Before Black Adam arrives, here's what you need to know about the Justice Society of America
Like just about any comic book character, Hawkman’s history is a convoluted mess of retcons and reboots. First introduced in 1940’s, Hawkman is the superhero alter-ego of Carter Hall, an archaeologist who is actually the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priest named Khufu. Creating gravity-defying wings and armor for himself out of Nth metal, Hawkman/Carter is a charter member of the JSA and has more or less been a staple of DC Comics ever since his introduction.
That was his origin story—to begin with, at least. But since nothing in comics can ever be simple, in the ’70s, another version of Hawkman, this one named Katar Hol, was introduced. Hol is an alien cop who relocates to Earth under the guise of Carter Hall, who is now a museum curator, although this time it’s a different Earth.
Fate is another character that has been retconned to death. The Kent Nelson origin story was actually only explored in the comics after Doctor Fate had already been an established hero who was sorely lacking a secret identity. In fact, during the first meeting of the JSA, Fate declares that he’s an extraterrestrial, so it seems like the writers were playing it pretty fast and loose with the character’s origins even then.
Jumping forward a few decades, Atom Smasher is the first hero on the list introduced after seatbelts were invented. Premiering in 1996, then operating under the name Nuklon and sporting an epic mohawk that is tragically absent from allpromotional material, Albert “Al” Rothstein is Atom Smasher, a metahuman who can manipulate his molecules, allowing him to change his size, density, and strength level at will.
Atom Smasher and Black Adam started off with a tempestuous relationship in the comics, with the former being suspicious when the latter claimed to have reformed. However, the two would soon bond over their shared love of showing their enemies zero mercy and eventually jointly quit the JSA over the group’s overbearing moral code.
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