Character Spotlight: Warhawk (sorta)

One of the tricky things about canon immigrants is that they're not always an exact match. Take Zizz, for instance, whose look comes from an alternate reality version of Justice League's Hawkgirl, and that's pretty much all they have in common. This example is pretty similar.

In case you're not familiar with Warhawk, he's a member of Justice League Unlimited who first appeared in the Batman Beyond episode "The Call" (November 2000), and he's actually shown up on this blog several times before - but always in a version of the Batman Beyond future. And in that future, he's Rex Stewart, the son of Green Lantern John Stewart and Hawkgirl.

Therefore, it's quite surprising when someone who looks like him shows up in an alternate PRESENT as a member of the Justice League. This happens in Justice League of America #26 (October 2008) during a time when the trickster god Anansi spins a new reality, which changes the makeup of the team.

As you can see, the team includes someone called Hawk who looks an awful lot like Warhawk, except he has red armor for some reason.

...or does he? In this later scene, he was what looks more like silver armor reflecting red light. Is that what the top picture is supposed to be too? That would make sense since he has Firestorm floating in front of him, but it's not affecting the coloring of anybody else, whereas in the bottom image, Vixen is tinted red as well.

So I'm not sure what's going on there, but it counts regardless.