History of Hawkman

[@ericnancy4385]

Hawkman is an underrated character in the DC universe. I'm glad he's going to be recognized in the upcoming black Adam movie. Thanks for the video. 🙏

[@pierrebuieii3908]

I thought nobody cared

[@dalewilson2034]

💯

[@ferrm1992]

I enjoyed the recent Robert Venditti story and he kind of tied up all of the confusing origins into one

[@blaqjoker9105]

Still wish it was HAWK GIRL

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

? What does Hawkgirl have to do with this? OH, it's because it's a cheap gender swap intrinsicly tied to the original, cheap appropriation, because USA with no culture wanted a whiff of historicism in their cartoons.

[@allendean9807]

Aldis Hodge has had a great couple years. Always loved him in Leverage, and I’m happy his acting talents have put him in higher demand

[@magacop5180]

He was the best part of Black Adam. The Rock was old and washed

[@MidKnight4139]

Thank you

[@smokindatshit8268]

I wish he would have played T’Challa

[@shauqiharris2772]

I like the one where he's just a reincarnated ancient Egyptian prince. It's simple and straight to the point.

[@keithharrissuwignjo2460]

Does that include the alien part or is the alien part the complicated one?

[@a.morphous66]

Exactly. Plus, the base Justice League lineup already has _two_ alien cops, so we don’t really need any more.

[@toganium4175]

Fun fact: Hawkman has one of the most confusing and convoluted histories in all of comics.

[@AifDaimon]

Indeed; even Arris himself pointed this out

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

Lol.

[@andrewaugustus6447]

Amen

[@manart6506]

I think that makes him perfect for adaptations as there is not a clear story but a bunch of material to take inspiration from.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

What superhero doesn’t at this point

[@thatonkgau5221]

Hawkman is one of DCs most underrated and underepricated characters. He's so interesting and cool and badass he deserves more attention and respect Justice League unlimited had the ONLY simplified version of Hawkmans Origin.

[@newt2120]

yea cuz he is lame asf

[@thatonkgau5221]

@@newt2120 Lame please hawkmans backstory may be a bit confusing but it's also interesting. Flying isn't his only ability he is super strong and fast enough to catch bullets. He has a healing factor and unlike other heroes hawkman isn't scared to go for the kill.

[@cactusblack5993]

I believe Nth metal is also immune to magic. Also, read Hawkman by Robert Venditti. Surprise that wasn't mentioned. A very underrated great read around the Dark Knights Metal era.

[@campbell5511]

Fr its so good

[@miguelmejia-holguin8799]

Yes, I am also surprised that he did not mention that. That comic also simplified Hawkman's origin in a cohesive way by combining the previous ones, while adding more to it. Also, not important, that was the first comic I read about Hawkman, and it made me like the character quite a lot (I did like the character before, but I didn't know a lot about him before reading that run).

[@biggiejerseysTV]

It’s one of my favorite comic runs. It’s so good.

[@purpleraider8105]

I've always found Hawkgirl more interesting. She was written so well in the Justice League cartoon and wish we saw something similar to that version in the comics more often

[@outsideredge]

Me too. The Justice League cartoon and the first Injustice game made me far more interested in Hawkgirl than Hawkman. But like Hawkman, Hawkgirl has a confusing identity that depends on who's doing the writing. Because of the cartoon, I prefer the Shayera Hol. But the comics also have Kendra Saunders.

[@shawerful5209]

Of course she is more interesting, she is a main character, of a well written show. If hawkman was given that type of attention in that show, you would find him more interesting than hawkgirl

[@ivankarim8678]

Hawkman deserves his own movies. He's criminally underrated.

[@thegeekkid1]

Hawkman is so underrated

[@GreenHornet67]

@The Geek Kid I totally agree

[@almikntolkein7489]

@mtmta2009 if you look at like that all superheroes sucks then

[@sgt.krakatoa1093]

No Superman actually sucks. Alien man in tights and underwear that flies around and does what?

