Summary: After expending all their lives to defeat the Lord Beyond the Void Carter and Shayera are granted one more go.
Plot: First off, before I get into reviewing this issue, I feel I need to give a shout out to my brother from another mother md62 for keeping the spotlight on this series month in and month out. When this new volume of Hawkman came out I was immediately enthralled, I just loved the way it gave a reason for all the various convoluted histories of Hawkman to coexist but for whatever reason I didn't add it to my pull, relying instead on it just being on the shelf for me but when one month it wasn't I fell off the wagon and never managed to get back on until this week. Every month Michael would write absolutely glowing reviews of the series and every month I'd say, "Man, I need to get back into this!" and I honestly couldn't have picked a better time. Sure, I really enjoyed the whole Lord Beyond story and Carter's various reincarnations were really, really well done but this issue gave us a return of both Hawks to the Golden Age JSA which is seriously my favorite era for the character and it did it so well! Not only did it play on the nostalgia for the era featuring the classic JSA line up and a veritable who's who of their classic foes but it gave us something new as well in that they now only have one life to live. I know that sounds corny, and its a comic so obviously no death is final but it was plaid out so well here that it made you forget that death would never actually last, if only for just a little while, and let you ruminate on that and surprisingly that rumination was ultimately a positive one. Instead of a grim look at death we see a life well lived and last reflection of a time the Hawks both consider to be their favorite. The book may be ending soon but the celebration of life contained in it will stick in my mind for years to come.
Art: What I really loved about the art here was just how well it was able to deliver on giving the readers that authentic sense of wonder and simplicity of the very best of the Golden Age comics while retaining a modern style of visual storytelling. Rather than just aping the four color process and giving us a classic grid to say "This is the Golden Age" it went a modern mix of close ups and splash pages you'd expect in a modern book but there's a clean, simplistic to the costumes and posing that none the less gives it a classic feel.
Grade:10/10 

Summary: While Kirk faces the Klingon gauntlet, Bones and Spock expose treason at the highest level of the Federation.
Plot: So far Year Five has been one of my favorite Trek comics to date, giving us a look at the final year on Kirk and co.'s continuing mission. In the previous issues we've had an excellent variety of stories featuring the seldom used but fan favorite Tholians, an interesting love affair with Sulu and even the return of Gary Seven; this story featuring the Klingons however is by far my favorite so far. Not only do we get Captain Kirk being charged for his various interactions with the Klingon Empire, but I love the way it plays with the old trope of bad admirals and Kirk's ruminations about what it means to return home after being in the farthest reaches of the galaxy. I've always felt that the bad admiral stories of the past were great episodes as they used the idea that the utopia of the future still has room to improve which always felt like a great meditation on the social issues we face today in that things may seem good to some but that there are injustices out there that still need to be addressed. That said, although I love the tone and the general idea I think it gets resolved a little too quickly. Spock and Bones break lose and Spock quickly stuns the Admiral and suddenly everyone who was under him just collapse leading to a warp speed resolution of the conspiracy.
Art: I really loved the little touches that Hernandez brought into the story with the art, giving it a real sense of continuity with both the OS and the films. Though derided by fandom I loved that the pajama uniforms were shown here as this is the story that directly precedes the Motion Picture, it was just a nod but it really brought me into the world.     
Grade:7/10