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Interesting details from TV Guide’s excellent new interview with Michael Shanks, who plays Hawkman on the two-hour Justice Society episode of “Smallville” airing Feb. 5.

Excerpt:

TV GUIDE: Is there a glimmer of hope offered that the Society could reassemble?

SHANKS: There will be a debate going on about whether we should have formed in the first place, and whether anyone should do it. We came together for the benefit of mankind, but then we were treated appallingly, so there will be a debate as to whether it would make sense for the Justice League to pick up our mantle and do it again.

Another:

TV GUIDE: What is [Hawkman’s] relationship like with fellow heroes Dr. Fate, Stargirl and Martian Manhunter?

SHANKS: Dr. Fate and Hawkman have a long history. Dr. Fate’s helmet is possessed by an Egyptian deity, which allows his to see into people’s possible futures. He also teleports. Stargirl is brand new to them and I’m not exactly sure what she does. She wasn’t part of the Society with them. And there are some trust issues with Martian Manhunter that are going to need to be dealt with.

Other revelations:

* The Justice Society were active in the 1970s, yet Clark and his associates never heard of them. (Maybe they were only active in Earth II’s 1970s?)

* Many off-screen Society members will be referenced. “You’ll see a ton of references,” Shanks tells the magazine. “This is a fan’s dream. Let’s say there are lots of memories and paraphernalia that people will be familiar with.”

* Hawkman “wears a lot of grief and guilt and pain over what happened to his friends and the society as a whole and his failures in letting that happen.”

* We will learn what Hawkgirl Shayera is up to.

Find all of TV Guide’s story, including a photo of Shanks as Hawkman and details on Shanks’ upcoming appearances on Syfy’s “Stargate Universe” here.

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