Hawkgirl
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| File:Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall).jpg Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall) Art by David Finch | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | (Hall) Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) (Hall as Hawkgirl) All Star Comics #5 (June 1941) (Hol) The Brave and the Bold #34 (March 1961) (Saunders) JSA Secret Files #1 (August 1999) |
| Created by | (Hall) Gardner Fox Dennis Neville Sheldon Moldoff (Saunders) James Robinson David Goyer (Hol) Gardner Fox Joe Kubert |
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| Full name | Shiera Sanders Hall Shayera Hol Kendra Saunders |
| Team affiliations | (Hall, Sanders) Justice Society of America (Hall) All-Star Squadron Justice League (Saunders) Justice League Justice Society of America Birds of Prey Black Lantern Corps Blackhawks (Hol) Justice League |
| Partnerships | Hawkman (various) John Stewart |
| Notable aliases | (Hol) Shiera Hall Hawkwoman (Saunders) Lady Blackhawk |
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Hawkgirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original Hawkgirl, Shiera Sanders Hall, was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, and first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940). Shayera Hol was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Joe Kubert, and first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #34 (March 1961). Kendra Saunders was created by writer David S. Goyer and artist Stephen Sadowski, and first appeared in JSA Secret Files and Origins #1 (August 1999). One of DC's earliest super-heroines, Hawkgirl has appeared in many of the company's flagship team-up titles including Justice Society of America and Justice League of America.
Several incarnations of Hawkgirl have appeared in DC Comics, all of them characterized by the use of archaic weaponry and artificial wings, attached to a harness made from the special Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkgirl work closely with a partner/romantic interest Hawkman.
Since DC’s continuity was rewritten in the 1985 series Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hawkgirl 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.
Hawkgirl has been adapted into various media, including direct-to-video animated films, video games, and both live-action and animated television series, featuring as a main or recurring character in the shows Justice League Animated, Justice League Unlimited, The Flash, Arrow, Young Justice, DC Super Hero Girls and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. IGN's list of the "Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics" ranked Hawkgirl as #22.[1] She was ranked 80th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.[2]
Publication history
Golden Age
Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, Shiera Sanders first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (Jan. 1940), in the same 12-page story in which Fox and Neville introduced Hawkman.[3] Archaeologist Carter Hall has a dream that he is an ancient Egyptian prince, Khufu, who has a lover, named Shiera in the original story, or Princess Chay-Ara in modern retellings. The next day, Carter meets a woman named Shiera who looks exactly like the woman in his dream. Carter dons the identity of Hawkman and Shiera becomes Carter's girlfriend. Shiera first appears as Hawkgirl in All Star Comics #5 (July 1941), in a costume created by Sheldon Moldoff,[4] based on Neville's Hawkman costume. During Hawkman's solo segment of the Justice Society of America story, Shiera dons a spare set of Nth metal wings developed by Hawkman, and masquerades as Hawkman in order to trick some criminals. Shiera continues to wear the costume and wings in later stories, eventually adopting the identity of Hawkgirl.
Silver Age
With the fading popularity of superheroes during the late 1940s, the Hawkman feature ended in the last issue of Flash Comics in 1949. In 1956, DC Comics resurrected the Flash by revamping the character with a new identity and backstory. Following the success of the new Flash, DC Comics revamped Hawkman in a similar fashion with The Brave and the Bold #34 in 1961. The Silver Age versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl became married alien police officers from the planet Thanagar who come to Earth in order to study police techniques. Silver Age Hawkgirl is introduced as Shayera Hol (phonetically identical to Shiera Hall), who appears in costume as of her first appearance. Although Silver Age Hawkman joins the Justice League in Justice League of America #31 in 1964, Silver Age Hawkgirl was not offered membership because Justice League rules only allowed for one new member to be admitted at a time. Several years later, Silver Age Hawkgirl joined the Justice League of America with issue #146 in 1977. In 1981, Silver Age Hawkgirl changed her name to Hawkwoman in the Hawkman backup feature of World's Finest Comics #274.
With the establishment of DC's multiverse system, the Golden Age Hawkgirl was said to have lived on Earth-Two and the Silver Age Hawkgirl on Earth-One. Although Golden Age Hawkman makes his first Silver Age appearance during the first JLA/JSA teamup in 1963 and continues making appearances during the annual JLA/JSA teamups, Golden Age Hawkgirl does not reappear until 1976, in the revival of the All Star Comics monthly comic. During the publication gap between the cancellation of Hawkman at the end of the Golden Age and the reintroduction of Earth-Two Hawkman during the Silver Age, Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl are married off-panel. Golden Age Hawkgirl made further appearances as the mother of Silver Scarab in the Infinity Inc. comic and as Hawkgirl as a member of the All-Star Squadron, a retroactive team of Golden Age heroes active in the 1940s.
Post-Crisis and One Year Later
Following the events of DC's miniseries, Crisis on Infinite Earths, the histories of Earth-One, Two, Four, S, and X were merged into one single Earth with a consistent past, present, and future. As a result, both the Golden Age and the Silver Age versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl live on the same Earth. Shortly after Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC decided that having the Justice Society on the same Earth as all of the other superheroes was redundant and most of the team, including Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl were given a sendoff in the Last Days of the Justice Society one-shot. The Justice Society were trapped in another dimension, Limbo, where they would battle for all of eternity to prevent Ragnarök from occurring on the Earth.
Initially, the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkwoman were kept in continuity unchanged after Crisis on Infinite Earths. However, DC reversed this decision and rebooted Hawkman continuity after the success of the Hawkworld miniseries. Originally, Hawkworld was a miniseries set in the past that revised the origins of Hawkman and Hawkwoman, but after the series became a success, DC Comics made Hawkworld an ongoing series set in the present, with both heroes only recently appearing on Earth after the events in the Invasion! miniseries, resulting in a complete reboot of Hawkman continuity. Several continuity errors regarding Hawkman and Hawkgirl's Justice League appearances then needed to be fixed, including their appearance in the Invasion! miniseries. All previous appearances by the Silver Age Hawkgirl in the Justice League were explained by the Golden Age Hawkgirl taking the Silver Age Hawkgirl's place. However, Hawkwoman continued to appear in some pre-Hawkworld Justice League adventures during the time Golden Age Hawkgirl was trapped in Limbo. To explain this continuity error, a new Hawkwoman, Sharon Parker, was created and retconned into the Justice League during the time Golden Age Hawkgirl was in Limbo.
After the Hawkworld reboot, Hawkgirl (Hawkwoman) was now Shayera Thal and not married to Katar Hol, instead merely his police partner. In post-Hawkworld continuity, Shayera adopts the name Hawkwoman from the very beginning of her costumed career and never uses the name Hawkgirl. The Golden Age Hawkgirl is eventually returned from Limbo, but during the Zero Hour miniseries she is merged with Katar Hol and Golden Age Hawkman into a new persona.
A new Hawkgirl was introduced as part of the 1999 revival of the JSA monthly title. The new Hawkgirl is Kendra Saunders, granddaughter of the Golden Age Hawkgirl's cousin, Speed Saunders. Hawkgirl would continue to appear regularly in the monthly JSA series and later in the Hawkman monthly. In 2006, the ongoing Hawkman monthly series was retitled Hawkgirl starting with issue #50 as part of the "One Year Later" jump forward; Kendra replaced Hawkman as the lead character. The Hawkgirl comic book series was finished with issue #66.
Kendra was a recurrent member of the Birds of Prey. Oracle first solicits her assistance in issue #104 in dealing with the Secret Six, for which Oracle rewards her with a car. Throughout the Russian arc, Hawkgirl serves as a team member and develops a rivalry with Secret Six member Scandal.
She was a member of the Justice League of America at its relaunch, but left the team due to injuries sustained in Final Crisis. Kendra and the original Hawkman (Carter Hall) were killed during the Blackest Night storyline; Katar Hol had been killed previously in a final battle with the Hawkgod, and Carter Hall, who had reincarnated in a new body, replaced him as Hawkgirl's partner. Carter and Shiera were resurrected after Blackest Night, but Kendra has since been killed again.
Fictional character biography
Shiera Sanders Hall
The Golden Age Hawkgirl was Shiera Sanders Hall, the reincarnation of the Egyptian princess Chay-Ara, and partner of Carter Hall, the Golden Age Hawkman. Centuries ago, Chay-Ara and her lover Prince Khufu were killed by Hath-Set with a knife forged from Nth metal. The properties of the metal and the strength of the duo's love created a bond between them, causing them to be reborn multiple times throughout the centuries. Some of her incarnations are:
- Lady Celia Penbrook, alive during 5th century Britain, and love of Silent Knight
- Cinnamon (also known as Kate Manser), an Old West gunslinger, and love of Nighthawk
- Sheila Carr, lady love of Pinkerton detective James Wright
In the early 20th century, Chay-Ara was reborn as Shiera Sanders. She was kidnapped by Dr. Anton Hastor (reincarnation of Hath-Set), but subsequently rescued by Hawkman (her reborn lover Khufu). Shiera became the hero's frequent ally and love interest. Eventually, she was granted a costume of her own and a belt of gravity-defying Nth metal, and joined him at his side as Hawkgirl.
