DC Gold/Hawkman

Hawkman is a comic series created as part of GazzaB9's DC Gold project.
== Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Katar Hol/Joseph Gardner/Hawkman - a galactic officer of the Thanagarian Wingmen, currently stationed on Earth in Midway City. On Thanagar, he became known for becoming a Wingman faster than almost anyone in history. In his everyday life, he poses as a police officer at the Midway City Police Department, which allows him to get a jump on crime. He is most well known for his wings, which he can retract into his back, and his mace which is made of Thanagarian Nth Metal, giving it electrokinetic abilities. He is serious, stone-faced, and views everything as a mission first and foremost.
* Shayera Thal/Sharon Parker/Hawkgirl - Katar's assigned partner in the Thanagarian Wingmen, stationed on Earth with him. Shayera is a recent graduate of Wingman training, partnered up with Katar to show her the ropes. Unlike Katar, she works primarily as a journalist, reporting on her and Hawkman's own superhero work. She has all of the same equipment and powers as Hawkman, though she is much more likely to make mistakes than him due to her rookie nature. It also comes in handy, as she is more willing to not follow the exact rules of the Wingmen. She is snarky, much more light-hearted than her partner, but has shown to possess a lot of hidden talents.
=== Supporting ===
* Commissioner George Emmett - the boss of Katar Hol in his police identity and one of very few people who know of the Hawks' secret identities. Despite having mixed feelings on the pair's vigilante work, he knows that they do good and is willing to allow them to deal with threats that the police can't, notably supervillains. He is also African American, a fact that comes into play every so often in the series when others look down on him for being a high-ranking black man in the 1930s, something that isn't viewed as his "role".
* Joe Tracy - a skeevy reporter looking for the next big gig and is obsessed with his own popularity. He works at the Midway Press with Shayera, who he constantly flirts with and who retaliates by poking fun at his short comings. As the series goes on though, Tracy develops both as a reporter and a person, becoming more heroic.
* Mavis Trent - a reporter at Midway Press who is often partnered with Joe Tracy. Unlike him, she is much more deadpan and takes her job a lot more seriously, although this sometimes gets her into trouble with criminals. Later on, when Joe begins taking his job more seriously, she becomes attracted to him, the two eventually dating.
* La-Shin "Roberta" Lee - a Chinese preteen who moved to Midway City after her father got a job working for the Health Department there. During her initial stay, she became the target of hate crimes and formed a bond with Shayera, which ends up getting her a job as a cub reporter for the Midway Press.
* Tommy Lee - La-Shin's twin brother who is quite more eager to make friends as he becomes a star baseball player at the Midway City Unity House. He can sometimes bicker with his sister but truly cares for her and quickly becomes a massive fan of Hawkman, while also being prone to brash decision making. 
=== Antagonists ===
* Hath-Set/Anton Hastor - an archeologist who, after discovering the tombs of Prince Khuffu and his murderer, was suddenly and magically flooded with the memories of said murderer, revealing to him that he was his reincarnation. With his memories restored to him, he quickly became a criminal genius who hopes to rebuild the empire he longed to forge in his past life. Due to him resembling Khuffu, Hastor believes Hawkman is his reincarnation and thus the two must kill each other to determine who will control the world.
* Carl Sands/Shadow Thief - a petty thief turned super-criminal, having stumbled upon and ransacked a Thanagarian spacecraft, which neither Hawkman or Hawkgirl were aware of. He quickly sold most of the equipment, though he kept one for himself, that being a solid black suit that allows him to become a living shadow, flattening himself against the wall. He can also shift his own body, creating knives, spikes, and so on. He has a thespian attitude which often results in him speaking in overly dramatic ways.
* James Craddock/Gentleman Ghost - a cocky yet gentlemanly serial killer from Victorian England who was shot to death for his crimes by an American vigilante. Forced to wander the Earth forever until his enemy's spirit left the Earth, he has become convinced that Hawkman is the reincarnation of his murderer. He has a regal attitude and has all of the traditional abilities of a ghost, including the ability to go intangible, teleportation, flight, and possession.
* Onimar Synn/Sin-Eater - a powerful and demonic Thanagarian entity who was trapped inside of a spaceship and launched into the cosmos by Thanagar many centuries ago. His ship crashed on Earth and was ransacked by the Shadow Thief, who accidentally set the creature loose on the world once again. It's motivation is unknown beyond wanting to cause as much destruction as possible and it possesses a body made entirely of Nth Metal, granting it's entire body abilities similar to those of Hawkman but on a much grander level.
* Byth Rok - a thrill seeking alien criminal who became one of Thangar's most dangerous criminals as he injected himself with an experimental drug that allows him to shapeshift as he arrives on Earth to continue his criminal spree, crossing paths with Hawkman and Hawkgirl as he usually attempts to outsmart them.
* Ira Quimby/I.Q. - a genius and gang leader with Thanagarian technology he bought and crafted his own weapons with. He views himself as an intellectual and hopes to prove others inferior to him by outsmarting them, becoming enraged, agitated, and generally annoyed if his plans don't work. He possesses a high-tech visor, a pair of laser-shooting pistols, and ski-like devices that allow him to more or less skate through the air.
* Edward Dawson/Lion-Mane - a former friend of the Hawks who, while helping them investigate the stolen Thanagarian tech on Earth, was mutated by said tech into a lion-like creature. While still sapient, his mind has devolved to animalistic instinct, his speech primarily consisting of threats and talking about his own hunger. Hawkman in particular feels great remorse for Lion-Mane's condition and hopes to cure him some day.
* The Purple Pilgrim - a pilgrim from the 17th Century who is actually a dangerous sorcerer whose magic was caught by judge Ely Sanders as he was burned at the stake. However burning couldn't keep him down as his soul became corrupted and he transformed into a demon with one simple goal, to destroy everything that Ely Sanders built, which includes Midway City, deciding to enact his plans for revenge after the emergence of people with powers.
* Daniel Ducannon/White Dragon - the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and one of the people who bought the stolen Thanagarian tech from Shadow Thief. He is a believer in the idea of white purity and often commits racially motivated crimes with his equipment, though he is not above simple revenge schemes against the Hawks. His technology allows him to generate fire, which acts as both a weapon and a form of transportation, the force of the fire letting him fly.
** Matt Riggs/The Grand Scorpion - the current leader of Midway City's branch of the Ku Klux Klan who after learning of how his nephew got upstaged by the Lee siblings, begins a targeted campaign on the Lee family, soon fighting Hawkman after Hawkman learns of Riggs and his targeted harassment campaigns.
* Starbreaker - a powerful energy vampire known as a Luciphage who feasts on the energy of stars just to get more powerful as a weakened form of him arrived on Earth so he can consume the Sun, catching the eyes of the Hawks as he actually becomes quite a dangerous threat to them, even initially at such low powers.
* Amalak - a space pirate who despises Thangarians with a passion due to him believing that the Thangarians destroyed his home planet as he catches wind that Earth is being protected by a Thangarian as he arrives to Midway City to destroy Hawkman as he somewhat pities humanity, believing that they will destroy Earth just like how they destroyed his home.
* Chun Yull/The Faceless Hunter - an intergalactic bounty hunter, hitman, and mercenary. He travels the galaxy and battles against various enemies, known far and wide for his sadistic and violent tendencies. He is also psychic and able to use his psionic abilities to his advantage, such as creating mental blasts, reaching into people's minds, and so on. He can also teleport short distances, turn invisible, and wields a particularly powerful laser gun.
== Issues ==