Golden Eagle (comics)

Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle from Hawkman (vol. 4) #37 (April 2005) Art by Joe Bennett
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Justice League of America (vol. 1) #116 (March 1975)
Created by	Cary Bates (writer) Dick Dillin (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Ch'al Andar
Species	Human-Thangarian hybrid
Place of origin	Thanagar
Team affiliations	Wingmen of Thanagar Titans West
Notable aliases	Charles Edmund Parker, Hawkman
Abilities	wears Nth metal armor and wings

Golden Eagle is the name of two fictional characters published by DC Comics.

The first Golden Eagle was introduced in Justice League of America (vol. 1) #116 (March 1975), and was created by Cary Bates and Dick Dillin. He joined Titans West in Teen Titans (vol. 1) #50 (October 1977).

The second Golden Eagle is a member of the Aryan Brigade introduced in Justice League Task Force #10 (March 1994).

The original Golden Eagle was an orphan by the name of Charley Parker. Charley lived in the Midway City orphanage and idolized Hawkman. At one point he sent a letter to Hawkman describing his home-made "Hawkman" costume. In Justice League of America (vol. 1) #109, Hawkman had been ordered back to Thanagar, thus resigning from the JLA. Golden Eagle debuted seven issues later in Justice League of America (vol. 1) #116.

Parker himself explained that one day he had been wearing his "Hawkman" costume and fantasizing he was the Thanagarian hero when a strange light enveloped him turning his costume into an exact replica of Hawkman's costume. He also gained the ability to fly due to the replicated wings of his costume. Charley could at will change his street clothes into the Golden Eagle costume. The Justice League was called by the Midway City Police due to several incidents where criminals were dropped off at the police headquarters, captured by someone unknown who left a gold colored feather behind—Hawkman's old modus operandi.

The Leaguers investigated and ran into the Golden Eagle when they were attacked by Hawkman's old foe Mark Mandrill, the Matter Master, a man who carried a mentally controlled wand that could manipulate matter—for example, changing the heads of members of the Justice League into the heads of animals. The Matter Master thought the Golden Eagle was Hawkman and mentally had the wand bring the Golden Eagle to his hidden lair. Mandrill figured out that his wand must have transformed Charley, acting out some sort of subconscious need for the villain to battle Hawkman, who hadn't been seen for months. At the end of the story, Charley was changed back into a normal teenager.