The Hawks were members of the All-Star Squadron, and while Hawkman was a member of the Justice Society of America, Hawkgirl was not, only assisting the group on occasion. Retcons indicate that Hawkgirl is formally inducted into the JSA at some point. Eventually, Carter and Shiera married and had one son, Hector Hall, the previous Doctor Fate.
Through retcon, Carter and Shiera also joined the Justice League of America in the late 1980s, serving as liaisons between that group and the Justice Society.
Shiera died when she was merged with Carter and Katar Hol to form a new Hawkman version, a "hawk god" creature, during the events of Zero Hour, but was revived during the events of Blackest Night by the White Lantern ring.
Kendra Saunders
Kendra Saunders was a young woman who committed suicide. When Kendra's soul left her body, that of her grandfather's first cousin Shiera Hall, the Golden Age Hawkgirl entered it, making Kendra a walk-in. Her grandfather, former OSS agent and globe-trotting adventurer Speed Saunders, recognized this, in part due to a change in eye color, and encouraged his granddaughter to embrace her destiny as the "new" Hawkgirl.
Kendra had a daughter named Mia, who is not shown but mentioned.
Still believing herself to be Kendra, she debuted as a hero using the original Hawkgirl's equipment and set out in search of a being called the Fate-Child (actually her own reincarnated son, Hector Hall). This led to a meeting with the Justice Society and Kendra's induction to that team.
She currently has all of Kendra's memories, but almost none of Shiera's save for fighting experiences. This creates tension with Hawkman since he remembers all of their past lives together and believes they are destined for each other. Kendra has been presented as a very troubled young woman, haunted by the murder of her parents by a corrupt cop and confused by her jumble of memories and feelings. She has operated as Hawkman's partner but only recently begun to actually admit her attraction to him. The truth about Kendra's identity was eventually revealed to her by the angel Zauriel.
She is one of the heroes who fought in space during the Rann-Thanagar War. Following the events of Infinite Crisis, a Zeta Beam transporter malfunction injured many of the superheroes in space, including Hawkgirl, causing her to grow over twenty feet tall. Some time later, her proper stature restored, Kendra was shown living in St. Roch, Louisiana, working in Stonechat Museum and protecting the city as Hawkgirl.
She is also a returning member of the new Justice League, having effectively served with the team when the original members were previously missing. A brewing relationship between Hawkgirl and Red Arrow become one of the major subplots in the series though it appears to have ended. Hawkgirl is now 100% Kendra Saunders. Shiera Sanders' soul left Kendra's body and moved on to the afterlife. Shiera hopes her passing on will finally remove the curse of Hath-Set.[5]
Hawkman Vol. 4 (2002–2006)
Lasting four years and forty-nine issues, Hawkman was an ongoing monthly comic book series. In the first issue, Kendra is featured having a discussion with her grandfather, Speed Saunders, wanting to know more about her parents murder, he tells her to search after Danny Evans, an archaeologist working in Stonechat Museum that was in a mission in India trying to save the Museum from shutting down. Hawkgirl decides to go after him with Hawkman's assist, when they encounter Danny they fight against Shadow Thief, Tigress and Copperhead, the three were trying to stole the diamond Danny was looking for, during the fight Tigress escapes with the diamond and Hawkman, Shadow Thief and Copperhead are taken to the Battlelands, a hidden fold in reality created by Shiva to protect Ganesha's descendants. Still in India, Kendra and Danny have a conversation about Kendra's parents and why they were murdered, much for Hawkgirl's dismay he didn't knew much about it, after this they retrieved the diamond and put it back in his place, opening a portal to Battlelands, rescuing Hawkman and the others.[6]
During the events of Slings and Arrows, Kendra and Carter started working in Stonechat Museum, as field agents. Hawkgirl also meets Green Arrow for the first time while he is in city looking for The Spider, a killer that was trying to incriminate him. Working together to find him, they fight against the criminal and Green Arrow shoots the Spider in his aiming eye with an arrow, hoping to end the criminal's career by maiming him. Later on is shown that Spider manages to re-learn archery from a new perspective.[7]
One of Kendra past lives is revealed, as the bounty hunter Cinnamon, a reincarnation of the Egyptian princess Chay-Ara. As such, she becomes the lover of Prince Khufu's reincarnation, the hero Nighthawk. When Cinnamon is assaulted by the burglar "Gentleman Jim" Craddock, Nighthawk hangs him up, thereby tying his destiny to theirs. Cinnamon, along with Nighthawk, is killed by the latest incarnation of Hath-Set, their biggest enemy.[8]
Kendra and Carter travel to Mount Kailas, Tibet, to save her grandfather that was kidnapped by a mysterious figure that was later revealed as being Hath-Set latest reincarnation, Helena Astar.[9] Helena discovered that Speed was in Tibet searching for the absorbascon, an ancient device from Thanagar that had the abilities to absorb knowledge and souls, alongside the power to restore lost memories, being the reason why Speed was looking for it, in the hopes to bring Kendra lost memories, when he found the device he was captured by Helena.[10] Later the Hawks were taken by her in an attempt to kill them, unsuccessfully, since the Atom shows up and saves them from being murdered, Hawkgirl defeats Helena all by herself proving to Carter that she had more determination than he had given her credit of. After Kendra destroys the absorbascon Helena is transformed in a statue of salt, during a fight against Helena's henchmen the statue is broken, supposedly killing her. Hawkgirl develops a friendship with the Atom, after saving him twice from being killed during the fight against Hath-Set latest reincarnation. After this events Kendra started seeing Hawkman as a friend rather than just a partner, as shown in the earlier chapters, marking a big step in there relationship.[11]
Haunted by nightmares of her past, when she and her mother were assaulted by two police officers. Though only a child, she fought back and during the chaos, one of the attackers accidentally shot and killed the other and fled, years later, her parents tracked the surviving attacker to St.Roch, where he ambushed and murdered them. Kendra finally encounters the attacker, chief of police Albert Nedal, that would later be killed at the hands of Gentleman Ghost.[12]
Sometime after the events of Zero Hour, where Katar Hol was merged with Carter and Shiera Hall in a new Hawkman version, who was then possessed by a creature from the red known as the Hawk Avatar.[13] Hawkwoman retired from superhero work to become a cop in Detroit, she met with Hawkgirl while searching for her missing partner, later on Shayera Thal would be captured by Byth Rok, leading for Shayera's final battle against him when she, aided by Hawkgirl, defeated the Thanagarian criminal for good.[14] Hawkwoman gave Hawkgirl her harness as a symbol of their recently formed partnership before departing to Thanagar with Byth as her prisoner.[15]
Hawkgirl always felt that she wasn't the first person Hawkman would turn to in a moment of crisis, treating her as damsel in distress incapable of holding her own against dangers she might come to face, degrading her position in both the eyes of the Justice Society of America and in their partnership, where he would frequently treat her as a sidekick, something Kendra declares she's not, wanting to be seeing as his equal.[16] Towards the end of the series Hawkgirl reveals all of her feelings to Carter, causing the hero to apologize, saying he was treating her wrongly all along, the story finishes in a romantic tone with the Hawks fighting together during the Rann-Thanagar War as both confess their love for each other.[17]
Hawkgirl, the series
After Hawkman ongoing monthly series is retitled, changing to Hawkgirl, Kendra replaces Carter as the lead character. Hawkgirl is seen protecting St. Roch, Louisiana, in the absence of Hawkman and working in Stonechat Museum. She fought Khimaera several times,[18] and finally killed her.[19] She was later abducted and put on trial for high treason against her people by a group of rogue Thanagarians.[20] After being found guilty, one of the rogues tied her hands behind her back and covered her mouth with a piece of duct tape, and then attempted to lynch her. Kendra found that she could hover without her wings and was able to fake her death and escape by using this new power.[21] Kendra was also a target of Blackfire which decided to go to Earth in order to kill Hawkgirl and Hawkman, but the Hawks defeated her and took away her powers.[22]
Kendra also fought alongside the furies of Darkseid while St.Roch was being attacked by an evil weapon of Apokolips, the gizmoid. The Furies were assigned a squadron of Parademons in order to find a stolen Beta-3 Gizmoid. They discover that the gizmoid has landed in St. Roch. According to their readings, the gizmoid has been activated and Bernadeth wants the gizmoid because Darkseid can't allow Earth to be destroyed by anything from Apokolips or it will mean war with High Father. It turns out Desaad designed these gizmoids to be a planet killer but production of the device was put on hold when a rogue Parademon escaped with a gizmoid through a Boom Tube. The Parademon landed in Ancient Egypt and hid the gizmoid before he was killed by Desaad's trackers.[23]
The gizmoid finds itself near Stonechat Museum and it spots Hawkgirl soaring through the air. Its acquisition is computed as prognosticative Boolean algebra. The gizmoid decides that Hawkgirl would be a suitable template to begin Earth's eradication but before it could replicate itself, the Furies converge on its location by via Boom Tube. The gizmoid narrowly escapes by releasing radion gas to slow them down. Hawkgirl spots the disturbance and notices the Female Furies are barely conscious. The gizmoid comes up from behind Hawkgirl and pacifies her then it optimizes for template replication.
