Hector Hall

Hector Hall
Panel from JSA featuring Hector Hall as Doctor Fate. Art by Stephen Sadowski.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983).
Created by	Roy Thomas Jerry Ordway
In-story information
Full name	Hector Sanders Hall
Team affiliations	Justice Society of America Infinity, Inc. Sentinels of Magic
Notable aliases	Silver Scarab, Sandman, Doctor Fate
Abilities	Manipulated the magics of Chaos & Order

Hector Hall is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics's Infinity, Inc., Sandman and JSA. He has gone by the names Silver Scarab, Sandman and, before his death, Doctor Fate.

Hector Hall first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 and was created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway.

Hector Hall is the son of Carter and Shiera Hall, the Golden Age heroes known as Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Carter and Shiera were reincarnations of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh and his wife, both of whom had been killed and cursed by their rival Hath-Set. Unbeknownst to either of them, however, Hath-Set's curse also concerned any children that might be conceived by the pair. The curse of Seketh, the Ancient Egyptian God of Death, prophesied the combination of the Silver Scarab and the Eye of Ra, which would practically mean the end of the world. As such, when Hector was born during an archaeological dig near Cairo, he was born without a soul, destined to be a vessel for the Silver Scarab, an agent of vengeance called forth by Hath-Set.

To further anger Hector, his parents would frequently visit the city of Feithera and spend time with their godson Norda Cantrell (who would become Northwind). Although the two children would be playmates as well, Hector carried a grudge against Norda for his wings and the attention he got from Hector's parents. It turned out later that, as Hector had been prophesied to become an agent of Hath-Set, Norda's destiny would be to stop him.