The Helmet of Fate has passed through many hands over the years. One of them, Hector Hall, is connected to all kinds of other superheroes, and changed the course of one of the most popular and least superhero-oriented comics DC ever published.
He first appeared in "Infinity Inc" as Hawkman and Hawkwoman's son, who adopted his own super-identity as the Silver Scarab. He married Wonder Woman's daughter, Lyta Hall, then died in "Infinity Inc." #44, but he returned in the Dream Dimension in #49, succeeding Garret Sanford as Jack Kirby's version of the Sandman, King of Dreams, and taking Lyta into his kingdom.
"Sandman" #11 reveals Hector's nightmare sidekicks, Brute and Glob, are actually manipulating him into creating their own kingdom inside a boy's mind. The real ruler of the Dreaming isn't pleased. In #12, he sends Hector to the land of the dead, dispatches Lyta back to earth, and steals their child, Daniel — who, being born inside the Dreaming, has enormous power. Sandman lives to regret it: In the "Kindly Ones" storyline, Lyta brings the mythological Furies down on the Sandman's head, eventually killing him, and Daniel becomes the new Lord of Dreams.
Hector would return to life in "JSA" #10, reincarnated as the infant child of Hawk and Dove. A magical jewel called the Scarabaeus returns him to adulthood, and he takes on a third super-identity: Doctor Fate.
