(JSA #18 (fb)) - (six months later) - Hawkgirl, the JSA and Scarab came to Sandy's rescue when the lad was kidnapped by Johnny Sorrow. Sorrow opened a gateway to the Subtle Realms and unleashed the King of Tears on Earth, then disappeared. The Spectre devoured the King then cried him out into a vial created by Green Lantern I, trapping the King's essence.

(Spectre III #20 (fb)) - <May 8, 1945> VE Day; Carter and Shiera Hall celebrated the victory in Europe, but Jim seemed non-plussed. They told him to have a drink, and he said alcohol had no effect on him, just like he had no need to eat, he just did it because it was familiar. Shiera danced with him, but got scared when she realized he was as cold as the grave.

(Flash Comics #70) - Carter and Shiera went to relax at a carnival when they encountered the odd Proboscis Jones. He had an overlarge and oversensitive nose that served him fine working in a perfumery, but when he was away from work, smells that agitated his nose caused his nose to take over his nervous system. The sweat from a boxing match at the carnival turned him in a a primal fighter, and he pummeled one of the fighters unconscious. When he walked near a lion cage he was ready to maul onlookers until Carter changed into Hawkman, flying him up into the air until his nose cleared and he calmed down. Criminal Slick and his gang decided to put the poor man’s nose to work for their crimes, and after having him smell sawdust Jones thought he was a termite and started tearing down the carnival office where they kept the ticked money. Hawkman had him smell flypaper, cayusing him to flit around and make buzzing sounds while Hawkman rounded up Slick and his thugs. Hawkman gave Jones some gasoline, telling him to inhale when other smells made his nose take over, because gas would deaden his sense of smell.

(Flash Comics #72) - Collector John Kelley showed Carter and Shiera his collection of historical relics from his beloved Ireland, including wonders made by the Tuatha De Dannann. The pride of his collection was the antique harp of the Kerry Kelleys, and he’d imported wood paneling from Ireland that had special acoustic properties so that when he played it he felt like he was home again. Kelley’s broke friend Pipe Carr was in a bar bemoaning how his friend had all the riches in the world while he had nothing, and crook Frenchy and his gang overheard him. They convinced him to get back at his friend by helping them rob him. They broke into his house as Carter and Shiera were leaving, and they changed into Hawkman and Hawkgirl. The crooks ambushed Hawkman, with Pipe hitting him with an Irish warhammer and made their escape. When he recovered he joined Hawkgirl and Kelley in trailing the crooks to a criminal antique dealer and made short work of them. Kelley couldn’t tell his beloved harp from the knockoffs the antique dealer had made for gullible customers, and he decided he’d been wasting his life by collecting things from the past. He decided to donate his collection to a museum, and sympathized with Carr for being so envious of him, and offered him a job.

(Flash Comics #73) - Shiera attended a ball thrown by the Kingsleys, a family of millionaires. The ball was interrupted by Hugh the Black, a self-proclaimed highwayman who rode in on a horse, and robbed the guests. Shiera told Carter about what happened, and said she noticed Avery Kingsley slipped away before Hugh the Black appeared. After changing into Hawkman and Hawkgirl they returned to the Kingsley mansion, where Red Rory, a pirate, was setting sail with his gang to rob a houseboat. Hawkman and Hawkgirl engaged them in combat, but they got away when Hawkgirl’s flail snapped, with the flail head knocking Hawkman unconscious. Red Rory left behind a page from the Kingsley diaries, describing the Red Rory that had died centuries ago. Hawkgirl correctly deduced that Avery suffered from multiple personality disorder and was both Hugh the Black and Red Rory. They caught up to him at the Waster Aldorff Hotel, where, as the swashbuckling Red Blade he was robbing a jewelry expo. Hawkman knocked him for a loop with one punch, curing Avery’s personality disorder. Avery was thrilled to be free of the voices that haunted him all the time, and Hawkman offered to testify for him at his trial so he could be found not guilty due to temporary insanity. Before the police arrived Hawkman allowed Avery to return to the Kingsley mansion to burn the family diaries so they’d never harm anyone else.

