NITE-WING

Real Name: Tad Ryerstad

Class: Human

Occupation: Vigilante

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Bludhaven

First Appearance: Nightwing II #21 (June, 1998)

History: As a newborn Tad was found abandoned on Christmas Eve and put into Bludhaven's Child Services. He ran away from an orphanage at age twelve and went to live on the streets. Tad's education consisted of whatever pop culture was readily available such as comic books and movies. He became the merciless vigilante Nite-Wing and started living the high life on the funds he took from the criminals he brutalized.