Nighthawk (DC Comics)
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Nighthawk is a fictional character, a cowboy in the DC Comics universe. His real name is Hannibal Hawkes and he first appeared in Western Comics # 5. In his secret identity, he worked as a travelling repairman. He had a sidekick named Jim Peyton.
He was shown as dying during Crisis on Infinite Earths, although this has been retconned twice to fit in with the later revelation that he was a reincarnation of Prince Khufu -- who would later be reincarnated as Carter Hall, the Golden Age Hawkman. Current continuity has it that he was shot by a criminal named Matilda Roderic, who was presumably a reincarnation of the evil priest Hath-Set, who is apparently destined to kill Khufu in every life. Roderic's descendant is the current Hath-Set.
The Hawkman retcon also revealed he was the partner and lover of the Western heroine Cinnamon, who was the reincarnation of Khufu's wife Chay-Ara.
A modern-day version of the character appeared in the Western-themed Robin Annual # 6, as a mercenary. He worked with Robin and the modern day Pow Wow Smith to track down the modern day Trigger Twins.
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