When the gizmoid was finished replicating, it disposed of Hawkgirl like a ragdoll and it became a mechanized version of Hawkgirl. The gizmoid begins attacking St. Roch with an arsenal of weaponry. Bernadeth tries to destroy the gizmoid with a series of centiblades but her attempt was unsuccessful. Fortunately, the Nth metal on Hawkgirl's wings became advanced by the gizmoid's brief attachment to her. Hawkgirl soars toward St. James Parish because the gizmoid was getting near that direction. Hawkgirl tells the Furies to focus their fire power on certain sections that she cuts off thereby cauterizing the wounds because the gizmoid can heal itself with nano machines.[24]
Hawkgirl's plan worked and the gizmoid fell to pieces after sustaining the Furies' relentless punishment. As for Hawkgirl, the gizmoid's advancements wore off on her Nth metal because of its destruction and she became overly fatigued. Hawkgirl crashed near Mr. Dooley's Tavern and Bloody Mary followed soon after. Fortunately, Danny Evans was watching Hawkgirl's every move and he stopped Bloody Mary before she could sink her teeth into Hawkgirl's neck. The Female Furies collect Bloody Mary and reluctantly thanked Hawkgirl for her efforts.
Kendra finally decides to fight against her mortal enemy, Hath-Set, who had been watching her for some time, Hawkgirl started getting closer to finding him with the assistance of friends, such as Batman, Superman and Oracle.[25] During her search Kendra is kidnapped by Hath-Set, aware of this Hawkman goes in a rescue mission, meanwhile Hawkgirl is able to free herself and encounter Hath-Set, who had imprisoned Carter, after a final battle against the villain Kendra kills him and saves Hawkman, the two now finally in peace see themselves falling in love again, but with Hawkgirl saying that he must earn her love.[26]
Blackest Night
In Blackest Night #1, Kendra is shown having an argument with Hawkman over whether or not to visit Jean Loring's grave with the Atom. As the two heroes quarrel, the reanimated corpses of Ralph and Sue Dibny, now members of the Black Lantern Corps, enter Hawkman's sanctuary. The Black Lanterns attack, Sue impaling Hawkgirl on a spear. Ralph taunts Hawkman, telling him that Hawkgirl never loved him; a claim she refutes with her dying breath. Hawkman is killed shortly afterward, and both heroes are reanimated as Black Lanterns by Black Hand himself.[27]
During the battling at Coast City, the Atom is chosen by the Indigo Tribe to be more effective against Nekron's forces.[28] The Atom tells Indigo-1 to keep his involvement in the deployment of the troops a secret, and asks that she help him find a way to legitimately resurrect Hawkman and Hawkgirl.[29] In the final battle, the duo are transformed by Hal Jordan into the White Lantern Corps and upon Nekron's destruction, they are both resurrected. Hawkgirl says she remembers all her past lives, then unmasks to reveal herself to be Shiera, she and Carter joyfully reuniting.[30]
Brightest Day
In the Brightest Day crossover, Carter and Shiera follow Hath-Set, who has collected the bones from all of their past bodies, and created from them a portal to Hawkworld. While there, Shiera is told by the Entity to stop Hath-Set from killing Carter, because if he dies one more time, he will not undergo the cycle of resurrection again.[31] Shiera is attacked in Hawkworld's dungeon and captured by Hath-Set. She is then taken to the Queen of Hawkworld who reveals to Shiera that she is her mother.[32] Hawkgirl is tied by Hath-Set and Queen Khea to the gateway and they strike her in order to lure Hawkman to the location. Hawkman and his group of the panthera attack the Manhawks homeworld. When Hawkman arrives and draws his attention, Shiera turns the tables on Hath-Set and uses her legs to snap his neck, killing him. In the meantime, Hawkman is held by Queen Khea's control of Nth metal mace and armor, and she puts Carter with Shiera. Queen Khea opens the gateway and enters the portal to the Zamaron homeworld.[33] When she arrives on the Zamaron homeworld, Star Sapphire (Carol Ferris) frees them both to stop Queen Khea's invasion. Hawkgirl soon faces her mother, but the Predator feels the lack of love inside Khea's heart bond with her and does not know if she truly is able to contain the power of true love.[34]
The Predator makes Khea his host, but Shiera and Carter manage to separate both of them by stabbing Khea at the same time with weapons made of Zamaronian crystals. The bones of the past lives of Hawkman and Hawkgirl separate from the gateway, and, animated by the power of the violet light of love, grab Khea and imprison her in the Zamaronian Central Power Battery. Shiera and Carter, with both of their missions accomplished, have their lives returned and Carol teleports both of them back to the museum of St. Roch. There, the couple, happy for finally defeating the curse, start to take off their clothes in order to make love, but they are suddenly interrupted by the apparition of Deadman, brought there by his white ring. The ring gives Shiera and Carter an order that they must live separately to live life stronger (because they appreciate love more than life itself), but when Carter replies by saying they are not going to live apart again, the ring responds "So be it" and unleashes a blast of white light that turns Hawkman and Hawkgirl into white dust, while Deadman looks in horror.[35] Deadman orders the ring to resurrect both Hawkman and Hawkgirl, but the ring refuses, and tells him that Hawkgirl is unique and that she was brought back life to overcome what held her back in her past life because she is essential in saving Earth.[36]
When the "Dark Avatar" made his presence known, Hawkgirl and Hawkman are revealed to be part of the Elementals. They were transformed by the Entity to become the element of air and protect the Star City forest from the Dark Avatar, which appears to be the Black Lantern version of the Swamp Thing.[37] The Elementals are then fused with the body of Alec Holland in order for him to be transformed by the Entity into the new Swamp Thing and battle against the Dark Avatar. After the Dark Avatar is defeated, Swamp Thing appears to have brought the Elementals back to normal; however, as Hawkman looks around for Shiera, he discovers that she was not brought back like he was. He is later told by Swamp Thing that Shiera is everywhere, revealing that she's still the elemental of air. Afterward, Hawkman returns home yelling "Shiera".[38]
The New 52
In 2011, DC Comics rebooted its continuity as part of the publishing event "The New 52". Following this, a reimagined Kendra Saunders version of Hawkgirl features in the comic book Earth 2, set in the parallel reality of that designation.[39] Her full origin has not been revealed other than some insinuation of her background as part of a secret program that included Al Pratt.[40] It is later revealed that Kendra Munoz-Saunders is a professional treasure hunter, and was hired by the World Army before an unrevealed event occurred in Egypt that resulted in the grafting of wings to Kendra's back, the same time Khalid Ben-Hassin found the Helmet of Fate.
Some time later, Kendra met with the Flash in Europe. She was guided by a certain Fate as to where she might find him. Together, they went to Washington, D.C. and fought Solomon Grundy, without much success.[41] They were later joined by Green Lantern, and subsequently by the Atom. To defeat Grundy, Green Lantern carried him out of the Earth's atmosphere, and stranded him on the moon.[42]
Despite his help against Grundy, the Atom, under orders from the World Army, tried to capture Hawkgirl, but she escaped with the help of the Flash. Green Lantern then returned to Earth after removing the danger of the nuclear missiles that the World Army launched under the advice of Terry Sloan. Unfortunately, he had run out of power, after using so much of it to defeat Grundy. He was saved by Hawkgirl, who caught him in mid-free fall.
Hawkgirl then visited the apartment of Alan Scott who was still mourning over the death of his partner Sam. Hawkgirl's detective skills allowed her to discover that Alan and Green Lantern were one and the same. She tried to convince him to join she and the Flash to form a team against the coming danger.[43] Since then, Hawkgirl alongside the Flash, Green Lantern and Doctor Fate formed the Wonders of the World.
During the events of The Tower of Fate Hawkgirl is seen New Orleans trying to make Khalid join her in an attempt to fight against the war with Apokolips, later she is shown in Louisiana locating a parademon cell, Green Lantern appears and asks for her help with finding why his husband was murdered. Together with Kendra, Alan manages to learn much more about Sam, and within the span of a few hours the treasure huntress has completely outclassed all of the detectives earlier hired by Mr. Zhao. They're flying above the Chinese harbor when Kendra notes that they've reached the point where there was supposed to be a clue, as one of the containers contain something which is connected to Sam's death. Once they open the container however, Alan and Kendra discover to their shock numerous dead Parademons heaped atop one another. Surprised by their findings and wondering how this got Sam killed, they decide to backtrack to their previous source, the mob leader Eddie Kai Lung.
Unfortunately, before they can continue their search the Green reaches out to Alan and implores him to return to America. While Alan resists as much as he can, the force of the command proves too irresistible and he's forced to leave Kendra behind despite her protests, when he leaves however he begs Kendra to keep looking in his place. Still helping Alan with his problem, Hawkgirl is seen in a graveyard searching for answers, there she is attacked by genetically enhanced Apokorats ridden by Apokolips warriors, Batman assists her and tells her to go search for Kanto, the assassin of Apokolips. She finds out that Alan's dead husband, was mixed up with Apokolips battle tech.[44]
When the second invasion of Apokolips in Earth-2 happened, the Wonders of the World, tried to save Earth-2 from destruction, unsuccessfully, they had to evacuate to an Earth twin, only two million survived the war.[45] In 2015, the follow-on series called Earth 2: Society showed the survivors of Earth-2's war with Apokolips, such as Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and The Flash, finding themselves on a new world having to create a fresh life there.[46]
In stories set on DC's Prime Earth, the Savage Hawkman story arc "Hawkman Wanted" (Savage Hawkman issues 13, 14, 15 and 16, and optionally issues 0 and 12) explains the character's place in the New 52. Shayera Thal is revealed as the princess of Thanagar, former lover of Katar Hol and sister of the Emperor Corsar. Initially, she is depicted as a villain, seeking revenge against Katar and coming to Earth to bring Katar to justice for his crimes against Thanagar and the murder of Corsar. It is later evident that Katar was innocent and Shayera is surprised when she discovers her brother alive and behind Katar's arrest in the attempt to part Katar from the Nth metal and own it for himself. She then sacrifices herself in order to save Katar's life.
