Hawkgirl (DC)(Post Crisis)(02 - Kendra Saunders)
Real Name: Kendra Saunders
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Powers: Hawkgirl can fly at great speed by means of the artificial wings made of "ninth metal" that her great aunt used before her. Kendra also has her great aunts love of archaic weaponry and is an expert at hand-to-hand combat, skilled in a number of martial arts techniques.
Bio: Kendra is the granddaughter of Golden Age adventurer "Speed" Saunders and grandniece of the Golden Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Kendra had a troubled youth spending much of her childhood in various youth facilities, following her parents death when she was sixteen. Rather than staying in the facilities, Kendra often took refuge on the streets until she was eventually found by her grandfather, Speed Saunders, who became her guardian and helped put some stability in her life and Kendra entered film school following an old dream of hers.
However, her troubles were not over and at age seventeen she cut her wrists trying to commit suicide. Speed found her in the bathroom and quickly rushed her to the hospital where she died. Ten minutes after being pronounced dead she suddenly began breathing again, having somehow miraculously been brought back to life. When she opened her eyes Speed noticed that her eyes were no longer green but brown. Upon seeing this Speed realized that he was no longer looking at his granddaughter but the reincarnation of Shiera Hall and Egyptian princess Chay-Ara. Kendra still believed herself to be Kendra Saunders and believing that a reincarnation of Khufu or Carter could not be far behind Speed decided that revealing the truth to Kendra was probably not meant for him. Instead he told Kendra of her family history and began training her to take the mantle of Hawkgirl.
Six months after her training began on the night of her nineteenth birthday she got a frantic phone call from her grandfather who told her to get the wings. Speed had just witnessed the death of Wesley Dodds at the hands of Mordru the Dark Lord and knew that in order to stop the Dark Lord the Justice Society would be forced to reform and he knew that Kendra's future destiny was closely tied to the JSA [JSA Secret Files #1].
The following day Kendra donned the wings of her grand aunt and took flight for the first time. As per instructions by her grandfather she then traveled to Vancouver to find and protect a newborn baby boy no matter what. The baby, who was the reincarnation of Hector Hall and heir to the mantle of Dr. Fate, was being hunted down by Mordru so that he could kill him and assume the power of Dr. Fate himself. Although Mordru was able to kidnap the baby, the JSA and Kendra eventually found him and before he was able to kill the child, and the Star-Spangled Kid managed to bond the child to the Fate power. Using his vast powers, the new Dr. Fate was able to imprison Mordru in his amulet and save the JSA. The heroes then returned to the JSA headquarters and decided to reform the JSA on a permanent basis. Kendra joined the group as Hawkgirl and has been a valuable asset to the team ever since [JSA #2-#4]
When Carter Hall returned from the dead, Kendra learned that her suicide attempt at age 16 had been successful, and that the soul inhabiting her body was actually that of her great aunt, Sheira Hall, the original Hawkgirl. However, she still retains Kendra's memories and personality, finding it hard to connect to the Sheira part of her identity. When Carter Hall returned to life, she moved with him to St. Roch in Louisiana, but the two have not become lovers (unlike all their previous lives), just good friends.
