When the captured Manhawk is unable to reveal Thanagar's location, Hawkman and Adam Strange release him, hoping that his homing instincts will lead them there. Katar tracks the bird from his ship, but when it is captured in a space-spider's immense web, he finally has to set the web afire to free it. When the trip is again interrupted by the unyielding pull of a white dwarf star, he shifts all power to his anti-gravity coils; this reveals him to the Manhawk, who attacks. He feigns death, and finally follows the creature to its planet, destroying the creatures' psycho-control device before it can again take over Thanagar. Katar and Shayera are reunited, and he tells her what he's learned of the Manhawk's origins. Their home planet had been destroyed by the Lizarkons of Aptilia, another plan