Katar Hol is a DC Comics superhero, the Silver Age Hawkman. Created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert, he first appeared in The Brave and the Bold # 34 (Feb-Mar 1961). DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Batman and Superman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... For other meanings of the term, see Hawkman (disambiguation) Hawkman is a fictional DC Comics superhero. ... Gardner Francis Fox (May 20, 1911, Brooklyn, New York – December 24, 1986) was an American writer best known for writing comic books and co-creating numerous comics characters, especially for DC Comics. ... Joe Kubert (born September 18, 1926, Poland) is an American comic book artist who went on to found the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. ...

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History

Silver Age version

Katar Hol was an honored police officer on his homeworld of Thanagar. His father was Paran Katar, renowned ornithologist and inventor. Among Paran Katar's various creations are the antigravity ninth metal and their wings. Thanagar is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... Nth Metal (also called Ninth Metal) is a fictional metal found in the DC Universe. ...

When Katar Hol was eighteen, an alien race called the Manhawks invaded Thanagar and began looting the planet. Paran sent young Katar Hol to infiltrate their nest dressed as a bird and bring back information on the aliens. Using this information, Paran created a hawk-like battle suit containing advanced technology like his "ninth metal". Katar used this hawk-suit and Paran's advanced weaponry to drive the Manhawks away from Thanagar.

That, however, was not the end of the problem. Some Thanagarians had learned the concept of stealing from the Manhawks. Due to the amount of crime, the Thanagarian government created a police force. In honor of Paran Katar and his achievements, the new police force began using his hawk-suit and equipment. Paran headed this new police force, named the Hawk-Police (or Wingmen), and his son became one of the first recruits. The Wingmen are the Thanagarian police force with roles of judge, jury and executor that exists in the pages of DC Comics publications. ...

Katar soon became one of the most skilled of the Hawk-Police. Soon he was teamed up with Shayera Thal to track and apprehend the Rainbow Raiders. A few weeks later, Katar proposed to Shayera and the two got married, working together as partners-for-life in the Hawk-Police. Hawkwoman is the name of a fictional characters, superheroines in the DC Comics universe. ...

After ten years of marriage, the pair were sent to Earth in 1959 to capture the shape-shifting criminal Byth. Following this mission, they elected to remain on Earth to work with authorities in Midway City in the United States and learn human police methods. The two adopted covers as a pair of museum curators, Carter and Shiera Hall, and acted publicly as the heroes Hawkman II and Hawkgirl II (later Hawkwoman). Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ... Byth Rok is a DC Comics supervillain who is a recurring foe to the Silver Age Hawkman. ... Midway City is one of many fictional cities in the DC Universe, the shared universe of comic book titles published by DC Comics. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Hawkwoman is the name of a fictional characters, superheroines in the DC Comics universe. ...

Katar gained a variety of unique villainous opponents such as the Shadow Thief, Matter Master, Ira Quimby (I.Q.), Lion-Mane, Kanjar Ro, Hyathis, the Fadeaway Man, and the Gentleman Ghost. His supporting cast consist of Commissioner George Emmett; Mavis Trent, museum naturalist and diorama artist who flirts with Katar; Joe Tracy, the museum's publicist; his commanding officer Andar Pul; and a large red hawk named Big Red who lives nearby Hawk Valley. Shadow-Thief is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring foe to Hawkman. ... The Matter Master is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring Hawkman foe. ... Lion-Mane (real name Ed Dawson) is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring foe to Hawkman. ... Kanjar Ro is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. ... Hyathis (also known as Hyanthis) is a fictional extraterrestial monarch published by DC Comics. ... The Fadeaway Man (real name Anton Lamont) is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring foe to Hawkman. ... The Gentleman Ghost is a recurring nemesis of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. ...

The Silver Age Katar Hol in Hawkman # 12 (Feb-Mar 1966). Art by Murphy Anderson.

Katar joined the Justice League of America in the early 1960s, where he befriended the Atom and frequently sparred with Green Arrow with whose "question authority" outlook the lawman frequently disagreed. Image File history File links KatarHol. ... Image File history File links KatarHol. ... Murphy Anderson (born 1926) is an American comic book penciller and inker who has worked for companies such as DC Comics for over 50 years, starting in the 1930s-40s Golden Age of Comic Books. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... // History The Atom introduced during the Silver Age of comic books in Showcase # 34 (Sep-Oct 1961) is physicist and university professor Ray Palmer (named for real-life science-fiction writer Raymond A. Palmer, who was himself quite short). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ...

Hol left the Justice League for a time when Thanagar was hit by the Equalizer Plague, which caused all Thanagarians to change so that their physical and mental talents, and even their heights, became the same. With the help of the JLA, he was eventually able to reverse the effects of the plague.

However, in the wake of the plague, Thanagar adopted an expansionist outlook, and went to war with the planet Rann, which orbits Alpha Centauri. This forced Katar and Shayera to choose to fight for or against their own planet, and they elected to oppose Thanagar, becoming exiles on Earth. Around this time, Shayera herself joined the JLA, and took the name Hawkwoman. Rann is the fictional planet visited by DC Comics explorer Adam Strange by way of a transportation device called the Zeta Beam. ... Alpha Centauri (α Cen / α Centauri) is the brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. ...

