The True Love of the Prince…
Chay-ara is the love of Prince Khufu, both of whom were murdered and cursed by the High Priest Hath-Set. Doomed to fall in love over and over again only to be murdered over and over again, Chay-ara was finally reincarnated as Shiera Sanders. Shiera met Carter at the museum and was to be his new assistant.
It did not take long for the two of them to fall in love and Sheira eventually donned a Hawk outfit in order to trick some criminals into thinking Hawkman was onto them. Shiera joined Carter in battle as Hawkgirl and became a strong female role model for the other heroines of the day.
Hawkgirl joins the All-Star SquadronAn superhero organization founded on Earth-TwoThe Earth that features characters that typically started in and around World War II, however some younger characters also exist on this earth as well. by then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in order to defend the United States of America versus the Axis powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.). Formed shortly after Pearl Harbor the All-Star Squadron existed until shortly after WW2 concluded. and after the warWar comics feature military personnel fighting enemy troops. These comics are great adventure comics, but also very useful propaganda. eventually joins the Justice Society of AmericaThe original DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. team upA comic that usually features at least two characters that do not typically appear together on a regular basis. (Example: Batman and The Warlord would be a great Team Up) book taking the heroes of the Golden Age and teaming them together.. She acts as a calming effect to the more aggressive Carter. The two are very much in love and when the JSAAn abbreviation of Justice Society of America disbands, they have a son, Hector Hall, and she is the God Mother to Norda of Feithra, otherwise known as Northwind.
First Appearance
While Shiera Sanders appears in the first Hawkman story in Flash #1,
she makes her debut as Hawkgirl in the following issue.
Created By: Gardner Fox, Dennis Neville, and Sheldon Moldoff
PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)
Reincarnation €“ Thanks to the curse placed upon her, Chay-Ara €™s soul reincarnates every so often after she is murdered. This makes her effectively immortal, but restless.
VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.
Hawkgirl is a regular human female and suffers the same vulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness. as any other human.
SkillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.)
Experienced- Thanks to her many lives, Sheira is a formidable opponent having had lifetimes to perfect her strategies.
Scholar - Sheira is extremely educated in the following areas.. Egyptology, Identifying Relics, and Archaeology.
Weapons €“ Sheira is a master of most ancient weaponry, though she favors the spear and shield.
EquipmentAny items that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). would use that does not have an intentional use as a weapon. (Example: The Flash €™s Costume Ring holds his costume so that he can change super fast is a unique piece of equipment.)
Nth MetalThe metal with antigravity properties which allows Thanagarians to fly Harness & Wings €“ Sheira €™s harness, wings, and boots are all layered in nth metalThe metal with antigravity properties which allows Thanagarians to fly, the mysterious metal that allows Sheira the following abilities.
- FlightThe ability to defy gravity and move through the air unaided without falling. €“ Sheira can fly at immense speeds.
- Cold/Heat ImmunityA character can have a broad based immunity to all sorts of toxins, viruses, or poisons; adverse climate changes, etc.., or they could only have immunity to one of these. - The nth metalThe metal with antigravity properties which allows Thanagarians to fly protects her body from the ravages of temperature and wind friction while flying.
- Enhanced Strength €“ Sheira €™s strength has sometimes been described as combining all her past lives together, however it is probably easier to just say she is probably as strong as Aquaman, but not on the level of Superman or Wonder Woman.
- Telescopic VisionThe power to see thing from far away outside normal human vision. Such as when someone uses a telescope. - Sheira’s helm gives her enhanced eyesight, like a hawk.