Comic Title: Hawkman #12
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: July 1987
On Sale Date: April 21, 1987 Newsstand Date April 21, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #38

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #114

Copyright Date March 31, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Newsstand Date April 23, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

Shipping Date March 31, 1987
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #694, #696

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Barbara J. Kesel (Randall)

Title: "Planet of Monsters"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Hawkman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Dan Mishkin
Penciller: Richard Howell
Inker: Carlos Garzon
Letterer: Agustin Mas
Colorist: Michele Wolfman

Feature Character(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Hawkman #11; next appearance in Hawkman #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Hawkgirl (last appearance in Hawkman #11; next appearance in Hawkman #13)
• Stewart Frazier (last appearance in Hawkman #11; no further appearances)
• George Emmett (last appearance in Hawkman #10; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Byth (last appearance in Hawkman #11; no further appearances)
• The Ruling Council of Thanagar (Shar Gomal and Marrila Koj named; last appearance in Hawkman #11; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gerald Trent (last appearance in Hawkman #11; no further appearances)
• Rul Pintar and the Wingmen (last appearance in Hawkman #11; no further appearances)
• Byth's former assistant (no further appearances)
• The Midway City Museum Board of Directors (Fred and Abby named; last appearance in Hawkman #5; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Hawkman #11.

The Shadow War storyline officially concludes with this story.

Synopsis:
Hawkman and Hawkwoman have been captured by the Ruling Council of Thanagar. Hawkman uses his cybernetic control of a dummy wingman to distract his foes and escape. He and Hawkwoman then defeat the council just as reinforcements arrive in the form of Rul Pintar and the Wingmen.

Although he is defeated, Shar Gomal triggers a device that causes a chemical in the water supply to transform the Thanagarans into monsters. Hawkman and the unaffected Wingmen then battle the monsters. Hawkman eventually deduces that Byth's shape-changing formula can counteract the chemical. Once the antidote is distributed, the people return to normal.

The people of Thanagar then cry out for Hawkman to lead them. He strongly opposes dictatorship, but now realizes that it is the only way for Thanagar to recover. He refuses to make himself a dictator so he appoints Rul Pintar to be the benevolent leader of his planet. Hawkman and Hawkwoman then return to Earth.