Following DC's Convergence storyline, Silver Age version of Hawkgirl is featured in a Pre-Crisis Gotham. Shayera Hol is revealed to be from Thanagar, working as Hawkwoman. While visiting Gotham, both Shayera and Katar were present when a dome was put over the city, since then they started working as curators in the Gotham Museum. Despite other heroes having lost their abilities, Hawkman and Hawkwoman were still able to use their gear and training to fight crime, leading them to battle against hidden Thanagarians that had the original intent of conquest over the Earth, they admit later that they abandoned it when the dome came down. One of the Thanagarians reveals to the Hawks that they created an Absorbascon to find a way out of the dome. Lyros, one of the warriors in the Absorbascon, explains that they have seen the future, and beyond the edges of reality to others. Many of those realities will vanish from existence, and there will be nothing anyone can do to stop it. There is a future where all realities compress into one, and no matter how hard opponents are fought, their universe will not survive. Suddenly, a voice rings out from beyond the dome, warning that the dome will soon fall, and champions from each of the cities across the planet Telos's surface will have to fight for the survival of their people. Unfortunately, Shayera and Katar now know that no matter what they do to fight, their home is doomed.[47] After fighting against all threats thrown at them, the Hawks watch as their world starts collapsing due to the Crisis, but they also realize that there might be a new beginning and they fly off with hope in their hearts.[48]
DC Rebirth
In March 2016, DC Comics developed DC Rebirth, as a relaunch of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Using the end of The New 52 initiative in May 2016 as its launching point, DC Rebirth restored the DC Universe to a form much like that prior to the "Flashpoint" storyline while still incorporating numerous elements of The New 52, including its continuity.
Following this, Hawkgirl, as Shiera Hall, made her first appearance in Dark Days: The Forge and Dark Days: The Casting, which served as a prelude to Dark Nights: Metal.
In Dark Days: The Forge , Shiera is introduced as Carter's princess through his journal. Shiera and Carter are in Egypt where they discover a falling Thanagarian spaceship filled with Nth Metal, which Carter describes as one of the greatest mysteries of mankind. The Nth Metal they discovered in the ship gave Carter, Shiera, and their mortal enemy Hath-Set eternal life, sending them into an eternal cycle of reincarnation. Thanks to this, Carter and Shiera decided to be heroes fighting together as Hawkman and Hawkgirl, with the powers that were granted to them thanks to the exposure of Nth Metal. She is shown having spend many lives with Carter and in each one of them they've got glimpses of the mystery behind their lives, powers and stories.[49]
Dark Days: The Casting shows Hawkgirl in the first decades of the 20th century, where she is an archaeologist alongside her husband in St. Roch. They have an encounter with the 13 Immortals, during this the Hawks tells them what they knew about from their previous reincarnations, that I didn't started in Egypt, that they began generations earlier and Hath-Set only obscured their past lives and the true meaning of the metal they wore. The 13 Immortals assisted them by sending them to various locations around the world that would tell the same story involving the metal, that the metal was cursed. Hawkgirl and Hawkman recruited adventurers to help them solve this mystery, the Blackhawks. During some investigations they found the Wizard's knife, using the power of the knife, they decided to follow deep in the darkness that surrounded the mystery. The power of the Wizard's knife was so tremendous that caused an earthquake around Challengers Mountain. As a result, the search space they built to uncover the mystery was destroyed and right in front of them they saw a great evil, eyes that were waiting in the dark, as described by Hawkman in his journal. After this Hawkman continued to pursue the mystery and decided to go alone in his journey, entering in an extradimensional portal, despite Hawkgirl saying that the mystery was only a trap dragging them to nightmares.[50]
Kendra Saunders made her DC Rebirth debut in Dark Nights: Metal #1, she is now called Lady Blackhawk and is the leader of the current Blackhawks, an anti apocalyptic team. She first appears when the Justice League finds a bunker in a recently destroyed location in Gotham City, she introduces herself to them and warns them of an upcoming full-scale invasion, she asks the Justice League to follow her to the Blackhawk Island, a place where cosmic energy conducted through the earth's metal core cancel's itself out, creating a kind of static that disrupts space-time, the Island served as well for many years as a base of operations for the Hawks.
There she explains hers and Hawkman's origin, showing them the last piece of pure Nth Metal, Kendra tells them the powers that the metal can give, she also exposes a map of the Multiverse saying that what they thought was the back of the map is actually a dark multiverse filled with dark energy that cannot be seen or feel. During the age of stone there were three great tribes of man: Wolf, Bear and Bird. They shared a dream of discovery and were nomadic. But then a fourth tribe rose, a dark tribe and with its terrible rise so began the age of metal, Kendra talks about this tribe from a Dark Multiverse and how a great beast called Barbatos, was an enemy of the Bird tribe that Hawkman and Hawkgirl were part of. She then reveals that Batman is the human doorway through which Barbatos can come to this Earth. Due to this Kendra apologizes to Batman and says that she must prevent this from happening, since she destroyed her wings and devoted her life to ending Nth Metal, and attempts to trap him. However, Red Tornado, one of Hawkman's assistance in the search of the Dark Multiverse is reactivated, causing a major distraction enabling Batman to escape with the last piece of Nth Metal, leaving the Justice League and Kendra to deal with an uncontrolled Red Tornado.[51]
Some time after, Kendra is seen in the Antarctic lava pits located in Finisterre. She goes there to join in a secret meeting formed by the Immortals, a group of the oldest beings of Earth, with many of them descending from the original tribes, such as Vandal Savage, Morgaine Le Fey, Ra's Al Ghul. As the latest reincarnation of Hawkgirl, Kendra reluctantly associates with Savage, she warns him that the Dark Multiverse arrival is imminent, since Batman is gone missing with the last piece of Nth Metal and Doctor Fate started having visions, she also claims that she is interested in contacting with Plastic Man, considering he may be the key to understand what is happening. Savage says that they must use their ultimate option to save Earth, the Anti-Monitor astral brain, capable of destroying the Dark Multiverse, with Kendra being the one chosen to fire the weapon. Even though Kendra tries to dissuade them on finding other options, Savage declares that the Immortals choice is final, during the meeting she discovers that Batman is in what he believes to be the tomb of prince Khufu, Kendra attempts to tell him that she destroyed his tomb years ago, revealing that Batman is actually in Hath-Set's tomb, set up to fall in a trap, he is captured by members of the Court of Owls, using him they open the door to the Dark Multiverse, bringing all of his nightmares to Earth.[52]
Seven days after the Dark Nights invasion on Earth, Kendra is seen at the Oblivion Bar, one of the only safe places left in the universe, gathered with a few surviving heroes. In order to stop Barbatos, the heroes decide to go after the last artifacts that can fight back against the invasion of the Dark Multiverse, Nth Metal, following coordinates giving by Plastic Man the survivors divide themselves in groups, with Kendra teaming-up with Wonder Woman and Doctor Fate as they go to the center of the multiverse that lies at the Rock of Eternity.[53]
Hawkgirl is also going to be featured in the one-shot Hawkman Found, a Tie-In comic to Dark Nights: Metal.
Powers and abilities
Hawkgirl owes her powers to a belt of Nth metal, a substance native to the planet Thanagar (once home of another pair of Hawk-heroes, Katar Hol and Hawkwoman). The metal is psycho-reactive, responding to its bearer's thoughts and in its base form has a number of electromagnetic/gravitational properties. To the Hawks, it grants the power of flight, superhuman strength, super-acute vision, and an enhanced healing/regeneration ability.
Additionally, she displays advanced hand-to-hand combat skills. Like Hawkman, she retains the knowledge of several lifetimes worth of fighting. Her preferred weapons are a spear or mace, but she has also been depicted using swords, axes, warhammers, shields, and other melee weapons. She possesses shooting skills from her times as the gunfighter, Cinnamon.
In addition, the Nth metal knife which murdered Hawkgirl in her original incarnation as Chay-Ara had an unusual effect upon her soul and that of her lover Khufu (Hawkman). The pair are locked in a seemingly endless cycle of death and rebirth throughout the centuries. While not a superhuman power per se, this propensity for reincarnation has allowed Hawkgirl to cheat death and return to active duty in her current incarnation.
Like all modern Thanagarians, Shayera Hol has a pair of wings growing from her back which allowes her to fly. As a Thanagarian, she has considerable physical strength, endurance and durability. As a former member of the Thanagarian military, she had extensive training in tactics, military science, and personal combat skills. Additionally, her focus in espionage can make her a difficult opponent to track, and provides her with an advantage when tracking villains.