[@bryansteele832]

@mtmta2009 Does what? Kicks the shit out of you with a spiked mace.

[@treytreuer380]

​@mtmta2009 well I would say he's better than superman and even batman. Superman wearing blue yellow and red suit who can fly? Batman in a Halloween costume throws shit.

[@youssoufmoussa3874]

Aldis Hodge did such a praiseworthy job portraying Hawkman in Black Adam. They couldn't have gone with a better actor.

[@THEJohnSmith1607]

He really did. Aldis is a really good actor. He played the role well and did not over shadow his co actors.I first saw him on Supernatural. Dude straight stole the show. He is definitely under-rated. Hopefully this opens up his career to bigger better roles. I think he would be a great Blade! Marvel missed a big opportunity there...

[@dwinosam]

Meh, black adam sucked

[@nikkisantoro8968]

Of course he did ur right they couldn't of gotten a better actor to play em What a great job no one could of done it better Since no one had ever played em before 😏😉✌️

[@addytv4121]

What I love about these characters getting the big screen treatment and Variant being a KZbin channel is that you actually can get info on lesser spoken of characters.

[@AntStorm5764]

Hawkman sound like a dope character

[@darkshadowx9543]

he is

[@haroldalan7080]

I knew Hawkman in the Cartoons like Green lantern animated series and Justice league action series he was pretty powerful using a mace⚔⚔.

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[@kingshadow8782]

Nice

[@kingshadow8782]

Hype

[@kingshadow8782]

Wow

[@71160000]

Back in the fifties and early sixties there were a lot of origin stories. The hawkman I remember was an alien policeman who came to earth with his wife to study earth law enforcement. He's parked their space ship in earth orbit and they both wear an anti grav. belt that allow their artificial wings to fly them around. Don't remember anything about nth metal but I simply may not remember it after all these years. So much has changed over the years with most comics I recall. I had a superman that showed him arriving on earth and when he was grown for his glasses he found two jagged pieces of his ships windshield that his bulky glass frames hide the irregularities but the krypton glass allows his heat vision to pass through the glasses without melting them. His suit was knitted from his baby blankets he came to earth in and it was his toddler play suit that stretched as he grew, and it has a pouch in the cape to keep his earth clothes in. Batman was not a nice guy but the bat cave always stole the comics as the best part of the story. So many great comics back then. I made the walk to the drug store every sat. to check out the new comics. There would be superman, green lantern, flash, wonder woman, batman, aquaman, my personal favorite (metal men). I never realized how much the stories had changed over the years. I was struck by the fact that kryptonite now has different effects from what it had when I was a kid. A piece of red kryptonite could only affect superman one time.

[@jaysenbustamante9926]

Thank u Variant for informing me on Hawkman I really wanted to know his powers because he’s always been to be a heavy hitter

[@BradLad56]

Normally, I'm against race swapping but with Hawkman I'm cool with it because his unique situation allows for it. It's the same reason I was cool with Anthony Mackie playing Kovacs in Altered Carbon season 2.

[@coolguyfilms4619]

"nothing crazy, but he can hit people with planets."

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

Once upon a time, Geoff Johns cleaned up his whole origin, excellently. Great review, a little fast paced, I’d like to soak in all the info and images at a slower pace. Some of this I knew, a lot of this I did not know, so good for me to get educated here.

[@robstoppablecosplay]

Hawkman is awesome. A truly underrated character. Please do another episode like this for Hawkgirl?

[@wholethedogsout880]

the costume looks incredible in live action WOW

[@wayneigoe6722]

It looks cool and all, but I prefer his Legends of Tomorrow design.

[@archangel5627]

@@wayneigoe6722 I also thought the Legends of Tomorrow Hawkman looked really cool. With that being said, I think Hawkman looks Bad Ass in Black Adam. I’m even more excited to see Hawkman, Atom-Smasher, and Dr Fate than I am Black Adam. I seriously hope Black Adam is good and that it does well. We need more well made DCEU films.

