Honestly...I'm not to fond of comics from the 80s (my roommate got me a Hawkman one for my birthday one year...my God, the HAIR) but I may break down and check them out.
...Flint is in them, right?
you can't generalize. there's good and bad. you came into Hawkman during his best run.
I think the book started around 82/83. Flint didn't show up till around 84 or 85, but yeah, he's around a good bit after he debuts. I think he's pretty prominent in the Special Missions spinoff, too.