Who Is Sandy Hawkins? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sandy Hawkins is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Sanderson Hawkins, with over 496 comic issue appearances. Once the apprentice of Wesley Dodds, Sanderson Hawkins has been known as Sandy, Sand, and most recently Sandman. His powers include earth manipulation, control of seismic energy, and prophetic dreams.

Who is Sandy Hawkins?

Origin Sandy the Golden Boy Sandy Hawkins is the orphaned nephew of Dian Belmont , the long-time confidante and girlfriend of Wesley Dodds (the original Sandman). Sandy had greatly admired Wesley and trained himself as an athlete in the hopes that one day he could help the Sandman fight crime. During one incident in Wesley's absence Dian investigated a case of sabotage wearing his original Sandman costume. She was assumed to have been killed by a Nazi agent. In Dian's memory Wesley adopted a yellow and purple costume of her own design. Sandy, at this time, began wearing a yellow and red costume and pretended to be Sandman while playing. When Wesley told Sandy about his aunt the two ended up on a case together. They would go on to encounter a giant bee, the product of a local apiarist, Elijah Buttsford.

Key facts

Sandy Hawkins is of human origin and first appeared in "Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers". The character is published by DC Comics. With 496 recorded issue appearances, Sandy Hawkins ranks among the most featured characters in comics.