The Mysterious Disappearance of Shayera Hol


Shayera Hol is the spouse of Katar Hol.  Introduced in The Brave and the Bold #34 in 1961, they were police officers on their home planet Thanagar.  Pursuing a criminal to Earth, they adopted the names Shiera and Carter Hall as well as the heroic identities of Hawkgirl and Hawkman.

Hawkgirl first appeared in the 1977 (2nd) season of "Super Friends" in episodes 3 and 14, "Space Emergency" and "Time Rescue."  Both times she appeared with her partner Hawkman.  In "Space Emergency," she uses a sweet hawk-head communicator.  She and Hawkman fly their Hawkplane into outer space.  She returned in the 1980 (6th) season in episode 4, "The Incredible Crude Oil Monster."  In episode 8, Hawkgirl and Hawkman were turned into Bizarro Super Friends in "Revenge of Bizarro."

Hawkgirl appeared as seen in the model sheet on the left by Alex Toth (above).  The design is very faithful to the way she looked in The Brave and the Bold #34.

Then Shayera "disappeared."  In her place was an "imposter" Hawkgirl who appeared only once in "An Unexpected Treasure" during the 1983 (8th) season.  Gone was Shayera's wavy red hair.  Imposter Hawkgirl had curly blonde hair.  She also wore a black helmet instead of the tradition orange and yellow.  And what was up with those purple boots?

We may never know the answer... 

*I am using the season numbering adopted by HBO Max, which may differ from other numbering systems.


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