Nightblade

NIGHTBLADE

Real Name: Nik Mayak

Class: Human mutate

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Blood Pack

Known Relatives: unnamed parents (deceased), unnamed sister (deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: Green Lantern Annual II #2 (1993)

Powers: Nightblade was proficient with the blades he wielded and had a perfect aim when throwing them. He possessed vast regenerative powers.

History: Nik was in a car crash that confined him to a wheelchair, and while in the hospital he was attacked by a Space Parasite and his metagene was activated. As the hero Nightblade he helped Green Lantern II battle the Parasites.

(Eclipso Annual #1) - Linus Powell constructed a fusion reactor that functioned as a miniature sun using a black diamond given to him by Dr. Bruce Gordon, the arch-enemy of Eclipso. They both knew Eclipso would try to stop him from using a black diamond to generate light, but the location of the observatory in the middle of the Great Salt Lake was strategic; the water serving as a natural barrier that gave Powell time to disable Eclipsoi's possessed legions using a solar battery panel. Journalist Sidney Bateman covered Powell's work for Johnny Peril's Thrill Seekers. He demonstrated the nightly repulsion of Eclipso, but Eclipso witnessed the Space Parasite Angon commit a massacre on a highway, and convinced her to attack the observatory, saying they were working on a weapon to destroy her and her brethren. Angon slaughtered Bateman and Powell's crew, and Powell valiantly if pointlessly fought back. She was impressed, and fed from his spinal fluid, activating his metagene. Eclipso entered the facility and reclaimed his diamond, destroying the reactor, and causing a huge explosion. Powell was blasted clear, and woke up learning he'd been transformed into a crystalline form with power over light. Fellow Bloodline heroes Loose Cannon, Anima, Sparx, Edge, and Nightblade found him, and offered him the chance to join them and destroy the Space Parasites. Powell, or Prism as Sparx called him, was disorientated, and they fought until he came to his senses. The heroes, with the help of Johnny Peril, fought Angon, who'd been possessed by Eclipso, and Prism banished Eclipso by turning the light of his black diamond into sunlight. He decided to stay with his new friends and finish off the Parasites.

Nightblade joined a number of other heroes who gained their powers from attacks by the Space Parasites as the Blood Pack.

Comments: Created by Gerard Jones & Andy Smith