History: (DC Comics Presents #23) - Captain Hawkins was appointed privateer by the Queen of England, and made it his holy duty to torment Spanish pirates. He was put under a curse by the imp El Bambino, a curse that made his descendant Inza Nelson, wife of Dr. Fate, turn into a monster. In modern times on Earth-1, S.T.A.R. Labs performed an experiment to prove that under the right conditions sub-atomic particles could think, but they accidentally opened a hole in time and space that brought Captain Ezra Hawkin and his crew to our dimension. Superman responded and found that the mad Captain believed he was in Spanish territory, and wanted a fight. He took Lois Lane hostage, and Superman was wary because his vulnerability to magic made a rescue attempt risky. Hawkins made Superman fly his ship to city hall, and planned to slaughter everyone inside. Just then Dr. Fate emerged from an one-dimensional portal from Earth-2, pursuing El Muchacho, the imp that had cursed Hawkins. Fate forced Muchacho to remove his curse from Hawkins, making him an ordinary man again, and returned everyone to their proper time and dimension. Fate was grateful that his wife had been cured of her curse.

Comments: Created by Denny O’Neil & Joe Staton

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