A subliminal word balloon in Hawkman

I don't think I ever posted this here before, even though I'd had it stored for some time, but it's worth noting. This panel on the side is from Hawkman #30, September 2004, at the time Jim Palmiotti took over the writing, and seems to confuse Hawkman's mask with religion instead of secret identities for personal safety, all for the sake of a potential attack on security measures at airports that could require being allowed to identify who's behind an Islamic niqab. Yes, this is sadly another example of how DC, just like Marvel, can inject ridiculous politics post-9/11, and jumble up superheroics with "cultural sensitivity" issues.

Another problem is that, at this time 6 years ago, they may have even abruptly contradicted the earlier premise that Carter Hall's ID was no longer a secret; a blatant example of how DC can be quite disrespectful with their own continuity.