#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.

[celticcatgirl2]

“…is your whole planet full of BDSM Subs!?!?!”

“HEY!!!! SHHH…keep that down…despite appearances Captain Marvel is a CHILD!!!”

[somewherefornow]

ZATANNA ZATARA & CARTER HALL/HAWKMAN & SHIERA HALL/HAWKWOMAN in HAWKMAN (1986)

[splooosh]

Katar VS Carter

Steve Lieber

[dcdreamblog]

i gotta ask, what's the deal with the Hawks. and if they reincarnate, how are the JSA Hawks and the modern Hawks alive at the same time. how does the current Hawkgirl fit in.

I'm going to direct you to looking back through the Hawk related tag on my blog because I have answered this question before, multiple times in fact.

In short, the OLD Golden Age Hawks do, indeed, reincarnate whenever they die. The Golden Age Hawkman is still alive but the Golden Age Hawkgirl has passed away and as far as we know is mostly likely reincarnated into the current, younger Hawkgirl.

The more "modern" Hawks, those who appeared around the foundation of the Justice League are aliens from the planet Thanagar who were stranded on Earth and took up superhero identities afterwards only to become more loyal to Earth than their home planet after Thanagar was a member of the alien invasion fleet lead by the Dominators. That duo's Hawkgirl changed her name to HawkWOMAN because she did not appreciate the implications of the word "Girl" in English (evidently Thanagarian doesn't have different gendered words for children).

The easiest way to tell them apart is the Golden Age Hawks wear their wings on a harness and the Silver Age Hawks have avian wings naturally growing out of their shoulder blades.

Now, I don't reject repeat asks so I'm going to find a new way to attack this.

Namely, answer the question of WHY, if the two groups of Hawks are so unrelated DO they look so confusingly similar. This is why.

(A chamber discovered beneath the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu and Queen Chayra which houses the crashed Thanagarian ship)

A ship carrying at least two Thanagarian agents crashed in the Arabian desert under the dominion of Pharaoh Khufu and Queen Chayara of the Egyptian Old Kingdom's 4th Dynasty. Brought to the Egyptian capital at Memphis the ship was poured over from top to bottom in the unstoppable spirit of human curiosity though most of the technology within was obviously FAR beyond the Egyptians.

No, they didn't use Thanagarian technology to build the pyramids at Giza, that was done with regular old manpower. The best the Egyptians were able to do was melt down and reforge some of the Nth Metal that made up the ship's hull but during that time it was a MASSIVE advantage in the equality of their spears, axes and shields allowing Khufu's empire to extend to the most sprawling heights of Egyptian history up to that point.

The "Hawks" seen on the ship's wings became a symbol of Khufu's empire as the ship became an auspicious sign from the Gods blessing his reign and state with the power of unequaled conquest and prosperity during his life.

In reality these "Hawks" are obviously not the Earth born bird but a species of raptor-like avian that is the symbol of Thanagar's "Wingmen" a highly ranked corps of Thanagarian military and law enforcement. The Wingmen are so prominent and associated with Thanagar in the wider galactic community that the black headed "Hawk" symbol has become a byword for Thanagarian culture as a whole. So when Khufu and Chayara were assassinated and cursed with mystical reincarnation the 'Hawk' that had become a symbol of their reign followed them through time while that same symbol was still carried by the Wingmen of Thanagar when two of them again crash landed on Earth in the modern day.

To take a roundabout back to my point, both sets of Hawks take their symbolism from an image associated with the lawmen of the planet Thanagar, the Golden Age Hawks because it was appropriated by their Egyptian originators and the Silver Age Hawks because it is a native symbol of their home world.

[dailydccomics]

Hawkmates by Rafael Albuquerque

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

I lined and colored that sketch I did a couple days ago cuz I was genuinely really happy with the poses and wanted to make the whole thing clearer. I decided to try making my own Hawk designs cuz I'm probably gonna end up drawing them more eventually, but I'm not suuuuuper happy with them rn? I wanted to make them look a bit more alien and stuff, hence the blue tongues and brightly colored eyes, but Idk I think I could add more. Maybe some feathers. I'm also not that happy with their outfits yet Idk. I also decided to change my Gentleman Ghost design to be purple instead of blue! Why? Cuz it looks cool :)

Also if I dont draw anything else this month consider this my Valentines post

[jetslay]

DC Super-Heroes by Gene Gonzales.

[chernobog13]

Carter Hall soars into action as--HAWKMAN!

[hawkgirlz]

@dailyhawkmates hawkmates appreciation week day 1: favorite pairing

↳ katar/shayera + carter/kendra

3rd one heavily ib 616witch

[dc-megatournament]

Batman VS Everyone

If Batman gets prep time, so does everyone else

[artphotographyofmen]

Hawkman by Den Fernandez

[celticcatgirl2]

“…Yooo….You’re like…sexy David Copperfield!!! You should TOTALLY do our kids birthday parties…”

“You know I am a strong contender for most powerful Hero in this room right now right Dinah?”

“What are you gonna do? Pull a rabbit out of my ass? Give me a fucking break…”

“Oh FUCK YOU HAL…”

“I’m his best friend here and all that but like….You’re so valid for that Zee…”

“THANK YOU OLLIE!”

[somewherefornow]

CARTER HALL/HAWKMAN & SHIERA HALL/HAWKWOMAN in HAWKMAN (1986)

[onlylonelylatino]

The Justice League and Justice Society by George Pérez