#carter hol

[cutesnowybunny12]

I’m currently reading GG’s (Gentleman Ghost) comics that he appears in cuz I’m obsessed… but I have fallen in love with him and Shayera’s relationship (platonic or otherwise).

So here’s a mini comp of some of my favorite moments of theirs:

This was when they weren’t that friendly with each other, not sure if she can trust him yet

(source is from: Hawkman special #1)

Next up, they’re starting to get along! They’re on friendly terms but not quite friends yet. Craddock is a lot more friendly towards her than her husband.

(Source: DC Comics Presents issue #95)

A couple issues later, they’re officially friends, they trust each other! This part made me die from happiness, they’re literally so cute! 🥰

Slight bonus, it confirms Craddock cares for both of the Hawks which is adorable!

(Source: Hawkman vol 2, issue #6 & 10)

Shayera joins a portal that Craddock (who was basically forced to invite her in) was in without barely any hesitation…they officially share a bond!!!

(Source: Hawkman vol 2, #16)

In conclusion…

They’re besties, your honor!!! 🥰

[cantsayidont]

December 1990. As Tim Truman conceived it, the HAWKWORLD miniseries was not intended to obsolete previous Hawkman stories, but when DC decided to continue the story as an ongoing series, senior management insisted that it pick up in the present, effectively rebooting the modern Hawkman rather than just updating his origin. This Annual sought to paper over some of the resulting continuity problems while also addressing the similarities between the Golden Age and Silver Age Hawkman, something pre-Crisis stories had just shrugged off. Ostrander's solution was to establish that Katar Hol's father, Paran Katar, had been a Thanagarian scout on Earth decades earlier (under the name Perry Carter), had surreptitiously helped Carter Hall to develop his gravity-defying Nth Metal, and later took the concept of Hawkman and even Carter Hall's emblem back to Thanagar as inspiration for the Wingmen. Ostrander further explains that the Golden Age Hawkman had been a member of both the Justice Society and the Justice League:

(The "1953" reference in the second panel is an error; the events to which it refers (first recounted in "The Man Who Defeated the Justice Society!" in ADVENTURE COMICS #466) took place in 1951.)

In the text pages, editor Mike Gold explains candidly why all this was deemed necessary and the various options the creative team had for addressing it. This wasn't an ideal solution, and several points still remained unexplained (like the presence of Hawkman and Hawkwoman in JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL, which Ostrander tackled later). Beyond that, building a story around the need to rationalize a continuity issue is seldom very edifying, and the contrivances involved (including briefly sending Katar and Shayera back in time, where Katar meets his own father as a younger man) clash uneasily with the tone of the HAWKWORLD series. By far the best part of this Annual is the scene where Wally West meets Shayera Thal and so aggravates her that she immediately starts punching him in the face — not just once, but three times, until Katar reins her in — which has nothing to do with the continuity stuff.

From a story standpoint, I think retroactively removing Katar Hol from the original JLA is regrettable mainly insofar as his HAWKWORLD origin would have given new dimension to his clashes with Oliver Queen. Unlike the previous version of Katar, a knee-jerk reactionary who was ultimately fine with fascist dictatorship as long as it didn't personally inconvenience him, the Katar of HAWKWORLD is by Thanagarian standards a dangerous leftist, full of seditious ideas about social equity and civil rights. However, the most radical leftist on Thanagar is still somewhere to the right of Barry Goldwater, so Oliver would undoubtedly still be appalled by Katar's politics in ways Katar would find perplexing. That would have been a more fun dynamic than trying to shoehorn Carter Hall into the role of Oliver's neocon antagonist.

However, none of that was really on the table in 1989–1990. DC's later obsession with maintaining the sanctity of the pre-Crisis JLA hadn't yet materialized; at this point, the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League books were riding high, DC regarded the old JLA as a relic that had outlived its commercial usefulness, and the JSA had been discarded (ostensibly permanently) after the Crisis. So, the only thing this Hawkman retcon really needed to achieve was to rationalize why flashback scenes might occasionally picture Hawkman with the original JLA, and this explanation did accomplish that much.

[dailydccomics]

Hawkmates by Rafael Albuquerque

[jetslay]

DC Super-Heroes by Gene Gonzales.

[chernobog13]

The Justice League of America and Justice Society of America circa 1981, by the late, great George Perez.

[hawkgirlz]

@dailyhawkmates hawkmates appreciation week day 1: favorite pairing

↳ katar/shayera + carter/kendra

3rd one heavily ib 616witch

[artphotographyofmen]

Hawkman by Den Fernandez

[dcdreamblog]

Hi what can you tell me about the hawk people? You know hawkmen, hawkwomen and hawkgirls.

Also I would like to know if golden eagle and the other bird themed superheroes have any connection to them.

I can tell you what I know I suppose. Generally there are 5 (ish, boy will we get to that) people who have used some version of the Hawk names.