[@dylanogg347]

It's got nothing on the commercials.

[@SlyKooper1029]

Can confirm, the movie was good. Hawkman: badass af

[@MrRaginomics]

Here after watching Black Adam. Great job on video.

[@Vibranium_man]

can you do a video about the strongest metals in DC and Marvel Comics?

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

An alien comes to Earth and becomes an iconic Pharaoh, then reincarnates into modern man

[@master-of-mind5881]

Stargate?

[@zakarijenkins341]

Aldris killed it as hawk man. Literally made him look cool like how they made aqua man cool

[@darthbeast2278]

Super excited to see Hawkman. Hope Hawkman Dr. Fate and JSA get a movies

[@AifDaimon]

I hope his cinematic debut will make Hawkman much more popular

[@AifDaimon]

@@DonkeyBuns shut up

[@wholethedogsout880]

@@DonkeyBuns ???

[@hoodiek6802]

@@DonkeyBuns huh?

[@ezekieltete6584]

@@DonkeyBuns who cares white boy

[@seanraines5871]

Me too. Just saw the movie. Hawkman is one bad mofo

[@kingsley91]

Wished Hawkgirl was in the black adam movie

[@Pako_equis]

Cant wait for Black Adam movie

[@Pako_equis]

@@user-cs7ns9xc9e What is it?

[@quentinfogger5755]

Since you did the history of Dr Fate and Hawkman, Can you do history of Atom Smasher and Cyclone since they're going to play a major role in the Black_Adam movie? Also can you do history of villain of that movie known as Sabaac?

[@godspeedrebirth]

I love Hawkman’s origin in 2018’s Robert Venditti run

[@themadafaka6839]

And to all this and JSA and even Shazam's histories, the Rock said.... None of em mattered. I'm just gonna pick & choose what're cool and do MY thang.

[@falconsociety167]

How did you go the whole video without mentioning Robert venditti’s Hawkman run

[@DelaineIsaacplus]

Hawkman looks amazing, great character!

[@rhinuu045]

loved how they portrayed him in the movie, his dedication to his morals was super interesting and well done

[@seanraines5871]

Loved him in that movie. He finally got to the big screen. Yes!!

[@seanraines5871]

@SONNENRAD racist much

[@Artisan1979]

10:29 His vision also enables him to notice something vibrating at the point where they're invisible, such as when he spotted Wally West spying on a conversation he and others were in during the identity crisis miniseries.

[@samuelwest6435]

They brought that Batmobile to my town's mall when I was around 6-7 years old in the 90's... I asked my mom, "WHAT is THAT?!" 🤔 "THAT is THE Bat-Mobile!" She said. 😃 I scoffed, "THAT is NOT the Bat-Mobile" 🙄 The only Bat-Mobile I had ever known was the one from Batman Returns & Batman the animated series on FOX. 😂😂😂

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think Hawkman is going to be like when he makes his DCEU debut in the Black_Adam movie? How long do you think he would last in a fight against Black_Adam? What is up with him having some metal covering his wings?

[@anthonyleverette7605]

Did not know that Hawkman had such an interesting back story

[@piercepatterson9274]

We're getting the JSA in the DCEU. Good to see legends come back.

[@IAmImprintJones]

Big love to my guy and fellow Carolina Native Aldis as the first superhero cinema and black hawkman to compliment the DC side to late great Chadwick's Marvel black panther 🙏

[@HShango]

Hawkman aka Katar Hall the amount of times he has reincarnated lol, reminds me of Aita (from the isu race in assassin's creed, who has reincarnated into Desmond's son Elijah Miles).

[@campbell5511]

A Top 10 character for me he is so underrated and is always under used when he’s around and the the most recent run he had is really good too

[@radicaledward3783]

Me knowing the history of hawkman's origin retcons: oh boy, I can't wait for this.

[@Whiteboywitmotion2784]

Hawk man is pretty cool

[@brianking8080]

What about the Venditti run??

