Supporting Cast

Doctor Fate 4

Real name: Hector Hall
First appearance: All-Star Squadron #25, September 1983
Occupation: Adventurer, Agent of Order
Hair color: blond
Eye color: blue
Residential area: Fate's tower, an interdimensional nexus, New York City, New York, formerly Los Angeles, California

Carter and Sheira Hall were so lucky, after so many centuries, to have a son, as they did when they gave birth to Hector, who first began a superhero career of his own under the guise of Silver Scarab, and was a member of Infinity Inc during the 1980's, then became the third Sandman towards the end of the series' run, and then, when the new JSA came around, he became the fourth incarnation of Dr. Fate.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, when his parents were on an archaeological expidition, little did he or they know that Hath-Set, their archnemesis, had placed a curse upon the Hawks in their Egyptian incarnations, that culminated with the birth of their offspring. As a result, poor Hector was born without a soul, and was fated to become a vessel for the real Silver Scarab, Hath-Set's agent of vengeance!

Growing up, Hector felt neglected by his parents, who had to leave him in the care of babysitters whenever they went on archaeological tours, and the only really happy times he had at the time were whenever he was in the company of other Justice Society members' progeny. And when they took him to visit the hidden city of Feithera, home of the winged bird-people, to visit their godson Norda (the son of a winged Fietheran and a human) it only aggravated him further as he was not able to fly with his parents as Norda could.

Hector later went to study at the UCLA, and during this time, eager to join his parents in flying in the sky, he built himself a suit of armor composed of Ninth Metal, plus solar power additions of Hector's own design. During his time studying there, he met Lyta Trevor, the daughter of the Golden Age Fury, and they began dating together. Lyta dreamed of following in her mother's footsteps, and take up the role vacated by her mother, so when Hector showed her his own suit, they decided to try and enroll in the Justice Society. When the senoir members turned down their applications, they joined up with the first Star-Spangled Kid, Sylvester Pemberton, to form their own spinoff team, Infinity Inc.

After fighting with the Ultra-Humanite, who exposed the Silver Scarab's secret identity as Hector, the Scarab publicly unmasked at Infinity, Inc.'s first press conference. At the same press conference he announced Fury was his fiancee. A side effect of revealing his own identity was for him to reveal that of his father's as well, which at first this put a further strain on their relationship.

Hector and Lyta's happiness together was cut short as Hector fell victim to the ancient Egyptian curse placed upon his parents by Hath-Set and was taken over by the evil entity that had remained dormant inside his body since birth. Side by side with a reincarnated Hath-Set, the Scarab attacked Infinity Inc, and although the team eventually beat Hath-Set and destroyed the entity, it was at the cost of Hector's life. Just before dying Hector learned that Lyta was pregnant with his child.

However, death was not to be the end the end of Hector, but rather, the beginning, as his consciousness had been cast into the dimension of the Dreaming, where he was found by two beings named Brute and Glob. Having created a dreamworld of their own hidden within the dreams of a young boy and walled off from the rest of the Dreaming they wanted to create a puppet dream king of their own to take the place of the real dream lord Morpheus, whom they had imprisoned, so they could use him in a scheme to eventually assume control of the Dreaming.

Brute and Glob convinced Hector that he was the heir to the role of the Sandman, guardian of the dreams of human beings, after his predecessor Garrett Sanford died, making him the unwittingly pawn of the two nightmares who would play the role of his sidekicks while molding him. From his base in the dream dimension Hector would look in on his pregnant wife Lyta and at some point he began visiting her one hour every night while she slept without exposing himself to her thinking the strain of seeing him alive might harm their child. However, his nightly visits did not go unnoticed and he was eventually discovered and unmasked by Al Rothstein, formerly Nuklon and now Atom Smasher. Once exposed Hector told Lyta of his new role and he asked her to marry him even though he would only be able to leave the dream dimension for one hour a day. Lyta accepted his proposal but decided to return with Hector to Dreamworld to be with him. The two were wed and then left for the dream dimension.

Morpheus eventually broke free from captivity and when he learned of Brute and Glob's betrayal he set out to find them. After locating and recapturing Brute and Glob, he sent their pawn Hector to the realm of the dead and returned Lyta to the world of the living.

