Hank Hall
Hank Hall | |
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Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #4 (September 1994) | |
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Alter ego | Henry "Hank" Hall |
Team affiliations | Birds of Prey Justice League |
Notable aliases | Hawk, Extant, Monarch |
Abilities | Hawk: Superhuman strength, durability, stamina, speed, agility and reflexes Enhanced body density, healing factor and invulnerability Extant: Time travel Chronokinesis Energy blasts Flight Omniscience |
Hank Hall is a fictional character that appears in
Publication history
The character first appeared in
Fictional character biography
Hawk and Dove
Hank Hall is originally the superhero Hawk of Hawk and Dove. Hawk represents "chaos", while Dove represents "order". His brother Don Hall dies during Crisis on Infinite Earths and is replaced with Dawn Granger.[1]
Armageddon 2001: Monarch
Monarch is an oppressive tyrant from a bleak, dystopian Earth fifty years in the future. The people are unhappy with his rule, particularly scientist
The reveal of Hank Hall as Monarch led to some controversy amongst the fan community; Monarch was originally intended to be revealed as Captain Atom, with clues in the story pointing towards this which had to be discarded when it was changed at the last minute. This change was due to the premature leaking of Monarch's identity. While Monarch was always supposed to be Captain Atom, this was supposed to be a secret. When Monarch's identity was prematurely leaked, DC decided to preserve the surprise of the story by switching Monarch's identity to that of Hank Hall.
As many fans pointed out, Hawk and Dove (vol. 3) Annual #2 has Hank Hall fighting Monarch face to face in 2001 with Hawk being the destroyer of Monarch.[3] Dove allows Waverider to see a multitude of futures and realize Hawk is Monarch.
Armageddon: The Alien Agenda
When hostile aliens encounter Monarch and Captain Atom in the past (sometime between 230 and 65 million years ago), they attempt to enlist both (with each figure having no knowledge of the other involved) to assist them in creating a wormhole. The wormhole's creation would destroy the universe in which the primitive Earth existed, but would allow the aliens to travel freely.
Zero Hour: Extant
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Shortly after returning to the present, Monarch confronts Waverider and uses his power to see the past and future, becoming aware of the power within him. It is explained at this point that when Monarch killed Dove, her powers went directly into Hawk. Realising this, Monarch unleashes his hidden powers and becomes Extant.
His first act is to alter the future so that he can have a metahuman army at his disposal, mostly consisting of members of the Teen Titans; his plan is to amass an army so powerful that no one can interfere with his efforts to control time itself. Several armies of heroes band together to stop his plans before they began in the 30th century, and alter history so that his followers never come to exist in the future.
Down, but not out, Extant begins to strike back at the heroes at Ground Zero, the beginning of time. Parallax warps several metahumans from various time periods together for the ultimate assault, and Extant hits the Atom with a chronal blast, de-aging him into a teenager. Sensing defeat is imminent, he escapes the fight, promising vengeance at a later date.
Extant first reappears in the 1999 one-shot "Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe".
He engages the Justice Society again on a later date as he seeks to acquire the reality-warping power of the Worlogog, recently dismantled by
After the resurrected Dove sacrifices herself to distract Extant, Hourman divides his Hour of Power amongst his teammates, granting them all immunity to Extant's reality warping powers for four minutes, each of them attacking him on a different temporal plane until being able to separate him from the Worlogog. Following this setback, Extant again attempts to escape. Instead, he is teleported by Hourman and Metron, at
Hawk restored
In response to fan-criticism of
Blackest Night
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In the
Brightest Day/Birds of Prey
At the beginning of the
After being injured by the Penguin, Hank Hall is sent to a hospital while his teammates plan their next move.[17] During his hospital stay, Hank has a vision of himself, clad in a White Lantern uniform and talking to Don. Just before the dream ends, Don assures his brother that he is at peace.[18] Later, Dawn is transported to the Star City forest by the Entity, Hawk unintentionally went with her, but when the "dark avatar" made his presence known, the Entity tells them that they must protect the forest and withstand the ultimate savior, which is Alec Holland.[19]
It was revealed that Captain Boomerang's mission for throwing the boomerang was to free Hawk as an avatar of war from the Lords of Chaos because his act of saving Dove would have broken their hold on him to be his own self. However, he failed to catch the boomerang and instead it was caught by Boston Brand, who ended up dying in the process and used his final act to move his white power ring to Alec Holland and bring back the Swamp Thing to cleanse the Green of Nekron's influence.[20]
Powers and abilities
As Hawk he possesses a "danger sense transformation" which allows him to change into a super-human with the powers of super strength, unlimited stamina, enhanced speed, increased agility, enhanced body density, extreme durability and healing factor.