[@Bats10]

What the hell.. I thought Hawkman was white? Oh wait a min.. the whole black lives matter had something to do with the change..🤔

[@skorpione10]

Bonus fun fact: Hawkman was based on the Hawkmen in Flash Gordon comic strips from the 1930s, making his appearance in the Flash, as they did in Flash Gordon. The more you know.

[@994lifewolmts]

Thank you for your insight. Many videos about Hawkman don’t mention the connection to Flash Gordon.

[@Rodeo_Wizard]

After seeing this video, it makes me can't wait to see the Black Adam movie and hope one day, Hawkman will get a solo self-titled movie that explores more of the Thanagarian history.

[@Harfizz]

maybe next you can tell the history of atom smasher and cyclone because I never heard about them before.

[@chrisayer8846]

Hawkman is my favorite character

[@tomhalouva9977]

An Adam Strange origin video would be great! I really want to hear more about him.

[@silviokawakami3906]

Hawkman is a black guy now??? Wth??? Why??? Just for the movie? Just for the stupid representation??

[@rhinuu045]

i seriously dont get why this is taken so seriously, sure its a weird decision but its not the end of the world. if his character is true to the spirit of the character then theres really no problem, and the creators mightve just thought he was more fit for the role (which happens). you dont really know man

[@patrickduke5964]

No mention of the justice league dcau hawkman? That’s how I was introduced

[@JakDarckner]

Again ruined with another black actor to play non black character.

[@worldbreaker3876]

First do a mon el from the legion

[@Y2JFan94]

And where’s history of Huntress??

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would have happened if we got Hawkman as a member of the Justice League from the Justice League animated series instead of Hawkgirl?

[@mattowens3857]

Geoff Johns had an incredible run with Hawkman with the Endless Flight series. An origin like that made Black Adman a natural enemy, and something they should've capitalized on many years ago. Unfortunately, comic books happen, and heroes and journeys get left behind. He and Hawkgirl won't ever get the props they deserve, but its nice to see youtube coming together on this one.

[@whdidit3091]

Can you do a video about darkhawk because lately I’ve been really getting into the character and would like to watch a video of you talking about him.

[@quentinfogger5755]

How many jobs did Hawkman when he was Carter Hall? If he's all about history, Does he team up with heroes like Aztek? Can you do history of Aztek?

[@nicholasbergman9965]

One of my favorite characters. So excited to see him making it to the big screen.

[@mastermojo6530]

An extremely underrated DC Hero even Hawkgirl is more relevant

[@vincentfranklin17]

I'm a huge Hawkman fan! Great video!

[@BishopPeterElder]

What about the Hawkman of the Silver Age rendered by Joe Kubert and Murphy Anderson?

[@jorgealexandergazcolem160]

Why don’t you recommend Robert Venditti’s Hawkman run, it was one of the best ever, i mean he repaired hawkman’s continuity, i mean Hawkman always were a mess because his reincarnations and past lives, but Venditti did an awesome job repairing his entire continuity

[@justinleahdixon]

Hawkman is one of the most underrated DC characters he’s fucking awesome.

[@treytreuer380]

Him and martian manhunter are both underrated.

[@peteruhlig9004]

Make a movie 🍿 of this super hero

[@trippytimesjosh355]

Can you do Agents of Atlas (New & Original team), w/ Atlantis Attacks. Of the excellent newer series... Strange Academy (w/Death of Dr Strange tie in).

[@adamsifford6228]

I liked Black Adam myself and was hopeful for the dc future. Now they got mr marvel James Gunn I'm like meh.

[@mauch2814]

I loved Hawkman since I was a little kid, I hate tokenism and I'll not pay to see this version... Before been tag as racist, I'm a brown latino from south America

[@GreenHornet67]

DC's Hawkman is very underrated and I'm glad that he getting the recognized

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think is the best thing about Hawkman in the comics compared to his partner Hawkgirl? Which one of his powers and abilities do you think is the best?

[@ivankarim8678]

The Fact that he got a gauntlet that hit Superman with the force of a planet?

