The Nighthawk

Saddling up in the pages of Western Comics back in 1954, The Nighthawk is a DC original who rode out of the final years of the Golden Age with a distinctly frontier spirit. Shaped by the hands of Jack Schiff and Sheldon Mayer, this character carved out a niche in DC's rich Western tradition, sharing ink with titans like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and The Flash — a testament to how deeply woven into the broader DC tapestry even its cowboy corners could be. The Nighthawk's longevity is quietly remarkable: a character born in the Eisenhower era still turning up as late as DC Universe: Legacies in 2012, acknowledged as part of the grand continuum of DC history. For collectors with a love of the publisher's Western heritage and a taste for the rare and the rootin'-tootin', this one's a genuine find.