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Hawkman
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Real Name
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Carter Hall, Kator Hal
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First Appearance
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Flash Comics (Vol. 1) #1 (January, 1940)
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Creators
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Gardner Fox, Dennis Neville
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Team Affliations
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Justice Society of America, Justice League, All-Star Squadron, Suicide Squad, Wingmen of Thanagar, Black Lantern Corps
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Aliases
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None
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Base of Operations
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Midway City
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Powers
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Flight, Memories of Past Lives, Enhanced strength and eyesight
Temperature regulation Limited physical regeneration Reincarnation |
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Skills and Abilities
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Fighting Experience, Experienced Flyer
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Tools and Weapons
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Nth Metal Wings, Nth Metal Mace, Nth Metal Armor
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Hawkman is superhero in the DC Universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America and the Justice League of America.
Contents
Origin[edit | edit source]
Silver Age[edit | edit source]
A police officer from the planet Thanagar, Kator Hal and his wife Sheyera Thal (also an officer and his partner), track a criminal to Earth. After capturing him, they elect to stay to learn more about Earth police methods and protect their new home as Midway City as Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Hawkworld[edit | edit source]
A police officer with a cruel streak from the planet Thanagar, Kator Hal was tricked into murdering his own father and while in exile begins to redeem himself.
New 52[edit | edit source]
A pacifist from the warlike planet of Thanagar, Kator Hol is framed for his father's murder and ends up escaping from his enemies to Earth.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Earth One[edit | edit source]
Kator Hol's childhood remains largely unknown. It is known he hails from the planet Thanagar, were people have developed methods of flight, and became a police officer in his homeworld and married a fellow officer named Shayera. On one mission, he and his wife tracked a criminal named Byth Rok to the planet Earth to capture him.
New Earth[edit | edit source]
Prince Khufu[edit | edit source]
Prince Khufu was an prince in ancient Egypt during the reign of Ramesses II in the 19th dynasty. Kuhufu believed his soul and the soul of his betrothed, Chay-Ara, would be fated to remain in the mortal world, even after death. The wizard Nabu told Khufu of a strange event and took him and his apprentice, Teth-Adam to investigate. There they discovered a crashed spaceship made of an alien metal known as Nth Metal, which contains strange properties and abilities.