(Flash Comics #74) - A little girl named Betty found a whistle washed up on the beach shore, and when she blew it everyone on the beach froze in place. By the time everyone was able to move again Betty told her mom about the whistle, but she didn’t believe her story. Betty told her story to police officer O’Harra, and gave him the whistle. He was doing traffic duty, and found the whistle stopped everyone in their path, but was afraid that if he told anybody about the whistle they’d think he was crazy and lock him up, so he threw the whistle away. A crook witnessed the whole scene and gave the whistle to his boss Sails, who saw an opportunity to use it to commit crime. Hawkman and Hawkgirl were relaxing in the country when the whistle sounded and they were temporarily paralyzed. Hawkman met with some nearby officers who explained they were responding to a robbery when the crooks blew a whistle and paralyzed them. He caught up with Sails, who blew the whistle, freesing Hawkman and allowing him to get away. Hawman went to his lab, and going off the theory that the sound of the whistle affected the central nervous system crafted a number of miniature radios and attached them to his hawks in hopes they’d pick up the whistle’s frequency. Once the hawks found Sails they alerted Hawkman and Hawkgirl, who made quick work of Sails and his gang. During the fight the whistle fell from Sail’s hands into a nearby harbor and sank out of view. Hawkgirl wondered where the whistle came from, and Hawkman said that for all they knew it came from space or another dimension, but like a lot of other things in life it would always remain a mystery.

(Flash Comics #75) - Hawkman and Hawkgirl went to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi gras, and decided to revel dressed as themselves. Some of the other revelers started acting erratically, with a man who thought he was Captain Kidd taking swings at other partygoers with a cutlass and a man dressed as Nero started a fire in the warehouse district. Hawkman and Hawkgirl put out the fire and apprehended the men, bringing them down to the police station. Once the men removed their costumes their senses returned and Hawkman sensed something strange was afoot. The Hawks apprehended three men dressed as gangsters trying to rob a bank, and were then confronted by the legendary centaurs Pholus and Chiron. Hawkman overpowered them and forced them to bring him to whoever had summoned them from the realm of mythology. Pan, posing as a costume shop owner, had been driving the revelers mad with the music of his pipes, and he’d only summoned the centaurs because he thought it would be amusing to see them fight with Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Pan said he was just having a bit of fun, but realizing Hawkman and Hawkgirl wanted him gone he played his pipes and vanished, returning to Olympus.

(Flash Comics #77) - Johnny Thunder announced to his folks and Peachy Pet that he’d finally come up with a foolproof get rich plan, dressing up Thunderbolt, over his objections, as a mysteryman he named Hypochap and offering his services for a fee. Sockitaway Bank hired Hypochap to wash their windows, but while Hypochap was working the bank got robbed. Johnny said that for an additional fee Hypochap would catch the robbers, but before he could cash in Flash caught the crooks, and Johnny was sore that business was snatched from under his nose. The Fabulous Fur Corp. Hired Hypnochap as a night watchmen, and when their warehouse was robbed Thunderbolt said he did his job because he’d watched. Johnny tried to get extra money for Hypochap pursuing the thieves, but they were apprehended by Hawkman and Hawkgirl. A woman hired Thunderchap to rescue her kidnapped daughter, but the Ghost Patrol came to the rescue and kicked the tar out of the kidnapper. Johnny was fed up and visited the office of Flash Comics, telling the editor that if Flash et al. Didn’t stop messing with him he’d start interfering in their comic book stories.

(Flash Comics #77) - Mr. Munn, the curator of the city museum, invited Carter and Shiera to his home to examine a new archaeological discovery He presented them with a casket preserving a manuscript  and a bag of white powder from the time of Al-Mansur of Persia. Carter was unnerved to see that his fingerprint was on the manuscript, and when he tried to analyze the powder he came up empty. In desperation he swallowed some of the powder and time-traveled back to the 700s. Hawkman was determined to find the man who created the powder, and met Omar Il-Shah, who’d discovered the discipline of chemistry. Persian magicians wanted him dead because he could prove they were charlatans, while his chemistry produced actual results. Hawkman saved him from an assassination attempt, and Omar showed him the manuscript preserved in the casket. Together they tried to concoct the white powder from herbs but realized they were missing a crucial ingredient. Magician assassins made another attempt on Omar’s life, and Hawkman fended them off, but during the scuffle his hand landed on the manuscript, leaving behind his fingerprint. Hawkman and Omar visited Al-Mansur, demonstrating the superiority of science over magic, and as a reward he presented them with herbs from the Red Sea, and Hawkman was able to finish the white powder with the new ingredients. He swallowed more of the powder and returned to the present with a fantastic story to tell Shiera.