Once again death was not to be the end of Hector but rather a new beginning. Hector was to return to the living and fulfill his destiny. His soul and consciousness were to be reincarnated and become the next person to assume the mantle of Dr. Fate. Although the sinister Dark Lord Mordru tried to kill the newborn Hector in an attempt to assume the power of Fate for himself the JSA managed to intervene and the new Star-Spangled Kid, Courtney Whitmore, bonded the child with the power instead, instantly transforming Hector into the new Doctor Fate.

Since then, Hector has taken the time to study more about his new career as one of the most powerful mages in the DCU, and has also devoted some time to be with his father Carter again.

Overall, I must say, Hector is one very lucky guy.

Speed Saunders

 First appearance: Detective Comics #1, March 1937
Hair color: white
Eye color: blue

During the 1930's, Cyril "Speed" Saunders was an ace police investigator for the River Patrol and in New York City, and was one of the best officers of his time. Later, during WW2, he joined the Office of Strategic Service (O.S.S.), and was a frequent ally to the Justice Society of America. He is the cousin of Sheira Sanders, the first Hawkgirl, and grandfather of Kendra Saunders, the current one (who is also the reincarnation of the original), whom he encounraged to train to become a superheroine when realizing that she's now inhabited by the original Hawkgirl, who entered her body as she lay in danger of dying from suicide when she was 17 years old. Though probably in his 80's by now, Speed is still quite active and efficient as an adventurer, and helps out Hawkgirl and Hawkman on many of their own adventures whenever he can.

Most amazing about Speed Saunders is how, historically speaking, he's one of the oldest characters in DC's archive of series concepts, whom they've been able to make contemporary use out of for today.

Hawkgirl 4

Real name: Sharon Hall(?)
First appearance: Action Comics #600, May 1988
Death: Hawkworld #25, August 1992

Almost nothing is known, at least not to me, about who Sharon is, before she ended up marrying the Thanagarian spy Fel Andar, who pretended to be the son of the first Hawkman and Hawkwoman. It can be said however, that she was the most short-lived incarnation of the winged superheroine to date.

While Andar acted as if he didn't really care much for the idea of joining the Justice League, it suited his mission in that he could get the chance to gather information on the superhero community, so he and Sharon joined, and she was accepted into the superhero community very quickly along with her husband.

Sharon overheard him talking with Thanagarian spies, and realizing this, he decided to kill her to keep his secret. She managed to escape from him and warn the Martian Manhunter in her dying breath. With his cover blown, Andar decided to retreat to Thanagar with the rest of their own forces. Only a few members of the JLI actually learned about Andar's background, but decided to keep quiet about it for fear of hurting Carter Hall's reputation.

Andar returned to earth a few years afterwards, with Shayera Thal in tow, this time posing as Katar Hol, the second Hawkman, who was trapped on Thanagar at the time, to retrieve an Aonian Voyager Hol himself had fought earlier. Andar's uncle had told him to kill Thal as she had threatened to reveal that she was really Pul's own daughter, since this could cost him his high-ranking position on Thanagar. Luckily, the plan backfired, and Andar was brought down by Hol, who'd managed to escape from Thanagar, and was eventually sent home again to rot in prison.

Thal Porvis

First appearance: Hawkworld miniseries part #1, 1989

Porvis is Shayera Thal's grandfather, and was the chief adminstrator for the ruling council on Thanagar.

Jayita Sahir

First appearance: Hawkman #2 vol 4, June 2002
Death: Hawkman #14 vol 4, June 2003

Jayita Sahir's family, historians from India, rose from poverty to fortune when they worked for American historian Oliver Evans, curator of the Stonechat Museum, in exchange for teaching him about Indian culture when she was young. Years later, she became a research archaeologist, and repaid her debt to Evans, often working for him at the museum in St. Roch, and with his son Danny on special expiditions. She later met with Hawkman and Hawkgirl, falling in love with Carter and dating him at least once. Unfortunately, she was murdered by corrupt police chief Nedal in cold blood, though her murderer soon paid for his crimes when hung by the Gentleman Ghost.

