Another panel from Flash 1
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As for the rest of the story
The closest material
I could find is this YouTube video
Note that it covers
Many comic book issues of
Flash as well as the
JSA in All Star Comics
Also
Shiera Sanders
Is not just
A damsel in distress
But
A valuable ally of
Hawkman
And engaged to
Carter Hall
In issue 2
Unlike
The Lois Lane Superman situation
Which took many decades
To get to that point
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An article on 1940s
Hawkman stories
That include some possible influences
Used in the stories
Hawkman: a 1940’s Comic Book Super-Hero - by Michael E. Grost
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To summarize
The Hawkman story in
Flash 1
Carter Hall is a wealthy collector of weapons and a research scientist
He dreamt about his past life as an Egyptian prince named Prince Khufu. Through the dream, he remembered his past, his eternal love for Chay-ara, and his death by his arch-enemy, Hath-Set.
Carter Hall awoke from his dream and realized the power of the Nth metal.
When a subway disaster happened, he was reunited with Shiera Sanders, the reincarnation of Chay-ara.
He also discovered that Hath-Set (now Anton Hastor) was behind the disaster.
He designed a costume after the god Horus and used the Nth metal to fly.
He defeats Hastor using ancient weapons.
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That is a very confulted story
Could it be less complex?
Certainly
Gardner did it shortly thereafter
In June 1940
He created another
Super Hero
Dr Fate
It also involved
Egypt and
Supernatural Equipment
In this case
The Helmut of Nabu
From Wikipedia
A very young Kent Nelson is a American who discovered the tomb of Nabu with his father. Having accidentally killed his father due to a deadly gas released from his tomb, the Lord of Order felt pity for the child and trained him in the ways of magic for two decades, bequeathing him his mystical amulet, helmet, and cloak, as well as all of his knowledge before Nelson started his career as a mystic superhero
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I remember reading
Gardner explainimg how he came up with Hawkman
In The Brave and the Bold 34
Something very similar to this
"As I sat by the window I noticed a bird collecting twigs for a nest. The bird would swoop down, pick up the twig, and fly away. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if the bird was a lawman and the twig a crook!?’’ "
—Gardner Fox
Sure. (Sarcastically)
That’s a long way from
The complex story elements in the Origin Story.
He said it for legal reasons
The same reasons
Jerry Siegel never mentioned the novels
Gladiator and
John Carter of Mars
Or Bob Kane
Zorro and the Shadow
When they discussed how the ideas of Superman and Batman
Came about
See links
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Steve Jobs said in 1996: “Picasso had a saying – ‘good artists copy; great artists steal’ – and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”
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Let’s deal with the artwork first
The poses of Hawkman were often taken directly from comic strip artist Alex Raymond
“The Great Comic Book Heroes: Sheldon Moldoff’s Hawkman and the art of the swipe”
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How about the plot
For 1932 Universal film
The Mummy?
an ancient Egyptian mummy named Imhotep is discovered by a team of archaeologists and inadvertently brought back to life through a magic scroll. Disguised as a modern Egyptian named Ardeth Bey, Imhotep searches for his lost love, who he believes has been reincarnated into a modern girl.
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The Egyptian god Horus
Was a big influence
Also
https://www.booksfact.com/religions/egyptian-god-horus-similar-to-garuda-or-vishnu.html
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Going back to Flash Gordon
Here is the King of the
Birdmen
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Love some Old Flash Gordon Serial flashbacks.
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So
Gardner Fox could have had
Hawkman come from another planet in the 1940s
Like he did in the 1960s
Except for the publisher’s fear of being sued
There was another reason
Superman
Who also came from another planet
To use that origin
Would detract
From the uniqueness of DC’s most famous and revenue generating super hero
For a character that wasn’t the lead in the book he was in.
But it was not only that
Hawkman was from a related but in some ways rival company
Sometimes
The relationships
Could be contentious
By All Star Comics #24 (Spring 1945), a real-world schism between National Comics and All-American Publications—a nominally independent company run by Max Gaines and Jack Liebowitz—had occurred, which resulted in the Detective Comics, Inc. (National Comics) heroes being removed from the title. As a result, the Flash and Green Lantern returned to the team. With issue #27 (Winter 1945), National Comics bought out Max Gaines’ share of All-American and the two companies merged to form Detective Comics, Inc
Thomas, Roy (2000). All-Star Companion Volume 1. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. ISBN 978-1893905054.
And even if
The characters were in the same company
Editors could forbid certain things
Julie Schwartz was not allowed to use
Batman and Superman
Much in early JLA
Until he went to upper management to force the issue
https://www.cosmicteams.com/docs/awdc_14-julius-schwartz.html
Even recently
Venditti wanted to include
Hawkgirl in
Hawkman 2018
From issue 1
But was told
He couldn’t
By DC Management
(Probably because Scott Snyder wanted her in the JL mainly because she was in the Justice League Animated series)
Link
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The 1940s issues that had Hawkman in our library consists of
All Star Comics
All Star 5 introduced
Hawkgirl
A more recent story that co-starred Hawkgirl, set during World War II
Is
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1984 All Star Squadron, set in the 1940s includes Hawkgirl as a member of the team
Series
Issue 6 introduces Hawkgirl
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In the mid 1980s
Two major factors
Affected the JSA
Their lives were tied to World War II
When they were reintroduced in the 1960s
They were in their forties
Now in the 1980s
They were in their 60s, way past their prime
Also
Crisis on Multiple Earths occurred
Erasing Earth 2 and making many of them redundant.
From a Interview with
Roy Thomas
“After Crisis you wrote a one-shot called “The Last Days of the Justice Society” which temporarily closed the book on the group. At the time, did you suspect they would return?”
"I suggested that idea because I knew they wanted to retire the Justice Society.
Dick Giordano, who was the managing editor and a friend of mine, said at one stage that as long as he was editor, there would never be another Justice Society book.
A year later, they ended up with the Justice Society book again, and so forth. It was too good of a concept to keep down, but I never held it against Dick because I didn’t believe it the first place. He believed it, but I knew it wasn’t going to happen.
The Justice Society was going to be back. Once it was back in the '60s, it was going to be back forever because it was too good.
It wasn’t just an imitation Justice League. Justice League was the imitation Justice Society."
Last Days is not in our library
But Roy creates an ending fitting for
Hawkgirl and the JSA
Hawkgirl is there
Even though she is not JSA, fighting along side her eternal love Hawkman
They die
And get reborn
And the cycle continues
Just as in all the past lives they lead
An appropriate end
Some images from end of story:
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Brightest Day
Downer Ending
Because
As
Dan DiDio clarified that heroes shouldn’t get married, as they have to sacrifice their personal lives and personal happiness.
I had to cut out a lot of pages on this
Hopefully you will get the gist of the storyline
Shiera is great
…
But those three last pages are tough to read
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Hawkgirl statue
Beautiful
But
Quite Expensive
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$240.00 well worth it.
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