Chapter 1: Carter Hall I and Shiera Sanders (1939-1994)
Origin: Prince Khufu and Chay-ara of Ancient Egypt
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| Sandy Jarrell |
Carter Hall was a wealthy artifacts collector and research scientist in New York City. An archaeologist sent him a package that contained an Nth metal knife which caused Carter to fall into a deep sleep. He dreamt about his past life as an Egyptian prince named Prince Khufu. Through the dream, he remembered his past, his eternal love for Chay-ara, and his death by Hath-Set. Carter Hall awoke from his dream and realized the power of the Nth metal. He believed that the Nth metal had given him the power to reincarnate and that it connected him and Chay-ara to Hath-set forever. During a subway disaster, he was reunited with Shiera Sanders, the reincarnation of Chay-ara. He also discovered that Hath-Set (now Anton Hastor) was behind the disaster. He designed a costume after the god Horus and used the Nth metal to fly. After defeating Hastor, Carter went on to develop many weapons with the Nth metal. (*) Shiera also joined his side as Hawkgirl.(*) Carter was a charter member of the Justice Society of America and served as its chairman for over eight years. In a retrospective series, Carter and Shiera were also members of the All-Star Squadron.
Carter and Shiera were soon engaged and later married (never shown in the comics). During World War II, Carter joined the U.S. Air Force and served as a pilot while Shiera joined the Nurses Corp. It was also revealed that Shiera had inherited a fortune and owned a mansion where Carter and Shiera sometimes used to enjoy their time off together. (*) During a fight with the villain Ian Karkull, Carter and Shiera as well as the other members of the Justice Society were blasted by a strange energy that slowed down their aging process, keeping them young until the end of the 20th century. (*) Hawkman and Hawkgirl continued their adventures until 1951 when they were forced into retirement when the Joint Un-American Activities Committee ordered them to reveal their true identities.(*)
Carter and Shiera had one son, Hector. Hector joined the Infinity Inc. as the Silver Scarab, but he later adopted the identities of Sandman and Doctor Fate as well. He married Lyta Trevor, the daughter of the Golden Age Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. They had a son named Daniel, who is now the Dream of the Endless in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. (*) Carter and Shiera also had a godson named Norda Cantrell. He was a Human-Feitheran boy who was living with the Feitherans, a bird-like people in Iceland that the Halls often visited. Norda would eventually become Northwind. More on them later!
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| Mike Machlan / Mike Machlan / Greg Capullo |
After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Carter and Shiera found themselves on a new Earth. Soon afterward, they were transported to Ragnarok with the other Justice Society members. They would remain there in an endless battle until 1992. (*) In 1992, they were finally able to escape and return to Earth during the Armageddon Inferno event. (*) Soon after, they met Katar Hol II and Shayera Thal of Thanagar in a brief battle. They would meet again in 1994 during the Zero Hour Crisis in Time. (*) During this event, Carter, Shiera, Katar Hol II, and a Hawk god were merged together. This formed a new Katar Hol but Shiera was killed in the process, while only Carter's consciousness remained in Katar. Carter and Shiera's story was not finished, but this ended the continuity of the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
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| Dan Jurgens |
1940: First appearance of Nth Metal, Anton Hastor/Hath-Set (*)
1940: Poseidon gives Hawkman the power to breathe underwater (*)
1940: Hawkman joins the Justice Society (*)
1941: Shiera becomes Hawkgirl for the first time (*)
1941: Hawkman becomes the chairman of the Justice Society (*)
1941: Hawkman learns the bird language (*)
1941: Big Red's first appearance (*)
1943: First appearance of an actual mace (*)
1945: First appearance of The Monocle (*)
1946: First appearance of the Feitherans (*)
1947: First appearance of The Gentleman Ghost (*)
1948: Hawkman wears the Yellow Cowl for the first time (*)
1963: First Justice League-Justice Society crossover (*)
1976: Justice Society returns in All-Star Comics (*)
1978: First appearance of Hawkman's metallic helmet designed by Shiera (*)
1981: Carter helps start the All-Star Squadron (*)
1982: Shiera joins the All-Star Squadron (*)
1986: Carter, Shiera, and the Justice Society trapped in a never-ending Ragnarok (*)
1992: Carter and Shiera return from Asgard (*)
1994: Carter is merged with Katar Hol II and a Hawk god, Shiera is killed (*) (*)
Flash Comics 1940-1949
All-Star Comics 1940-1951
The Big All-American Comic Book 1944
JSA/JLA Crossover 1962-1986
All-Star Comics 1976-1978
Adventure Comics #461-466, 1978-1979
All-Star Squadron 1981-1987
Infinity Inc. 1984-1988
America vs. the Justice Society of America 1985
Last Days of the Justice Society of America 1986
Justice Society of America 1991
Armageddon Inferno 1992
Justice Society of America 1992
Sensation Comics 1999
Thrilling Comics 1999
All-Star Comics 80-page Giant 1999
JSA Strange Adventures 2004-2005
Convergence Justice Society of America 2015
Prelude: The Origin of Hawkman and Hawkgirl/Hawkwoman
Chapter 1: Carter Hall I and Shiera Sanders (1939-1994)
Chapter 2: Katar Hol I and Shayera Hol I (1961-1987, 2015)
Chapter 3: Katar Hol II and Shayera Thal (1989-1996, 2003-2005)
Chapter 4: Carter Hall II and Kendra Saunders I (1999-2010)
Chapter 5: Katar Hol III and Kendra Munoz-Saunders (2011-2018)
Chapter 6: Carter Hall III, Shayera Hol II, Kendra Saunders II (2018-present)
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