[@Silent_ninja72]

Hawkman is badass

[@jyttan50]

Why isn't he black in the comics

[@hoodiek6802]

He was created in the 40s so they weren't making many black characters

[@quentinjones6877]

You would think the character would have darker skin since they're in Egypt

[@daem0nfaust]

My introduction to Hawkman was through the Kenner Hawkman figure with clipping talons thing mounted with his breastplate. That was a great sculpt for a mass market toy.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

I read that Grant Morrison wanted to use him when he was writing his first Justice League run, BUT DC nixed it because Hawkman was deemed too confusing !

[@HariOmRadhaKrishna]

I remember liking Hawkman for a long time. Maybe since SuperFriends? I hope that he has his soulmate in Black Adam & we get a live action Hawkgirl too. *I did not like the casting nor script for Legends of CW version

[@joeyc4473]

Aldis Hodge was Amazing 🏆 in his role as Hawk Man. They picked the Best Actor to play this part. Hawk Man said to his team quote...." We're the Anvil you're the Hammer ⚒️ you're ready"!!!

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the villains of the Stargirl TV show like Mr_Bones, Dragon king, Brainwave and Icicle? When are you going to do history of the Flash Villains Mirror Master and Top since the second half of season 6 of the Flash has finished? Can you do history of the Atom, Major_Force, Captain Atom, Plastique, the Blackhawks, Rocket Red Brigade, Blue_Beetle, Mr Terrific and Plastic Man along with the history of the Villains Dr Alchemy and Abracadabra?

[@arwi117]

aldis hodge is a perfect character for hawkman, and deserve his own movie..

[@RaphielHot]

😂 It's funny Cleopatra is a white girl. Egyptian history

[@shaunbang]

Is it “n-ith” metal or “en-th” metal? I always said “en-th”

[@quentinfogger5755]

Since you did the origin of Sonic the Hedgehog characters Tails and Knuckles in your previous video, when are you going to do history of Sonic the Hedgehog himself? Since you did the history of Miss Marvel Kamala Khan, Can you please do origin of the Nega Bands in your next video since that's going to be the source of Miss Marvel getting her powers in the MCU?

[@TheKenzoidElkhorn]

I don't understand why it took Hawkman to get on the big screen when every other character in the past was put on .

[@dannytarver4533]

Who changed the color of the red and gold armor of the New 52? That armor was so cool it upped his power in New 52. Geoff Johns fixed it perfect as it could be. It was I think the longest Hawkman comic run.

[@zoboshim8656]

alot of beautiful artwork in this episode

[@asohbb]

when will you do a video on THE ENDLESS

[@quentinfogger5755]

Which version of Hawkman do you think is the best between the one from the comics, one from the animated movies & Shows and one who made his live action debut in DC's Legends of Tomorrow in the Arrowverse?

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

For me, comics by Geoff Johns, then DCAU Justice League. Legends was not for me.

[@crackin2000]

I think they look a bit more like pigeon gods.

[@julesw1516]

Can you do cyclone next 🌪️

[@The4cp]

He was a poorly cast as Black Adam was.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Alfred Pennyworth, Batwing, Flame Bird, Batwoman, Azrael, Signal(Duke Thomas), Bluebird, Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly?

[@AlkalineInsides]

Hope he gets a nice trilogy. The potential is right there

[@desrochessimon3044]

What about his Silver Age origin story?

[@barkey6967]

Everything about him is confusing

[@mubukaziofficial193]

I Want Hawk Girl Cameo In JL - 2.

[@darylmckay]

Hawkman is one of my all time favourite characters. I loved the Hawkworld run back in the day and remember the Secret Origins retelling of Hawkman along with Power Girl when they connected their origins.

[@haroldalan7080]

Hawkman is gonna fight Black adam in the movie its about to very special seeing Black adam and other underrated characters finally show in Live action⚡⚡.

[@baneyama103]

You guys haven't done a history of Bane yet.