History of Hawkman

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We're breaking down the History of Hawkman, including his Origins, Story Arcs, Powers and abilities, and reading recs, before the character makes his live-action debut in the Black Adam movie!
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[@ivankarim8678]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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 😏😉✌️

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@zakarijenkins341]

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

[@coolguyfilms4619]

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

[@darthbeast2278]

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

[@robstoppablecosplay]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@DelaineIsaacplus]

Hawkman looks amazing, great character!

[@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.

[@godspeedrebirth]

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

[@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

[@nicholasbergman9965]

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

[@AntStorm5764]

Hawkman sound like a dope character

[@darkshadowx9543]

he is

[@zoboshim8656]

alot of beautiful artwork in this episode

[@arwi117]

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

[@piercepatterson9274]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@anthonyleverette7605]

Did not know that Hawkman had such an interesting back story

[@haroldalan7080]

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

[@vincentfranklin17]

I'm a huge Hawkman fan! Great video!

[@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 🙏

[@MrRaginomics]

Here after watching Black Adam. Great job on video.

[@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"!!!

[@ferrm1992]

I’ve been waiting for this video of Hawkman from you for the 7 years that I have followed your channel. THANK YOU

[@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.

[@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

[@AlkalineInsides]

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

[@biggiejerseysTV]

I haven’t read alot of Hawkman stuff but I absolutely love Robert Venditti’s run on the character.

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[@kingshadow8782]

Nice

[@kingshadow8782]

Hype

[@kingshadow8782]

Wow

[@Vibranium_man]

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

[@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.

[@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. 😂😂😂

[@radicaledward3783]

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

[@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.

[@Pako_equis]

Cant wait for Black Adam movie

[@Pako_equis]

@@user-cs7ns9xc9e What is it?

[@tomhalouva9977]

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

[@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.

[@GreenHornet67]

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

[@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.

[@justinleahdixon]

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

[@treytreuer380]

Him and martian manhunter are both underrated.

[@tslick16]

Wow that batmoblie looks better then my original batmoblie that I got back in 78 when I was 5 for Xmas along with the the incredible hulk van I got back in the day. It's much more detailed now then back in the day when it first came out.

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

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

[@master-of-mind5881]

Stargate?

[@Silent_ninja72]

Hawkman is badass

[@Cornyboa]

glad he’s finally getting some love , hopefully we see a hawkwomen cameo or refererence,

[@justinleahdixon]

Hawkwoman will be a fucking big. She was one of my favorite female characters for sure.!

[@wholethedogsout880]

u mean hawkgirl?

[@ammarnizar5217]

Thanks for the video 📹

[@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.

[@lightspeedmedia505]

I love hawkman he's so under-rated and is so cool looking

[@peteruhlig9004]

Make a movie 🍿 of this super hero

[@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?

[@Harfizz]

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

[@legomaker1423]

Hawkman is one of my favorite JSA Members

[@deronnekingcaid4328]

Aldis Hodge was awesome in the season series show Leverage ❤❤❤love that show, plus he was great in all movies including Invisible Man, Brain Banks ( A True Story Movie) Football movie, glad that he’s playing Hawkman love this underrated character in the DC Superhero

[@kingsley91]

Wished Hawkgirl was in the black adam movie

[@raloway2955]

I knew hawkgirl before I knew hawkman , good movie !

[@kurumais]

the robert venditti run is my favorite

[@mastermojo6530]

An extremely underrated DC Hero even Hawkgirl is more relevant

[@FatMarlonBrando]

The Hawkworld cover art was dope

[@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⚡⚡.

[@haroldalan7080]

Seeing Hawkman,s Golden mace in live action would very cool to see it like other weapons are underrated in Superhero movies🗡🗡.

[@cardimperialandcomics5249]

Cool video love the set👍. The details description of the comics are also respect thanks for the time and work.

[@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.

