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Carter Hall was an American archaeologist with a particular interest in Egyptian history and relics. He was on a dig in 1940 when he discovered an ancient knife that the priest Hath-Set had used to murder Prince Khufu and his royal consort Chay-ara. Upon touching the knife Hall gained the memories of Khufu, discovering that he was the ancient prince reincarnated. Hall used the rare Nth metal to create a belt that allowed him to fly, and then crafted a winged costume so that he could confront Hath-Set’s reincarnation, Anton Hastor, as Hawkman.

Hall also encountered a woman named Shiera Saunders and recognized her as his reincarnated love Chay-ara. Hall became a member of the Justice Society of America and later its chairman. Shiera joined the team as well, using an Nth metal belt and wings of her own and adopting the guise of Hawkgirl. They put away their costumes for much of the 1950s after refusing to divulge their true identities to the Join Congressional Un-American Activities Committee, but returned in the early 1960s and restore the JSA to active duty. Hall and Saunders married and had a son, Hector Hall, who would become a hero in his own right years later. Ultimately Hall’s soul and consciousness merged with that of Shiera, his successor Katar Hol, and the hawk god, but the merge caused Hall to lose his sanity and his friends were forced to banish him to limbo. Years later he was restored to life by Thanagarian priests, and eventually returned to Earth and to the JSA.