Nighthawk (DC Comics)

Nighthawk
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceWestern Comics #5 (September/October 1948)
Created byJoe Millard and Charles Paris
In-story information
Alter egoHannibal Hawkes
Team affiliationsRough Bunch
PartnershipsJim Peyton
Cinnamon
Notable aliasesHawkman
AbilitiesRepair skills, expert marksman and horseman

Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in Western Comics #5. In his secret identity, he worked as a traveling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton.

Created by Joe Millard and Charles Paris,[1] his later adventures were handled by writers France Herron, Don Cameron, and Gardner Fox; and artists Gil Kane and Carmine Infantino.[2]

  1. ^ "Western Comics #5". Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  2. ^ Markstein, Don. "Nighthawk", Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Accessed Aug. 13, 2011.