[@jasonberthelot575]

Tho he doesn’t have a solid bio, any character with wings and swings a mace is definitely a cool character. It’s cool he can also take off the wings.

[@lordrahl2345]

Hawkman and especially Hawkgirl are the most underrated superheroes.

[@jamiewallaxe4784]

Honestly really surprised you didn't mention the Robert Vendetti run of Hawkman that came out a few years ago. I still think it's one of the best runs dc has put out for any character and I remember Hackman fans loving it, especially cause it cleared his origin up a lot.

[@Breal2121x]

Also was waiting for that run to get some love. Too true about it being one of the best single character-focused books DC had ever done in recent years

[@miguelmejia-holguin8799]

@@Breal2121x Me too, I was waiting for him to mention it since it made his origin more comprehensible, while adding more to it.

[@thewalrus45]

That was teh best solo run DC put out in years and it gets so little damn recogniton.

[@Breal2121x]

@@miguelmejia-holguin8799 big disservice by not mentioning it and how it absolutely consolidated everything and made him so much more accessible to readers

[@geraldstephens6612]

DC Comics reprinted the Silver Age Hawkman stories in trade paperback in the 1980s; also, artist/editorJoe Kubert did one last Hawkman story for a special collection before his passing.

[@devindran2021]

I wasn't a big fan of Hawkman due to it's confusing origin stories and convoluted storytelling. But Robert Vendetti's Hawkman run several years ago was dope. I started to develop a special respect for this character. Now i can't wait to see Hawkman in live action.

[@kb6900]

I like both origins and feel like they should just be combined

[@agungkurnia3920]

I knew Hawkman from a very old comic book translated into Indonesian. I loved the character, but he was depicted as a villain in the animated series. I can't wait to see him in Black Adam.

[@jonbrewer297]

Well, that's complicated. You see, the original Hawkman on Earth-2 was Carter Hall. On Earth-1, he's an alien named Katar Hol. Post-Crisis, yeah, forget Katar Hol, that's actually an alien spy named Fel Andar, trying to colonize Earth, and his wife was brainwashed. And, well, back in the 70s, they introduced a "sidekick" for him (who never appeared in Hawkman until Rann-Thanagar War, and only had a couple Teen Titans appearances) who was an orphan but also their son? No relation to Hawk and Dove (though Hawk also became a villain for a bit) until there is kinda? I mean, there is a connection, but you quickly get to see how Armageddon 2001 is a tumor of confusion.

[@bonghilario9061]

Hawkman..nice! Thanks.

[@normanscarbrough4006]

Good to see you back!

[@Whiteboywitmotion2784]

Hawk man is pretty cool

[@BishopPeterElder]

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

[@manart6506]

4:20 that story seems to omit all about Thanaggar.

[@DRMaro919]

Right

[@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?

[@julesw1516]

Can you do cyclone next 🌪️

[@LevelZeroSage1]

8:02 Hardest Album Cover of 2022. The Trinity🦅🦅🦅

[@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).

[@falconsociety167]

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

[@chrisayer8846]

Hawkman is my favorite character

[@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?

[@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.

[@imjustamerican]

I basically put Black Adams on pause after seeing Hawkmen being tokenized like hell. I'm debating if I'm going to finish this movie.

[@ryaneades9382]

I absolutely loved death of hawkman

[@bringit3164]

Wow DC Legend of Tomorrow really did Hawkman dirty lol. I didn't know he was that strong. I'm here to see how he could be taking punches from Black Adam. I'm impressed.

[@xtgd6882]

all comic characters get nerfed unfortunately

[@bringit3164]

@@xtgd6882 Yeah but he was total trash in DC Legends of tomorrow.

[@markherron1407]

Carter Hall aka HAWKMAN is King of Clubs ♣Happy Birthday to HAWKMAN OF JUSTICE LEAGUE Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜

[@quentinfogger5755]

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

[@ThePatxiao]

Wait talk about his comic book history? Ok time to get the spread sheets for this one