Story: "Into the Sky" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Geoff Johns and James Robinson (plot)
Geoff Johns (script)
Rags Morales (pencils)
Michael Bair (inks)
Bill Oakley (letters)
John Kalisz (colors)
Heroic Age (color seperations)
Peter Tomasi (edits)

Feature Characters:

Hawkman I
Hawkgirl II

Supporting Characters:

Oliver Evans
Daniel Evans
Jeremy Barlow
Susan Morrison
Jayita Sahir (first appearance; Danny's contact in India and an old friend of Oliver's)

Villains:

Kristopher Roderic
Copperhead
Shadow-Thief
Tigress III

Other Characters:

Aalok (leader of the Komeriah)
The Komeriah (first appearance of all; descendants of Shiva and inhabitants of the Battlelands)
Gentleman Ghost (last in Robin Vol. 2 #95)

Note: Story continues in the next issue

Synopsis:

Kristopher Roderic taunts Oliver Evans that he will soon own the Stonechat Museum, despite the efforts of the Hawks, who are heading for India in a Thanagarian vessel. Here they encounter a woman named Jayita who has been helping Danny Evans in his quest to locate the near-legendary diamond known as the Third Eye of Shiva. They catch up with Danny just as he comes under attack from Shadow Thief, Copperhead and Tigress, all in the employ of Roderic. They discover that the temple which houses the diamond is underground, but when military allies of Roderic detonate three missiles in their vicinity, the group suddenly gets split in two, Hawkman's party observed by some cultured elephants...