Carter Hall (DC)

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Carter Hall in Hawkman v4 #46.

Carter Hall is a male comic superhero that features in DC Comics.

Biography

Pre-Crisis

The Hawkman in Flash Comics v1 #7.

Khufu was a male Prince in ancient Egypt where he came to fall in love with Shiera. (Flash Comics v1 #1)

He was betrayed by his priest Hath-Set who intended to murder him and Shiera. Khufu managed to escape Set's minion Kolar and fled to meet his love when he was outnumbered by the priest's soldiers. Ultimately, the prince was captured whereupon Hath-Set murdered him by stabbing a dagger into his chest. However, this did not kill Khufu but instead caused him and his love Shiera to go through cycles of reincarnation every time they had died. (Flash Comics v1 #1)

In the 20th century, he reincarnated in a new body where he grew up as Carter Hall. He grew up to be wealthy where he established a library of weapons and had experienced dreams of his past life as Khufu. During this time, he encountered the dagger that had killed Khufu and regained his memories whereupon he managed to encounter the reincarnated Shiera. At the time, an extraordinary electrician named Doctor Hastor sought to conquer the world with Carter taking the guise of the hawk-god in order to confront the villain. As Hawkman, he managed to destroy the villains equipment but Hastor escaped but used magic to hypnotise Shiera and attempted to sacrifice her. However, he was thwarted by Carter who shot an arrow in him seemingly killing Hath-Set but Hall believed he had not seen the end of the evil priest. (Flash Comics v1 #1) They later battled the rich physicist who named himself Alexander the Great after the historical figure. (Flash Comics v1 #2) Carter afterwards sought to save his friend Dick Blendon from Una Cathay when the female occultist sought to find he secrets of eternal life from him. (Flash Comics v1 v3) He later fought the criminal actions of the hypnotist known as the Thought Terror. (Flash Comics v1 #4) Carter afterwards encountered secret government agent Ione Craig where he saved her life and later of her journey to Araby in order to stop Hassan Ibn Sadah a descendant of the original man had revived the original Sect of Assassins that dated back to 1070 AD. The assassins had planned a worldwide murder plot against leading authorities on the planet with Hawkman volunteering to journey to the City of Alamut to stop them. (Flash Comics v1 #5) In the aftermath, agent Craig was abducted in the desert by slavers from Sheik Abdullah though Hawkman ends up similarly captured where they were taken to the city of Istanyulq. Once there, his presence attracts the attention of Sheba the self-proclaimed Queen of the Desert who had assembled an army to unite Araby under her rule who intended to claim Hawman for herself. However, Carter flees and managed to bring a British army unit to the area and rescue Ione Craig with him killing Sheik Abdullah as well as apprehending Sheba. (Flash Comics v1 #6) Later, the actions of Boris Nickaloff attracted his attention when the sculptor used a substance to craft a living golem called Czar the Unkillable Man. Nickaloff intended to make an army of such creatures with Czar abducting Shiera with Hawkman freeing her whereupon he killed the two villains. (Flash Comics v1 #7) He then encountered Professor Kitzoff who had taken the identity of the Sunspot Wizard who used his technology to terrorise the world but he was defeated by Hawkman. (Flash Comics v1 #8) Carter's friend George was responsible for inventing the Effulma that was 'the great fire that holds all power within it' with this attracting the attention of the underwater dwelling race of evil ape-creatures known as the Kogats. Hawkman was captured by them where he was brought before their leader King Jupo and learnt of their plans to conquer the surface. George was killed with Hawkman being left to die only for him to free himself and getting the aid of Poseidon whereupon he managed to bury the Kogat's thus defeating them. (Flash Comics v1 #9) At an auction, he placed a bid for a Spanish blunderbuss only to lose to John Denver. As Hawkman, he pursued the buyer to Colorado where he found a map to a gold mine within the blunderbuss. Denver sought to claim the gold but Hawkman stopped and handed the gold to the mine's owner. (Flash Comics v1 #10)

Carter and Shiera later were involved in stopping a real estate swindle by Edward Northrup in Suburbia. (Flash Comics v1 #11)

