ÒINTO THE ABYSS!Ó A raid on a Meta-Tech testing site may be the only way Hawkman is able to learn the fate of Hawkwoman. But to learn the shocking truth, he must first go through Airstryke...and Count Viper!

The series that reinvented Hawkman’s mythology to encompass all of time and space takes its next adventurous leap into the Multiverse! A story from the pages of Hawkman’s journals! Travel back in time to when Carter Hall was reincarnated as a soldier in a cosmic army, while his people were at war! But what happens when a being known for constant reincarnation ends up coming back to life as his own enemy, fighting for the other side? Does it make him a more sympathetic warrior, or give him the weapons to better destroy his enemy? Or is it something more sinister? The series that reinvented Hawkman’s mythology to encompass all of time and space takes its next adventurous leap into the Multiverse! Fan-favorite writer Robert Venditti (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, The Flash) and legendary artist Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates, Justice League) continue their reinvention of DC’s winged wonder, Hawkman! As Carter Hall continues to uncover the clues of his past lives, he will find that they may also spell the end of his current one! Collects Hawkman #13-18.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl have lived many lives over the centuries, all ending in a painful death. As the mystic Highwayman comes to St. Roch, seeking to claim Hawkmans tortured soul, its a deadly battle for survival. But first, the Winged Wonders must survive a revenge-seeking Thanagarian Hawkwomanand then a confrontation with the powerful Black Adam.

Book one: Geoff Johns, writer & story creator; James Robinson, story creator; Rags Morales [and three others], pencillers; Michael Bair [and five others], inkers; John Kalisz, colorist; Heroic Age, Digital Chameleon, separations; Bill Oakley [and two others], letterers.

Spinning out of the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Carter Hall returns to the DC Universe! An explorer of the ancient and unknown, Hawkman finds himself embroiled in a long-standing mission to discover the true purpose of his many reincarnations. Carter races around the globe trying to piece together an ancient prophecy, but will he be able to face down his past lives lurking around every corner?

With the battlefield split, Carter and his past lives put together a last-ditch plan to stop the Deathbringers once and for all, but if it should fail, Earth will be doomed and the universe will fall into the hands of the Deathbringers forever!

While searching for the next puzzle piece in his mission to save the universe, Hawkman takes flight and winds up fighting rampaging thunder lizards on Dinosaur IslandÑyou know, as one does. Recovering from the battle, Hawkman discovers a race of bird people, who force him to fight to prove heÕs the one, true Hawkman. That all leads to the next location on his mission, and heÕs transported across the galaxy to the last placeÑand personÑhe expected to find. Where is he, and whoÕs he facing? That would be a spoiler alert!