Hawkman I

Written by David Charlton
Picture by ArtTeach


Name: Hawkman

Secret Identity: Carter Hall

Known Former Lives: Pharaoh Khufu Ma-at Ka-Taar, Hannibal Hawkes (Nighthawk)

First DC2 Appearance: The Immortal Legend of Hawkman # 0 (as Prince Khufu), The Immortal Legend of Hawkman #1 (as Carter Hall)

Status: Hero

Base of Operations: Manhattan, NY, Keystone City.

Occupation: Curator and Field Agent of the Midway Museum, Keystone City. Lecturer at Manhattan University.

HT: 6’2

WT: 190 lbs.

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Blond

Powers and Abilities: While Professor Hall possess no innate superpowers himself, his golden Nth Metal amulet allows its wearer not only the power of flight, but also enhances all natural senses, increases physical strength to an extraordinary level and even bestows a limited amount of invulnerability. Hawkman also possesses the Claw of Horus, an Nth Metal artifact of significant but uncertain mystical power (though it is known to have overpowered the Orb of Ra), and to focus the innate abilities of the Nth Metal. The full psycho-receptive abilities of Thanagarian Nth Metal have yet to be fully plumbed, but it is just possible that long-term exposure to it may slow aging, bestow limited telepathy (especially to others with Nth Metal exposure) and may be the catalyst of certain physical metamorphoses.

History: Carter Hall was the privileged son of old New York Knickerbocker aristocracy and a respected academician when in the Spring of 1938 he received a summons from an old friend on an archaeological dig in Egypt--- the tomb of the forgotten Pharaoh Khufu had been found at last.

Traveling to Egypt, Carter Hall discovered that he was the latest reincarnation of the long-dead heroic Champion of Horus, and that his immortal beloved Princess Chay-Ara had also been reincarnated as opera ingénue Shiera Saunders. The two became embroiled in a millennia old drama of murder and revenge with their eternal foe, Hath-Set! Powered by the Nth Metal artifacts of an ancient Thanagarian starship recovered from Khufu’s tomb, Carter Hall took up the mantle of the Champion of Horus and became the hero known as Hawkman!

Hawkman became a charter member and first Chairman of the world’s first super-team, the legendary Justice Society of America, fighting alongside his wife Hawkgirl. In the course of his career, Hawkman faced, among others, the Gentleman Ghost of Bleakhill Manor, the mesmerizing Thought Terror, the fearsome Lion-Mane, and the evil druid Dr. Trygg!

Not much is known of the later career of the Winged Avenger. He was considered an ally of the lost civilization of Feithera, and may even have visited the planet Thanagar during the darkest days of the Apocalypse of the Seven Devils. It is known that he is revered there as the reincarnation of their greatest hero, Kar’ Taral--- and may even have fathered a Thanagarian son named Katar Hol.

After the JSA disbanded, Carter and Shiera retired their wings and spent more time traveling and focusing on their archaeological activities, but their happiness was short-lived. Challenged once more by their nemesis Hath-Set (reincarnated as the villainous Anton Hastor), the Hawks disappeared, never to be heard from again.