Justice League Unlimited Appearances
Warhawk's next appearance in the DCAU was the Justice League Unlimited season three episode "The Once and Future Thing, Part II: Time Warped". The aforementioned JLU is the present-day lineup, set in current DCAU continuity, as opposed to that of the Batman Beyond timeline.
In "Time, Warped", Warhawk met the modern-day Green Lantern John Stewart, the first Batman (Bruce Wayne), and Wonder Woman (Diana of Themiscyra), who had been sent into the future by Chronos. At that time he was a member of the future JLU alongside an aged Static and Batman II (Terry McGinnis).
It was revealed that Warhawk was the son of John Stewart and Hawkgirl (Shayera Hol); at the time, Stewart was involved with Vixen, having broken up with Shayera since the traumatic events of "Starcrossed", despite the presence of latent tension between the two.
Cyclical causality erased memories of the team-up from the future JLUers, the future Bruce Wayne, as well as the present-day Wonder Woman (as she had faded from existence halfway through the story). Only Stewart and the current Batman retained knowledge of Warhawk's existence. Learning Warhawk's future existence made Green Lantern suffer indecision between the two women. John decided to keep this information a secret from Shayera, and Batman agreed.
In the episode "Ancient History", Green Lantern finally informs Shayera that she is to become the mother of his child. This information briefly gives Shayera an ecstatic feeling of hope. However, despite knowing that he still loves Shayera, he decides to stay with Vixen and "refuses to be destiny's puppet," preferring to let things work themselves out. After this, Shayera asks Batman to tell her of his time-traveling adventure he shared with Stewart, along with what he knows about her son.
Warhawk's second Justice League Unlimited appearance was in "Epilogue" set 65 years in the future (although the episode aired a season before "Ancient History"). He is still a member of the JLU, working alongside Terry McGinnis (Bruce Wayne's successor as Batman), Green Lantern (Kai-ro), and Aquagirl (Marina).
In the Batman Beyond Unlimited comic books, Warhawk's origin is finally revealed, explaining that Vixen was murdered by The Shadow Thief, and that John was ex-communicated from the Green Lantern corps for contributing to the Thief's eventual demise. Stewart and Shayera decide to resign from the League and settle down together, conceiving Rex and raising him in Africa.
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