Notes: Created by Geoff Johns and James Robinson
First Appearance: JSA Secret Files (1999) #1 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 52 (2006)
52: The Companion (2007)
TPB - '52: The Companion' 52/WW III (2007)
TPB - 'DC: World War III' #4 - 'United We Stand' Action Comics (1938)
Annual 11 - 'Last Son: Conclusion' Annual 11 (Variant Cover) - 'Last Son: Conclusion' HC - 'Superman: Last Son' TPB - 'Superman: Last Son' #837 - 'Up, Up and Away!, Chapter 2: Mild-Mannered Reporter' #837 (2nd Printing) - 'Up, Up and Away!, Chapter 2: Mild-Mannered Reporter' #842 - 'Action & Reaction' #872 - 'New Krypton, Part Seven: Brainiac Lives' #873 - 'New Krypton, Part Ten: Birth of a Nation' All Flash (2007)
#1 - 'Justice, Like Lightning' All Star Comics (1999)
Amazons Attack (2007)
HC - 'Amazons Attack!' TPB - 'Amazons Attack!' #2 - 'Chapter 2: Battle Lines' Avengers/JLA (2003)
#4 - 'The Brave...and the Bold' Batman (1940)
HC - 'Time and the Batman' TPB - 'Time And The Batman' #702 - 'Part Two: Batman's Last Case' Batman and the Outsiders (2007)
Batman Legends (2007)
Birds of Prey (1999)
TPB vol. 08 - 'Blood And Circuits' TPB vol. 09 - 'Dead Of Winter' #100 - 'Blood & Circuits, Part One: A Chance to do Good' #104 - 'Whitewater, Part One: Crystal Ascension' #105 - 'Whitewater, Part Two: Permafrost' #106 - 'Whitewater, Part Three: Storm Front' #107 - 'Whitewater, Part Four: A Heart Encased In Glass' #108 - 'Whitewater, Epilogue: Swan Song' Birds of Prey [GER] (2011)
#3 - 'Feindliche Übernahme' Birds of Prey Secret Files 2003 (2003)
Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007)
TPB - 'Black Adam: The Dark Age' #1 - 'The Dark Age' #3#4#6 Blackest Night (2009)
Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
HC - 'Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns' TPB - 'Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns' Booster Gold (2007)
#1 - '52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1: Secret Origins' #1 (2nd Print) - '52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1: Secret Origins' #1 (Promotional version) - '52 Pick-Up, Chapter 1: Secret Origins' #7 - 'Blue & Gold, Chapter 2: O.M.A.C.'D' #26 - 'Dead Ted, Part I of II' Brightest Day (2010)
Captain Carrot and the Final Ark (2007)
TPB - 'Captain Carrot and the Final Ark' #3 - 'Chapter 3: The Surreal Life' Catwoman (2002)
TPB vol. 04 - 'Wild Ride' TPB vol. 08 - 'Crime Pays' #24 - 'Wild Ride, Conclusion: History' #77 - 'Waking Up On the Wrong Side of the Universe, Part Three' Chase (2011)
Checkmate (2006)
Countdown (2007)
Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005)
Day of Judgment (1999)
#3 - 'Choosing Sides' #4 - 'The End of the World as We Know It' DC 2000 (2000)
DC First: Green Lantern/Green Lantern (2002)
DC Universe: Decisions (2008)
#1 - 'Chapter One: The Green Endorsement' #3 - 'Chapter Three: Time To Take A Stand!' #4 - 'Chapter Four: Power to the People!' DC Universe: Origins (2009)
TPB - 'DC Universe: Origins' DCU Holiday Special (2009)
DCU: Legacies (2010)
Faces of Evil: Kobra (2009)
#1 - 'Faces of Evil: Kobra' Final Crisis (2008)
Final Crisis (2009)
#4 - 'Final Crisis' #5 - 'Final Crisis' #7 - 'Final Crisis' Final Crisis Companion (2009)
TPB - 'Final Crisis Companion' Final Crisis: Requiem (2008)
#1 - 'Final Crisis: Requiem Caretakers of Mars' Final Crisis: Secret Files (2009)
Golden Age Secret Files (2001)
Green Arrow (2001)
#75 - 'Jericho Conclusion: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down' Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007)
