Hawkman (Dragon Of Barbatos)

Hawkman's History

Carter Hall is an archaeologist who has been reincarnated thousands of times. He operates as the hero Hawkman, a winged protector empowered by Nth Metal armor.

Lives before Carter

Carter Hall was originally born as Khufu, Prince of Egypt. One night he encountered a ship made of Nth Metal, the same material that was used to kill him and his lover Chay-Ara by the evil Hath-Set. The Nth Metal gifted both Khufu and Chay-Ara belts and boots which gave them many abilities and the power of reincarnation, causing them to enter a cycle of constantly being reincarnated in different time periods, only for Hath-Set to eventually kill them again. Khufu took many faces over the centuries such as the Silent Knight and Nighthawk, always baring the symbol of a hawk. In the modern day Khufu was born as Carter Hall and took up the alias Hawkman to defeat evil.

Dark Days

Carter Hall worked as an archaeologist who was trying to discover the mystery behind Nth Metal. In this incarnation, he was trying to understand why he is stuck in this loop of reincarnation as a result of his exposure to the metal. Carter was shown to suffer from nightmares of an alternate Earth, later revealed to be part of the Dark Multiverse, where all he saw was a giant statue of a man in bat armor.

Disappearance

Carter's research into both archaeology and the properties of Nth Metal led him to lead an expedition into the Dark Multiverse. Before doing so, he discovered that it had been prophesied that the Son of the House of Wayne would be the one to unleash the Great Dragon Barbatos upon their world.