Whilst flying over the city, he found the police vacating a suburban home and found a woman that had been drowned. After investigating the crime scene, he found a note that referred to the Aztec deity Yum-Chac the Mighty. Upon learning about the rain god, he decided to consult with an Aztec specialist named Chet Norris. At the time, Chet's home had been attacked by an Aztec cult led by the priestess Nyola who had taken his sister Irene and intended to sacrifice her to Yum-Chac. She was thwarted by Hawkman and the villain seemingly died after she fled only to fall into a pool. (All-Star Comics v1 #2)

Post-Crisis

Prince Khufu Kha-taar who lived in Ancient Egypt during the time of the 19th century. (JSA v1 #21) At some point, his fathers wife had died from a plague that ravaged the city that also claimed the life of the Pharaohs younger brother. In the aftermath, his father who ruled Egypt married Khea Taramka where he was introduced to her daughter Chay-ara. The two had been in deep love for many years and their union was deemed inevitable. (Brightest Day v1 #13) Khufu was of the Theban Dynasty with among his allies and advisors being Nabu the Wise along with Teth-Adam. (JSA v1 #20) On one night, he witnessed a meteor crash into the lands and with his allies he rushed to the site before his enemies to could reach the location. Once there, he encountered a sky chariot belonging to an alien race of beings who were rescued but they were mortally wounded from the crash. A female pilot spoke of the rare substance on her ship known as Nth Metal and of a danger that would come to pass in a thousand years. After the pilots death, the ship was kept in safety at a pyramid whilst the cache of Nth Metal was shaped into weapons for Khufu with one being used to forge the Claw of Horus. (JSA v1 #22) The immortal warlord Vandar Adg arose to topple the rule of Khufu Ma-at Kha-taar during the reign of Rameses II whilst commanding the Metamorph Ahk-Ton. (JSA v1 #42) In the 15th century, Khufu's forces had assembled at Karnak to make a stand against Vandal the Savage's forces consisting of sand homunculi created through his theft of the Orb of Ra. (JSA v1 #43) When the Pharaoh refused to use Nth Metal for conquest, Khea murdered her husband and forged a suicide note to make it appear that he died in grief over the death of his previous wife. In the aftermath, she was declared Queen of Egypt and sought to rule the world. She then worked with Hath-Set where the sacrificed Khufu and Chay-ara where the were murdered where magic was used to make herself along with the evil priest immortal. (Brightest Day v1 #13)

At Thanagar's Veil of Valmoora, Carter Hall was resurrected at the Well of Spirits after his soul was drawn back into the world by his reincarnated love Kendra Saunders. (JSA v1 #23)

He was at the Stonechat Museum where he was in a conversation with his friend Ray Palmer over the telephone where the Atom was saddened by the imprisonment of his former love Jean Loring. This angered Carter who felt that Loring deserved no mercy as she was responsible for the death of Sue Dibny. Kendra arrived at the scene where she attempted to calm the situation but ended up in an argument with Carter as they discussed their own relationship. She stated that she had no memories of her past reincarnations and did not want to be beholden to a destiny holding them together in stating that they were to love each other forever. Furthermore, Kendra stated that she had grown worried about Carter due to his increased violence and said that she was aware that Shiera was able to calm them but she herself was unable to do so. Kendra attempted to calm Carter down and hinted that she did love him which was when she was speared from behind by a resurrected Sue Dibny accompanied by her husband Ralph with the two having been reanimated as members of the Black Lantern Corps. The Black Lantern Elongated Man attempted told Carter that Kendra hated him but with her dying breath she refuted that and said that she did love him before she died. Shortly afterwards, Carter himself was similarly killed by the two Black Lanterns who consumed the pairs hearts leading to them being chosen by black rings and turned into the latest members of the Black Lantern Corps. (Blackest Night v1 #1)

In the battle against Nekron, Hal Jordan used the power of the life entity to restore a number of the Black Lanterns to living beings again with Hawkman being among their number. During this time, he discovered that Hawkgirl had been resurrected as Shiera with him thus being reunited with his age old love. (Blackest Night v1 #8)

