The Origins of Hawkman and Hawkgirl (YouTube Video)

 I've seen numerous articles and videos explaining the origin of Hawkman and Hawkgirl over the years, so I decided to create my own and share my take on their origin story. I've drawn on my experience of following Hawkman for almost 50 years, with a focus on the origins that Gardner Fox and Robert Venditti provided us. Subscribe to the Hawkworld YouTube channel if you can! Many thanks!

Happy New Year from Hawkworld!

 

Happy New Year to everyone from Hawkworld! May this year bring health and happiness to you and your loved ones! Soar high, Hawkfans! 

(Photo taken on January 1st, 2026 in Kirishima, Japan.) 

Looking Back at Hawkworld 2025

   The Year 2025 is coming to a close, so it's time to take a look back at some of Hawkworld's highlights and lowlights of the year. Hawkman, Hawkgirl, and even Hawkwoman continued to appear in comics here and there throughout the year, including the JSA series, some unannounced cameos, and a few covers and variant covers. Hawkgirl made her silver screen debut in Superman, the horrid Absolute Hawkman appeared, and the wait for a Hawkman series entered its sixth year. I've made a list of highs and lows for the year. If you have a certain highlight or lowlight you would like to add, please leave it in the comments below! And now, the highlights first...

DC Comics Solicitations 2026 March for Hawkman/Hawkgirl

DC Comics released its solicitations for March 2026, and it appears to be another bare month for the Hawks. The biggest surprise was that Absolute Hawkman is still alive after apparently confronting Absolute Superman in February. Of course, covers are never reliable, so we'll have to wait and see. He may not even be in the issue. DC must have liked their K.O. thing, so now it appears they're doing a wrestling version of it. There were zero mentions of Hawkman or Hawkgirl this month, but they appeared on a couple of covers. Details below. 

Twas the Night Before Christmas (Hawkman Version)

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Hawkman Version)"

By Clement Clarke Moore / Revised by Tim Board (@Hawkworld_)

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a Thanagarian Snare Mouse
The DC Classic figures lined up on the mantle with care
In hopes that Hawkman soon would be there

The children were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of Nth metal danced in their heads
And mamma in her gown, and I in my Hawkman logo cap
Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap

Random Wheets of a Hawkman #251217

* A Thanagarian's average lifespan is 300 years.
*Carter and Shayera's wings come out of their harnesses, but Kendra's are organic.
*Hawkman's Soarship, which has the biggest collection of historical artifacts in the universe, is in Earth's orbit.
*Catar-Ol, one of Hawkman's past lives, was Supergirl's history teacher on Krypton.
*Dr. Carter Hall is a renowned archaeologist and museum curator.
*Shayera Hol is the daughter of Lord Provis Thal. When he died, she became the ruler of Thanagar.
*Hawkman can speak thousands of languages.
*Most humans cannot lift Hawkman's Nth metal mace.
*Hawkman has been wearing Nth metal for so long, it's in his blood stream.
*Hawkman has a universe-wide network of friends whose ancestors were saved by him.

Horus, God of the Nth Metal

Green Lantern Corps No. 3 (June 2025)

   Horus, the Egyptian god of the sky, has been an important part of Hawkman and Hawkgirl's story ever since their very first appearances in Flash Comics No. 1 (January 1940). Over the years, Horus has changed and evolved in many ways. This year, Horus has suddenly made a couple of interesting appearances so let's take a look at the god who has a very important connection to Hawkman and the Nth Metal. 

DC K.O Aquaman vs. Hawkman Goes Worse Than Expected

   The DC K.O event continues and we got Hawkman vs. Aquaman in the second round. We already knew who was going to win after seeing the solicitations for next year's books. If you haven't seen any of it, this is full of spoilers. I can give you one quess as to who won and you'd be right. But I'll do my darndest to squeeze something good out of this review. 

Board Review of JSA #14

DC Comics and Jeff Lemire are in the process of rewriting the beginning of the Justice Society and we have the charter members gradually meeting each othre for the first time. Hawkman and Hawkgirl are already together, with Shiera already Carter's equal partner as an archaeologist and a superhero. This review will focus on their part of the story. Spoilers everywhere so turn away if you haven't read it yet. 

Hawkman and Hawkwoman by The Joe Kubert School Student, Rory Chapman

 Hawkworld Facebook member Doug Chapman shared a piece with the group and I had to post it here as well! His son, Rory Champman is currently in his third year at The Joe Kubert School (also a member of Hawkworld Facebook!), and he drew a beautiful picture of Hawkman and Hawkwoman in an embrace over the the city! This one goes straight into the Hawkworld Gallery! We may see him doing the Hawks in the future! Keep a Hawks' eye out!

Art by Rory Chapman 

The Joe Kubert School (Check it out!)