Hawk

**Comics** | Issue 1 (A.T.O.M.)

**Hawk** is a fictional character from the *A.T.O.M. – Alpha Teens on Machines* series. His real name is **Zach Hawkes**.

He is a gifted test pilot who is more at home in the air than on the ground, both due to his piloting skill and his huge ego.

## Personality

Hawk may be quite difficult to get along with due to his arrogant and selfish behaviour, but once one knows him he is a true and loyal friend. Hawk's aforementioned ego annoys the rest of the team (and almost everybody else he meets) and sometimes is counterproductive on their missions. Because of this, he often strikes out with the ladies, including Lioness when he tried to pick her up when they first met. In spite of this, Hawk is very serious about protecting innocent lives as well as his piloting skills (e.g. he refuses to evacuate a damaged aircraft unless he makes sure it lands safely).

His number one priority is becoming a famous actor, which is why he thinks very high of himself and has a lot of selfconfidence. He tries to present himself in the best way possible and does a lot of poses in front of any kind of camera. Because he thinks that he is a talented actor he also has the impression that women like him a lot. Unfortunately, it is much to the contrary and women often cannot stand his annoying behavior or leave him once they find out that he is not really famous. Even with the help of a girl (in this case Lioness) he is unable to have a proper date and things go terribly wrong.

In the very beginning, Hawk makes clear that he would leave the team anytime in case he gets an offer for an acting job. It becomes obvious though that the team means a lot to him and that he finds it hard to leave them. In "A Paine by another Name, Part II" he cannot forget about them and decides to join them again later. Hawks deepest fear is failing to become famous and being embarrassed during a performance, getting bald and mutant zombie fangirls.

Hawk respects Axel Manning as the leader of the team, but not even he is safe from Hawk's sometimes annyoing comments. Yet Axel does not react like Lioness and takes it with humour instead. Whenever Hawk makes a comment, Lioness is annoyed by it and teases him with a witty reply, which in return angers Hawk. When it comes to difficult situations, though, they know that they can rely on each other. Hawk and Shark are best friends and they spend a lot of time together. Even though they are a weird duo and the rest of the team does not want to leave them alone as they fear they could get in trouble, Hawk and Shark proved that they are capable of solving problems together. On the other hand, King seems to be someone who gets along least with Hawk, though he probably does better than Lioness. Also, Hawk stated that in his family one is more arrogant than another. Same goes for his father, Kip Hawkes. He played the main part in "Macho Force" and Hawk admires him a lot for this. He cannot deny any of his father's wishes and has a very good relationship to him.

## Appearance

Hawk is a young man of about 1.85m height. He has very short red hair with an individual pattern cut into it (it resembles an airplane). He has green eyes and like the rest of the team he is very athletic and muscular.

His mission outfit is dark blue with red, white and grey details. He is often seen wearing a dark blue and red jacket with red pants and white shoes. Sometimes he wears blue jeans, a dark red top with white details and a white and red wristband. Hawk pays a lot attention to his outward appearance and has a high level of personal grooming.

## Biography

### A.T.O.M. – Season I

Before his time with the Alpha Teens, Hawk was enrolled in a flight school where he developed a rivalry with another pilot named Bogey. They pushed each other to see who was the best pilot, but Bogey's actions almost got them both killed. Both men were expelled after Bogey blamed Hawk for the incident during an inquest.

## Abilities

Hawk is an excellent pilot and even knows a lot about the technical side of flying, as he manages to repair the **Stratojet** without Garrett's help. He is even able to fly a space station. He knows that his abilities in this area are very good, which is why this is one of his catchphrases: "Ain't nothing that flies the Hawk-man can't handle". His personalized equipment includes **Rotorbike 3000** (bike helicopter), **Jetwing** (ion wings), **Strato-Mech** and **Bladejet**, and **Turboboard** (reactive board).

Hawk is very poor actor, most likely because his self-confident attitude gets in way with his acting and prevents him from taking serious parts in real movies. He's not much of a hand-to-hand fighter. He has used a Muay Thai fighting stance more than once, getting knocked down each time he did it. He also was not able to swim until Lioness and a lifeguard named Laura taught him the basics.

## Gallery

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