HAWK III

Real Name: Holly Granger

Class: Lord of Chaos

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: formerly Teen Titans, Teen Titans East, Black Lantern Corps

Known Relatives: Dawn Marie Granger (Dove, sister), Marie Granger (mother), Russ Granger (father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

First Appearance: Teen Titans III #22 (May, 2005)

Powers: By saying the word "Hawk" Holly Granger was transformed into Hawk, with her mystic costume replacing whatever she was wearing. Hawk possessed superhuman senses, strength, speed and durability.

History: Holly was the long-lost sister of Dawn Granger, who was an agent of the Lords of Order as Dove. Dove was always paired with Hawk, a Lord of Chaos, and when Hawek Hank Hall died, Holly became the new Hawk to Dawn's Dove.

(Villains United: Infinite Crisis Special #1) - When the Society broke out virtually every incarcerated supervillain around the world Martian Manhunter sent a telepathic S.O.S. asking every available hero to stop the breakouts, and Hawk and Dove were among the heroes who responded. They helped return escaped prisoners to Wormwood Scrubs in England.

(52 / WWIII Part Two: The Valiant #1) - <Week 50, Day 4> Black Adam declared war on Earth, starting WWIII. Hawk and the Teen Titans, led by Beast Boy, prepared to confront him, well knowing he could kill them all.

(52 / WWIII Part Three: Hell Is For Heroes #1) - <Week 5, Day 5, 6> The Titans confronted Black Adam in Greece, and Raven begged Beast Boy to have confidence in himself and be the leader they needed him to be. Adam defeated the Titans, severely injuring several of them and killing Young Frankenstein. Beast Boy decided to leave the wounded behind to be tended by locals, and pursue Adam to the Himalayas. Adam defeated the Titans again, injuring Hawk and Dove. Beast Boy realized he could do nothing except tend to the wounded.

(Titans East Special #1, Titans II #1) - Cyborg recruited a new roster of young heroes and contacted his old friends to reform the Titans and train them. Everyone turned him down, but Nightwing told him he appreciated what he was trying to do. They bout had a moment of nostalgia for the Titans, and how they were always equally family and a team. Cyborg assembled the new Hawk and Dove, Power Boy, Lagoon Boy, Anima, Son of Vulcan and Little Barda as the Teen Titans East. Hawk spent a night with her teammate Power Boy, thrilling him by dressing up as his idol Supergirl, and bragged about it to Dove, exasperating her sister. Cyborg wanted them to prove themselves as a team, so he set up a war game where the rest of the team would try to subdue Power Boy, whose cockiness and unfortunate run-in with Supergirl meant he had yet to earn Cyborg’s trust, despite his immense power. The team functioned decently, if not entirely in synch before Power Boy was charred and impaled on a tree. Laser beams cut down the rest of the team, as Cyborg watched helplessly before he was consumed by a fireball that destroyed most of his body. The former Titans responded, and Raven realized that her father Trigon was trying to kill every last Titan, past or present. Hawk was critically injured, but recovered

(Titans II #22) - Hawk and Dove and several other heroes gathered at Titans Tower for Heroe's Day, a remembrance of their brothers and sisters in arms that died in the line of duty. Hawk confronted Cyborg, blaming him for Power Boy's death and raging at the fact that he didn't have a memorial statue in Titans Tower. He admitted that he felt guilty, but assured her he'd deal with it in his own way

(Blackest Night: Titans #1-3) -Dove paid her respect to Hawk's memorial statue at Titan's Tower, and her sisiter Hawk said her predecessor was a sexist idiot and a tool. Dove tried to convince her that beneath his rough exterior Hawk was a great hero, and Hawk reminded her that he died a villain. They left Hero's Day to get a few drinks, and Dove tried to convince Hawk to go back to college. She wanted Hawk to focus on something besides her rage, because that was what ended up corrupting Hank Hall. They were attacked by Hank, who'd been resurrected as a zombie by the Black Lantern Corps. He battered them, and ripped out Hawk's heart, telling her she was a pale imitation as his successor. She was resurrected as a Black Lantern, and they ganged up on Dove, but they couldn't get an emotional response because of her ties to the Lords of Order. She fled to Titans Tower, where several other Titans had been resurrected as Black Lanterns. The Black Lanterns attacked Dove, but her lifeforce connection permanently destroyed them. The surviving Lanterns fled, and the Titans realized the war was far from over. Troia said they needed to get Dove on the front lines.

Comments: Created by Geoff Johns & Mike McKone.

Hawk had cameos in Titans III #21 and 23.

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