(Flash Comics #78) - Hawkman and Hawkgirl went for a flight over the ocean when they were caught in a cyclone. Hawkgirl was injured and Hawkman spotted a volcanic island where she could recover. They entered the extinct volcano and were greeted by the Fire-People, who nursed Hawkgirl back to health. The Fire-People were eternally at war with the Sea-Folk, who lived at the water’s edge of the island. Both groups were survivors from Atlantis who fled when it sank, and the Fire-People had a legend that a winged man would lead them to victory against their greatest enemy. The Fire-People and Sea-Folk clashed in the caves beneath the volcano, but when the Sea-Folk spotted Hawkman they stopped fighting and started kneeling, saying they too had a legend that a winged man would bring them victory. Hawkman and Hawkgirl discussed how they’d keep the two groups from fighting, and when another clash broke out Hawkman released seawater through a section of thin rock in the volcano, causing the ground to shake. The two groups believed Hawkman was showing them his godlike powers, and he told them he was displeased with their fighting. He sent the Fire-People to live by the sea and the Sea-Folk to live in the volcano. Both groups were miserable, and Hawkman made them realize how pointless it was to fight over territory they couldn’t comfortably live in. They made a peace treaty and Hawkman said their legend promised he’d conquer their greatest enemy, which turned out to be themselves.

(Flash Comics #79) - Two hawks from Hawk Valley found the Jewel of Shalaar, a stone crafted by an ancient sorcerer of the Far East. It amplified a person’s true nature, be it good or evil, and spread that influence outward. Hawkman and Hawkgirl noted the hawks of Hawk Valley acting more aggressive, but thought little of it. After the hawks chased away a hunter from the nearby town of Belvedere they decided to wage war against humanity for having hunted them for so long. The hawks vut telephone lines, destroyed bridges and trains until the people of Belvedere assembled a hunting party to eradicate the birds. Hawkman’s hawk big Red informed him of the situation, and he and Hawkgirl raced to the valley pleading with the hunters to let him sort the situation out. The hunters were wary until Big Red warned them of an avalanche, saving their lives. Two hunters had already made their way into the valley, and under the influence of the Jewel of Shalaar they tried to kill each other before Hawkman broke them up. Hawkman suddenly felt a murderous impulse rise in him, and was ready to kill the hunters until Hawkgirl made him come back to his senses. They found the jewel and flew out into the middle of the ocean, tossing it in the water and hoping it would never bother anyone else again.

(Flash Comics #83) - Shiera drove Carter to the bank, and he walked into the middle of a holdup. He foiled the robbery, but the robber Mac Vickers accidentally winged him with a gunshot, and the gang escaped. Mac regretted being in a gang, and admired Hawkman so he gave a message to one of Hawkman’s birds, tipping him off to his gang’s next robbery. Fate brought Hawkman together with Mac and Jim Parker, an ex cop who lost his memory during an accident at the night club. The robber jarred Jim’s memory and Mac turned against his gang and helped Hawkman bring them to justice.

(Flash Comics #85) - Movie director Mr. Starkey recruited Hawkman and Hawkgirl to star in an anti-crime series that showed them catching criminals with the message that crime never pays. The heroes refused payment for what they considered a public service, but accepted two sets platinum pen and pencil sets. Escaped murderer Lasso and his gang posed as a director and actors, filming outside a jewelry store, then robbed it and shot the proprietor. Hawkman and Hawkgirl caught up to them as they tried to speed away in a car but were knocked out by the crook’s mic boom. The heroes woke up in a construction ditch, and Lasso taunted them that the area was slated for demolition for a new highway before putting a stone slab over the ditch. Hawkman and Hawkgirl wedged their pen and pencil sets under the slab, allowing them to roll it away right before the explosives went off. Lasso and his gang tried to rob Starkey's new movie set, where the lead actress was wearing thousands in diamonds. Hawkman tied up Lasso in his own lasso and Hawkgirl took care of the gang.

