Talk:Hawkwoman

Thal
The Ask Greg answer that gives us her real name got me thinking. There have been two Thanagarian Hawkwomen, Shayera Hol and Shayera Thal.
 * Shayera Hol was the first, Silver Age, one. She operated under the name Hawkgirl at first.
 * Shayera Thal was post-Crisis, in the Hawkworld era.


 * There's another Hawkwoman, Sharon Parker, and other Hawkgirls, Shiera Saunders and Kendra Saunders.

The problem with the answer is, we can't know for sure with which answer Greg agreed. Are they Thanagarian (as opposed to the Golden Age humans), or are they Thanagarian and named Katar Hol & Shayera Thal (as opposed to Katar Hol & Shayera Hol)?

This Hawkwoman's helmet resembles the classic Hol look. However, the Hawkworld era was when Greg worked at DC, and probably knows them better (speculation, I know). I was hesitant to put up a "Background in other media" section on this one because Hawk continuity is a horrible, horrible mess (and merging them was one of the few good things Zero Hour did).

Which also leads to the "this is the Xth animated appearance". Hol (as Hawkgirl) has appeared in Super Friends and the DCAU. The blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in New Frontier was inconclusive as to whether it's Shiera or Shayera. This would be Thal's first appearance.

What do you guys think? --Tupka 217 (talk 18:51, March 30, 2012 (UTC)