| PARAN KATAR | BIOGRAPHY |
| Created by Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert; Revamped by Timothy Truman |
PERSONAL DATA
Aliases: Perry Carter
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Scientist, spy
Status: Deceased
Homeworld: Thanagar
Race: Thanagarian
Place of Birth: Thanagar
Place of Death: Thanagar
Citizenship: Thanagarian
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Katar Hol (post-Crisis) (son) Naomi Carter (wife)
Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black, later white
First Appearance: (historical): Brave and the Bold #43 (August-September 1962)
(canonical): Hawkworld #1 (1989)
Creators: Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert; Revamped by Timothy Truman
OVERVIEW
The father of Katar Hol, the Hawkman of Thanagar who later became a superhero on Earth, Paran Katar had a secret past on Earth as an alien spy and the creator of the anti-gravitational Nth Metal. He took a wife from Earth, returned to Thanagar and later died at the hands of his own son, who had been manipulated by Kanjar Ro.
HISTORY
A soldier from the planet Thanagar, Paran Katar was sent to Earth in 1939 to find out whether it was a fitting target for an invasion. Taking the alias of "Perry Carter", the spy soon dropped his initial mission as he befriended Earthlings Carter Hall and Shiera Sanders. Like Hall, Paran conducted experiments to master gravity. Combining their results while also mixing them with the magic of a Thanagarian Hawk-God, Paran re-discovered the ancient Thanagarian Nth Metal, and secretly substituted the results of Carter Hall's failed experiment with the Nth alloy to see how it worked and how Carter would use it. Carter used it to become the Hawkman (I), and Paran followed the hero's career throughout the 1940s.
Following Hawkman's retirement in 1951, Paran returned to Thanagar accompanied by a Cherokee named Faraway Woman (or "Naomi Carter") with whom he had fallen in love. Inspired by Earth's Hawkman, Paran used the NTH metal to create a military force of Thanagarian Wingmen.
Naomi later gave birth to a son named Katar Hol in honor of Carter Hall. As an adult, Katar Hol was tragically manipulated by the evil Kanjar Ro into killing his own father Paran. However, he would eventually migrate to Earth and there continue the heroic legacy of Hawkman (III).
CHRONOLOGY
For a definitive list of appearances of Paran Katar in chronological order click here