Katar Hol
Katar Hol is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Katar Hol
Hawkman and Hawkgirl discovered a Shang statue and A Celtic cup in their museum collection, but had no knowledge of how they got in their collection. Hawkman flew to the city of Yin in China, and Hawkgirl flew to the Hill of Tara in Ireland in hopes of getting clues. They each found bandits raiding relics, and defeated them. They also both discovered an immobile sorceress, Zatanna. They brought the two Zatannas to their Thanagarian spaceship, and she merged into one person. She told them that she was Zatara's daughter, and after her father disappeared she searched the world to find him. She attempted to split herself in two, but being unfamiliar with some spells, she found herself mystically drained and immobile, and sent the relics from Yin and Tara to Midway, knowing the hawks would save her. Hawkman used the absorbascon to search Earth, but found no one had knowledge of Zatara's location, and with heavy heart Zatanna left to pursue other avenues. Thieves from the year 11964 came to the past and engaged in a robbery spree. Hawkman and Hawkgirl tried to foil their robbery of an art gallery, but the thieves' human magnetor pinned them down. Hawman analyzed fibers from the thieves costumes, and developed a chemical that wouldn't be affected by the magnetor. After covering himself and Hawkgirl in the chemical they confronted the robbers, who made another raid on the past. Knowing that the thieves couldn't bring anything from the past into the future that wasn't inside of their magnetor car, they covered it in modern paint. The thieves were sent to jail, and Hawkman suggested auctioning off their futuristic possessions to compensate the victims of their robberies. (Hawkman v1 #4)
Lucius Crane, an elderly gem collector, decided to donate his collection to the Midway City Museum, but when Carter and Shiera came to pick up the valuables they found Shadow-Thief stealing them. As Hawkman and Hawkgirl they pursued him, but a booby trapped gun Shadow-Thief wielded took Hawkman out of action and allowed the villain to escape, and he let it be known to them that he'd guessed their secret identities because of their immediate appearance after they met him in their civilian identities. After another robbery they confronted him, but Shadow-Thief used his dimensiometer to send them in the form of shadows to the shadow dimension of Xarapion from which her got his powers. He used a paralysis beam to imprison their shadows, and as a consequence their earthly bodies were also immobilized. The Thief detailed a plan to use his dimensiometer to bring an ice age to Earth, and left the heroes in their prison, along with Thar Dan, who'd initially given him the dimensiometer and now regretted it. Hawkman used telepathy that was a side effect of the beam to contact a hawk on Earth that moved his body, and on Xarapion he was now free of the beam. Thar Dan gave them a dimensiometer that let them return to normal and physically attack Shadow-Thief on Earth. Once captured Shadow-Thief threatened to reveal their identities, but Hawkman had har Dal use a paralysis ray on the Thief's human form on Xarapion to keep him from talking, while his shadow was imprisoned in an Earth prison. (Hawkman v1 #5)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Katar Hol
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. Katar Hol
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- The Katar Hol Hawkman was created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert where he made his first appearance in The Brave and the Bold v1 #34 (February–March, 1961).
In other media
Television
- In The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, though not named Katar Hol the Hawkman that featured in the Filmation animated series was based on him where he was uncredited but voiced by actor Vic Perrin. Hawkman was stated to be an inhabitant of another world who operated as the scientist Carter Hall.
- In the DC Animated Universe, variations of Katar Hol was referenced in the shared continuity setting.
- In Justice League, a character by the name of Hro Talak appeared as an antagonist in the animated series in the episode "Starcrossed". He and Sheira Hol were promised to one another from a young age with the two being in love. Talak served as a skilled commander in the Thanagarian military with him being separated from Sheira after she was assigned on a deep cover mission for 5 years on Earth. Hro Talak was placed in charge of the mission to construct a hyperspace bypass on Earth.
- In Justice League Unlimited, Katar Hol was merged with the backstory of Carter Hall in the shared DC Animated Universe continuity where he was voiced by actor James Remar. In "Ancient History", it was shown that Katar Hol and his love Chay-ara were Thanagarian lawmen who thousand of years ago crashed on Earth where they became stranded on that world. They were greeted by the native humans who viewed the two as gods with the two using their technology to craft a peaceful kingdom. King Katar and Queen Chay-ara ruled the lands with the human Bashari serving as a great general whilst Hath-Set served as their advisor. In "Shadow of the Hawk", a human named Joseph Gardner encountered the Absorbascon that contained the memories of Katar Hol who had crashed landed long ago in ancient Egypt. This led to Gardner believing that he was Katar Hol with him legally changing his name to Carter Hall.
- In Young Justice, the Katar Hol Hawkman appeared alongside with Hawkwoman with both having a non-voiced role in the series.
Video games
Appearances
- Brave and the Bold v1: (1961)
- Hawkman v1:
- Hawkworld:
- Savage Hawkman v1:
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