(Flash Comics #86) - There was a colonial legend about the warlock known as the Purple Pilgrim who was found guilty on charges of black magic. The Pilgrim cursed Judge Sanders and all of his future descendants. The legends seemingly came true when a man calling himself the Purple Pilgrim started killing Sanders descendants. Shiera called Carter, worried she was next, and was kidnapped by the Pilgrim. Carter changed into Hawkman, and went looking for Shiera with Big Red. They spotted a horse-drawn cart headed down Old Country Road, leading to Hidden Valley, the home of a settlement unchanged since colonial times. The Pilgrim explained to Shiera that the Hidden Valley settlement cut themselves off from the rest of the colonies to protest the unfairness of the original Purple Pilgrim’s condemnation. The Pilgrim was a crook who researched colonial history and rediscovered the settlement. Posing as a descendant of the Purple Pilgrim he installed himself as Lord Mayor and went on his murder spree. He had nothing against the Sanders descendants personally, but killing them allowed him to rob them of their fortunes as well, making him a wealthy man. Hawkman arrived to see the villagers had Shiera tied to a dunking stool, and Pilgrim’s men knocked out the startled hero. Pilgrim freed Shiera so she could watch what he had in store for Hawkman. The Pilgrim had him tied to a stake and told the villagers he had to be burned to death because he was a sorcerer who sought to destroy Hidden Valley. Hawkman kicked up a flaming stick that he used to burn the ropes around his wrists, and once free easily dispatched the Pilgrim. Hawkman and Shiera convinced the villagers they should give the outside world a chance, and before long the Board of Education set up modern schools in the area to help them transition into the 20th Century.

(Flash Comics #87) - Ruthless criminal the Foil and his gang planned a daring escape from prison to recover the $50,000 in loot he had hidden. The guards started firing on them, and Foil, believing his underling Lefty to be a snitch, stabbed him with his fencing foil. A helicopter sped them away from the prison, but the warden had learned about the escape beforehand and allowed it so Hawkman and Hawkgirl could follow him and find where his loot was stashed. Foil spotted the duo and squirted oil from the copter at her, grounding the hero. She told Hawkman to go on without her while she cleaned off her wings. Hawkman eavesdropped on Foil at his hideout, and learned that Lefty was the only one who knew where the loot was. Foil told his men they’d have to break back into prison and get Lefty’s map from the morgue. Hawkman confronted Foil and his men at the prison, capturing the henchmen. Foil got the map and fled through the prison’s sewer system, setting off explosives so Hawkman couldn’t follow him. Hawkgirl arrived at the scene, believing Hawkman had died in the explosion. She mourned, but Hawkman was alive, having been blasted to the roof. The sewer system empties out into an empty beach, and the Hawks found Foil couldn’t escape the drainage pipe, and was in danger of drowning. They couldn’t let anyone, not even a criminal, die on their watch and freed him, rushing him to the prison hospital.

(Flash Comics #88) - At Hawkgirl’s suggestion Hawkman took some time off to get work done, but she brought him back into action after learning about the Ghost, a supposedly spectral thief who was going on a crimespree across Europe. The Ghost alerted the police that the Avon Bank was his next target, wanting a challenge from them. Hawkman and Hawkgirl got the drop on Ghost’s gang but the Ghost’s disembodied voice boomed out, saying he had a gun trained on them. His gang took Hawkgirl, and Ghost told Hawkman he’d keep her hostage to give him more of a motivation to catch him. The crooks sped away and Hawkman realized the Ghost’s voice was coming from a wire receiver. Hawkman had managed to sprinkle fluorescent powder on the crooks’ car, allowing him to track them to the Tower of London. The Ghost planned his most ambitious heist to date, but decided to kill Hawkgirl because she already knew too much. Hawkman made the save in the nick of time, but found the ghost was only an empty suit and tophat held up with wires. The wires to the speaking system he was using led to the belfry, and Hawkman confronted the Ghost again. The Ghost seemingly plummeted to his demise, but it turned out he wasn’t confronting the real ghost, but a movie projection. The Ghost’s voice assured the heroes he was a real ghost, he just used gimmicks to amuse himself.

