Hawkshaw is a fictional character

Fictional character

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, a mutant

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 in the Marvel Comics

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 Universe. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #235.

Fictional character biography

Hawkshaw is the leader of the team of Genosha

Genosha

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n Magistrates known as the Press Gang

Press Gang (comics)

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 at the time the X-Men

X-Men

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 first come to the island. After Genosha degenerated into civil war, he led a smaller team of Press Gang members in battle against the rebellion. His team consisted of Pipeline

Pipeline (comics)

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, Punchout

Punchout (comics)

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, Gunshot and an unnamed black-haired female that was seemingly killed in battle.

Hawkshaw has a particular hate for Phillip Moreau, whom he considers a traitor. He almost killed him once, but was stopped with a telepathic blast from Cable

Cable (comics)

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.

It is unknown if he retained or lost his mutant powers during the M-Day

Decimation (comics)

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.

Powers and abilities

Hawkshaw is capable of sensing people through their proximity, detecting whenever people entered a certain radius

Radius

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 around his person. This psionic detection sense alert him to the presence of animal

Animal

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s, human

Human

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s and superhuman

Superhuman

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s, and allows him to track them across continent

Continent

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s.

The power is also moderately sensitive to the mental activity of these people -- he can't read thought

Thought

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s, but he can recognize if people in his vicinity are awake or asleep

Sleep

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. He can recognize mutants by their presence, and sense familiar ones he encounters.