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Once upon a time, DC Comics had this great children’s magazine published along with the Welsh Publishing Company called Superman & Batman Magazine, a mixed bag of comics and feature articles built around the DC stable of Superstars. Superman & Batman Magazine was edited by Charlie Kochman, who asked me to write a July 4th themed Hawkman story for S&BM #5 (Summer 1994).
So I did. “A Declaration of Independence” was drawn by Rick Burchett, lettered by Kevin Cunningham, and colored by Tom McCraw.
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