Hawkgirl carries a mace made of Nth metal, which can generate electric currents and repel magical energies, her mace is highly effective against magic, as shown when Hawkgirl defeated Doctor Fate, one of the most masterful magicians of DC Universe. She is skilled at wielding and throwing the mace accurately. She has creatively used to use the mace as a shield to deflect incoming projectiles as well as a makeshift defibrillator unit. Hawkgirl has a keen mind, as she regularly defeated Batman at chess.
Through the use of the Absorbascon, Shayera Hol is fluent in many Earth languages. Her unique physiology also enables her to verbally communicate with birds.
The Nth metal also regulates the body temperature of the wearer, preventing the need for heavy protective clothing while in high altitudes. It also has the property of radiating heat, which can be controlled to warm the wearer in colder climates.[54]
Recently, Kendra has discovered that she had enhanced healing, strength,vision and limited hover abilities when not wearing Nth metal. She speculates that this is due to her prolonged exposure to the substance. It remains to be seen if she still possesses these abilities now that she is Shiera Hall once again.[55]
Other versions
Flashpoint
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Hawkgirl joined with the Amazons' Furies.[56] Later, Hawkgirl is seen aiding Artemis in her attempt to kill the Resistance movement member, Lois Lane.[57] Although, Lois is rescued by Resistance member Penny Black using the smoke grenades, Penny is seriously wounded. Later, when the Furies attack Grifter and the Resistance, Hawkgirl pins Grifter down, but he pulls Hawkgirl down and then stabs her chest with a trench knife.[58]
DC Bombshells
In the DC Bombshells continuity set in World War II, Shiera is a technological genius and archaeologist who aids the Bombshells with her lover, Vixen. As Hawkgirl, she uses a jetpack rather than fly with wings, though when Cheetah forces her to build weapons out of ancient technology, she designs one with wings as well as a powerful mace.
Shiera grew up in an orphanage in Mexico. From a young age she had a passion for history and ancient cultures, as well as the magnificent structures that they built. She became an archaeologist and her work caught the eye of Hans Garber. He informed her of the Zambesi Amulets and the power that they possessed.[59]
Intrigued, Shiera goes to Zambesi to try to discover the secret of the amulets. There she met Queen Mari of Zambesi and the two of them fell in love. Shiera stayed in Zambesi with Mari and became her personal mechanic, building gadgets to assist Mari against her enemies.
DC Super Hero Girls
Within the DC Super Hero Girls comics adaptation, Hawkgirl is depicted as a student at Super Hero High, being a Latina superheroine. During the issue Hits and Myths, Kendra alongside Flash, Batgirl and Bumblebee forms a team to help Batgirl locating her missing Batplane. They track the Batplane up until a street bar. There they fight against Black Canary, Silver Banshee and Jinx (DC Comics), during the fight Black Canary escapes with the Batplane, so Hawkgirl, Poison Ivy, Flash, Supergirl and Batgirl chases her to retrieve the batplane, after defeating Black Canary they successfully retrieve the batplane, to celebrate their victory they all go to Themyscira with Wonder Woman to have a slumber party.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
In the comic book adaptation of Injustice: Gods Among Us, Hawkgirl (Shiera Hall) appears as a member of Superman's Regime. She first appears to answer Wonder Woman's call for heroes at the Watchtower. After being informed of the situation, the kidnapping of Superman's parents at the hands of Mirror Master, she is one of the many heroes to agree to help locate the rogue. She battles Weather Wizard in Central City, and is later seen waiting outside the villain's bar. Hawkgirl next appears to help Wonder Woman battle the attacking Atlanteans and Aquaman. Hawkgirl battles the forces of Atlantis as Wonder Woman orders her to rescue the people who had been knocked off the boat by Aquaman's attack. She watches Arthur's forces suddenly retreat and notices the massive tsunami fast approaching. She is the first to realize there is something behind the wave. Hawkgirl spots what she believes are mountains rising out of the water, but are in fact the massive tentacles of the Kraken Aquaman called to his aid. Hawkgirl is ensnared by one of the Kraken's tentacles and dragged underwater, slowly drowning while Wonder Woman struggles to save her. After Superman arrives and forces Aquaman to call his beast off, Hawkgirl is ordered by the Man of Steel to help the sailors while Superman and the League go to give their response to Aquaman's ultimatum. Hawkgirl removes the leader of a country from his limousine during a parade before she loses him to Captain Atom. Shocked, Shiera lets her guard down and is struck by a blast of electricity, causing her to fall to the streets below. Collapsed, Hawkgirl sees Black Lightning and Huntress before the latter knocks her unconscious with an arrow bolt. Hawkgirl is later seen being held in a cell in the Batcave, glaring at Batman and Catwoman as they discuss the League's reaction to her kidnapping. When Catwoman points out the League will be searching for her, Batman disagrees and the scene cuts to the Watchtower, where to many heroes shock, a second Hawkgirl is seen arriving. The true Hawkgirl has remained trapped within the Batcave while her imposter has been revealed as the Martian Manhunter, shape-shifted into her form. Exactly a week later, the Martian Manhunter is exposed thanks to Batman's son Damian, and Bruce releases Hawkgirl as promised. Shiera makes her way to the crashed Watchtower and confirms her identity by easily putting out a lit match.
Hawkgirl goes to the Hall of Justice to question Lex Luthor over whether Sinestro truly willingly gave up his ring and powers before allowing himself to be imprisoned. Luthor confirms her questions before saying he still believes Sinestro has something else to play before Sinestro responds that the Green Lanterns will soon arrive to capture Superman and that the League will need his help to stop them.Hawkgirl is next seen waiting for Superman and Shazam in Utah at the Great Salt desert, mace at the ready as she answers Shazam's question of what the Man of Steel thinks they're dealing with by replying "He thinks we're dealing with Green Lanterns." When Superman asks how she knows, she tells him she was talking with their 'guest' at the Hall of Justice. When she sees Superman staring up into the sky, she asks how many Lanterns are on the way, with Superman replying, "Too many." After the Green Lanterns arrive in front of them and Superman and Kilowog have a brief conversation, Shiera demands to know where Hal Jordan is, and when Kilowog doesn't respond, Superman has Cyborg fire a beam down on the Green Lanterns from the Watchtower. The Green Lanterns survive and engage the three, with Hawkgirl fighting the Green Lanterns Isamot Kol and RRU-9-2, when she sees Superman suddenly go down, calling out his name. Shortly after, Hawkgirl is defeated, her Nth Metal mace taken by Green Lantern Tomar-Re, and her unconscious body trapped in a bubble construct alongside Shazam. Before any of them can be taken to Oa, Sinestro arrives, killing Ch'p. Shiera is freed and recovers her mace before engaging Tomar-Re and Procanon Kaa in a battle until the arrival of the Sinestro Corps. Hawkgirl flies above the captured Green Lanterns, silently observing as they remove their rings in surrender and she witnesses the Sinestro Corps depart the Earth on Sinestro's orders. During the lost seven months, Hawkgirl worked alongside fellow League members Superman and Shazam as well as Lanterns Hal, John and Sinestro in toppling more 'rogue nations' to continue establishing peace across the world.
When Hawkman returns to Thanagar and doesn't find Hawkgirl he goes to Earth. There he tries to force Hawkgirl to leave Superman's Regime and return to home, but loyal to Superman, Shiera fights against Hawkman, after defeating him she asks him to leave or she would kill him. Not respecting her wish, Hawkman later returns to Earth and tries to kill Superman with a kryptonite mace, he fails and is killed in a fist fight against Superman.
Justice League Beyond
During their term on the Justice League John Stewart and Hawkgirl began a romance that lasted until Hawkgirl's betrayal of the Justice League. After that Stewart began something with fellow leaguer Vixen; however, during a trip to the future John Stewart met Warhawk who called him "Dad". This baffled Stewart, but Warhawk did explain what had happen. It turned out he was the child of John and Shayera. When John returned he decided not to tell Shayera immediately; he did eventually tell her but he also told her he wouldn't be destiny's puppet.[60] Later on in the Justice League Beyond comic book series is revealed that Shayera and John get back together and gotten married after Vixen is brutally murdered by Shadow Thief.[61] They have a son named Rex Stewart who would later join the Justice League Beyond as Warhawk. After Warhawk was born, Shayera and John decided to leave the Justice League in order to care of Rex.[62]
Elsewords
Shayera and Katar are featured in the Elseworlds three-part series Legend of the Hawkman (2000). The story takes place in the Earth-One timeline, some time after The Brave and the Bold #34. She is shown wanting to return home to Thanagar while Katar has grown accustomed to life on Earth. Although this mini-series was never labelled as an Elseworlds project when originally published, it is now accepted as being one, with this story clearly based on the Silver Age versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl during the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths era.
Justice League Adventures
Justice League Adventures is a DC comic book series featuring the Justice League, but set in the continuity (and style) of the television shows Justice League Animated and Justice League Unlimited; as opposed to the regular DC Universe. Shayera Hol is featured in the comic, this version of Hawkgirl is really similar to the one introduced in the television show, as the comics serves as a spin-off of the series, with Hawkgirl being one of the founding members of the Justice League.
