Hank Hall

Origin

Hank Hall and his brother Don were as opposite as brothers could be. Hank was brash and aggressive, with a talent for athletics. He lorded this over his brother, whose talents were more intellectual. Although they could often be each other's most ardent adversaries, Hank and Don were extremely close and Hank was very protective of his younger brother.

By his teens, Hank grew to be fiercely proud of America's role in world events, and firmly believed in the policy of dealing with Communist regimes from a position of strength. Irwin Hall, a prominent superior court judge, often lectured his sons on seeing both sides of an issue, not just making judgments from their respective conservative (Hank) and liberal (Don) views. He tried to make them realize that justice requires balance, not single-mindedness.

During Hank's senior year in high school Hank and Don were visiting Judge Hall at work when an assassination attempt was made on their father Hank and Don followed the would-be assassin to a warehouse hideout. Climbing inside to eavesdrop, Hank and Don became locked in a room where they listened helplessly to the mob's plans to kill their father, they wished they had some sort of power to save him. Their plea was answered by a mysterious mingling of voices who offered them superpowers if they each would just "say the word."

The voices belonged to T'Charr, a Lord of Chaos, and Terataya, a Lord of Order. Even though the forces of Order and Chaos were eternal enemies, these two Lords had fallen in love. They wanted to prove to their fellow Lords the benefit of Order and Chaos' working together in balance and found two likely candidates for this; purpose in Hank and Don Hall, creating Hawk and Dove.

Hank was named Hawk to reflect his aggressive personality. Whenever danger was present, he could say "Hawk" and trigger the magical change into Hawk. Once the danger was gone, Hawk quickly reverted to Hank. Hawk's clothing appeared out of nowhere and spread quickly across his body, completely replacing whatever Hank was wearing. This costume could not be removed on low-magic worlds like Earth and actually hid the fact that Hawk, as a conduit for pure Chaotic energy, wasn't completely human.

Teen Titans

Hawk soon made himself known in Washington, D.C. first by saving his father (with Dove's help), then by numerous other deeds. Hawk was often feared or distrusted, but even his critics saw the good he was doing for the city. Hawk and Dove joined the Teen Titans for a short time, but soon went to reserve status in order to devote more time to protecting their "home turf."

Death of Dove

Meanwhile, T'Charr and Terataya saw that the brother bond they'd expected to help prove their point was instead under- mining the experiment by causing Don to be too deferential to his more volatile sibling. They shunted Dove's power from Don Hall to an untainted vessel - Dawn Granger. Unfortunately, Don/Dove was rescuing some children from a collapsing building at the time, and died.

The New Dove

Without the balancing effect of Dove, Hawk had less control over his chaotic tendencies. He soon was dismissed from the Titans' reserve list and blacklisted in twelve countries. He was eventually tracked down by the new Dove, who suggested they become a team. After some initial - and violent - protests, Hawk came to accept the new Dove, seeing her not as a usurper but as someone who would carry on his brother's work. With Dove's return, Hawk's chaotic side was once again in check. During a later adventure in another dimension, Hawk learned the true nature of his powers and had those powers further augmented by the Lord of Chaos who had created him.

Monarch

Ten years in the future, a power-mad despot ruled the world. Knowing this despot was actually a hero gone bad, Waverider wandered to the past to prevent Monarch's origins. During the battle against Earth's heroes Monarch managed to escape, stopping along the way to pick up Dawn Granger, otherwise known as Dove. During the next few hours, Monarch used his teleportational ability to steal an odd array of equipment. Standing atop a hilly glen, Monarch proceeded to build a powerful device that would subjugate the Earth of ‘the present' to his will. By this time, Hawk tracked them down and when Dove tried to stop Monarch, the villain seemingly killed her.

Hawk and Dove were always destined to be two sides of the same force, and they needed each other to maintain stability. With Dove dead, there was no one who could keep Hawk's mind in check no one to stop him from slipping into chaos. And in a rage, Hawk killed Monarch - learning that he himself was the Monarch of the future.

