Hawkman Origins - This Alien Prince Of Egypt Is DC's Most Underrated Hero With A Gripping Backstory

M. Night Shyamalan gets a lot of flak for some of his creative devices, but say what you will about the man; at least the twists and turns his films take are completely intentional. Just look at Split. Arguably the best-recognized work of Shyamalan’s prolific career, the movie’s focal point is a man suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder that is so intense; he has to juggle between 24 personalities (and his sanity) at all times just to be able to function. But while Kevin Crumb’s fractured personal history and receding sense of identity can be chalked up to his mental health issues, DC has no such excuse for doing Hawkman dirty. Debuting in Flash Comics issue #1 and created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville, Carter Hall’s origins have changed so much since he first appeared in 1940 that he might as well be seeing the same therapist as Kevin. Hawkman is notorious for having the most-convoluted back story in DC history, thanks to trigger-happy attitudes towards re-boots. Still, he’s one of the coolest (or douchiest, take your pick) Golden Age Superheroes of all time. And with the latest Black Adam trailer showing off Aldis Hodge’s glorious metallic wings in full extension, we can’t wait to see Hawkman in action. We’re going to break down everything about DC’s most-confusing Superhero; this is Hawkman’s Origins - Explained.

[@Burning-Twilight]

Hawkman and Donna Troy probably have some of the most confusing origin stories since their creation. I'm just glad now a days they have been given more easy to understand origins. I hope Hawkman and maybe Hawkgirl are able to get their own solo or duo movie one day in the future.

[@steelefamily8958]

I am really, really getting more interested in the Hawk Heroes. Their powers and abilities, especially their Nth Metal control MUST have a show and movie of their own. I definitely want them in the next Injustice game and a fight between Superman. I know the Claw of Horus and their abilities can make the fight even

[@That80sGuy1972]

Then you might be the one to ask this. Alright, let me lay out what I was told by some DC fans decades ago. I asked why there were not fleets of starships nor great war machines from Thanagar if the metal is so abundant there. One of those friends told me that the Nth metal is sapient and evil in large amounts and explained some kind of monster native to some dark dimension like the Yellow Lanterns have their yellow monster that powers their rings. When I found out Parallax was real in the DC universe other than Hal's madness stage, I tried looking for that Nth metal monster. So, my question is, is there some evil being that comes into play if a huge thing is made of Nth metal?

[@Direwolvesbane2393]

Hawk girl was in injustice 1

[@Burning-Twilight]

Hawkman actually did fight Superman in the Injustice Year 5 tie in comic, and was close to killing him but due to outside help Superman ultimately killed him in the end.

[@Awestefeld6612]

They were the primary plot point in Legends of Tommorrow.

[@delfredmarshall8416]

@@That80sGuy1972 his name is Barbados I believe. He was revealed in the Dark Metal series

[@OscillatorCollective]

Wow…thank you for this video…I always liked hawk man, but never knew the whole story.

[@spitflamez]

This was best Hawkman video ever, thanks!

[@amodernalchemist432]

One of my favorite action figures when I was a kid. When his legs were squeezed his wings would move.

[@aquariuscheers9191]

I had one too.👍🏽

[@Lizard1984]

Yes!!! It was the Superpowers cartoon that aired on Saturday mornings back in a simpler time lol. ⚡😎

[@Lizard1984]

I think that the action figures based on the Superpowers cartoon were produced by Mattel Toys company.

[@amodernalchemist432]

@@Lizard1984 That's the one! 😃👍 Yes, I believe you're correct about Mattel being the company. Did u have some of the action figures from that collection? I had a lot of them back in the 80's. Pre Dark Knight when Batman wore the iconic grey suit and blue cowl/cape, I also had Dr. Fate, Superman, Joker, Penguin and my favorite DC villain Darkseid. If one put a flightlight to the top of his head, his eyes would glow red like he was blasting his Omega beam from his eyes...aahhh yes, nostalgia is great. It's too bad, y'know, I wish I would have kept all my cool toys from back then so my son could've enjoyed them as much as I did. My stuff was passed down to my younger brother and when he aged out of toys they were donated. Most likely broken and in a landfill by now.

[@Lizard1984]

@@amodernalchemist432 I had all of them including the Legion of Doom headquarters, the Batmobile, etc. I've been collecting comics and certain action figures since I was 8 years old. I also have the figures Mego put out in the 70s including the Batmobile that was modeled after the 60s Batman series and the Batcave. I'm so glad my father told me to be careful with them because they could be worth something some day. I wish he were alive today to see that he was absolutely right. I bought my first comic with my own money in 1980. It was Moon Knight's first issue.⚡⚡😎

[@dannytarver4533]

Definitely one of the coolest. My favorite DC comics character. I believe Geoff Johns run was the best version of the character, that was the 1st time someone said he was all versions and the latest adds on making it better with him reincarnating across the Multiverse. He's ridiculously underrated.

