Hawkgirl (Kendra Saunders)

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Kendra Saunders is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writers James Robinson, David S. Goyer and artist Scott Benefiel, she first appeared in JSA: Secret Files and Origins #1 (August, 1999). The third and current Hawkgirl, this version is a Hispanic-American human and the latest in a reincarnation line of immortal warriors involving Chay-Ara and Shrra. Unlike prior versions, Kendra is characterized to seek independence from her reincarnations and Hawkman. Originally, she was portrayed as a troubled young woman who took her own life. After her soul departed, her great-aunt's soul (Shiera Sanders Hall) inhabited hers, making her a walk-in with memories of her past and current lifetimes and is trained into becoming the latest Hawkgirl superhero while defining her terms with Hawkman. After Flashpoint, she is made the latest in a line of reincarnations from Shrra and first appeared as the leader of the Blackhawks, a covert anti-apocalyptic strike...

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