Hath-Set
Hath-Set is a male comic supervillain that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Hath-Set was a male priest in ancient Egypt where he lived during the reign of Prince Khufu. (Flash Comics v1 #1)
He dispatched his servant Kolar with apprehending Khufu but the prince managed to escape in order to meet his love Shiera. The pair were outnumbered by the evil priests soldiers where Khufu was murdered by Hath-Set using an enchanted dagger. However, this caused Khufu and Shiera to go through a cycle of reincarnation where they were reborn in new lives every time they had died. (Flash Comics v1 #1)
From his time in ancient Egypt, he created a bloodline consisting of his descendants that continued over into the centuries in the modern day. This led to him having tens of thousands all of whom were capable of being taken as hosts for his soul. (Hawkamn v4 #12)
During the 20th century, one of his new guises was that of an extraordinary electrician named Doctor Hastor who sought to conquer the world with a machine that emitted electrical storms. He was confronted by the Hawkman who was Khufu's latest incarnation as Carter Hall who destroyed Hastor's equipment but not before the villain escaped. Doctor Hastor then proceeded to use magic to hypnotise Shiera and bring her to him so that he could sacrifice her. As he attempted to do so, Hawkamn arrived where he saved Shiera and shot Hastor with an arrow that killed him. (Flash Comics v1 #1)
Among his host bodies was a descendant named Doctor Helene Astar though his hold over her form sometimes grew weak. (Hawkamn v4 #12)
He later sought to build a mystical gateway which he built from the bones of Hawkman and Hawkgirl from their previous incarnations over the generations. To accomplish this task, he had hired mercenaries to aid him in this goal and to ensure he was not stopped by Hawkman or Hawkgirl whereupon he managed to escape through the portal. (Brightest Day v1 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Similar to Khufu and Chay-ara, Hath-Set similarly gained the power to survive across the centuries. Whilst Hawkman and Hawkgirl reincarnated, their murderer had the ability to take over the bodies of his descendants. These descendants numbered in the tens of thousands by the modern age which he could use and if killed he could then take over another body. (Hawkamn v4 #12)
He was knowledgeable in the use of the ancient magics. (Flash Comics v1 #1)
Notes
- Hath-Set was created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville where he made his first appearance in Flash Comics v1 #1 (January, 1940).
In other media
Television
- In Justice League Unlimited, Hath-Set appeared as an antagonist in the DC Animated Universe episode "Ancient History" where he was voiced by actor Hector Elizondo. He was only shown in flashbacks to Ancient Egypt where he served as a human advisor to King Katar Hol who was a Thanagarian lawman that was stranded on Earth long ago with his love Chay-Ara. The priest later spied on the Queen Chay-Ara having an affair with the human General Bashari with Hath-Set secretly informing Katar Hol. Hath-Set was shown to be fiercely loyal to the king to the point that he misinterpreted his command leading to the deaths of Katar Hol, Chay-Aya and Bashari which was an act he came to deeply regret.
- In the Arrowverse, Hath-Set's name and backstory was partially merged with that of Vandal Savage in the shared setting.
- In Arrow, it was revealed that in Ancient Egypt that Vandal Savage was known as Hath-Set who was an advisor to the Pharaoh.
- In Legends of Tomorrow, Kendra Saunders sometimes referred to Vandal Savage as Hath-Set.
Appearances
- Flash Comics v1:
- Hawkman:
- Brightest Day v1:
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