Hawkman
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Textless variant cover of Hawkman #1 (May 2002).
Cover art by Andrew Robinson. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) |
| Created by |
Gardner Fox Dennis Neville |
| Characters |
Katar Hol Carter Hall Fel Andar |
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Hawkman vol. 1, #1 (April–May, 1964). Featuring the Katar Hol version of the character. Art by Murphy Anderson. |
| Series publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule |
(vol 1) Bi-monthly (vol 2–3, The Savage Hawkman) Monthly (vol 4) Monthly (1–22, 25–49) Bi-Weekly (23–24) |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date |
(vol 1) April–May 1964 – August–September 1968 (vol 2) August 1986 – December 1987 (vol 3) September 1993 – July 1996 (vol 4) May 2002 – April 2006 (The Savage Hawkman) November 2011 – July 2013 |
| Number of issues |
(vol 1) 27 (vol 2) 17 and 1 Special (vol 3) 34 (including a 0 issue) and 2 Annuals (vol 4) 49 (vol 2–3, The Savage Hawkman) 21 (including issue #0) |
| Main character(s) |
(vol 1–3, The Savage Hawkman) Katar Hol (vol 4) Carter Hall |
Hawkman is a fictional superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1, published by All-American Publications in 1940.
Several incarnations of Hawkman have appeared in DC Comics, all of them characterized by the use of archaic weaponry and by large, artificial wings, attached to a harness made from the special Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkman work closely with a partner/romantic interest named Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman.
Since DC’s continuity was rewritten in the 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hawkman’s history has become muddled with several new versions of the character appearing throughout the years, some associated with ancient Egypt and some with the fictional planet Thanagar. These versions of the character have starred in several series of various durations.
Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940), and was a featured character in that title throughout the 1940s. This Hawkman was Carter Hall, a reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian prince, Khufu. Hall discovered that the mysterious "ninth metal" could negate the effects of gravity and allow him to fly. He donned a costume with large wings to allow him to control his flight and became the crimefighter, Hawkman. He also had a companion hawk named Big Red that assisted him in fighting crime. An archaeologist by profession, Hall used ancient weapons from the museum that he curated.
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