JLA: The Nail & JLA: Another Nail
In JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail, Hawkgirl is a member of a much-hated Justice League, and remains so even after her husband's death by Amazo. In Another Nail, she appears to be close friends with Zatanna. She has forgiven Oliver Queen (in Amazo's body) after he admits feeling responsible for getting Katar killed." Her role as the sole Hawk with League membership is much like her animated counterpart in the Justice League animated series.
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
In Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, the Hawks tried to return to Thanagar to flee from Lex Luthor's military dictatorship, only to crash in the rain forests of Costa Rica. They decided to remain in hiding. They've given birth to a son and daughter, giving them natural wings. Katar and Shayera were killed in a military strike ordered by Lex Luthor, embracing each other in their final moments. The children were brought up in the jungle ever since. They were bent on revenge against Lex.[63] As Hawkboy, the son ultimately kills Lex with Batman's permission, since he understands what he's been through.
Justice
In Alex Ross's Silver Age-toned Justice, Hawkgirl is a member of the Justice League and co-director of the Midway City Museum, alongside her husband. She also appears in Secret Origins and Liberty and Justice.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Shayera is featured in issue #9 of The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold comics. Much like their Silver Age counterparts, Shayera and Katar are married and very much in love.
Gotham City Garage
Hawkgirl is set to appear in the new comic series called Gotham City Garage. Kendra Saunders is shown briefly in Episode #2. She's the youngest member of a very old team.This new series is inspired by the DC Collectibles statue line.
DC New Talents Showcase
Hawkgirl was chosen for one of the seven features in the one-shot comic book. She lives in Chicago, working as a police detective. She is from Thanagar, her mace vibrates like a smartphone when Nth-Metal Thanagarian weapons are near, and she has a secret Hawkroom. It's revealed that she didn't leave Thanagar in best terms, after some time collecting Thanagarian weapons from crime scenes she started suspecting something was wrong, this leaded to her fighting against an ancient Thanagarian, that wanted her death since she chosen humans instead of thanagarians.
Erica Schultz, one of the writers of this piece said she was inspired by Justice League Animated version of the character, "I've always been drawn to strong characters, but what really solidified my love for Shayera was the Justice League cartoon show."[64]
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #17
This comic by Sholly Fisch and Dario Brizuela explained the origin of the Hawks based on the Egyptian one, it showed Hawkgirl and Hawkman meeting the characters from the animated series Scooby-Doo, they team-up to find the thieves that were stealing the Hawks museum. Later they discover that Shadow Thief, Fadeaway Man and Matter Master were behind it, the Hawks fight against them and retrieve the stolen items. This version of Hawkgirl is based on Shayera Hol.
Bombshells: United
The Bombshells are back in an all-new series. As the new tale begins in the year is 1943. Wonder Woman is called to Arizona for help by two young girls named Cassie Sandsmark and Donna Troy, during this Diana says that the world has changed since the war that happened three years ago, mentioning that even from the ashes of that dying world, the Bombshells rose up, referring to "the Hawkgirl from another world" as one of its members.[65] She is shown in Zambesi alongside Vixen.[66]
In other media
Television
Super Friends
Hawkgirl has appeared in a few episodes of The All-New Super Friends Hour and Super Friends paired alongside her husband Hawkman. In her appearances on the show, she looked like the Silver Age version of the character. However, in her last appearance during the "lost season", Hawkgirl got a new costume (a totally black mask, a yellow one piece with a red belt, and grey boots) and her hair was changed to blonde. She was voiced by Shannon Farnon and Janet Waldo.
Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
Hawkgirl appears in the animated series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Maria Canals-Barrera. She is based on Shayera Hol, the Silver Age version of the character. Her personality was completely redesigned for the series by the producers, who wanted a second female superhero for the team to contrast with Wonder Woman. While Black Canary is traditionally more associated with the Justice League, the producers preferred to have the Hawk family represented. In the animated continuity, Hawkgirl's wings are organic and she wields an Nth metal mace which disrupts magical forces and other forms of energy, she is also depicted as having superhuman strength, endurance, durability and is an expert hand-to-hand combat, as shown in "In Blackest Night Part.II" when she defeated four Green Lantern Corps single-handedly. It can be assumed that she also has some hover capability, as at times she is seen to hang in midair without the visible use of her wings. In the Justice League episode "Only a Dream Pt. 1" she is seen hovering with Copperhead clinging to her back.
In "Secret Origins", the Martian Manhunter gathers the future League to battle against an alien invasion on Earth. After the defeat of the invasion, the seven remained a team and officially formed the Justice League, dedicated to the defense of Earth against attack both within and without. To the rest of the League, Shayera was a mysterious woman with angelic wings from another world. She explained that she found herself on Earth when, while pursuing some criminals who were trafficking in forbidden technology, she was accidentally transported by the rays of a dimensional transporter known to her people as a Zeta Beam, which has been traditionally associated with DC's science fiction hero Adam Strange.
Throughout the series, she slowly builds a relationship with Green Lantern (John Stewart). In the two-part episode "Wild Cards", John is nearly killed by a bomb the Joker has set off while protecting Shayera. She just barely manages to bring him back to life by shocking him with her mace, then leaves the city to treat him. Later, in the Watchtower, John and Shayera show their true feelings for each other, and Shayera allows John to remove her mask, giving the viewer their first look at Hawkgirl's face beneath the mask, and the two share a kiss.
In the second-season finale "Starcrossed", Shayera reveals herself to be a military officer of her planet's armed forces, working as an advance scout on Earth. When her people suddenly arrive in force on Earth, she works to help the Thanagarians gain the support of Earth's leaders to protect it from the Thanagarians' mortal enemies, the Gordanians. She is also reunited with her commanding officer and fiance Hro Talak (an anagram for the name of the Silver Age Hawkman Katar Hol), with both her now-revealed spy mission and this unmentioned romance creating considerable friction between herself and John. Information she has given to the Thanagarians enables them to take the League prisoner, though Shayera says they should not be killed. They later escape.
Unbeknownst to Shayera, the Thanagarians' true intent is to transform Earth into the final link in a hyperspace bypass, which will destroy Earth but allow the Thanagarians to strike a mortal blow at the Gordanians' home world. When Shayera learns of this plan, she betrays her people and informs the Justice League of the Thanagarian plot, proving this by returning John's ring which the Thanagarians had taken. The Thanagarian forces are eventually defeated by the League and forced to leave Earth, with Shayera left behind as a traitor. (For this reason, Shayera is later ambushed by a band of rogue Thanagarian resistance fighters seeking revenge in "Hunter's Moon".) The other six members of the League take a vote on whether to allow Shayera to stay on the team, but before they can tell her the result, she resigns from the League and departs (in "Wake the Dead", it is revealed that the decision, while split, was in favor of letting her stay, with John abstaining and Superman breaking the tie). She eventually comes to reside with Doctor Fate and his wife Inza in Fate's tower stronghold in an effort to decide what to do with her life.
In the episode "Wake the Dead", Solomon Grundy's corpse is reanimated, and he wreaks havoc. Shayera takes the responsibility of killing Grundy, whom she once considered to be a friend. After this, she returns to the League, but it is some time before she is properly re-accepted among its members, particularly Wonder Woman and Batman (who were likely the two who had previously voted against her remaining on the team). After she is allowed to rejoin the Justice League, Shayera reclaims her seat among the seven founding members and opts to dress in simple civilian clothing as opposed to her previous, more militaristic costume.
After returning to the Justice League, Shayera found conflict with Wonder Woman, the Amazon warrior had reluctantly allowed Shayera to join the team again, however holding a grudge against her. She would sustain that feeling until the episode "The Balance", when she was forced to take Shayera along to Themyscira and Tartarus due to Felix Faust's return and his usurping of Hades' throne, Shayera was vital to this mission because her Nth Metal mace was the only weapon capable of stopping Faust. During this mission, Shayera and Wonder Woman settled their differences once and for all. Shayera still met conflict with Vixen. Once, they, during the episode "Hunter's Moon", along with Vigilante, were assigned to a rescue mission on a distant moon where alien miners were having problems due to the supposed high levels of unstable Nth metal. However, it turned out to be a trap set by Paran Dul, who was leading a group of Thanagarians soldiers including the mentally disabled Kragger. During their confrontation on the moon, Paran revealed that Shayera's betrayal had led to Thanagar's defeat by the Gordanians and that Hro Talak had been killed while fighting back. A distressed Shayera was tempted to turn herself in and let them pass judgment on her, but Vixen and Vigilante refused to let her go.
Shayera even offered to surrender in exchange for Vixen who had been captured by the Thanagarians but then fought back when they almost killed Vixen by dropping her from mid-air. The Thanagarians were defeated and the three League members stole a Thanagarian Scout Ship and returned to the Watchtower. Upon their arrival, John Stewart rushed over to both Vixen and Shayera, but they walked straight past, implying that they were going to settle their dispute over him. Stewart feared the worse, but they merely laughed over drinks during which the two women discussed his quirks and habits. Shayera did reveal that she still loved him while Vixen revealed that he still loved Shayera and that she just wanted to see things through until the end. They agreed to a friendly contest for his affections, with a toast to en garde.
