Barrett Smith was a Movies & TV writer for Gamerant with a background in literary and film studies. He’s a lifelong fan of fantasy and sci-fi, especially animation and superhero comics. When he isn't ...

Here are the facts about Hawkman that are pretty straight-forward: he was first introduced in Flash Comics #1 in 1940, he favors the use of a mace as a weapon, he has large, artificial wings, and is ...

As far as complicated comic book backstories go, there are some easy ones at DC Comics like Batman and Superman, some that are a little tougher like Martian Manhunter, and then you have characters ...

Hawkman, who’s gearing up for his big screen debut in The Rock’s Black Adam, is widely considered to have one of the most impossibly convoluted back stories in all of superhero comics history. That’s ...

Before Zero Hour, Hawkman was already a problem for the continuity of the DC Universe. There were two distinct heroes who both shared the name; the JSA’s retired Carter Hall who was a reincarnated ...

Black Adam looks like a relatively straightforward movie, and a showcase for Dwayne Johnson to play his first superhero (sorry, "anti-hero"). Once upon a time, there were plans for this character to ...

There are few comics characters that have as much history as Hawkman. That’s not just because Hawkman has been around longer than most superheroes, but because DC has given him several histories — ...

Aldis Hodge is strapping on a pair of wings to star in the DC/New Line film Black Adam. By Graeme McMillan Aldis Hodge has been cast as Hawkman for DC’s upcoming Black Adam movie, with the actor set ...