"As Katar Hol's partner, Thanagarian policewoman Shayera Thal was sent to Earth as a goodwill ambassador (and to spy on the politically troublesome Hol, an assignment she abandoned after falling in love with him). Known on Earth as the winged heroine Hawkwoman, Thal was believed killed by Count Viper until Hawkman discovered she was the villian's prisoner and freed her." *Source: Card Back