In 1947 on Earth-Two and 1976 on Earth-One, the Hawkmen of each world faced Marshland Monsters who had traveled across country. The 1947 malevolent menace was Solomon Grundy, recently brought back to his pseudo-life by a bolt of lighting from his formerly petrified state. The 1976 misunderstood mutant was Swamp Thing, recently restored to a human state yet once more reverting to his vegetative physical form.
As to how Katar Hol had first been informed of the Swamp Thing's presence in Portland, Oregon, regardless he felt the need to travel there from his Thanagarian spacecraft to engage with and apprehend the bog being. During the course of this tale, Katar as Hawkman was introduced to government agent Sabre, a vengeful sword wielding assassin who had previously tried and failed to capture the creature himself.
What is known is how Carter Hall came to learn of Solomon Grundy's cross-country rampage, when he along with his Justice Society colleagues realized their fellow member Green Lantern was missing and discovered their meeting headquarters in disarray. Lantern had learned his old foe Grundy was active once more, while Solomon tracked Lantern to his last known location at the Society's HQ. Traveling to a town named Regis, Carter as Hawkman and Grundy briefly battled, with Solomon escaping to wreak havoc on other towns.
During their final confrontation, Katar-Hawkman was knocked unconscious as Swamp Thing retreated from the scene and transformed back to his pseudo-human form of scientist Alec Holland. When the Justice Society together tracked down Solomon Grundy, they overwhelmed their foe while saving Green Lantern, after which the hero exiled Grundy in an emerald globe on the moon's surface.
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