Publication history
''Death Hawk'' ran three issues cover-dated May to November 1988. The first issue was pencilled by artist Adam Hughes, succeeded with issue #2 by Rik Levins. The first two issues featured painted covers by Dave Dorman, the third by Steve Hickman. ''Death Hawk'' was canceled after the third issue when the publisher went out of business. A fourth issue was completed but went unpublished at the time. In September 2008, Ellis' Millennial Concepts (with Transfuzion Publishing) published a 128-pageFictional character biography
The 25th century as presented in ''Death Hawk'' and its companion series ''Star Rangers'' was a dystopia of Solar System-spanning corporations that held the true power behind the centralized government of the Sol 9 Commonwealth. His true name unrevealed, the protagonist was the surviving member of a group of corporate outcasts who called themselves the Death Hawks. When the group was betrayed by one of their own, Death Hawk escaped in his 50-year-old spaceship the ''Peregrine''. With the aid of his bio-engineered sidekick, Cyke, Death Hawk traveled the spaceways eludingarrest warrants and creditors, his eye always out for ways to keep his salvage business going — often when legality was questionable. Cyke, described as an "intelligent blob of goo" was a telepathic protosymbiote produced by the Biotek Corporation. Although Death Hawk referred to Cyke as "he", the creature was sexless. However, it possessed the ability to morph into a variety of sizes and shapes. Not only was Cyke extremely intelligent, it was far more knowledgeable than his human partner and wasn't above reminding Death Hawk of the fact. The story arc "The Soulworm Saga" revolved around the quest for a mythical alien object of immense power. Other characters included: *Brigid O'Shaunessy/Vanessa Bouvier, a beautiful con artist who claimed to be an exo- archeologist. *R'yex, anReferences