Following the truce between Thanagar and Rann, Thanagar began to secretly try to take over the Earth. Hol opposed their efforts in a furtive "secret war" for several years.

After Crisis on Infinite Earths, Hawkman II (and Hawkgirl II/Hawkwoman) was wiped out of DC Comics continuity. However this elimination did not take place immediately, causing several continuity uncertainties. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12 part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ...

The Silver Age Katar Hol has made some appearances in out-of-continuity series as Silver Age-toned Justice, Alex Ross's Secret Origins and Liberty and Justice, Legend of the Hawkman miniseries, and JLA: The Nail. Justice is a 12-issue limited series comic book published by DC Comics beginning in August 2005, written by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger, with art by Ross and Doug Braithwaite. ... Nelson Alexander Alex Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book painter, acclaimed for the photorealism of his work. ...

Post-Hawkworld version

Main article: Hawkworld

Following Crisis, Katar Hol was rebooted in the prestige format miniseries Hawkworld by Timothy Truman. A regular ongoing series of the same name followed. Hawkworld was a comic book from DC Comics that explored the origins of Hawkman and Hawkwoman. ... Reboot, in series fiction, means to discard all previous continuity in the series and start anew. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia is an American writer, artist and musician best known for his stories and Western Movie-style comic book art. ...

Katar Hol and Shayera Thal. Art by Graham Nolan.

In this new version Katar Hol was a young police officer on the planet Thanagar, and a child of a privileged family being the son of Paran Katar. But Thanagar was a planet which conquered and mined other worlds for their resources to maintain its high standard of living, and Hol realized that this was wrong. He rebelled against the system and favored the old days of Thanagar. He became a student of history and archaeology, and admired Thanagar's legendary hero Kalmoran. Hol became addicted to a recreational drug, and was manipulated by the renegade police captain Byth into killing his own father, and was sent into exile in the Isle of Chance. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Graham Nolan is a comic book artist, best-known for work for DC Comics on Batman-related titles in the 1990s. ... Thanagar is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. ... Byth Rok is a DC Comics supervillain who is a recurring foe to the Silver Age Hawkman. ...

When his sentenced was up, Hol was sent to Downside. However, he managed to escape and uncover and defeat Byth, who had gained shape-shifting abilities. As a result, he was reinstated in the force and given a new partner, Shayera Thal - Hawkwoman - a young woman from a lower class of society. Byth Rok is a DC Comics supervillain who is a recurring foe to the Silver Age Hawkman. ...

Just after Fel Andar left Earth, Katar and Shayera were sent to Earth, where they remained for some time fighting both human and alien criminals in places like Chicago's Netherworld. Dubbed by the press as Hawkman III, Katar and Shayera, Hawkwoman II, had a tempestuous working relationship, and eventually Shayera broke away from Katar, who continued on alone. Fel Andar is a DC Comics character who also called himself Hawkman. ... Extraterrestrial life is life that exists and originates outside the planet Earth, the only place in the universe currently known by humans to support life. ... The Netherworlders from left to right: FerAlyse, Lefty, Buzzkutt , Null, Strongarm, a Hairball, and Mustang Suzy, art by Tim Truman The Netherworld is a fictional autonomous neighborhood of the city of Chicago in the DC Comics universe. ...

In one adventure, Katar discovers his parentage when he is reunited with his estranged mother, a Cherokee woman named Faraway Woman. From her, he learns that his father came to Earth during World War II, under the alias "Perry Carter". Paran and Faraway Woman eloped, her name was changed to Naomi Carter. Katar met Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders who returned from Asgard with the rest of the Justice Society. They were friends with Paran, and were the inspiration of the Wingmen. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Carter Hall is a DC Comics superhero, the original Hawkman. ... First and foremost, the term hawkgirl orignates from her being part Hawk, part Girl, and full idiot. ... The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a team of fictional superheroes whose adventures have been published by DC Comics. ... The Wingmen are the Thanagarian police force with roles of judge, jury and executor that exists in the pages of DC Comics publications. ...

During the Zero Hour event, Katar Hol was merged with Carter and Shiera Hall in a new Hawkman version, which briefly created the "hawk god" creature -- who adventured for a brief time and later went insane (tormented by the voices of all previous hawk avatars in his head), until he was eventually banished to limbo by the combined skills of Arion, and the Martian Manhunter. Zero Hour was a 1994 comic book miniseries and crossover storyline that ran in DC Comics. ... Arion is a fictional character from DC Comics universe. ... Martian Manhunter (Jonn Jonzz), alternately known as the Manhunter from Mars, is a comic book superhero who appears in DC Comics. ...

Other media

Hro Talak from the episode "Starcrossed" in Justice League TV series is an anagram for Katar Hol. Justice League was an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. ...

External links

• A Comprehensive index of Katar Hol's appearances through the mid-1980s