(Flash Comics #89) - Carter and Shiera went to the circus to watch Aero the acrobat perform, but he disappeared mid-act. The next day a masked crook named the Acrobat started a crimespree and killed the D.A., evading Hawkman and Hawkgirl. The Acrobat captured Hawkman and Hawkgirl, revealing himself as mobster Gyp Haines. He had a grudge against the heroes for sending members of his gang to jail; and killed the D.A. who nailed him on a tax evasion charge.Gyp was responsible for kidnapping Aero and forcing him to teach him acrobatics before killing him. Hawkman and Hawkgirl escaped and captured the villain.

(Flash Comics #90) - The Ghost came to America and stole rare gems from a guarded bank vault, leaving behind an empty satchel. Hawkman and Hawkgirl investigated, and were suspicious when no fingerprints were found on the satchel. They found that the Ghost had killed the bank teller, assumed his identity and stole the gems before placing the satchel in the vault. The Ghost then stole the Pharaoh's Ruby from the Central Museum by pumping sleeping gas into the museum, knocking out the guards. To lure the Ghost in Hawkman and Hawkgirl planted a story in the news that they’d come back from Africa with an enormous diamond. The Ghost tried to steal the diamond, which was actually a fake, and it was hooked up to a camera that took a picture of the Ghost. The Ghost was irritated at being fooled and blinded Hawkman and Hawkgirl with a flashgun, but it blew up and seemingly destroyed the Ghost. Hawkman looked at the picture the camera snapped, and it gave weight to the Ghost being a spirit because he had no face, but seemed to be an invisible being wearing a tophat and monocle.

(Flash Comics #91) - Carter returned from a Chemical Society meeting, where he’d been asked to investigate a new element, Dexium. Carter gave the dexium to Shiera to lock away in their safe, having business to attend to elsewhere. Crook Lefty tried to steal the dexium, but only made off with one vial before he saw a mace trying to smash him in the head in fled. Dexium turned whoever it touched invisible, and the invisible Hawkgirl followed Lefty, but was captured by his boss “Bulk” Bane. Bulk and his gang used the dexium to turn invisible and commit a number of phantom robberies. Hawkman knew the stolen dexium vial and Hawlgirl's disappearance had to be related, and returned the rets of the dexium to the chemistry Society for safekeeping. He was met by Bane and his invisible gang, who showed Hawkman they had Hawkgirl prisoner. They took the rest of the dexium, tied up Hawkman, and placed a vat of acid on Hawkman’s stomach so he couldn’t move without being burned. When they left Hawkman laughed so that his stomach contractions moved the acid enough for it to tip over and burn the roped binding him. Hawkman found Bane’s hideout, used a vial of dexium to make himself invisible and rounded up the crooks and freed Hawkgirl. Hawkman told Hawkgirl he wasn’t ready to tell the world about dexium’s effects because of the danger it posed if it fell into the wrong hands again.

(Flash Comics #92) - The Ghost went on a crimespree in Paris, and anytime the police came close to catching him they were left with only an empty cape and tophat. The Ghost threatened to rob the Louvre, and the staff had security wire their valuable De Core paintings to burglar alarms. Ghost and his men had disguised themselves as security, and the alarm system was actually connected to smoke bombs inside the museum that caused a diversion allowing the Ghost to pilfer the paintings. Hawkman and Hawkgirl, having heard Ghost was up to his old tricks, came to Paris and confronted him in the museum. The Ghost was pleased his enemies would see him pull a spectacular crime. The Ghost kidnapped Hawkgirl and left Hawkman a riddle about a crying clown who would only laugh when a bird died. Hawkman realized he was referencing The Saga of Pagliacci, which was playing in a nearby opera house. The Ghost tied Hawkgirl to a chandelier and cut it lose, hoping to kill her and members of the audience, but Hawkman arrived in time to keep anyone from getting hurt. Hawkman was confronted by three identical Ghosts, but they all turned out to be empty clothing. The Ghost taunted Hawkman and then seemingly exploded in a flash of light, but Hawkman was far from convinced that the Ghost was actually dead.

