6. No, Seriously, His Backstory Is A Mess

Wait, did you seriously think we were done talking about Hawkman’s backstory? No, now we get to the second version of Hawkman, who is an alien space-cop.

Katar Hol and his his wife/partner Shayera Hol came to earth on the heels of a space criminal. After catching him, the duo decided to just stick around and fight crime on earth. Hawkman joined the Justice League and began his long and storied history of being a massive jerk.

But then DC rebooted, and DC decided to reconcile its two Hawkmen. One would be the ancient Egyptian prince reincarnated and the other would be the space cop. But after someone in editing didn’t double check the timelines, there wound up being a continuity error that could only be resolved by creating a third Hawkman, who was also an alien. And then DC decided to try to make all of the Hawkmen related to each other.

And that’s when the problems started.