Henry Hall (New Earth)

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Real Name

Hank Hall

Current Alias

Extant

Aliases

Hawk, Monarch

Identity

Secret

Affiliation

formerly Hawk and Dove, Teen Titans

Relatives

Dove (Don Hall) (brother, deceased)

Universe

New Earth

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Occupation

former Crime-fighter, Representative of Chaos, Future Tyrant

First appearance

Unknown

History

Hank Hall was originally the superhero Hawk, of Hawk and Dove. Hawk represented "chaos", while Dove represented "order." His brother, Don Hall, the original Dove, died during Crisis on Infinite Earths. Don was replaced with Dawn Granger, who mysteriously acquired her powers in London.

Armageddon 2001: Monarch

Monarch was an oppressive tyrant from a bleak, dystopian Earth fifty years in the future. The people were unhappy with his rule, particularly a scientist named Matthew Ryder, an expert on temporal studies, who was convinced he could use his technology to travel back in time and prevent the maniacal ruler from ever coming to power. He learned that forty years ago, one of Earth's heroes would eventually turn evil and become Monarch, and ten years from that would conquer the world. During a time travel experiment, Matthew was transformed into Waverider, and began searching the timestream for the hero who would become Monarch, little knowing that Monarch was following him. When Monarch came into battle with the heroes of the present day, he killed Dove, and her enraged partner killed him for it. Removing the villains mask, Hank discovered that HE was Monarch, and donned the armor.

Armageddon: The Alien Agenda

When hostile aliens encounter Monarch and Atom in the past (sometime between 230 and 65 million years ago), they attempt to enlist both (without either's knowledge) to assist them in creating a wormhole. The wormhole's creation would destroy the universe in which the primitive Earth existed, but would allow the aliens to travel freely.

Zero Hour: Extant

Shortly after returning to the present, Monarch confronted Waverider and absorbed most of his time-warping abilities, giving him the power to travel through time as he pleased. Calling himself Extant, he joined forces with renegade Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), now known as Parallax, in a plan to alter time as they saw fit (as seen in Zero Hour).

His first act was to alter the future so that he could have a meta-human army at his disposal, mostly consisting of members of the Teen Titans; his plan was to amass an army so powerful that no one could interfere with his efforts to control time itself. Several heroes banded together to stop his plans before they began in the 30th century, and altered history so that his followers never came to exist in the future.

Down, but not out, Extant began to strike back at the heroes at Ground Zero, the beginning of time. Parallax had warped several meta-humans from various time periods together for the ultimate assault, and Extant hit the Atom with a chronal blast, de-aging him into a teenager. Sensing defeat was imminent, he escaped the fight, only to engage the Justice Society on a later date where, following another setback, he again attempted to escape. Instead, Extant was teleported (by Hourman (Rex Tyler) and Metron of the New Gods at Atom-Smasher's behest) into the seat of an airplane whose crash Kobra had caused earlier (in his relative timestream). As a result of this, Atom-Smasher's mother was saved; she was on the plane when it crashed, but Atom Smasher replaced his mother with a weakened Extant, saving her life but murdering the supervillain. Extant is believed to have died as a result, and, indeed, his appearance as a zombie in Teen Titans #31 (2006) (alongside his brother, Don) would seem to confirm his death. However, as a time traveler, this doesn't preclude further appearances of Hank Hall, because many versions of him still exist throughout the timestream.

Extreme Justice: Captain Atom

In the Justice League spinoff, Extreme Justice, a new version of Monarch was introduced, but he now had the identity of Nathaniel Adam, better known as Captain Atom. He revealed that Captain Atom was actually a copy of him, created as a side-effect of the process that trapped him in the timestream.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Whether he is Monarch or Extant, Hank Hall possesses the same superpowers:

Powers of Chaos

• Superhuman Strength

• Superhuman Speed

• Superhuman Stamina

• Invulnerability

• Claws

(As Extant): After absorbing the powers of Waverider, he became Extant, giving him the ability to:

Time Travel

Chronokinesis

Energy Blasts

Flight

Nigh-Omniscient

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

Serious Rage: Without his partner Dove to suppress his violent nature, his rage is boundless.

Paraphernalia

Equipment:

• Extant Armor: His armor, crafted using advanced technology, is highly durable.
  

Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

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Trivia

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Recommended Reading

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