok. I loved the art more than the story...the covers are gorgeous. If I have any real complaint in the series...its this: Darkhawk #1 was kinda lame. Maybe I had the backstory built up in my head at the time when I first stumbled on his collaboration with the Punisher and other issues I had read as a kid, but I remember being underwhelmed in a major way once I got my hands on it. In a ironic twist, nearly 20 years later (circa 2011) I stumbled on War of Kings at a comic shop along with #1. I bought them immediately, and was just as underwhelmed after reading #1 as an adult. I dunno, maybe it was just the execution because it feels clunky still to this day (although it has a badass cover). *AWESOME character despite my gripes! GO DARKHAWK!

[@maxbrandt6]

So I guess Image Comics was ripping off Marvel by coming up with the Shadowhawk character, if anyone remembers that character. Does Image even still exist any more?

[@johnnyfountainS]

Same here. I prefer dark hawks tpb from 2012.

[@johnnyfountainS]

@@maxbrandt6 shadow hawk sucks. Black bird is hot. Nina Martinez.

[@sjmdigital5799]

I got so lost at the end lmao

[@trevonh4139]

This character should be on Disney plus

[@flightoftheagitator386]

@Trevon H Wrong. The character deserves a solo feature film. Time to stop relegating characters who aren’t Spider-Man or iron man to the small screen.

[@aislemontecristo]

I'll need to watch this video another three times to make sense of this story.

[@johnnyfountainS]

The origin has been retconned. Dark hawk is a cop like his dad. Dark hawk got mirai pregnant.

[@DaellusKnights]

Darkhawk was created shortly after I started reading comics way back when. He's always been one of my most favoritest characters. After issue #50 (I had gotten out of comics until a few years ago or so) he disappeared and I had always wanted him to be brought back, that last issue left his story unfinished for me. When I saw him again in Annihilation Conquest I found out there was a whole bunch I missed out on. I wish they could bring him back as a more permanent character, but tone him down a bit... at the end of it all, they made him WAY too OP to be used as a continuing character. Still love Darkhawk tho... I have the entire original run collected 😻

[@TheBackOfTheClassroom]

I remember being a kid and my friend had Darkhawk #1 and I later got the series team up against Midnight. Things sure have gotten convoluted since then.

I remember getting this in one or two prepackaged 12 packs of comics and not being impressed. That was thirty years ago...never thought i'd see a video on the character.

[@tibplateau9083]

I really think they could have combined origins. Dargon bokk could have used said scientists to utilize the amulets for his purposes. It would have been nice to see the 5 other darkhawks again.

[@andresmarrero8666]

That or their combined work happens to resemble the raptors and their tech. A monkey with a typewriter kind of situation. That could have led to interesting interactions because while Darkhawk resembles the Raptors, it isn't one of them and is fittingly enough their parallel.

[@rpczombie]

Looks like one of the silver hawk characters from the cartoon

[@TevyaSmolka]

This character in my opinion is super underrated

[@rell127]

I agree oddly enough if you notice Marvel has been stealth pushing him the past 4 years. Personally I think they should just put him on a decent team, better yet next time the Avengers go to space have him join the team. Hell if Robbie and Blade can be Avengers so can Chris.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@rell127 indeed and you're right about that

[@NormanReaddis]

This is how you create a new hero without tokenizing the spiderman universe Nowadays everyone is spiderman ala green lantern corp That's why dark hawk didn't get introduce is because disney marvel is more focused on representation and their progressive hand me down "mantle owner" characters

[@rell127]

@@NormanReaddis He's not new he's been around since the 90's and never popped. He's been on team but the only people only cared about was his New Warriors stint. As for his life he's basically now if Spider-Man father was a villian, also if Nova was a bitch more edgy. I like him but he's hard to make work since everytime they do something it back fires.

[@NormanReaddis]

@@rell127 i know that's why i said this is the best way to introduce a character than the hand me down swap character marvel is having right now New children of the atom is a self insert fantasy dream Including the new warriors What if is getting out of hand And lazy

[@johnnyfountainS]

Dark hawk is my favorite superhero.

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

Well that's kind of cool that you even made this video and thank you so much for it! Really sincerely sad how the original '90s vision of dark hawk completely died........ I actually liked him a lot! Now too bad his redcon basically made him a lame knock off of Blue beetle. Now Todd McFarlane said spawn was inspired by Blue beetle! So clearly that particular superhero idea already existed for a while by the time 90s comic book superheroes entered. It was just kind of cool to see a Spider-Man-like dark superhero is all. clearly that is long gone now

[@danahousley-preaster2865]

Great job bro. Geeeeezzz his story...reminds me of the old game in elementary where a person writes a paragraph then hands it to the next person and then they write a paragraph lol

[@bryandunn4687]

Please do a video on ,"Maverick."

