Stormhawk

Stormhawk © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: deceased Real Name: Christopher Martin Earliest Appearance: 1982 Origin: Astro City No.48 Affiliation: former Honor Guard member Personal Data Relationships: Marcy Martin Aliases: Topher Occupation: Genetics Engineer InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2, 3, 4 Astro City #17, 19, 25 Event Timeline 197?/mm/dd     Flashback Christopher Martin(Stormhawk) Stumbles Upon the Bonding Amulet. 1982     Current Kerresh the Devaster Materializes in Downtown Astro City. 1982     Current Kerresh the Devaster Pronounces Doom on All of Earth. 1982     Current Omega Rangers Join the Battle Against Kerresh the Devaster. 1982/05/03     Current Silver Agent's Appointed Arrival at Romeyn Falls. 199y/mm/dd     Flashback Marcy gives her soon-to-be-husband, Christopher Martin(Stormhawk), a tour of his new domicile in Astro City. 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.