[@evantobias1023]

Thank you I've literally been on a hawkman trip the past two days

[@alisonsmith4436]

I love your videos thank you so much 😊

[@barneyrubble736]

most recent incarnation of hawkman that I'm aware of was on CW's Legacies of Tomorrow... that inclination was plotted and acted extremely well. both hawkman and hawkgirl were present in that instance.

[@evonnefenner7249]

DAMN! THE VOICE DUDE WAS LIKE, "WHY DC stay doin my Mans Chicken HAWK-Man DIRTY? " LOLOL

[@MySuperman78]

It would certainly be nice if WB, hopefully after the Discovery merger actually start doing movies based on more characters that one would take serious and have very interesting backgrounds. Hawkman is definitely a character I would love to see more of. Definitely not Batgirl or Supergirl. 👎🤣 He’s the main reason why Black Adam is my most anticipated movie this year. Excellent back story on Hawkman! Thanks

[@losely451]

A lot of people over the years have said that Moon Knight is Marvel's Batman and I can see that but it some ways I think an argument could be made that Moon Knight is also Marvel's Hawkman.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I can see that too now that you mentioned that.

[@abps9947]

Azrael is DC's moon knight

[@losely451]

@@abps9947 Who?

[@Shrimpfriedpee]

@@losely451 a friend of Batman.

[@losely451]

@@Shrimpfriedpee Like I said "who?'

[@jonathanmartin-ives8665]

I love those wing effects!

[@georgerollinmud5953]

It would be cool to hve an updated figure version of this guy. 👍 video

[@batmanfanizationreborn6055]

I remember firstly being introduced to hawkman through an episode of justice league animated. Then reading more and more about him, i was definitely won over by his cool and badass look, mace, nth metal wings but also his back story that i see indeed is very confusing and convoluted. But that aside definitely hawkman provides huge potential as a character in dc comics universe, to be a more integral part with thanagar background and build it more. Cant wait to see him in black adam, hope it will lead to his own solo movie with hawkgirl or justice society/league movie. Like his savage hawkman look, being brash, cocky, kinda assholish personality to him. In the past my choice to play hawkman was gerard butler, think his role from 300, physicality even accent would embody hawkman on screen.

[@dannytarver4533]

Thank you for finally being the one that did him justice.

[@waynegoddard4065]

Quality channel!!!!!!!!

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

Great video

[@farrdawgjoker7087]

I still love that in all appearances especially the animated version Hawk man and Hawk girl fly without flapping their wings and will hover a couple feet off the ground again with out their wings moving. It makes their wing unnecessary for some reason.

[@markwong6548]

Insufficient budget.

[@foxymetroid]

In most (if not all) of their appearances, they use Nth metal to fly. The wings are there primarily to make flying easier to control.

[@toyboimaniac1661]

The wings are to steer and maneuver

[@prowellerable]

I have loved hawkman and hawkgirl since the 60's. He always seem to get hurt in the animated movies these days. Why can't the writers just show how adapt a warrior he is and hawkgirl too?

[@jonbrewer297]

Blame Hawkworld. The Silver Age Hawkman, post-Crisis, was made into a villain named Fel Andar, who was posing as Katar Hol (who was in a Thanagarian prison for his wife's murder because even though they knew his father was guilty, he was thrown in prison as a hybrid). So the real Katar Hol comes back, and Zero Hour was supposed to fix the mess, but just made it worse. (Though it did fix the Legion of Super-Heroes.) Then came Rann-Thanagar War... Bruce Timm actually did a good adaptation of Hawkworld.

[@lewisfairley8642]

I love Hackman so much I can't wait to see him in the black Adam movie and also thank you for the video u can't wait to check out the next one

[@brandonscott5544]

Hawkman involved dark Knight metal 🔥

[@jonbrewer297]

nth metal being pure possibility.

[@dwighthaas1771]

The original origin of Hawkman (1940) owes a lot to ERB John Carter of Mars (1911).

[@lonniethomas4343]

Seriously, John Carter?

[@TheCaptainAstro]

“The alien price of Egypt.”