[@TwoPaw-Shapurr]

Holy crap! Literally, for the past year I have been researching a particular heroes logo. I am 43 right now and when I was a kid I was obsessed with the two part diamond logo. I drew it all the time. I wanted to use it as the logo for a company of mine... But I wanted to avoid copyright infringement. So for the past year I was researching logos because I could have sworn I got the design from a hero in the comics. I have viewed every logo, I have researched every hero and villain, I have gone to just about every single website I could think of........ Basically I spent so much kind trying to find the logo. Then today at 7:37 in the morning I wake up. Check my KZbin notifications then decide to watch a couple videos. On the top of my recommended list is this video and wouldn't you know it... THERE'S THE GODDAMN LOGO! AFTER I STOPPED LOOKING FOR IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@azurebeast10]

Thanks. Darkhawk needs more love. They set him up in War of Kings and then...nothing...only lingering in the background.

[@andrewt6338]

I read most of the original run. There definitely is a Spider-Man formula here. It's a young man deciding which way to go. That was neat. The later stuff just sounds way too complicated to be interesting to me. I wish you had addressed what exactly is under the helmet though.

[@justincoleman3805]

Helmut is under the helmet. He’s German.

[@michaelploskina1681]

Thank you for this darkhawk number one started my comic book obsession as a kid

[@raksusdrang897]

dude ur cool keep it up also cant wait for dark hawk to come to the mcu

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Best dark hawk video on the internet it could have been longer

[@asteroidkatfacts1036]

Really the only video.

[@buddyjones5419]

I read the comic and enjoyed it. Be looked badass.

[@jamesf8269]

Been a Hawk Head since Darkhawk came out! Thank you soo much for the over all deep cut of Darkhawk! Will you be talking about the new mini series, seeing as how hawk returns in issue 6!

[@joelplatt3396]

Right on. I loved him as a kid. Not as much after he got the “upgrade”. If there’s ever a film or series I really hope they just go with the original look, & keep it that way. & leave identity politics out of it.

[@loveunderlaw]

THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS INTO A MOVIE 😁👀👍

[@kamenrideromega9183]

Loved Darkhawk ! Collected his run ! Parents threw a lot of my comics out 😭😭

[@GenomePresents]

Who is Darkhawk? Darkhawk IS the 90's!!!!

[@stevenlennon12]

this sounds so so so so so so sososo convoluted. the real super power in all of this is your ability to tell the darkhawk story lol

[@deschain8576]

Was a fan back in the day, just came across the first 30 issues recently and wondered whatever happened to this character

[@michaelploskina1681]

The first comic I ever bought was darkhawk # 1

[@juanbisonosuero3650]

I like darkhawk

[@Chalwa]

The Fly wasn’t a rejected Archie concept. It was done by Joe Simon and has been around for decades.

[@JLSComics]

Thanks for commenting! You are absolutely correct, the Fly has been around for a long time. I was referring to his submission and not the character though 😎

[@ConTrollerNorth2]

Great video. Thanks

[@pcharl01]

I remember thinking he was so dope when I had his marvel cards.

[@3dagalathor]

i had every issue in the first run of DH, long live "The Powell"

[@AmbientWalking]

Wow! Thanks for this amazing breakdown!

[@holseyd]

almost as convoluted as Moon Knight's origin.

[@roguedexx938]

Ok Subscribing just because your channel has Jack of Hearts and Darkhawk!!

[@devonjohnson5871]

If darkhawk was so popular why didn't he get his own cartoon just spider Man the animated series and Jessie am probably asking you to set out of your comfort zone can you please do the comedian from the watchmen universe this was gritty character I don't know about

[@devonjohnson5871]

This is crap I feel like he could have got a TV show in the '90s it would have been the best Fox kids tv block

[@rell127]

By that logic why hadn't most characters that people enjoy. 🤔 pre-disney marvel only stuck with their popular characters only.

[@maxbrandt6]

I remember seeing this comic in the stores back then but I never picked it up, the character looked rather Power Ranger-ish to me but not too bad of a comic, I guess.

[@georgecisneros5281]

Badass! A favorite, and absolute legend, from childhood! Long live the Hawk!✊

[@DiscoveryBayComics]

Fantastic work on this video. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

[@nickcadwell1094]

I liked how Darkhawk was, before the revamp.

