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| Stormhawk
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AstroFacts
| Status:
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deceased
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| Real Name:
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Christopher Martin
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| Earliest Appearance:
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1982
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| Origin:
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Astro City No.48
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| Affiliation:
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former Honor Guard member
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Personal Data
| Relationships:
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Marcy Martin
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| Aliases:
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Topher
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| Occupation:
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Genetics Engineer
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InfoDump
| Appearances (in Publication Order):
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Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2, 3, 4
Astro City #17, 19, 25
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Event Timeline
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Stormhawk
"Who knew raising birds on a tenement roof could lead to becoming some super-duper genetics whiz?"
--- Marcy Martin
"...and a member of Honor Guard"
--- the same Marcy Martin
History
His tenure as an Honor Guard member peaked during the 1980s.
"The Tyrant Krigari needed to be stopped. Stormhawk would say the same if he could."
"So... REMEMBER HIM."
--- Cleopatra of Honor Guard
Powers
- His two large wings provide Stormhawk with the power of flight.
- He also possesses some form of electrically based power that mimics lightning or is possibly directly sourced from those very storms.
Observations
- According to backstory material presented in the Dark Age Story Arc, he is a relative of E.A.G.L.E. boss, Flannery Hawk.
- When in human form, his wings become designs running down his costume's sleeves, suggesting that the costume is part of the transformation process to a super-human.
- He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and parlayed a talent for genetic research into a notable amount of money - enough for a custom-built house on the outskirts of Astro City.
Speculations, Theories
- When he died, a bird skeleton was floating next to a human skeleton. This suggests that Christopher's transformation to Stormhawk was based on merging with a bird, possibly the hawk he had named Lightning.
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