#4 - 'Part 4: Please Play Where Daddy Can See You' Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special (2007)
#1 - 'And They Said It Wouldn't Last' Green Arrow/Black Canary: Road to the Altar (2008)
TPB - 'Green Arrow/Black Canary: Road to the Altar' Green Lantern (2005)
#15 - 'Wanted: Hal Jordan: Chapter 2' #16 - 'Wanted: Hal Jordan: Chapter 3' #17 - 'Wanted: Hal Jordan: Chapter 4' #25 - 'Sinestro Corps War: Chapter 11: Birth of the Black Lantern' #51 - 'Parallax: Rebirth, Part Two' Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special (2007)
#1 - 'Prologue: The Second Rebirth' Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004)
#4 - 'Force of Will' #6 - 'Brightest Day' Hawkgirl (2006)
TPB vol. 02 - ' Hawkman Returns' #50 - 'The Dead of Night' #50 (2nd Printing) - 'The Dead of Night' #51 - 'Things that Go Bump in the Night' #52 - 'The Evil That Men Do' #53 - 'Death is a Maiden' #54 - 'The Sleep of Reason' #55 - 'The Dead Don't Sleep' #56 - 'We Who Are About To Die' #57 - 'Trial... (Just because you're paranoid...)' #58 - '...and Execution doesn't mean they're not out to get you' #59 - 'Relic Of War' #60 - 'A Cast of Hawks' #61 - 'Weapon of Choice' #62 - 'Death Hawk!' #63 - 'Gotham in Flames!' #64 - 'Queen of Darkness' Hawkman (2002)
TPB vol. 02 - 'Allies & Enemies' TPB vol. 03 - 'Wings Of Fury' #1 - 'First Impressions' #2 - 'Into the Sky' #3 - 'Lost in the Battlelands' #4 - 'Beasts of Burden' #5 - 'Slings and Arrows, Part One' #6 - 'Slings and Arrows, Part Two' #8 - 'Small Talk' #9 - 'In the Hands of Fate' #10 - 'Snowblind' #11 - 'Everlasting Love...?' #12 - 'The Darkraven' #13 - 'Killers, Part One' #14 - 'Killers, Part Two' #15 - 'The Thanagarian, Part One' #16 - 'The Thanagarian, Part Two' #17 - 'The Thanagarian, Part III: Conclusion' #20 - 'The Headhunter, Part 1' #21 - 'The Headhunter, Part 2: Taking off the Mask' #22 - 'The Headhunter, Part III: Blood and Lies' #23 - 'Black Reign, Part 2' #24 - 'Black Reign, Part 4' #25 - 'Black Reign, Conclusion' #26 - 'Rest' #27 - 'The Black Bird' #28 - 'Fates Warning, Part 1 of 4' #29 - 'Fates Warning, Part 2 of 4' #30 - 'Fates Warning, Part 3 of 4' #31 - 'Fates Warning, Part 4 of 4' #32 - 'Terror Beneath the Ice' #33 - 'Earth and Sky' #34 - 'The Gift' #35 - 'The Tower of Silence' #36 - 'The Army of Forgotten Souls' #37 - 'Farewell My Enemy Part 1' #38 - 'Farewell My Enemy Part 2' #39 - 'Farewell My Enemy Part 3' #40 - 'Farewell My Enemy Part 4' #42 - 'Farewell My Enemy Aftermath' #43 - 'Fly in the Face of Danger' #44 - 'My Enemy Revealed' #45 - 'My Enemy Revealed' #46 - 'Sins of the Past, Present and Future' #47 - 'Coalition in Crisis, Part One' #48 - 'Coalition in Crisis, Part Two' #49 - 'Coalition in Crisis, Part Three' Hawkman Companion (2008)
Hawkman Secret Files and Origins (2002)
Hourman (1999)
Identity Crisis (2004)
Impulse (1995)
#78 - 'Losing the Impulse' Infinite Crisis (2005)
#1 - 'DC Comics Proudly Presents: Infinite Crisis' JLA (1997)
#38 - 'World War Three, Part Three' #39 - 'World War Three, Part Four' #40 - 'World War Three, Part Five' #58 - 'Dying Breath' #69 - 'The Obsidian Age, Part One: New Blood' #71 - 'Transition' #73 - 'Last Call' #75 - 'Tragic Kingdom' #76 - 'Picking Up the Pieces' #116 - 'Crisis of Conscience: Part Two' #117 - 'Crisis of Conscience: Part Three' JLA-Z (2003)
#2 - 'Green Lantern to The Lord of Time' JLA: The Ultimate Guide to The Justice League of America (2002)
JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (2002)
JSA (1999)
Annual 01 - 'Genesis' #2 - 'The Wheel of Life' #3 - 'Old Souls' #4 - 'Ouroboros' #6 - 'Justice, Like Lightning...' #7 - 'Darkness Falls' #8 - 'Shadowlands' #9 - 'Black Planet' #10 - 'Wild Hunt' #11 - 'Split' #13 - 'Time's Assassin' #14 - 'Chaos Theory' #15 - 'Crime and Punishment' #16 - 'Injustice Be Done, Part 1: Divide and Conquer' #17 - 'Injustice Be Done, Part 2: Cold Comfort' #19 - 'Injustice Be Done, Part 4: Into the Labyrinth' #20 - 'Injustice Be Done, Part 5: Godspeed' #21 - 'Guardian Angels' #22 - 'Lost Friends' #23 - 'Ascension' #24 - 'Icarus Fell' #25 - 'Seven Devils' #26 - 'Who Do You Trust?' #27 - 'Thunderstruck' #28 - 'Face-Off' #30 - 'Let the Games Begin, Part 2: Fair Play' #31 - 'Making Waves' #32 - 'Stealing Thunder, Prologue' #35 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 3: Lightning Storm' #36 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 4: Time-Bound' #37 - 'Stealing Thunder, Part 5: Crossing Over' #39 - 'Power Crush' #40 - '...Do No Harm' #41 - 'The Unborn Hour' #42 - 'Paradox Play' #43 - 'Yesterday's War' #44 - 'The Tears of Ra' #45 - 'Princes of Darkness, Prologue: Peacemakers' #46 - 'Princes of Darkness, Part 1: Into the Valley' #47 - 'Princes of Darkness, Part 2: Eclipse' #49 - 'Princes of Darkness, Part 4: Army of Darkness' #50 - 'Princes of Darkness, Part 5: The Last Light' #51 - 'Princes of Darkness, Coda: Justice Eternity' #54 - 'Virtue, Vice & Pumpkin Pie' #57 - 'Black Reign' #58 - 'Black Reign' #59 - 'Time and Time and Time Again' #60 - 'Redemption Lost, Part 1' #61 - 'Redemption Lost, Part 2' #62 - 'Redemption Lost, Part 3' #63 - 'Waking the Sandman, Part 1: Insomnia' #64 - 'Waking the Sandman, Part 2: Night Terrors' #65 - 'Out of Time, Part 1' #67 - 'The Autopsy' #72 - 'JSA/JSA' #73 - 'Black Vengeance, Part 1' #74 - 'Black Vengeance, Part 2' #75 - 'Black Vengeance, Conclusion' #76 - 'In Search Of...' #77 - 'Mixed Signals' JSA Secret Files (1999)
JSA: All Stars (2003)
#1 - 'Legacy' #2 - 'Flying High' #3 - 'Challenging Fate' #8 - 'And Justice for All' JSA: Classified (2005)
#1 - 'Power Trip, Part I' #22 - 'Fire and Ice!' JSA: Our Worlds at War (2001)
#1 - 'Part Eighteen: The All-Stars' Justice League Elite (2004)
#5 - 'The Aftermath, Part One' #6 - 'The Aftermath, Part Two' #9 - 'Poison' Justice League of America (2006)
#3 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 3: The Brave & the Bold' #3 (Chris Sprouse Cover) - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 3: The Brave & the Bold' #4 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 4: Being Human' #4 (J.G. Jones Cover) - 'The Tornado's Path, Chapter Four: Being Human' #5 - 'The Tornado's Path: Chapter 5: Born Again' #6 - 'The Tornado's Path, Final Chapter: Iron Man' #7 - 'The Tornado's Path, Epilogue: Roll Call' #7 (Cover B) - 'The Tornado's Path, Epilogue: Roll Call' #7 (Micheal Turner Variant Cover) - 'The Tornado's Path, Epilogue: Roll Call' #8 - 'The Lightning Saga, Chapter One: Lightning Lad' #8 (Phil Jimenez Cover) - 'The Lightning Saga, Chapter One: Lightning Lad' #9 - 'The Lightning Saga, Chapter Three: Suicide' #10 - 'The Lightning Saga, Final Chapter: The Villain Is the Hero in His Own Story' #12 - 'Monitor Duty' #12 (2nd Print Full Ross Variant) - 'Monitor Duty' #12 (Cover B) - 'Monitor Duty' #12 (Michael Turner Cover) - 'Monitor Duty' #13 - 'Unlimited, Chapter 2' #13 (Cover B) - 'Unlimited, Chapter 