Shiera Sanders Hall

Shiera Sanders-Hall
Hawkgirl
Shiera Sanders Hall as Hawkgirl, on the cover of Sensation Comics vol. 2, 1 (March 1999)
Art by Dave Johnson and Lee Loughridge
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearance(Hall)
Flash Comics #1 (January 10th 1940)
(Hall as Hawkgirl)
All Star Comics #5 (June 10th 1941)
Created by(Hall)
Gardner Fox
Dennis Neville
(Hall as Hawkgirl)
Sheldon Moldoff
In-story information
Full nameShiera Sanders-Hall
Team affiliationsJustice Society of America
All-Star Squadron
Black Lantern Corps
Justice League
White Lantern Corps
PartnershipsHawkman (Carter Hall)
Notable aliasesHawkgirl
Abilities
  • Flight via Nth metal feathered wings
  • Reincarnation via Nth metal knife
  • Immortality via reincarnation process
  • Highly skilled armed and unarmed combatant
  • Superhuman strength, senses, endurance, and vision
  • Accelerated healing
  • Telepathic communication with birds
  • Utilizes Nth metal gravity-defying belt and archaic weaponry
  • Temperature regulation
  • Multilingualism

Shiera Sanders-Hall is a superheroine, the first Hawkgirl appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Shiera Sanders Hall was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, and first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) as a romantic interest of Hawkman (Carter Hall). Then later as one of DC's earliest super-heroines, she has appeared in many of the company's flagship team-up titles including the Justice Society of America.