The show ends with Shayera and Green Lantern (who is by this point in a relationship with League member Vixen) having resolved to be friends for the time being. Series creator Bruce Timm said in an interview that while he was deliberately ambiguous about the future of their relationship and understood while some fans disliked where it was left at the series finale, it was his opinion that "You can put two and two together and imagine what happens",[67] especially since Green Lantern has at this point met his future son, Warhawk (Rex Stewart) who indicates that his mother is Shayera. A resolution to this storyline occurs in the fifth issue of the Batman Beyond Unlimited comic book, in which John and Shayera finally reconcile and settle down to raise a family in Africa. Though these events are not considered canonical to the DC Animated Universe storyline as the issues were created by independent writers not associated with the original production.
In addition to John, Shayera shows a strong friendship with the Flash that is touched on several times through both the JL and JLU series, usually in a sisterly way, including him being the only one to hug her goodbye after her decision to resign. She is also the first one try and pull him back from the Speed Force in the episode "Divided We Fall." In the Justice League Unlimited fifth season's debut episode, "I Am Legion", Flash says, "She loves me. She's like the big sister I never had. Only, you know... short."
Later Hawkgirl meets archaeologist Carter Hall, who claims they are the re-incarnations of two Thanagarians, Khufu and Chay-Ara, who landed on Earth thousands of years ago, and became rulers of Egypt. The Shadow Thief captures them and Green Lantern and uses Thanagarian technology from that era to show them what happened. After Shayera had an affair with the military leader and closest friend of Katar Bashari, apparently the past John Stewart, due to her husband not spending enough time with her, they were poisoned by the Priest Hath-Set who heard Carter wish they were dead. When he found out he poisoned himself.
Static Shock
Hawkgirl appears in the Static Shock episode, "A League of Their Own", with Maria Canals reprising her role. Within the Watchtower, Batman is checking the stasis field shielding a left-over module from Brainiac from its environs. As Batman explains to Hawkgirl Brainiac's nature as a regenerative program, a virus that won't die, an alarm goes off and Flash calls everyone to the control room. As it turns out, the Watchtower is in the path of a cosmic super string, and even with the shield up, most of the power is drained from the station's generator. Brainiac manages to take advantage of this, escaping from his drained stasis field. Hawkgirl and the Justice League call in Static and Gear to assist in the fight against Brainiac.
Smallville
In the Smallville episode "Absolute Justice", Hawkgirl's weaponry and mask are on display at the JSA brownstone. Her hawk helmet has a crack across the right side, and Hawkman notes that she has been dead for several years. He confirms that she is his wife, Shayera Hall, and that both have been reincarnated many times through the ages. She is later featured in the second episode of the show's tenth and final season, entitled "Shield". She appears in a brief flashback cameo while Carter Hall tells Lois Lane about their past lives as Prince Khufu and Chay-Ara. She is portrayed by Sahar Biniaz. In the episode "Icarus", Carter Hall is killed while saving Lois from General Slade Wilson and a gas explosion in Oliver Queen's office at the LuthorCorp building. Members of the show's nascent Justice League lay Carter to rest in an Egyptian tomb alongside the body of Shayera. As with Carter's, Shayera's helmet and mace are placed on top of her casket in honor and respect.
DC Super Hero Girls
The Kendra Saunders version appeared in the web series DC Super Hero Girls and special DC Super Hero High, voiced by Nika Futterman, where she's the hall monitor at Super Hero High. She is shown having brown hair with blonde streaks and carries her usual Nth Metal mace alongside with a pair of yellow goggles.
Hawkgirl first appears in episode one of the first season, "Welcome to Super Hero High", she is introduced as one of the students in the school. During episode two, "All About Super Hero High", is shown that Hawkgirl has trouble with making Cheetah follow the speed limit in the Hall.
The sixth episode of the series, "Fall Into Super Hero High", has Harley Quinn organizing a movie night, premiering a compilation of footage starring the girls in bad situations. Hawkgirl is seen smashing her head in a scoreboard during a sports class, she is also shown telling Cheetah to stop running in the halls after the last is featured hitting her face in one of the school's doors.
Following episode nine, "Weaponomics", Hawkgirl is seen attending the weaponomics class practicing some moves with her Nth Metal mace. During episode ten, "Clubbing", Hawkgirl is shown as being part of the detective club alongside Bumblebee and Batgirl.
Hawkgirl is in the surprise party made for Wonder Woman in episode one of the second season, "New Beginnings", due to Diana defeating her first super villain, Giganta. Hawkgirl also appears in the sixth episode, "License to Fly", in this episode Batgirl is having trouble with managing to pass on her flying test, so Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Bumblebee help her. In episode eleven, "Dude, Where's My Invisible Jet?", Wonder Woman's invisible jet goes missing, Hawkgirl, Batgirl and others band together to form a search party, in the end of the episode they find him after throwing purple paint all over him.
Kendra is featured in episode fifteen, "Hawkgirl's Day Off". As a break from class and hall monitoring Hawkgirl is taken to the SuperSpa by Bumblebee, Batgirl and Supergirl. While the others are clearly enjoying their time there, Hawkgirl is bored so she decides to enter in the mud bath, but there she encounters Mrs.Clayface and they fight, after defeating her, Hawkgirl finds out that Mrs.Clayface is actually a regular costumer of the SuperSpa and apologizes to her.
Hawkgirl appears in episode sixteen, "Hero of the Month: Hawkgirl", where she is nominated Hero of the Month, in this episode all the students tell how much they appreciate Hawkgirl and everything she's done to them, revealing how Kendra is a very caring and honest friend. Towards the end of the episode Amanda Waller congratulates her.
At episode twenty, "Riddle of the Heart", Hawkgirl, Batgirl and Flash are late at night saving cats, during this they find a paper attached to one of the cats with a riddle, the team works together to solve it until they encounter The Riddler, that was behind it, in the meantime Hawkgirl and Flash are trapped in a net and Batgirl has to defeat the Riddler alone.
During episode five of the third season, "Seeing Red", Hawkgirl is affected by the Red Kryptomite loose at Super Hero High bringing out her mean side, due to this she is shown fighting against the Flash. After Starfire captured the Red Kryptomite, Hawkgirl is herself again and apologizes to Flash.
In episode fifteen, "A Fury Scorned", Lashina breaks into Belle Reve and poisons Gordon. Batgirl and Hawkgirl team-up in order to search for the antidote, Hawkgirl finds the antidote, saving Commissioner Gordon. They are later shown in the hospital with the Commissioner.
During episode nineteen, "Fresh Ares Part.2", Hawkgirl fights against Ares alongside Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Killer Frost and others. She helps defeating him with a final blow of her mace in his back. Hawkgirl appears in episode twenty, "Fresh Ares Part.3", she is shown celebrating the defeat of Ares with the others heroes, but seconds later he is back in action and started destroying Metropolis, with Catwoman's help, the supers return the amulet of Harmonia to Ares and save the day.
Episode twenty-one, "Gorilla Warfare", has Hawkgirl attending a class at Super Hero High, during it Gorilla Grodd is captured by his former army. Hawkgirl, Harley Quinn, Beast Boy, Frost and Flash team-up in order to save him, with Hawkgirl working as the leader of the team. After being defeated Grodd's former army reveals they missed him and that's was the only reason they were trying to "capture" him.
Arrowverse
Kendra Saunders (Ciara Renée) made a cameo appearance in the first-season finale episode of CW's television series The Flash, titled "Fast Enough." She also dates Barry Allen's best friend Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes) prior to meeting Carter Hall/Hawkman (Falk Hentschel). In "Legends of Today", Kendra and Hall are targeted by Vandal Savage (Casper Crump), leading Barry and Cisco to seek Oliver Queen's (Stephen Amell) aid against the immortal. From this encounter, Kendra learns that she is the re-incarnation of an ancient Egyptian warrior priestess named Chay-ara, and that she can transform into the winged, vicious Hawkgirl. In the Arrow crossover episode "Legends of Yesterday," Kendra and Carter join Barry and Oliver's fight against Savage, but although they are killed in the initial confrontation, Barry manages to travel back in time and avert their defeat, providing Kendra with the necessary incentive to remember her and Carter's original death and work out a means of taking the staff from Savage. Despite learning her destiny with Carter, Kendra remains affectionate with Cisco. Renée reprises her role from The Flash as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl in the CW's DC's Legends of Tomorrow,[68] where she joins Rip Hunter's team against Vandal Savage. During their search, it is revealed that Savage can only die for good if he is stabbed by Kendra- or one version of her- with a dagger that Chay-ara was holding when she died the first time, with the first attempt to kill him resulting in Carter's death when Carter attempts to kill Savage himself. During the course of the series, she develops a new relationship with Ray Palmer, which becomes more complex when they spend two years trapped in the 1950s posing as a married couple due to the tensions of an inter-racial couple in that era after the rest of the team are forced to leave them behind, as well as the complexities of her long-term 'relationship' with Carter. She reunited with Carter who's reincarnated as Scythian Torvil, one of Savage's soldiers, in "Leviathan".
