Hawkman is confusing



Hawkman has had a long and complicated history. There are two primary versions of Hawkman with completely different identities. In the Golden Age, Hawkman was originally designed as Carter Hall. Carter was an archaeologist, and the reincarnation of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. In the Silver Age, Hawkman was redesigned as alien hero Katar Hol. Katar was a police officer on the planet Thanagar who came to Earth. These were originally separate characters, existing on Earth-One and Earth-Two. Their continuities were merged during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and further confused by events such as Hawkworld and Zero Hour.

Timeline

 * 1940: Carter Hall is created by Gardner Fox and Dennis Neville.
 * 1961: Katar Hol is created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert. It is later established that Katar lives on Earth-One, and Carter lives on Earth-Two.
 * 1975: Golden Eagle is created by Cary Bates and Dick Dillin.
 * 1986: Earth-One and Earth-Two are merged into the same reality by Crisis on Infinite Earths. The histories of Carter Hall and Katar Hol are merged into the same timeline on New Earth.