Hawkman

Hawkman is the code name of a fictional superhero character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. There have been several different characters who have used this name, but the two most famous ones are Carter Hall and Katar Hol. Carter Hall was a human archaeologist who debuted in the pages of Flash Comics #1 in 1940. A Golden Age hero, he wore a partial mask formed in the image of a bird, wore fake wings fastened to a set of chest straps and used medieval weaponry to fight crime. A different reimagination of the character was Katar Hol, who was created by Joe Kubert and first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #34 in 1961. This version of Hawkman bore some visual similarities to his Golden Age counterpart, but was actually an alien from the planet Thanagar who came to Earth to study the planet's police methods.

Hawkman first appeared on the Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure in 1967 in a series of animated shorts spotlighting the character, as well as four other cartoon shorts featuring the Justice League of America. Hawkman also appeared on episodes of the Super Friends and its various spin-offs where he was voiced by actor Jack Angel.

The first live-action iteration of the character appeared in 1979 on the two-part NBC special Legends of the Superheroes where he was portrayed by actor Bill Nuckols.

The Thanagarian version of Hawkman made appearances on Justice League Unlimited. He was voiced by James Remar on this series.

In 2010, actor Michael Shanks, formerly of Stargate SG-1 appeared on episodes of the CW Network television series Smallville, playing the role of Carter Hall. He first appeared in the two-part "Absolute Justice" storyline, as well as "Shield", and "Icarus". This version of the character also appeared in crossover episodes with Arrow and The Flash.

The next live-action version of Carter Hall appeared on the CW Network series Legends of Tomorrow. He was played by actor Falk Hentschel and made seven appearances in season one of the show.