Spacehawk had but one mission in life — to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System and give out the occasional gruesome fate to vanquished evildoers, such as space pirates like Gorvak. He lived in an unspecified future where space travel was commonplace. He was sometimes assisted in his war against evil by Captain Dakk, a police officer and friend. Like Blue Bolt and Green Sorceress, Spacehawk had a bit of romantic tension with the beautiful but evil Queen Haba of Neptune, who had been convinced by Captain of the Guard Smebar to try to invade and conquer her peaceful neighbors. In a subsequent adventure, Queen Haba and Spacehawk were reunited when the malevolent Neptunian scientist Droon used the Queen’s feelings to manipulate her. Droon promised that he could get Spacehawk to confess his love for Queen Haba in exchange for the valley of Ojah. Droon attempted to hypnotize Spacehawk, but the hero merely played along to learn Droon’s plans. Spacehawk and Droon fought, but Droon’s assistant Jod ended up sending the villain plummeting off a cliff. Spacehawk told Haba that he received orders from Uncle Sam to protect the Earth from alien invasions, reassuring the Queen that he would return to see her soon. The next issue, Spacehawk arrived on Earth in the 1940s, centuries before his time. He also fought a few Hitler proxies until the United States entered World War II and he took on Hitler himself. Spacehawk was a skilled pilot, surgeon, master of disguise and scientist. Spacehawk was also immune to mind control or hypnosis. He possessed a futuristic rocket capable of deep space travel, a heat ray gun, an anti-gravity belt allowing him flight, and also robot duplicates of himself that could be sent as substitutes on missions.
| Alias Spacehawk (Novelty Press) |
| Real Names/Alt Names Spacehawk |
| Characteristics Doctor, Master of Disguise, Sci-Fi Hero, Scientist, Bird-themed, World War II Era, Public Domain |
| Creators/Key Contributors Basil Wolverton |
| First Appearance Target Comics vol. 1 #5 (1940) |
| First Publisher Novelty Press [CB+] [DCM] [GCD] |
| Appearance List Target Comics vol. 1 #5-12, vol. 2 #1-12, vol. 3 #1-10 |
| Sample Read Spacehawk (Novelty) DCM Collection Part 1 [DCM] |
| Description Spacehawk had but one mission in life — to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System and give out the occasional gruesome fate to vanquished evildoers, such as space pirates like Gorvak. He lived in an unspecified future where space travel was commonplace. He was sometimes assisted in his war against evil by Captain Dakk, a police officer and friend. Like Blue Bolt and Green Sorceress, Spacehawk had a bit of romantic tension with the beautiful but evil Queen Haba of Neptune, who had been convinced by Captain of the Guard Smebar to try to invade and conquer her peaceful neighbors. In a subsequent adventure, Queen Haba and Spacehawk were reunited when the malevolent Neptunian scientist Droon used the Queen’s feelings to manipulate her. Droon promised that he could get Spacehawk to confess his love for Queen Haba in exchange for the valley of Ojah. Droon attempted to hypnotize Spacehawk, but the hero merely played along to learn Droon’s plans. Spacehawk and Droon fought, but Droon’s assistant Jod ended up sending the villain plummeting off a cliff. Spacehawk told Haba that he received orders from Uncle Sam to protect the Earth from alien invasions, reassuring the Queen that he would return to see her soon. The next issue, Spacehawk arrived on Earth in the 1940s, centuries before his time. He also fought a few Hitler proxies until the United States entered World War II and he took on Hitler himself. Spacehawk was a skilled pilot, surgeon, master of disguise and scientist. Spacehawk was also immune to mind control or hypnosis. He possessed a futuristic rocket capable of deep space travel, a heat ray gun, an anti-gravity belt allowing him flight, and also robot duplicates of himself that could be sent as substitutes on missions. |
| Source Spacehawk (Novelty Press) – Public Domain Super Heroes Wiki |