Young Justice
Hawkgirl makes several appearances in Young Justice, this version of the character is based on Shayera Thal[69] and goes by the codename Hawkwoman.[70] She, alongside Hawkman, are members of the Justice League. In "Fireworks," she was with the Justice League when they arrived at the Cadmus Building following Blockbuster's defeat. She reappears in the episode "Revelation", helping to defend Metropolis alongside Hawkman and Green Lantern against a plant monster sent by Poison Ivy and the Secret Society of Super-Villains. In the episode "Failsafe," Hawkwoman was seen defending Taipei from alien invaders alongside Hawkman, Green Arrow, and Black Canary. The events of that invasion were all part of Martian Manhunter's mental training on the Team. In "Agendas", Hawkwoman attends the meeting of the Justice League about expanding the membership. She agrees with Wonder Woman and Black Canary about the Justice League needing more female members. When Vandal Savage infected the Justice League, Hawkwoman was one of the six Justice League members to be missing for sixteen hours, they were sent to Rimbor, destroying the planet within the sixteen hours. While in control of Vandal Savage, Shayera is shown fighting against Black Canary knocking her out with her mace during the twenty-sixth episode of season one, "Auld Acquaintance". In the third episode of season two called "Alienated", Hawkwoman can be seen departing to Rimbor with the others five Justice League members that were controlled by Savage to face their trial, Hawkman and Icon goes with them too.
Krypton
Hawkgirl is going to be featured in the Syfy's television series called Krypton, the series will work as a prequel of the Man of Steel film, this version of the character is based on Shayera Hol and goes by the codename Hawkwoman. After finding out that a group of villains returned to the past to stop Superman from getting born, Shayera and Adam Strange departure in a time travel adventure to prevent this from happening.[71]
Film
- An evil version of Hawkgirl known as Angelique appears as a member of the Crime Syndicate of America in the animated film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. She is shown to possess a flaming sword. She is killed in the first minutes of the movie when the Jester, the heroic version of the Joker detonates a bomb, sacrificing himself.
- Hawkgirl appeared in The Lego Batman Movie at the Justice League anniversary party, this version is based on Shayera Hol.
- Shayera Hol makes a cameo appearance as Hawkgirl (or Hawkwoman) at the end of the animated film Justice League: The New Frontier. She is seen during the famous speech by John F. Kennedy.
- Hawkgirl appeared in DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year, Kendra is one of the students that has been nominated to the annual Hero of The Year ceremony and competes for the top prize, but the ceremony takes a turn when Dark Opal targets the heroes and steals their valued possessions. After being partnered with Beast Boy, Hawkgirl tries her best to help him become a better hero. One night, the Nth metal belt that grants her flying powers is stolen by Eclipso's shadows, who wants to use it to create a weapon. This doesn't stop her to defend the school, and she eventually recovers her belt. Nika Futterman reprises her role as Hawkgirl in this movie
- Hawkgirl appears in DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games training for the Intergalactic games, though she is not shown competing afterwards. She is in the Opening Dinner and engaged in the food fight. She joins the battle against Lena Luthor army, using her mace to confront the robots.
- Kendra Saunders has a cameo appearance as Hawkgirl at the animated film Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain.
Video games
- Hawkgirl is a playable character in the Game Boy Advance games Justice League: Injustice for All and Justice League: Chronicles. She is based on the animated version of the character.
- Hawkgirl is a playable character in the video game Justice League Heroes voiced by Collette Whittaker. She can be unlocked by paying 70 orange shields on the menu screen. The profile included is that of Kendra. She has access to Black Canary's supersonic abilities as well, in the form of a war cry.
- Hawkgirl appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Lana Lesley. Though this version is Shayera Hol while her appearance is based on Kendra Saunders version.
- Hawkgirl is a playable character in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Kari Wahlgren.
- Hawkgirl is a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us voiced by Jennifer Hale. She is seen with the rest of the Justice League battling villains on the "Prime" Earth. On the alternate Regime dominated Earth she is a member of the Regime. She and her world's Nightwing attack the "Prime" Joker and the rest of the Joker Clan and is defeated. She later battles and is beaten by her world's Lex Luthor, who takes her Nth metal belt as part of his plan to defeat Superman. After the Regime is defeated, she is captured and imprisoned along with the other former heroes. In her single-player ending, Hawkgirl is revealed to have been brainwashed by the Regime. Freed, she defeats Superman for having killed her husband Hawkman, but is imprisoned for her role in the Regime. One night, she is teleported to a stone of pure Nth Metal which encases her in invincible armor. She then sets out to exact revenge on those who helped Superman capture Hawkman.
- Hawkgirl appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. Kari Wahlgren reprises her role.
- Hawkgirl appeared as a playable character in Infinite Crisis, with Maria Canals-Barrera reprising her role.
- Hawkgirl is a playable character in the DC Legends game available from the Google Play store after collecting enough points on higher levels.
- Hawkgirl is referred to in Injustice 2 in a pre-battle dialogue between Catwoman and John Stewart, where he says that Hawkgirl is more his type. She is also a modifier that helps the player against enemies in certain multiverses, she throws her mace at them, stunning the opponent for a few seconds.
Collected editions
| Title | Material collected | Publication date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkgirl: The Maw | Hawkgirl Vol. 1 #50-56 | April 2007 | ISBN 978-1-4012-1246-9 |
| Hawkgirl: Hawkman Returns | Hawkgirl Vol. 1 #57-60 JSA: Classified #21-22 | November 2007 | ISBN 978-1-4012-1488-3 |
| Hawkgirl: Hath-Set | Hawkgirl Vol. 1 #61-66 | March 2008 | ISBN 978-1-4012-1488-3 |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.ign.com/articles/the-top-25-heroes-of-dc-comics
- ^ https://comicvine.gamespot.com/comics-buyers-guide-presents-2-100-sexiest-women-i/4000-463770/
- ^ Flash Comics #1 at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Hawkgirl at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ HawkGirl #66 (September 2007)
- ^ Hawkman #1 (January 2002)
- ^ Hawkman #6 (August 2002)
- ^ Hawkman #7 (September 2002)
- ^ Hawkman #10 (November 2002)
- ^ Hawkman #11 (December 2002)
- ^ Hawkman #12 (February 2003)
- ^ Hawkman #14 (April 2003)
- ^ Hawkman #15 (May 2003)
- ^ Hawkman #16 (June 2003)
- ^ Hawkman #17 (July 2003)
- ^ Hawkman #42 (October 2005)
- ^ Hawkman #49 (April 2006)
- ^ HawkGirl #50 (May 2006)
- ^ HawkGirl #56 (November 2006)
- ^ HawkGirl #57 (December 2006)
- ^ HawkGirl #58 (January 2007)
- ^ HawkGirl #59 (February 2007)
- ^ HawkGirl #61 (April 2007)
- ^ HawkGirl #62 (May 2007)
- ^ Hawkgirl #63(June 2007)
- ^ Hawkgirl #66 (September 2007)
- ^ Blackest Night #1 (July 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #6 (December 2009)
- ^ The Atom and Hawkman #46 (January 2010)
- ^ Blackest Night #8 (March 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #7 (August 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #8 (August 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #13 (November 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #17 (January 2011)
- ^ Brightest Day #18 (January 2011)
- ^ Brightest Day #19 (February 2011)
- ^ Brightest Day #23 (April 2011)
- ^ Brightest Day #24 (April 2011)
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: "Earth 2" #4 Cover Introduces Hawkgirl". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ^ Earth 2 #6 (January 2013)
- ^ Earth 2 #4 (October 2012)
- ^ Earth 2 #5 (December 2012)
- ^ Earth 2 #7 (February 2013)
- ^ Earth 2 #13 (August 2013)
- ^ Earth 2 #32 (May 2015)
- ^ Earth 2: Society #1 (August 2015)
- ^ Hawkman: Convergence #1 (June 2015)
- ^ Hawkman: Convergence #2 (July 2015)
- ^ Dark Days: The Forge(June 2017)
- ^ Dark Days: The Casting(July 2017)
- ^ Dark Nights: Metal #1 (August 2017)
- ^ Dark Nights: Metal #2 (September 2017)
- ^ Dark Nights: Metal #3 (October 2017)
- ^ Flash Comics #18 (June 1941).
- ^ HawkGirl #58 (January 2007)
- ^ Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 (July 2011)
- ^ Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 (June 2011)
- ^ Flashpoint: Lois Lane and the Resistance #2 (July 2011)
- ^ http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Shiera_(DC_Bombshells)
- ^ Justice League Unlimited series (January 2005)
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- ^ Justice League Beyond #8(June 2012)
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- ^ DC New Talent Showcase ( January 2017)
- ^ Bombshells: United #1 (August 2017)
- ^ Bombshells: United #11 (November 2017)
- ^ http://www.tvpast.org/forum/toons-superheroes/4007-interview-bruce-timm.html
- ^
- Andreeva, Nellie (March 30, 2015). "Arrow/Flash Spinoff Series: Ciara Renée Cast As Hawkgirl". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- Almalvez, Laurence (August 8, 2015). "'Legends of Tomorrow' EPs Tease Character Deaths, Hawkman Details". The Hollywood Reporter.
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- ^ https://www.space.com/37587-syfy-krypton-tv-series-time-travel-twist.html
External links
- Hawkman FAQ
- The Hawkgirl fanpage
- The Hawkgirl fanboards
- Hawkfan A fansite dedicated to Hawkman and Hawkgirl
- Hawkman and Hawkgirl's secret origin at DC Comics.com
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