His partner Dove suppresses his violent nature, and without her Hank's rage becomes boundless.
As Monarch he possesses the same powers that he had as Hawk, along with a suit of highly durable armor that is crafted using advanced technology.
As Extant, he has the powers of chronokinesis, energy projection, flight, and omniscience. After piecing together the Worlogog, he becomes nigh-omnipotent.
While being a member of the Black Lantern Corps, Hank wields a black power ring which allows him to generate black energy constructs. He is also able to perceive emotional auras. Whilst he is able to perceive Holly's aura as red for rage, he sees Dawn's as a pure white that his ring cannot identify. While wearing the black power ring, it lowers his original power by over 50%.
Other versions
- In the JLA: Another Nail, a version of Hank Hall exists, alongside the original Dove.
- Justice League of America (vol. 2) #26 features an alternate reality created by the trickster god Anansi. In this reality, an armored version of Hawk is seen.
In other media
Television
- Hank Hall as Hawk appears in Creeper and Captain Atom.
- Hank Hall as Hawk appears in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by Greg Ellis. In the teaser for "When OMAC Attacks!", he and Dove help Batman stop an intergalactic war between the Controllers and the Warlords of Okaara, but both have different approaches to this matter, escalating in their bickering and fight. Regardless, Batman gets the two sides' leaders to sign the peace treaty and end the war. They also briefly appear in the two-part episode "The Siege of Starro!" amongst the heroes under Starro's control.
- Hank Hall as Hawk appears in third season, where Jason Todd—under Scarecrow's influence—implants a bomb into Hank and manipulates Dawn into detonating it. Hank helps Donna Troy and Tim Drake escape from the afterlife before reuniting with Don.[23]
- Ritchson also appear in the Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths. In the Supergirl episode "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One", Hawk appears via archive footage from the episode "Trigon".[24] In the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five", Hank and Dawn appear via archive footage from the episode "Titans".[25]
Web series
- Hank Hall as Hawk appears in DC Super Hero Girls with Dove (Dawn Granger). They appear as background students of Super Hero High.
References
- ^ OCLC 213309017
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Hawk and Dove (vol. 3) Annual #2 pp. 9-19
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^ Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe, DC Comics (1999)
- ^ Blackest Night #2 (August 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night: Titans #1 (August 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night: Titans #2 (September 2009)
- ^ a b Blackest Night: Titans #3 (October 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #8 (March 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #0
- ^ Birds of Prey (vol. 2) #1
- ^ Birds of Prey (vol. 2) #2
- ^ Brightest Day #4 (June 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #5-6 (July 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #7 (August 2010)
- ^ Birds of Prey (vol. 2) #4 (August 2010)
- ^ Birds of Prey (vol. 2) #5 (September 2010)
- ^ Brightest Day #23 (April 2011)
- ^ Brightest Day #24
- ^ Diaz, Eric (February 2, 2015). "Exclusive: Which DC Characters Will Be On TNT's The Titans". Nerdist. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 7, 2017). "Titans: Alan Ritchson Cast As Hawk In DC Live-Action Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (September 23, 2021). "Titans star on character's 'beautiful' exit: 'The decision was made for me, and it was for the best'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ Francisco, Eri (December 9, 2019). ""Crisis on Infinite Earths" Titans Cameo Makes TV Streaming History". Inverse. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Martin, Michileen (January 15, 2020). "Every Crisis on Infinite Earths cameo ranked". Looper. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.