Hawkwoman

Hawkwoman is the name of several

Sharon Parker

Years before the events told in the Invasion story arc,

When Charley was four years old, Thanagar called Andar to active duty, so he joined the

When Sharon learned about the masquerade she exposed the truth to J'onn J'onzz and Maxwell Lord. Confronted by both, Andar escaped back to Thanagar and Sharon perished.

Shayera Thal

Shayera Thal II is the illegitimate daughter of Shayera Thal I and Andar Pul, Thanagar's Administrator of Protection and close friend of Shayera I's father Thal Provis. Andar Pul had seduced the then 13-year-old Shayera I and her pregnancy became a political scandal that threatened to put her father's political activities to a hold. As a result, Shayera II was abandoned in Downside by her mother shortly after her birth.

When she was ten, she first met Wingman ensign Katar Hol during his first mission to the Thanagarian ghettos. Her mother was killed in a terrorist bombing.

When Shayera lost her Downside guardian as a result of a police action she was sent to an orphanage in the High Towers. Here she was found and adopted by Thal Provis, whose grief over the loss of his own daughter, had led him to find and reclaim his granddaughter. She was unaware Provis was really her grandfather until much later.

As a young woman, Shayera became a Wingmen and eventually meets Katar Hol again. She helped him stop Byth's drug smuggling.

In the early 1990s, Thanagarian policemen partners Katar Hol and Shayera Thal arrived on Earth (following an attempted Thanagarian invasion of Earth) with the mission to capture the Thanagarian shapeshifting criminal Byth. They were part of a force which used the hawk as their symbol, and also had a winged, gravity-defying harness. Together they fought crime on Earth and corruption on Thanagar for some time, eventually falling in love and deciding to remain on Earth and build a life there rather than return to their homeworld. Then came the events of

Shortly after that, Kendra Saunders became the new Hawkgirl, and Carter Hall, the original Hawkman, was resurrected. Shayera met them during her final battle against Byth when the three Hawks, aided by Animal Man, defeated the Thanagarian criminal for good.

In the

Following DC's 2011 relaunch, Shayera Thal is revealed as the princess of Thanagar and the former lover of Katar Hol. Initially, she is depicted as a villain, after erroneously believing her lover Katar Hol has killed her brother, Emperor Corsar, vowing vengeance upon him.^[3] But after it is discovered that Corsar survived and was manipulating the situation Shayera betrays him and saves Katar's life, seemingly sacrificing her own for it,^[4] although, it is later revealed that she survived.^[5]

Other versions

• In Alex Ross's Silver Age-toned Justice, Shayera Hol is a member of the Justice League and co-director of the Midway City Museum, alongside her husband. She also appears in Secret Origins and Liberty and Justice.
• Shayera and Katar are featured in the Elseworlds three-part series Legend of the Hawkman (2000). The story takes place in the Earth-One timeline, some time after The Brave and the Bold #34. She is shown wanting to return home to Thanagar while Katar has grown accustomed to life on Earth. Although this mini-series was never labelled as an Elseworlds project when originally published, it is now accepted as being one, with this story clearly based on the Silver Age versions of Hawkman and Hawkwoman during the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths era.
• In
  JLA: Another Nail, Hawkwoman is a member of a much-hated Justice League, and remains so even after her husband's death by Amazo. In Another Nail, she appears to be close friends with Zatanna. She has forgiven Oliver Queen (in Amazo's body) after he admits feeling responsible for getting Katar killed, and mentions that her husband was proud to call Oliver a "comrade... and a friend." Her role as the sole Hawk with League membership is much like her animated counterpart in the Justice League
  animated series.
• In
  Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, the Hawks tried to return to Thanagar to flee from Lex Luthor's military dictatorship, only to crash in the rain forests of Costa Rica. They decided to remain in hiding. They gave birth to a son and daughter, giving them natural wings. Katar and Shayera were killed in a military strike ordered by Lex Luthor, embracing each other in their final moments. The children were brought up in the jungle ever since. They were bent on revenge against Lex.^[6]
  As Hawkboy, the son ultimately kills Lex with Batman's permission, since he understands what he has been through.
• The Silver Age Hawks made a cameo appearance in Adventures in the DC Universe 80-Page Giant as
  Chronos
  II travels across space and time. He witnesses them in a battle against the Manhawks.
• Katar and Shayera Hol appear in JLA/Avengers due to time distortions caused by Krona.
• Shayera appears in
  Hawk" after her husband
  died in the Fall.
• Shayera appears in Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl as a member of the Justice Society.
• Shayera is featured with Katar in Scooby-Doo! Team-Up #33. She resembles her counterpart from the DC Animated Universe. Like Shiera Hall and similarly with her DCAU counterpart, Shayera is a reincarnation of Chay-Ara, and have been reborn as Lady Celia and Cinnamon.

In other media

Television

A hybridization of the Shayera Hol and Shayera Thal incarnations of Hawkwoman appears in Young Justice, voiced by Zehra Fazal.^[7][8] This version is a member of the Justice League along with her husband Hawkman and primarily makes minor recurring appearances. During the second season, she and the Justice League fall under the Light's control and are forced to attack the planet Rimbor. The Leaguers are later forced to return to Rimbor to stand trial. They are eventually found guilty, but Superboy, Miss Martian, and Adam Strange present new evidence and force the Rimbor Tribunal to reverse their verdict.

Film

• Shayera Hol makes a cameo appearance at the end of Justice League: The New Frontier.
• An unidentified Hawkwoman appears in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, alongside Hawkgirl and Hawkman.

See also

• Hawkgirl

References

1. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
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2. ^ Rann-Thanagar War #5 (November 2005)
3. ^ The Savage Hawkman #0
4. ^ The Savage Hawkman #16
5. ^ Justice League (vol. 2) #14
6. ^ "mg-jluONCEANDFUTURETHING2". Fanboplanet.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
7. ^ "Question #13632". AskGreg. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
8. ^ "Comic-Con: Brave and the Bold & Young Justice Panel". Comic Vine. July 24, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

External links

• Hawkgirl on the DC Animated Universe Wiki, an external wiki
• Hawkman FAQ
• Hawkfan - A fansite dedicated to Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
• Hawkworld - An extensive fan site dedicated to Hawkwoman, Hawkgirl, and Hawkman.