Hank Hall looked at the dead Monarch and then the machine he was building. Muttering to himself that Earth needed someone to maintain balance, someone to instill a sense of order, he put on Monarch's armor and continued building the device. The combined might of earth's heroes eventually defeated Hall, who now was known only as Monarch.

Dove's apparent death, however, was actually part of a larger plan by the evil sorcerer, Mordru. Mordru saved Dawn from death and created a concealment spell so she would appear dead. Mordru knew the offspring of Hawk and Dove would create a being of perfect balance between Order and Chaos - and he planned to use that vessel for his own evil ends. Dawn was impregnated by Hank Hall, who had become the villainous Monarch. Dawn later gave birth to Hector Hall - who later assumed the mantle of Dr. Fate.

Extant

Stealing the chronal energies of Waverider, the rogue Monarch adopted the guise of the time-warping Extant and joined the former Green Lantern Hal Jordan - now the power-mad Parallax - to hasten the breakdown of time and create an entirely new reality of their own design.

It was then revealed that the Team Titans leader in the future was the villainous Monarch - who created a false future world so he could train meta-humans (The Team Titans) to act as sleeper agent assassins. He knew of the impending time crisis, and wanted a super-powered army at his command. Extant commanded all the Team Titans to attack the heroes who were trying to unravel this time crisis. His plan was thwarted; the heroes contained the Teamers.

Threatening to engulf the entirety of creation with the collapsing time stream., Parallax wiped out potential timelines and drew scores of heroes from various possible eras into battle at the most literal Ground Zero, the beginning of time. There, as Parallax fell before the heroes' assault, the young meta-human Damage exploded with unspeakable power, initiated a new "Big Bang" and restarted time. Reality and the time stream. were rebuilt at the most basic levels.

But Z ero Hour erased the false timelines that had emerged. As a result, all the Team Titans were erased from existence. It was also during this event that Extant hit Atom with a chronal blast that de-aged him to a teenager. Atom would later lead a short-lived incarnation of the Teen Titans.

Death

Extant continued to plague all heroes, trying to manipulate time to further his own power-mad goals. A later encounter with the Justice Society may have at last put his schemes to an end forever; Atom Smasher was still reeling over his mother's tragic death, who died in a plane crash engineered by the terrorist group, Korba. He eventually placed Extant on that same plane - in place of his mother - mere moments before it exploded. This closed a time lap and resulted in the destruction of Extant.

Blackest Night

During the Blackest Night story arc, Hank was was brought back to life as a Black Lantern. The Black Power Rings were going to revive his brother Don but they said he was at peace. 
 
In Blackest Night: Titans #1 Hank lures the current Hawk and Dove into a library and attacks. He first attempts to kill Dawn but notices he cannot due to reasons unknown. He instead plunges his hand into Holly's chest.

Powers & Abilities

HAWK: As Hawk, his magical transformation gave him enhanced strength, endurance, intelligence and agility. Hank's powers were extensions and amplifications of traits he already possesses. Hawk had super-strength, faster-than-human speed, and a heightened body density which renders him almost invulnerable. As Hawk, he also healed incredibly quickly and could not revert to Hank or his wounds or some other condition would be fatal to Hank. Hawk fought offensively, always on the attack, and was easily enraged.

MONARCH: Even without his armor, Monarch is an above-average being with great strength, speed, and skill. Hank Hall was given special abilities by the Lords of Order and Chaos and at this time, neither force has interfered with Hank's destiny as Monarch. As Monarch, Hank uses a suit of armor designed in the 21st Century for power and intimidation. The armor is a marvel, filled with all sorts of armaments including energy blasts and a teleportation device that allows him to move great distances in the wink of an eye. Monarch is ruthless and quite insane, making him one of the most dangerous human beings on Earth.

EXTANT: Extant has mastery and control over time, allowing him to travel to various eras at any time. He also has enhanced strength and durability, and chronal blasts, that can age or de-age its victims.