[@nublafiednubbie]

I've Been Collecting Darkhawk Since 91 When i Saw His Comic 1 On News Stand...i Don't Consider Anything After issue 50 Part Of The Storyline 👍👍

[@goobert221]

I found out about him through the spiderman comic crossover with him spiderman and moonknight then now he’s became one of my favorite characters

[@nublafiednubbie]

@@goobert221 Dude i Loved Round Robin The Side Kicks Revenge...That Got Me into Trying To Collect All Hawks Cross Overs 😁👍

[@goobert221]

@@nublafiednubbie yeah I heard of him before but didn’t ever really read his own comics until after I Until I read that comic and started trying to collect every issue of his own and the crossovers

[@michaelploskina1681]

The first comic book I ever bought darkhawk number one

[@jonjonboi3701]

This superhero kinda looks like Image comic’s Shadowhawk

[@Da_Ninja_Genko]

Darkhawk slept on, why?

[@mrxexes]

Because superheroes with Hawk in their names didn't age well, it sort of dates them to the late 70's early 80's when those names were popular and considered edgy.

[@JRyoga]

Timing is everything. Sounds like he'd be perfect for the cosmic MCU.

[@Da_Ninja_Genko]

@@mrxexes tony stark's should study his tech

[@shamanspointofview8083]

Same reason for night thrasher, barely anyone knows the characters, and sad when night thrasher is the actual Batman knockoff if you will, of marvel

[@nicolasrey1190]

Gad damn, this guy really haves some complicated lore to his name XDDD

[@MrReckless1978]

Bring back DarkHawk👍👍👍

[@unclechuck5635]

Hoping for a darkhawk reoccuring cameo on the moon knight show. Not unlike dethlok on agents of shield. But mcu quality!

[@ScottWaa]

Darkhawk really went off the rails... I have less of an idea what is going on with darkhawk

[@3dagalathor]

how about a video on Minion: Deaths Head 2

[@joshuajoab9313]

Cool character, but man he changes his character way too drastically way too often

[@dadedon305]

Dark Star Hawk please arise

[@kingjaven13]

I wish i can play dark hawk

[@Andropov-l2w]

wow what a story

[@josecostamartins2019]

where are from the comic book illustrations shown in this video??????????

[@troycrawford3569]

We love darkhawk yeah because he is awesome and the best and the greatest and amazing and all ways wicked and funny and hilarious and brilliant and lovable and mischievous and vengeful and cool and wonderful and badass and brave and heroic and villainous and nefarious and scary and spooky and lucky and very powerful and super strong and super strength and super hardcore and invincible and indestructible and incredible and excellent spirit and perfect and freandly and fearless leaderships and loyalty and regeneration and healing and regrowing and growing and crazy and happy and healthy and immortal and looney toons and has superpowers and abilities and good and bad and evil!!!!!.

[@BloopComics]

facts

[@antwan1357]

You know , Nova , and Darkhawk both have been spun into a Green Lantern corps like story despite both starting off originally as solo characters. An interesting spin-off would be one person having both the Nova Force Helmet , AND the Darkhawk Amulet . This would create a very interesting one shot character. Plus the costume might be an interesting drawing combing a Nova Helmet with a Darkhawk body. With a completly new color scheme.

[@johnnyfountainS]

Dark hawk can turn into a suit similar to megatron.

[@mayssm]

As a teen, I really liked Darkhawk.

[@HepCatJack]

With his partner Dark Animal they are the Dark Legion of Doom.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Death’s Head? Now THERE’S a franchise quagmire!

[@billdagrasshawking]

I had his trading card and always wanted the books but could never find them at my comic stands. I cringe at deaths head being mentioned to this day

[@jackofallclaws6672]

@@billdagrasshawking What’s wrong with Death’s Head?

[@billdagrasshawking]

@@jackofallclaws6672 he always looked awesome but could not find his comics anywhere on the stands where I was in Toronto

[@billdagrasshawking]

@@jackofallclaws6672 I always stared at his trading card wondering about how bad ass he must be but never actually got to read a comic to this day

[@johnnyfountainS]

Deaths head 2 looks stupid.

[@commonsense5199]

*When Marvel making a Avengers Mech team comic series in 2021 but they didn't Included Darkhawk.*

[@plasticpeon]

Darkhawk's costume design is so generic. But he's still cool in a way.

[@jackofallclaws6672]

Show of thumbs ups: How many of y’all think that Darkhawk would make a good Silverhawk?

[@JLSComics]

I do! If you notice, I made this video very shortly after the Silverhawks videos for this very reason

[@johnnyfountainS]

Dark hawk belongs in dnd.

[@damiantanks1738]

Need Dark hawk back in MCU he was underrated character

[@shamanspointofview8083]

What do you mean by back in 😂😂😂 you mean needs to be in the mcu

[@muzzahighlife]

Darkhawk omnibus when?

[@sophiawilson8696]

Do Angry Eagle!!! LoL

[@chrismoore7855]

This guy has blockbuster movie deal all over him

[@justincoleman3805]

Can you do Prototype from Malibu comics?