Oliver Evans

First appearance: Hawkman #1 vol 4, May 2002

The curator of the Stonechat Museum in St. Roch, Louisiana, Oliver is very happy to have Carter Hall working as an art supervisor for the museum, and even more so now that he's helped to prevent the crooked enterpreneur Kristopher Roderic from taking over the ownership of his property, by helping his son Daniel to locate a valuble jewel that's helped to save their fundings.

Daniel Evans

First appearance: Hawkman #1 vol 4, May 2002

The son of Stonechat Museum's curator, Oliver Evans, Danny has been a co-worker at the museum for about a decade, though he likes to travel more often abroad. He's become a very good friend of Hawkman and Hawkgirl, helping them out more recently on a mission to the Himalayas.

Susan Morrison

First appearance: Hawkman #1 vol 4, May 2002

An intern at the Stonechat Museum in Saint Roch, where she gets along well with her colleague Jeremy Barlow. In addition to being an expert and having an interest in the history of artwork, she's also a talented sculptress, and knows how to slip her own pieces onto display when she thinks nobody will notice.

Jeremy Barlow

First appearance: Hawkman #1 vol 4, May 2002

A young intern at the Stonechat Museum, where he works as an exibition supervisor and manager. And he's also on good terms with fellow employee Susan Morrison, though they do sometimes have their disagreements on certain things.

Officer Isabella

First appearance: Hawkman #4 vol 4, August 2002

A patrol officer for the St. Roch police, his first name doesn't seem to have been revealed yet, but this character was meant as a special nod to comics writer and Comics Buyer's Guide essayist Tony Isabella (the creator of Black Lightning/Jeff Pierce, one of the first black superheroes to headline his own title and a member of the Outsiders during the 1980's), who'd written some adventures for Hawkman in the mid-1980's. Officer Isabella's gotten to know Hawkman and Hawkgirl when they set up base in St. Roch, and has been a good friend of theirs at times.

Black Adam

Real name: Theo Adam
First appearance: Marvel Family #1, December 1945 (original), Power of Shazam! Graphic Novel, 1994 (contemporary)
Hair color: black
Eye color: ?
Residential area: Kahndaq

Black Adam, once an aide to prince Khufu Kha-Tarr in ancient Egyptian times, was gifted with superpowers by the wizard Shazam but turned against his benefactor, becoming a terrible force of evil. In modern times, he became a thorn in the side of Captain Marvel/Billy Batson, whose parents he killed when Billy was very young. He subsequently reformed, but a dreadful brain tumor turned him evil again, and he did battle with the JSA in downtown New York City, who had to use a combination of time travel and sorcery to defeat him before he could be incarcerated by the Department of Extra-Normal Operations. He was sprung from the jug by Klarion the Witch Boy and later approached by Johnny Sorrow, who offered to help remove his brain tumor in exchange for Adam's pledge of servitude. Luckily, the good side of his personality was in control by then again, and he decided to work undercover within the Injustice Society to help the JSA by summoning the Spectre to aid them. Later, he asked to join the JSA, but was turned down by the chairman, although he was permitted to accompany them on the trip to Thanagar to rescue Hawkman and Hawkgirl and liberate the planet, and was accepted into the team on a probationary basis.

But he grew to disapprove of their approach to crimefighting, feeling that they were too soft on the criminals they faced. Subsequently, he led a breakaway faction of members to raid his native country of Kahndaq and liberate it from an oppressive dictatorship. The JSA and Hawkman confronted Adam about this, but agreed to let him remain there, with former allies Atom Smasher and Northwind at his side.

Andar Pul

First appearance: The Brave and the Bold #42, June-July 1962 (original), Hawkworld miniseries part #1, 1989 (contemporary)

Andar Pul was the Chief of the Wingmen of Thanagar, and a high-rank official on the planet. After Pul had seduced the daughter of his good friend Thal Porvis, the 13 year old Shayera Thal 1, the resultant pregnancy became a scandal that threatened Pul's political career. Therefore, the child was abandoned in Thanagar's Downside shortly after her birth. This child would eventually grow up to become Shayera Thal 2 – a.k.a. the Hawkwoman of Thanagar. Andar Pul was also the uncle of Thanagarian spy Fel Andar, who briefly posed as Hawkman on Earth. Andar Pul's current whereabouts are unknown.