Comic Title: Hawkman #26
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1968
On Sale Date: April 18, 1968 Newsstand Date April 18, 1968
Source: Direct Currents, Blackhawk #241, Page 15

Newsstand Date April 18, 1968
Source: House Ad, Challengers of the Unknown #62, Page 30

Newsstand Date April 18, 1968
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V23 #2

Newsstand Date April 18, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #65

Copyright Date April 18, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "Last Stand on Thanagar"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Hawkman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Raymond Marais
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Charles Cuidera

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Hawkman Vol. 2 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Atom #37; next appearance in Action Comics #365)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Hawkman #25; next appearance in Hawkman #27)

Villain(s)

• Count Oyama (leading scientist of Thanagar; no further appearances)
• Queen Elda of the Infinite Empire (no further appearances)
• Colonel Alpheus of the Infinite Empire and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• General Kular (Thanagarian protector of the planet Ilia; no further appearances)
• General Ariosto (head of Thanagar's winged police force; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Hawkman and Hawkgirl are called home when the Thanagarian fleet in the Ilian quadrant falls, and when General Ariosto, head of the winged police force, addresses the assembled operatives, he announces that of the them is a traitor, who has leaked defense information through his Absorbascon. The Synaptic Felxometer reveals the traitor to be Katar Hol, who escapes with Shayera's help.

Stalked, with Shayera in custody and the real traitor loose, Hawkman heads to subspace and Earth to determine who stole his Absorbascon. Meanwhile, Queen Elba of the Infinite Empire has ordered her man on Earth, Colonel Alpheus, to stop him.

Hawkman had recently discovered the Egg of Harun on Earth, which he believed to be a harmless relic, but which is actually a nullifier device invented by the enemies of the Empire, and which had prevented its conquest of the Universe for three centuries. Katar escapes with the egg into hyperspace, although his ship is badly damaged and is attacked when he approaches his home. His ship is destroyed and Hawkman is wounded, but he still manages to get to headquarters, and gives the egg to Ariosto, which raises doubts in the general's mind whether he is truly a traitor.

It becomes obvious that the test administrator, Colonel Oyama, is the true culprit, and Hawkgirl prevents the destruction of the egg, which is decoded, and halts the Empire's invasion. Katar and Shayera are finally cleared of all charges.