On the distant planet Thanagar, social injustice is everywhere. Young police officer, Katar Hol, has made it into the Wingmen, Thanagar's elite police force. Hol is the son of scientist Paran Katar who has made several technological advancements for the planet with the use of Nth metal. An element that allows the Wingmen to fly and for the cities of Thanagar to float with its antigravity properties. After discovering corruption within the government, Hol is tricked by his police captain, Byth Rok, into accidentally killing his father and exiled to a prison island. After 10 years he returns and starts working in the slums of Thanagar with the extraterrestrial refugees of the planet and prepares to take down Rok. While he trains he encounters Wingman Shayera Thal, an officer who has a striking resemblance and the same name as a deceased woman he once knew.
