The Thanagarian policeman Katar Hol lived on Earth as Carter Hall. As Hawkman, he protected Midway City with his wife Hawkwoman and was a member of the Justice League of America.
History
Katar Hol was a police officer from the planet Thanagar sent to Earth to capture the criminal Byth Rok. Having become intrigued by the planet, he returned to Earth to study human police methods, along with his wife, Shayera. On Earth, he adopted the secret identity of Carter Hall, curator of the Midway City Museum, and as the hero Hawkman, became a member of the Justice League of America. When Thanagar became a military dictatorship and attempted to invade Earth, the Hols sided with their adoptive world and turned against their own people, thwarting the invasion and destroying their own starship in the process, effectively stranding themselves on Earth.
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Batman
Certain occasion, Hawkman was visiting Gotham City as Carter Hall in order to attend a ceremony at the Gotham Museum. It was then that Batman asked for his assistance in capturing a criminal known as The Collector, who was trying to learn Batman's secret identity. Hawkman provided the perfect decoy, which threw away the crook's deductions and Hawkman helped Batman capture the rest of the Collector's gang.[1] The next time the heroes teamed-up was in order to prevent the murder of Commissioner Gordon at the hands of an intergalactic bounty-hunter[2] and later they worked together to help an advanced alien form to retrieve and return ancient artifacts from the Museum of Midway City.[3] Afterwards, Hawkman and Batman stopped the evil Fadeaway Man from stealing the Horus sarcophagus.[4]
Convergence
This section of the history takes place during Convergence, a massive crossover event revisiting characters from past eras and realities. The villains Brainiac and Telos plucked them from their own timeline and stored them together, causing them to cross over into each others' reality. Its precise chronological placement and canonicity may be unclear.
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Hawkman and Gotham are taken by Brainiac and Telos and he is trapped for a year. Hawkman and Hawkwoman fight the Manhawks and learn from Lyro's about the Crisis of Infinite Earths.[5] After the dome goes down, Hawkman and Hawkwoman defend their city from the Rat-Men and Bat-Men of Earth-AD. Tragically, they realize no matter what they do, their earth is doomed. They are captured and tied to a rocket. Hawkwoman frees them and they defeated the Rat and Bat men.[6]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Thanagarian Physiology: Thanagarians possess several gifts that are common to members of their race, but sets them apart from normal humans.
- Enhanced Senses: Thanagarians also possess enhanced senses.
- Enhanced Hearing: A Thanagarian's auditory senses are also particularly acute and they can perceive sounds with greater clarity than the average human.
- Enhanced Vision: A Thanagarians's eyesight is more acute than a normal human and their range of vision is similar to that of a bird.
- Enhanced Durability: A Thanagarian is also physically more endurable than the average Earth human.
- Enhanced Stamina: Thanagarians have greater stamina and a greater resistance to pain.
- Enhanced Strength: Thanagarian strength is far beyond the range of a normal human.
- Longevity: A Thanagarian's life span is significantly greater than that of a normal human being. At one-hundred years of age, a Thanagarian physically resembles a thirty-year-old Earth human.
- Enhanced Senses: Thanagarians also possess enhanced senses.
Abilities
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Katar Hol is an expert at hand-to-hand combat and employs a wide range of weaponry as part of his crime-fighting arsenal.
- Archery: A talent that Katar rarely employs, but nonetheless he is considered an expert in the field of archery. Though his skill with a bow and arrow is impeccable, his precision is nowhere near as accurate as that of fellow Justice League Green Arrow.[7][8]
- Historiography: Through the use of the Absorbascon, as well as the resources available to him at the Midway City Museum, Katar Hol is an expert in many of Earth's cultures, particularly those pertaining to medieval Europe and the Roman Empire.
- Multilingualism: Through the use of the Absorbascon, Katar Hol is fluent in many Earth languages. His unique physiology also enables him to verbally communicate with birds.
- Aviation: Thanagarian Star Cruiser
Paraphernalia
Equipment
Transportation
- Anti-Gravity Belt: In conjunction with Hawkman's wings, the belt permits Flight.
- Thanagarian Star Cruiser
Weapons
- Thanagarian Weaponry: Katar employs a variety of medieval weaponry which he borrows from the Midway City Museum. Among his favored items are a Kris a Mace, a Katar, a Retarius and a Cestus. Though not particularly his weapon of choice, Katar has also been known to use a bow and arrow and is an expert in the field of archery.
Notes
- When his entry in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol 1 10 implies that Hawkman has 6'6", an errata in Who's Who: Update '87 #5 clarifies his real height as 5'11".
- This version of Katar Hol was removed from continuity following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths and is now regarded as the pre-Crisis Katar Hol. Much of his history, including his membership of the Justice League and his antagonistic relationship with Green Arrow was subsequently attributed to Carter Hall, the original Hawkman. A new version of Katar Hol was introduced in the limited series Hawkworld. Since the Earth One Katar and his wife were not actually rebooted by the Crisis but continued to be in continuity for around three years though, some continuity problems arose which resulted in the creation of a stand-in Hawkman, Fel Andar. Later the continuity problems were resolved by assigning stories involving Fel Andar to Earth-85.
Related
- 450 Appearances of Katar Hol (Earth-One)
- 59 Images featuring Katar Hol (Earth-One)
- 22 Quotations by or about Katar Hol (Earth-One)
- Character Gallery: Katar Hol (Earth-One)
Footnotes
  This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |