Remember When...Hawkman's History Could Be Summarized in Four Pages?

What's happening, Groove-ophiles! Here's a short and sweet trip down memory lane. Long before infinite 52 week long identity invasion crises took over the majority of DC's output, Hawkman was one of their coolest, if more under-appreciated, characters. Over a quarter century of "house cleaning" has made Hawkman's history denser and more complicated than War and Peace translated into Klingon pig-Latin, but back during the Groovy Age Katar Hol's whole history could be summed up in 4 succinct pages--and that's no jive! Here your proof, provided by Bob Rozakis, Ed Barretto, and Dave Simons from World's Finest #261 (November 1979)...