(Flash Comics #93) - Carter and Shiera flew to a research conference, but were concerned with recent news stories about men dressed on cowboys riding flying horses that robbed airlines. They knew their flight contained valuable research equipment, and weren’t entirely surprised when the sky bandits struck. They changed in Hawkman and Hawkgirl but the bandits knocked out Hawkgirl, causing her to plummet, and lassoed Hawkman when he tried to rescue her. The leader of the bandits demanded Hawkman tell him the secret of his flying powers, because his gang only used jet-propelled balloons in the shape of horses. Hawkman refused, so the bandits knocked him out. When Hawkman woke he found himself on one of the horse balloons as the bandits robbed a plane carrying a valuable art collection. They’d given a self-firing gun to Hawkman, causing the plane to retaliate by shooting back at Hawkman. Hawkman recovered in time to drop out of the way, and was soon joined by Hawkgirl, who’d survived her fall because she’d luckily fallen into a river. Together they rounded up the sky bandits, revealing the leader as John Upton, the secretary to Mr. Kendall, who ran aircraft luxury lines, which was how Upton knew which planes carried valuable cargoes.

(Flash Comics #94) - Carter and Shiera received a gift of a Navajo rug depicting a hunting party and invited art connoisseur Dr. Barnes and socialite Mrs. Duvane to view it. The Native American hunting party depicted on the rug came to life and robbed Mrs. Duvane of her diamond necklace. The Halls slipped away to change into Hawkman and Hawkgirl and fought the Native Americans, but the lights went out and when they went back on the hunting party were back to being part of the rug’s design but Mrs. Duvane’s necklace was still gone. Dr. Barnes told Hawkman and Hawkgirl there were legends among the Navajo of Mexico City about rug people that could come to life. The heroes investigated, but were trapped under a weighted rug and taken to an abandoned mine where the Native Americans told them they’d be made into a rug. Hawkman and Hawkgirl learned from the weaver that Dr. Barnes had invented an atom reassembler that could teleport people or turn them into 2-D rug designs by reassembling their molecules, and was using it to commit robberies. He had no love for Barnes or his phony “Native American” gang who were actually white crooks, so instead of using the reassembler on them he wove a normal rug depicting the heroes. Dr. Barnes gloated about his new rug when Hawkman and Hawkgirl arrived, flying him into the air and dumping him in a water tower atop police headquarters. Dr. Barnes was arrested and Hawkman and Hawkgirl won the day.

(Flash Comics #95) - Hawkgirl was excited to show Hawkman a mystery package she’d purchased from auction, and the box contained a crystal ball. Hawkman said crystal balls were all phony, but suddenly the ball showed an image of crooks with guns about to gun down Hawkman and Hawkgirl. The heroes went to the auction house to get to the bottom of the mystery, but found the auctioneer dead. The crooks they’d seen in the crystal ball emerged from the shadows, but the heroes got the drop on them. The crystal ball then showed images of retired millionaire John Elliot being murdered, and the Hawks swiftly flew to his mansion. They thought he’d already been killed, but he was deep in meditation, and his niece told them he was a practitioner of Indian mysticism. Elliot was a fan of the Hawks and had newspaper clippings from all their cases. He told them the crystal ball belonged to him and had been stolen recently. The crystal ball was a gift from his yogi Sahi who lived in an Indian temple atop a penthouse. He told them that Sahi had moved the temple piece by piece from India with his mental powers, but Hawkman was skeptical. The Hawks went to investigate Sahi, but were laid low by the electrified floor of his temple. Sahi had his men tie up the Hawks and placed them in the arms of a statue of Kali. Sahi and his men left, and the statue’s arms started to close, threatening to crush the heroes. Hawkman broke the crystal ball and used the shards to cut his and Hawkgirl’s bonds. They found Sahi at Elliot’s mansion where he had convinced Elliot that the Hawks were in danger because they’d angered the gods, and could only be appeased by vast sums of money from Elliot. Hawkman and Hawkgirl interrupted them, and took out Sahi’s goon, who tried to shoot them. Sahi admitted his crystal balls had movie projectors that showed whatever he wanted them to. The auctioneer had taken the crystal ball to expose him and accidentally put it up for auction, and Elliot’s niece admitted she was in league with Sahi to rob her uncle blind. The Hawks sent Sahi and the niece to prison. And sent their fan Elliot a crystal ball as a memento of the case.

(Flash Comics #96) - Carter and Shiera attended a scientific conference and followed it up with a vacation at scientist Malcom Grey’s estate with the rest of the scientists. They all went on a cross-country horseback ride that was interrupted when Centaurs appeared and kidnapped all the scientists. Shiera and Carter was incredulous at encountering mythological figures, but changed into Hawkman and Hawkgirl to escape capture. They followed the Centaurs, who boarded a flying machine and traveled to a dormant volcano, which contained an entire city of Centaurs. The Centaurs had a volcano machine that harnessed the fire under the earth’s crust and shot the Hawks from the sky. They were captured by Soro, leader of the Centaurs, who placed them in the Throne of Terror. A cloak made by Medea was placed on them, and it was saturated with chemicals that cause it to burst into flames if the Hawks did so much as move. Soro explained that he and the last of the Centaurs went into hiding in the volcano thousands of years ago, but kept tabs on the outside world. He’d hoped there would come a day when the Centaurs would rule again, but since humanity showed no signs of losing control he decided he’d conquer them. His Centaur scientists developed the volcano machine but refused to keep working for him when they realized he wanted their inventions to war on the human race, which was why he kidnapped the Hawks’ scientist friends. Soro told the scientists they worked for him now, but they all said they’d rather die than betray humanity. Hawkman and Hawkgirl escaped the cloak, the special chemicals on their wings that prevented wind shear also saved them from the flames. Soro, furious, activated the volcano machine as the Hawks flew the scientists away, and the machine malfunctioned, causing the volcano to erupt and killing Soro and his Centaurs.

(Flash Comics #97) - Carter and Shiera stopped by the home of big game hunter Craig Evans to take him up on his standing offer to see his trophy collection, but he didn’t seem pleased to see them. The mounted elephant head above his fireplace started trumpeting as though it were alive and a herd of elephants came stampeding down the street. Craig ran out, saying he was going to try to stop the beasts while Carter and Shiera changed into Hawkman and Hawkgirl. They spotted crooks robbing a nearby jewelry store, but the rampaging elephants had to take priority. The Hawks returned them to the zoo from which they escaped and asked Craig if they could examine his elephant head trophy closer. When they entered his home they found the stolen jewels in the elephant’s mouth and Craig’s lion skin rug started roaring, drawing in live lions. The Hawks subdued them, but were knocked out by the crooks who robbed the jewelry store and brought to the zoo. The woke to see the crooks’ boss, a man dressed as a witch doctor. The witch doctor demanded to know what the Hawks did with the jewels they’d hidden in the elephant trophy’s mouth, but the Hawks refuseds. They escaped their binds and defeated the criminals, unmasking the witch doctor as Craig Evans. He’d rigged his trophies as a signal to his men, who’d broken into the zoo, to release wild animals so they’d have a handy distraction while they committed crimes.

(Flash Comics #98) - Carter and Shiera were invited by wealthy socialite George Barton to his masked ball and told to dress up like Hawkman and Hawkgirl. When they arrived they witnessed George, who was dressed as a masked king, have a spat with his brother Henry, dressed as a knight. Henry stormed out and later in the evening George told the guests they were going to play a game where they all acted out the characters they were dressed as. Everyone was having fun until a group of party-goers took valuables from the other guests and then pulled guns. Hawkman and Hawkgirl tried to interfere, but the pirates pulled a gun on Hawkgirl, making her their hostage. The pirates left with George Barton, but Hawkman managed to track them to their hideout by following prop pirate gold Hawkgirl managed to drop to make a trail. The crooks got the drop on Hawkman, and tied him and Hawkgirl to a giant spit. They said they’d love to see the Hawks burn, but they had to go fence their loot. The Hawks managed to use the flames to burn their bonds and free themselves. They caught up to the crooks driving along an old country road and caused a rockslide to stop them dead in their tracks. “George” turned out to be Henry Barton, who’d knocked out his orchestrated the robbery to pay off crippling gambling debts and disguised himself as his brother so he’d take the fall.

(Flash Comics #99) - Carter and Shiera went to Stracy’s Department Store to find a gift for Shiera’s niece, and she was delighted to find a Kewtie doll that was a redhead like her niece. After she purchased it two men entered the store and tried to wrest it away from her. Carter and Shiera fought back, so the men knocked out Carter and kidnapped shiera. Carter recovered quickly, changing into Hawkman and following the men to the Kewtie doll Factory. The factory manager was using the redheaded dolls to smuggle diamonds, and yelled at his underlings for mixing the doll in with those that were actually for sale. Hawkman made the scene, and the underlings took Shiera outside the factory where there was a giant mechanical Kewtie doll “drinking” from a bottle. They tossed Shiera down the doll’s throat and when Hawkman went to save her the baby bottle knocked him inside the doll as well. The crooks were satisfied that Hawkman and Shiera would drown as the doll finished it’s bottle, but Hawkman untied Shiera, she changed into Hawkgirl and they flew to freedom. The Hawks knocked a vat of liquid plastic over on the crooks, gluing them to the floor. After taking the crooks to jail Carter surprised Shiera with a new redheaded doll he’d bought, one without smuggled diamonds.