[@felixanzaldua8971]

What about Donna Troy? Very complicated back story also

[@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156]

Hawkman was outstanding in the black Adam movie

[@AwakeAtTheWheel]

Aldo’s Hodge was perfect! Can’t wait to see him in the roll again and hoping to see more Doctor Fate! I loved Black Adam, solid 8.5! (That’s high for me)

[@Shakkarz]

it's one of my favorite characters in DC hawkman from the 80s he's more of a brute fighter basically you come at him with uzis shotguns and Gatling guns they'll come at you with a hammer a sword shell a sickle and maybe take the uzi from you and use it on you because that is hawkman

[@ImaginaryWear]

YESSSSS… I can’t wait. I’ve always been a Hawk fan and if no scheduling delays, July 29th is my Bday so I know where I’ll be 😆 Now if they would just make a damn Thundercats movie I can die happy 😂

[@khahinmetameta7826]

Gotta love their big maces

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@Treezy0504]

Damn I didn't realize Hawkman was so dark.

[@lordschnitzel7961]

Please. DCs „Mandrakk the Dark Monitor“ explained. The Vampiric God who feeds on the Essence of the Multiverse

[@farrdawgjoker7087]

They haven't even got to the Monitor/Over-Monitor Mar Novu or Anti-Monitor yet so it will probably be a while before we see that.

[@Theflyingbuttfloss]

I first read that as mandrake...

[@simsimsim4479]

Ohh hawkman. This deservs a moive

[@HoneyBerighthere-Saysarath]

Flash Gordon

[@MrValdoVega]

You misspelled Prince in the title.

[@elieassaf8747]

WoW reincarnation ,acient aliens in old egypt, crash site dc is going way far than expected, my favorite type btw like dc fate and this guy aztec..very intresting origins story.

[@ikehall9513]

Love the character 🦅

[@notmyname5591]

I've watched several of your vids, and I wanna continue, but what I've noticed is you mix together alot of continuity and images. Like you'll have New 52 images for silver age, that's just an example and mixing continuities to explain who a particular character is.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Breaker High Canadian Teen Sitcom That never it's due in years

[@waynegoddard4065]

5:36 sounds like you don't like Hawkman

[@jessebajwa9335]

I know they had/have other roles but I feel Henry Cavill or Joe Manganiello would do great things as Hawkman.

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Well you screaming bigot why would you say that got to have two white guys planning or you must be a racist homophobe islamophobe anti-transbiguit LOL I kid because I care I'm so disgusted with this left-wing movement that we have to apologize for wanting white actors to play White characters that's how bad this left-wing stuff is destroying western civilization in every facet of our society hawkman is a white guy he should be played by a white guy I don't care if he's from another planet he's always portrayed as a white guy and that's what he should be in the movie same thing with Black Adam Black Adam is not a Hawaiian whatever the rock is The Rock's some kind of mixed up hodgepodge Black Adam was basically a white guy from the desert he's a Caucasian but a little different looking because he lives in the desert

[@KingdomComeClark]

Definitely underrated, but like Martian Manhunter, Hawkman is still one of DC's greatest and most important heroes! As convoluted as his history as, I have never lost interest! Also Hawkman is easily one of the coolest looking heroes ever!

[@That80sGuy1972]

As someone who remembers the original printing of Martian Manhunter's stories who originally hated him because he was so lame, I agree. Martian Manhunter has become my favorite DC hero over the decades and the changes to him... from lame to epic. Hawkman made the same journey. Unfortunately, I think the DCEU will regress him to being lame.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

@@That80sGuy1972 nah, I think the dceu will make Hawkman metal as fuck🤘🏿🎸(if you understand the reference, than 🤘🏿🦇)

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286 I understand both references if you were making more than one. Otherwise, I missed which one you meant. The Nth Metal thing or Metalocalypse? Also, the Batman one (Batman who Laughs) is a potential 3rd one. I will still put my chips on the DCEU ruining Hawk Man. I mean, they only did justice with Wonder Woman so far and even fevor-dreamed that a bit.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

@@That80sGuy1972 spot on, the reference we're about the batpocalypse and the nth metal.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

@@That80sGuy1972 about the potential ruining of the dceu Hawkman I kinda agree about the fact that they could potentially ruin Hawkman but not entirely and let's be honest the dceu ruined basically 80% of the universe by making numerous mistakes such as josstice league, bvs although I love the movie but it got serious flaws and plot holes, wonder woman 84(this movie is just pure dumpster shit trash that shouldn't exist) and other mistakes.

