Dates
- Cover date
- June 1968
- On sale
- April 25, 1968
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Prologue: · 2 pages
At Elmond University, in a small college town, pro-war and peace demonstrators face off. Caught squarely in the middle are Don and Hank Hall, brothers, a "dove" and a "hawk". They argue about compromise, force, and rights as a riot breaks out and police rush in. Meanwhile, across town at the courthouse...
- Chapter 1: "In the Beginning..." · 4.67 pages
In the Elmond County courthouse in a small college town, Judge Hall sentences Mr. Dargo, a racketeer, to jail. He vows "my boys" will get revenge. In chambers, Don and Hank argue about compromise vs. violence, but Judge Hall states they're both wrong (to be single-minded). A bomb bounces in and they dive. Judge Hall is hurt and hospitalized. The boys head back to school, but Hank sees, "That man..."
- Chapter II: A Voice... A Voice... · 8.5 pages
Hank spots "The man who threw the bomb!" The boys follow into an abandoned building, but are trapped. Mobsters plan to assassinate Judge Hall. Don wishes for super-strength, or power... A "strange, disembodied" voice offers the bickering boys power. Hank gets an angry red-white hawk costume. Don gets a baby-blue dove outfit, and doesn't want it! "Whenever injustice strikes" they need only call the names "Hawk" and "Dove", but the powers will fade when not needed. Smashing free, they run, swim, and climb the hospital walls to save their dad.
- Chapter III: The Birds Fly! · 8 pages
Costumed, Hawk and Dove burst in on mobsters come to kill Judge Hall in the hospital. Hawk breaks heads, kicks, and tosses felons. Dove tries lectures and reason - and ducking - and pitches out a window to snag a flagpole. Dove returns just in time to deflect "Boss's" gun from killing Judge Hall. Judge Hall is grateful, but wants their names. "Just Call us The Hawk and the Dove!" Their costumes melt away. The judge tells reporters he cannot condone the heroes' actions, and they should turn themselves in! The boys exit, bickering.
- Court Is in Session! · 1 pages
Dick Giordano introduces himself, and The Hawk and the Dove, and the political terms, citing Viet Nam. He urges you "scribble a little something" to the publisher.
- Untitled · 0.5 pages
Cap sells Billy a Postage Stamp Train from Aurora models for a kid's birthday present.
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (1965), The Steve Ditko Omnibus (2011), Teen Titans: The Silver Age Omnibus (2017), The Hawk and the Dove: The Silver Age (2018)