The original Hawkman, Carter Hall, dates back to the Golden Age of comic, making his first appearance in Flash Comics #1 (1940). This interaction of Hawkman was the reincarnation of the ancient Egyptian prince, Khufu. He was in a relationship with Shiera Sanders, Hawkgirl, who too was a reincarnated from ancient Egypt. During the Silver Age of the 1960s, DC revived the Hawk characters with a completely new, more science fiction origin, as a space cop from the planet Thanagar. It was later revealed that the reincarnated versions of Hawkman and Hawkgirl were actually from Earth 2, which only complicated matters more by the 1980s when DC released Crisis On Infinite Earths. During this line wide reboot, DC collapsed its Multiverse, and the histories of Earth One and Earth Two were merged, which caused all kinds of continuity problems for Hawkmans origin. DC decided to reboot Hawkman, retconning his origin to where one version of the character was on the JSA in the 1930s and another on the contemporary JLA. Only a few years later when the Zero Hour retcon occurred, their origin changed again, merging the two incarnations into Hawkgod. Eventually, the 1990s JSA untangled the origin, established once again Carter Hall as the reincarnated Hawkman; however, in the '00s Thanagar was again reintroduced into the DCU, changing Hawkmans origin again. In short, DC just needs to make up their minds!
Since childhood, Bryant has been an avid fan of superheroes, and he has been reading comic books since 2006. His full name is "George Bryant Lucas"; however, after enduring countless Darth Vader jokes, he has chosen to go by his middle name. Born and raised in the United States, Bryant is currently living with his lovely wife in the country side of Wiltshire County, UK. Bryant does suffer from a mild case of dyslexia; misspellings and homonyms are to be expected on occasion.
