Hawkgirl

Few characters can claim roots as deep as Hawkgirl's — she first spread her wings in All-Star Comics #8 in 1941, a Gardner Fox and Stan Asch creation born at the very dawn of the Golden Age, sharing those early pages with luminaries like The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Batman. Over the span of an extraordinary 85 years of publication, she has proven herself one of DC's most enduring figures, appearing across Flash Comics, All-Star Squadron, and even The Darkstars, a range that speaks to her remarkable versatility across eras. With three key collector issues to her name and 67 catalogued appearances, she's a character whose legacy runs as wide as it does deep. If you're tracing the full arc of DC history from its Golden Age origins to the present day, Hawkgirl is essential reading.