[@johnhargrove5268]

You should do an Adam Warlock video

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

The Hawkman versions that I know are from the Justice League episodes nd Batman Beyond (A.K.A. Batman of the Future outside of North America) episodes named "The Call."

[@autobotproductions1244]

That’s Warhawk. Son of Hawkgirl and John Stewart

[@freedomnow5670]

Great

[@tj_mcdonnell]

Alien "price"? How much did it cost? How many people did this typo make it past?

[@CHARMING_PLAYBOY_007]

Sorry did you mean the Alien *"Prince"* not Price of Egypt huh???

[@williamepope6931]

I wonder when they will do a movie of Hawkman and Hawkgirl an how they came to be an who will the villains they fight

[@FabledHeroes3351]

I hated how many times he died in in *Smallville* and *Legends Of Tomorrow* I mean come on stop killing the guy off for gods sake

[@waynegoddard4065]

Anyone else remember Legends of tomorrow?

[@wayneberry3453]

Alien price?

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

They should have a story dealing with every hawk-men from the multiverse coming together with a title dealing with this flock that comes togther to face a big bad! "the Galactic Flock" sounds good!

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

I recommend you to read Hawkman 2018,there's exactly a story like this in which Hawkman and his many reincarnations during time fight against a super dangerous violent villain. ✌🏿🦇

[@HappyHighwayman]

It says "Price" of Egypt in the video title.

[@waynegoddard4065]

Does anyone remember the Hawkman from He-Man?

[@Keverything99]

Stratos

[@waynegoddard4065]

@@Keverything99 thanks man.

[@john091077]

Price of Egypt?

[@aarontaylor2808]

So looking forward to Black Adam,⚡Hawkman will be one of the highlights of this movie 🤯

[@jerryrichards8172]

He never gets enough love in the comics. What's this your talking about with m.night Shyamalan I must of missed ?

[@LastSonOfThanagar]

My fav

[@peteruhlig9004]

I like it

[@10141991]

Do the Spectre origin

[@waynegoddard4065]

Your video title is messed up. The price?

[@wdkiskoe707]

Thank you for this informative info on Hawkman! I was very much in the dark on this character! Now I’m not!!!

[@teareeutley3770]

I'm glad they got Hawkman right in the Black Adam movie

[@benparrish672]

ARCHANGEL defeats Hawkman 9/10 times

[@shaunwhitehead2966]

Alien price? How much?

[@nicholasnicholas3306]

Isn't a version of dr. Fate and the phantom stranger along with black atom intertwined with hawkman?

[@Darkassassin505]

The price is right

[@mrxexes]

The thing that holds Hawkman back is his silly name and his ridiculous bird nose costume, which looks to be straight out of the Thundercat/He-Man universe.

[@lexmatthewtheurbanavenger8538]

Green lantern John stewart

[@TheLastVoodooMan]

Title says "Price" btw, not prince

[@croplaya]

well what confused me is in the notes of the director's cut.. they kept going with the name DORK HAWK.. they kept pushing this idea to make him look like the blackest dork that ever lived in the stupidest costume alive.. "let's give him a stupid ass J - W beak and make him look like a bird version of the biggest fucking nerd that ever lived." Now somewhere along the way, they decided against it and what you left in black adam is what was ultimately decided it seems

[@adambinks9596]

Your title is spelt wrong

[@jcougar831]

You have "Price of Egypt" maybe youe meant "Prince"

[@waynegoddard4065]

Anyone like Titans?

[@aarronobsidian5597]

I wanna see Janelle Monae as HawkGirl

[@ace24680]

clicked because I like alien price of egypt :) how much?

[@amodernalchemist432]

The Batman in theaters tomorrow! Been a long wait...better b worth it 🦇

[@jevondismuke5252]

It was pretty badass

[@amodernalchemist432]

@@jevondismuke5252 oh it sure was!! I watched it yesterday, I loved it!! The little Joker cameo too was dope even tho we couldn't see his face.

[@d.adonis4547]

Now, is this the CARTER HALL > reincarnated Egyptian Prince?? OR KATAR HOL from Thanagar??

[@everythinggeekdotcom]

M. Night Shyamalan's most recognised movie is not split.

[@NathanCotrill]

What is

[@hannibalmontrose702]

@Marvellous videos Hey man, no clue if you'll even see this but it looks like KZbin unsubbed me from your channel and it's probably happened to others.

[@stanwin3848]

How come he always getting beat up tho

[@isaiahmcneese5766]

actually wtf did the first minute about split nd M. Night Shyamalan have to do with hawkman 😂

[@josephstocks7495]

Wait, so if the NTH metal practically makes Hawkman/Hawkwoman immortal, then why is there the need for reincarnation?