The first pair, and the pair I am most familiar with are Carter Hall and Shiera Hall (nee Saunders). They were Egyptologists and Museum Curators who discovered that they were reincarnations of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh and his Queen. Discovering artifacts from within the tomb of their past lives formed of the mysterious Nth Metal they took to the air alongside the Justice Society at first and later the All Star Squadron, with Hawkman and Hawkgirl being core members on either line up respectively.

They vanished alongside most of the rest of their generation post war, returning after the birth of the JLA brought the JSA back out of semi retirement after having had one biological child (Hector Hall, later Silver Scarab and Dr Fate) and one godson (Norda Cantrell, later Northwind)

Both of the original Hawks would lose their lives during the Zero Hour crisis in rather opaque circumstances. They are honored by a memorial at Valhalla Cemetery in upstate New York.

The second pair, later trio and now a quartet appeared in Midway City in the modern day. They are aliens from the planet Thanagar and stand in opposition to its militaristic regime. The original Hawkgirl of that duo eventually changed her name to Hawkwoman since she "did not enjoy the implications of the word 'girl' on this planet", her words, not mine.

Those two had a sidekick, named Golden Eagle

(A shot of Hawkman, Hawkwoman and Golden Eagle flying away from a charity benefit in Midway City)

Eventually, alongside the three of them, as Golden Eagle grew older and became less active. Which happens to sidekicks every now and again, another young protege came into the Hawks' lives, who took the Hawkgirl name for herself. It is assumed she is a native of St. Roch, Louisiana because now the Hawks as a unit seem to split their time between there and Midway City.

The relationship, if any, between the first and second generation of Hawks, and the circumstances around the "adoption" of Golden Eagle or the appearence of the 3rd Hawkgirl are, of course, totally unknown as unlike the first generation, the 2nd generation maintain private identities of some kind and make use of their right to privacy

[memento-mori-twilight]

New Name/Lore Drops for MAWS S2E6

Ooh, boy was this episode a lot, but let's first start with:

Kandor

One of the famous last remaining cities of Krypton still intact (and I guess, now one of the last remaining warships of MAWS Krypton), both famously held in the possession of Brainiac.

Speaking of which:

Brainiac

Another famously villainous thorn in Superman's side

We've heard his name before now but this is our first real good look at him, and it looks like MAWS is going with the Robot Origin of him instead of the Green Skinned Alien Bastard version, similar to how Superman: the Animated Series did.

Famous for "taking what is his" except "no" for an answer.

Speaking of Brainiac, they called him by another name here as well:

Primus

Also the name of the leader of the Omega Men and ruler of the planet

Eurphorix (that also got namedropped as an invaded planet)

H'lven

Also namedropped as an invaded planet, is a planet of anthropomorphic squirrel people

Two of which have been a part of the

Green Lanterns

An intergalactic police force whose symbol and ring we saw Clark facing up against, known for being able to make powerful constructs from their sheer willpower alone

And last but not least:

Thanagar

Home of the mighty Thanagarian warriors of which famous superheroes and Justice League members, Hawkman (Carter Hall/Kotar Hal) and Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders/Shayera Hol) are a part of. Famous for their wings and their mighty mastery of Nth Metal, of which they make their weapons

I think that might be all of them for this episode, hopefully I didn't miss any.

See you next week!

[onlylonelylatino]

The Justice League and Justice Society by George Pérez

[nitewrighter]

Tripping and falling into shipping WonderHawk as soon as you realize all the potential Immortal x Person-Who-Keeps-Getting-Reincarnated has.

[linlinsenpai]

Did a redraw of a panel from Hawkman. I changed the perspective and it didn’t quite work.

[cootiekid]

Hawkman

Art by Paul Smith

Colors by Rich Seetoo

[dailydccomics]

supper time over, old men. the Justice Society is needed Batman/Superman: World's Finest #31 by Mark Waid and Adrián Gutiérrez

[cer-rata]

At the Watchtower...

Diana: No no, your fic was well written. It's just...in my opinion, Bucky and Steve clearly belong together. Kyle: I've been getting that a lot, yeah. But Peggy! Sometimes people ignore the solid straight ship for any two random-- Diana: Peggy is wonderful, In many ways I am Peggy Carter. Hades, I'm even involved with a suspiciously similar Steve. Shayera: Oh, yikes. You know, now that you mention it-- Diana: My point is that I know a stronger love connection when I see it. I think Peggy should somehow get to end up with Natasha, honestly. Their chemistry in the "What-If" episode was wonderful. Booster: I think that'd be cute, yeah! Diana: See? A man of taste! Ted: I dunno if I'd call Booster a man of taste. Diana: ...Perhaps not. Booster: O-oh yeah? Okay well, Ted, you...you... Booster: Booster: If we're going to talk about tasting things-- Bruce, rushing to intercept: You know they're real, right? Diana: ...I'm sorry? Bruce: They're...They live in a different narrative reality. Mr. Terrific and this guy Reed Richards send trans-multiversal postcards sometimes. Place is a mess. Diana: ...No. No that can't-- Bruce: So this is technically real-person-fiction you're arguing about. Diana: Bruce: I just thought you should know. Bruce: Can we get back to talking about Corto Maltese now?

[chernobog13]

Hawkman by Alex Ross.