Sandy Hawkins

Sandy Hawkins was secretly the sidekick of Sandman known as Sandy the Golden Boy.

He served as his partner for years in York City.

Earth-2A
Sandman met Sandy Hawkins not long after donning his new costume. He took him in as his own, and for years they enjoyed their partnership as crimefighters.

Then one day, Sandman decided he wanted to invent something to help improve their abilities as crime-fighters. He invented a weapon called the silicoid gun. Upon testing it however, it proved to be a terrible disaster, since it exploded.

Sandy ended up absorbing much of the silicon-like radiation, which transformed him into a silcon-based monster.

He was momentarily insane, telling Sandman he was going to crush him and everything else. But before doing so, he passed out.

Sandman just assumed he had turned into an evil monster. He didn't know that his insanity would quickly wear off, so he put him in suspended animation in a Velvet Cage, imprisoning him there for years.

He eventually escaped, when tremors caused his cage to break. And since he was at that point a silicon-based lifeform, he felt a connection to the ground, and therefore, the tremors were quite painful to him, which caused him to growl. He left, searching for the source of the tremors, but people took his growling to mean he was angry, and they were afraid of him. When the JLA of Earth-1A and the JSA came after him, he wasn't able to talk, because he hadn't talked in years. He had no choice but to attack the two superhero teams so that he could get to the source of the tremors.

Unfortunately the battle rages all throughout York City, until he finally reaches the source of the tremors, and at the time, Hourman takes him out. It was there, that a fault line was about to cause danger, creating tremors that could destroy the entire city. The superheroes notice this, and Wonder Woman of the JSA and Superman of the JLA stop the fault line.

Appearance
Super Friends books
 * The Creature in the Velvet Cage! (1974)

External Link

 * Judo at the DC Database
 * Judo at Wikipedia