[@nameless_soul1572]

More like longevity instead of immortality, they do have a rapid healing factor but excessive injury will still cause death resulting in reincarnation

[@TheOnlyRagsMorales]

Whoever wrote this diatribe is showing 0 respect or consideration for Geoff Johns and my run on Hawkman. I drew 21 issues of them and Geoff, I believe, wrote 25. There’s credit given to Scott Snyder that belongs to Geoff. The books have been collected for your edification.

[@meatbag1228]

But how much did Egypt pay though?

[@MegaCraigS]

Wow!!...the element was first discovered in early Egypt, yet the prince and princess was white as well as all reincarnation throughout time and space.

[@jerryrichards8172]

I like the hawkman that was a super cop from the planet hawk world than Aguadilla. Take no crap and enjoy fist wepons. BADASS!

[@morecringe89]

Pff. How many comics I need to buy to understand they just milk the winged chicken? all of them.

[@916009]

this sounds absolutely ridiculous

[@chitzzz1384]

By trying to explain the unexplainable DC has just made it more unexplainable

[@mercuryman1250]

I like Katar Hol better. With Katar being the same as Carter is bad writing. As well as him being nighthawk, silent knight,etc

[@themanwiththegoldenvoice8235]

Nah. Steel is DCs most underrated hero by far. He has the entropy aegis which puts him on par with Darkseid and superman. Only thing is once he puts it on its not coming off lol

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Any superhero with literal wings is a joke

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Did I just see that they're going to have a sub-Saharan African playing hawkman did I just see that in the background

[@hoodiek6802]

Yea why

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

@@hoodiek6802 do you read comic books hawkman is white he's a thanagarian but he's white even though he's from space he's a space cop sort of like the Green lantern but he was a cop on hulk world he's had a couple different origins but in every one of them he's always been White the other origin had something to do with Egypt but ancient Egypt was not black people and he was not black how would you feel if we made a movie about Martin Luther King played by Anthony Hopkins or George Clooney would that be okay how about make a movie about that idiot George Floyd played by Tom Cruise would that work it's okay right race doesn't really matter right it's just a social construct LOL it's a social construct when it comes to us white people but everybody else is sure sure of what race they are but when we claim a race we're a social construct LOL go figure

[@makeytgreatagain6256]

He’s based of an Egyptian here so it is ok for him to be black. And yes Egyptians were mixed I’m aware but there were blacks there so I suppose he would have to be one to blend in with the population and not look like an complete total alien. Hawkman being white can be attributed to the fact that when he was written all cultures were depicted as “white” Egypt Mesopotamia, Aztecs and the list goes on all were shown as white. So this is just correcting that mistake made.

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

@@makeytgreatagain6256 Egyptians are not black they blew up a movie theater one time because Lou gossett Jr a black actor played one of their presidents even though in the movie he looked nothing like a black person they fixed him up to look like a Arab basically but they blew up the theater saying it was disrespectful to make him a black guy so there were no blacks in ancient Egypt they didn't cross the Sahara desert they were sub-Saharan Africans they had not the technology to ever accomplish something like that these were people that didn't know how to read write had no written language no calendar no nothing they clicked for language when we found them just five 600 years ago they were not running the Egyptian empire believe me most people in Egypt probably never saw black person before back then thousands of years ago

[@bladecastlevania3653]

Since when did Hawkman turned black?! 😮

[@hathatfigures3663]

Just one more swap out as if we need another

[@hoodiek6802]

He was supposed to be Black

[@alfonsopina3976]

Hollywood needs to stop with the Racebending crap, we Still need an Egyptian Hawkman, and Omar Sharif Jr. would be a Great Actor for Hawkman in DCEU/ Snyderverse for Zack Snyder's Justice League Film Universe with Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

[@anthonyshanaman5637]

Dude signs or the village is more known than split lmfao

[@YourTrustyHonkey9716]

I never liked hawkman weilding a mace, seems boring i always conceptualized him weilding a bow and arrow and manipulating wind to fly and make arrows fly.

[@thomasthunder5887]

Naw uru is the most unique durable and strongest out of all metals is why asguardians use it it's even used to harm celestials

[@josephstocks7495]

Wrong universe bro. This is DC not Marvel. Jk. Yeah, I love the interesting elements brought about by comic books. The asgardians have some great tech.

[@changsangma1915]

@@josephstocks7495 .......the idiot tried to flex indirectly to say Marvel great DC trash without actually saying it.