The New 52

Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. As a young prince, he along with princess, advisor and guards spotted something crashing into ancient Egypt with this being an alien craft crashing to the surface. (Dark Days: The Forge v1 #1)

Overview

Personality and attributes

Across his life, he had reincarnated across multiple bodies across the universe with these including:

• Ktar :
• Khufu :
• Katar Hol :
• Catar-Ol :
• Katarthul :
• Avion : a hero that used anti-gravity boots in order to fly within the Microverse. (Hawkman v5 #6)

He loved Shiera where he resisted any attempt at betraying her. (Flash Comics v1 #1)

It was said that the hawk possessed much ancient wisdom lost to the modern generations. Carter was stated to know much and was quite wise with him never entering a fight unless he could win. (Flash Comics v1 #2)

Carter was said to hold a deep love of history. (Hawkman Secret Files and Origins v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

He was fluent in over one thousand Earth-based languages due to living in various parts of the world in his many incarnations. (Hawkman v4 #22)

In the guise of the hawk-god, Carter wore armour whose power was derived from extraordinary abilities discovered from the secrets of the Ninth Metal that defied the pull of gravity giving him the ability to fly. Ninth Metal was a non-conductive metal that repelled electricity that was the base force of gravity. (Flash Comics v1 #1) With the Nth Metal wing harness, the effects of gravity were negated allowing him to fly and carry twenty times the weight a human could normally carry. Control over the Nth Metal was only over a small level but it also prevented the wearer from feeling cold by regulating the body's temperature. (Hawkman v4 #1)

One weapon of his was a war gauntlet called the Claw of Horus that had been crafted thousands of years ago with it being made from Nth Metal. (JSA v1 #22) It drew power from the magnetic core of a world allowing him to strike targets with the force a planet. (Superman/Batman v1 #4)

As Carter Hall, he was a wealthy collector of weapons and research scientist with his own weapon-lined library. (Flash Comics v1 #1)

In one of his past lives, he constructed an advanced vessel capable of interstellar and interdimensional flight with it being equipped with a Zeta Drive allowing it to jump via Zeta Beams. (Hawkman v5 #6)

Notes

• The Carter Hall Hawkman was created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville where he made his first appearance in Flash Comics v1 #1 (January, 1940).
• Flash Comics v1 #1 (1940) stated that he dressed in the garb resembling the ancient Egyptian hawk-god Anubis which contradicts the fact that the deity was a jackal headed god.

Alternate Versions

In other media

Television

• In The Flash, Carter Hall was referenced in the 1990 live-action series in the episode "Watching The Detectives" when Tina McGee mentioned that she was expecting a call from him.
• In Justice League Unlimited, Carter Hall's backstory was partially mixed with that of Katar Hol in the DC Animated Universe in the episode "Shadow of the Hawk" where he was voiced by actor James Remar. This version was originally an ordinary human named Joseph Gardner who was an archaeologist from the Midway City Museum. During an expedition, he encountered a Thanagarian Absorbascon that imprinted the mind of the long deceased Thanagarian Katar Hol. In the aftermath, Gardner legally changed his named to Carter Hall and became obsessed with the legacy of Hawkman.
• In the Arrowverse, Carter Hall made a number of appearances in the shared continuity setting.
  • In Arrow, Carter Hall made his first guest appearance in the live-action series where he was portrayed by actor Falk Hentschel.
  • In The Flash, Carter Hall returned in a cross over episode in the 2014 live-action series where he was portrayed by actor Falk Hentschel.
  • In Legends of Tomorrow, Carter Hall was a semi-regular cast member of the live-action series with him once again portrayed by actor Falk Hentschel.

Films

• In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, the Carter Hall Hawkman appeared in the 2009 animated film where he was voiced by an uncredited actor Michael Gough.

Video games

Appearances

• Flash Comics v1:
• JSA v1:
• Hawkman:
• Hawkman v5:

External Links

• Wikipedia Entry

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