According to a report by The Washington Post, DC Comics is debuting a new ongoing Hawkman series in June 2018. Hawkman’s current role in the Dark Knights: Metal miniseries, partly inspired this new series led by writer Rob Venditti and artist Bryan Hitch.

“Metal has really elevated Carter Hall/Hawkman, and brought him back to the DC universe in an exciting way,” Venditti told The Washington Post’s Comic Riffs. “That’s really what Bryan and I’s vision for the series is as well.”

Hawkman, created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville, originally appeared in Flash Comics #1 in 1940. Over the decades, Hawkman has appeared in countless comic books, animated series, and live-action television appearances, most recently in The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow. However, despite his many appearances, much of the mythos behind Hawkman’s Thanagarian culture is not widely known. 

“Hawkman is a foundational character in the DCU. Over time I think he’s lost some of that central importance to the DC universe, and we really want to bring that back and make him a marquee character,” Venditti said. “And to do that we’re going to take him to a lot of unexpected, unexplored places and introduce a lot of new mythology for the character.”

“The biggest question mark he has when we open up this series is about himself. He has now become his own greatest adventure,” Venditti continued. He’s been “unlocking his own deep past, his own origins, his own mythology and discovering things that he has not known up to this point and the reader will very much be swept along in that mission of discovery and exploration along with Hawkman.”

“The Winged Man is such a significant and powerful image in myth and legend. That’s exactly the element Hawkman fits best. It’s such a unique image to play with from the Bird of Prey to the Angel, the winged man is genuinely awesome in the truest sense,” added Hitch. “Hawkman is the DCU’s greatest warrior, but he’s also part of its secret history. All of that gives you such a rich visual tapestry as an artist to play with.”

Hawkman #1 will hit shelves this summer.