(Flash Comics #100) - Carter and Shiera went to see their friend Professor Garvey at his experimental lab, only to find he’d been kidnapped by men who’d also taken his newest invention, the gyrocar. The gyrocar drove up the side of a building and Carter and Shiera changed into the Hawks in time to save Garvey, who’d been tossed out of the car. Garvey explained that he’d fired his research assistant John rotor, who was the leader of the criminals who’d kidnapped him. Hawkman and Hawkgirl tried to stop Rotor and his Human Fly Bandits from robbing a financial center, but were taken off guard when Rotor used Garvey’s gyrobelt to run up to the cieling and pounce. The Bandits brought Hawkman and Hawkgirl back to Garvey’s lab, placing them in a giant thermometer that would drown them in mercury when the electric oven underneath it heated it up enough. Hawkman freed them by dropping a vial of N+ in the mercury, creating an explosion that blasted them to safety. They caught up with the Human Fly Bandits, and caused them to crash their gyrocar.

<1951> Hawkgirl and most of the JSA retired after being pressured by HUAC. 

(JSA #71, 72) - <October 28-30, 1951> Carter and Shiera answered their door when they heard a commotion. The O.S.S. had uncovered their identities, and was ready to apprehend them when the time-traveling Atom-Smasher drove them off. Atom-Smasher told them he needed them to go back into action as Hawkman and Hawkgirl to stop Per Degaton, who was trying to alter history to end the Justice Society legacy. They met up with the rest of the reformed Justice Society and the time-traveling JSA at the Justice Society brownstone. Hourman informed them Per Degaton was going to assassinate the President. The Justice Society and JSA went to Washington to warn Truman that his life was in danger. Degaton and the Red Morgue attacked Washington, but the teams were ready for him. Degaton used a time-disc to speed up Atom’s metabolism and turn him into a nuclear bomb ready to go off. If he exploded millions would die, but J.J. Thunder and Johnny Thunder summoned the Thunderolt to turn Atom back to normal. Hawkgirl and the other heroes defeated Degaton, who fled into the timestream. The resulting time distortion caused Hawkgirl and the other Society members to forget their adventure with the JSA.

Shiera married Carter and had a son, Hector Hall, who later became the superhero Silver Scarab.

Shiera (now calling herself Hawkwoman) and Hawkman came out of retirement to serve alongside the JSA and JLA.

(All-Star Squadron I #62) - Hawkman brought the amber-encased Lemurian Zanadu back from an archaeological dig and put him in his private museum. While Hawkman was away Zanadu revived, kidnapped Hawkgirl, and went to Tokyo, where he started destroying the island. The JSA engaged him in battle.

(Spectre III #20 (fb)) - After their return from Limbo they learned that their son was dead, and they had a grandson. Lyta refused to let them see Daniel without explanation. Carter and Shiera Hall contacted Spectre and asked if he could restore their son Hector Hall to life. Spectre said ghe could not, and that was not his place. They asked if he could get them in touch with his spirit, but he again refused, and left in a huff.

(Spectre III #20) - Prof. Nicodemus Hazzard interviewed former members of the Justice Society to learn more about the Spectre after the Wrath of God had threatened to judge the world. The Halls were still bitter, and had little good to say about Spectre.

Hawkgirl and Hawkman's souls, along with those of history's other hawk avatars,  were merged with that of Hawkman II, but Shiera's soul did not survive the merger.

Shiera's soul came to rest in the body of her grandniece Kendra after Kendra committed suicide.

Comments: Created by Gardner Fox & Dennis Neville

In the pre-Crisis DC Universe Hawkgirl lived on Earth-2. In the post-Crisis DC Hawkgirl I took the place of Hawkwoman in early Justice League adventures and the stories told in Hawkman's own title.