2' #14 - 'Unlimited, Chapter 3: Two Against Nature' #15 - 'Unlimited, Chapter Four: Unleashed' #17 - 'Sanctuary, Part One' #18 - 'Sanctuary, Part Two' #19 - 'Sanctuary, Part Three' #21 - 'The Gathering Crisis' #22 - 'The Second Coming, Chapter One: The Widening Gyre' #23 - 'The Second Coming, Chapter Two: Things Fall Apart' #24 - 'The Second Coming, Chapter Three: The Blood-Dimmed Tide' #25 - 'The Second Coming, Chapter Four: The Best Lack All Conviction' #26 - 'The Second Coming Chapter Five: Spiritus Mundi' #27 - 'Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 1: Be Careful What You Wish For...' #28 - 'Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 2: Shadow and Act' #30 - 'Welcome to Sundown Town, Chapter 3: New Moon Rising' #41 Justice League of America, Special (2009)
Justice League Wedding Special (2007)
#1 - 'Unlimited, Chapter 1: Injustice League' Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
#1 - 'The Beginning' #4 - 'The Fix' #5 - 'The Lie' #6 - 'The Game' #7 - 'Justice' Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal (2010)
#4 - 'Point of No Return' Justice Society of America (2007)
#1 - 'The Next Age, Chapter 1' #6 - 'The Lightning Saga, Chapter Four: Three Worlds' #10 - 'What a Wonderful World' #11 - 'The Second Coming' Martian Manhunter (1998)
#18 - 'One For All' #19 - 'All For One, Conclusion' Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Wonder Woman/Grace (2007)
#1 - 'Five of a Kind, Part 5: Member of the Tribe' Power Girl (2006)
Power Girl (2009)
Rann/Thanagar Holy War (2008)
Rann/Thanagar War (2005)
Secret Files & Origins Guide to the DC Universe 2000 (2000)
#1 - 'Guide to the DC Universe 2000' Shadowpact (2006)
#16 - 'Down in the Zero: Part Three of the Redemption Contract' Sins of Youth Secret Files (2000)
Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. (2000)
#1 - 'You Gotta Be Kidding!' Sins of Youth: Starwoman & The JSA Jr. (2000)
Starman (1994)
#61 - 'In Tranquility and Fire, A Prologue to Grand Guignol' #73 - 'Grand Guignol: Eulogy' #80 - 'Arrivederci, Bon Voyage, Goodbye' Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
#8 - 'Crisis in Blue Valley' #14 - 'Heirlooms' Superboy (1994)
#74 - 'Game, Set & Match!' Superman (1939)
#651 - 'Up, Up and Away!, Chapter 3: Bare Hands' #657 - 'Camelot Falls' #664 - 'Countermeasures' #681 - 'New Krypton: Part Two' #683 - 'New Krypton, Part Nine: Hard Times!' Superman (1987)
#226 - 'Superman, This is Your Life, Part 1' Superman Legends (2007)
Superman: Our Worlds at War Secret Files (2001)
Superman/Batman (2003)
Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman (2007)
#1 - 'The Death of a Cyborg' Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime (2007)
The All New Atom (2006)
The Atom and Hawkman (1968)
The DC Comics Encyclopedia (2004)
HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded' HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia' Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2003)
#3 - 'Graduation Day, Part 3: Recessional' Trials of Shazam (2006)
Trinity (2008)
Untold Tales of Blackest Night (2010)
Wednesday Comics (2009)
Wonder Woman (1987)
#168 - 'Loving Submission' #174 - 'The Witch & the Warrior Part One' #175 - 'Joker: Last Laugh: The Witch & the Warrior Part Two: Girl Frenzy' Wonder Woman (2006)
#3 - 'Who is Wonder Woman? Part Three' #10 - 'Love and Murder, Part 5' Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
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