Hawkman's shadow, it resulted in Hawkman having to work with Shade to track down Shadow Thief. Knowing of Shadow Thief's plot, Shade took Hawkman to a room full of light that would prevent shadows from entering. Shadow Thief only breached the room by using the shadow of Shade's mouth. Then he stole Shade's shadow and fled to the Shadowlands. When Hawkman and Shade entered the Shadowlands, Shadow Thief unleashed his shadow minions on them. Hawkman managed to survive the attacks. Carl Hammer The second Shadow Thief is an African-American man known as "Carl Hammer". Hammer states that he paid more than one million dollars to have the suit made. Aviva Metula In The New 52 reboot, a female Shadow Thief was introduced. In Stargirl's origin story, Shadow Thief was taking hostages to draw out a superhero. She managed to rout out Shadow Thief. When Stargirl returned home, she found that Shadow Thief arrived first, killed her brother, and wounded Barbara and Ted. Stargirl used this trauma to become a better superhero. During the Forever Evil storyline, it is revealed that this version of Shadow Thief is a former agent of Mossad named Aviva Metula. Metula wears a suit of armor called the Shadow Skin that gives her powers. She became Shadow Thief to kill alien invaders, making her a dangerous foe for Hawkman. When Steve Trevor heads to the White House to find the President, he encounters Shadow Thief, Deathstroke, and Copperhead. Powers and abilities Carl Sands uses a Dimensiometer, Thanagarian technology which enables him to transform into an intangible, shadow-like state. While the vest is activated, he can move quickly and silently across and through most surfaces and materials, all the while remaining impervious to physical contact and attack. Long-term side effects from prolonged use of the vest are unknown although, prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths, it was stated that overuse of the suit would accelerate Earth's climate into its next Ice age. Shadow Thief would later sell his soul to Neron for augmented equipment. Now his suit, as was he, had been granted magical abilities which enabled him to convert objects and people into unsubstantiated shadowy material (a process which was inconceivably painful to living things), while transporting himself through shadows as well. Carl's abilities would be augmented further still when Starbreaker gives him the power to draw strength from the darkness within. Now no longer needing