Who Is Midnighter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Midnighter is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Lucas Trent, with over 457 comic issue appearances. Midnighter is an augmented hero with superhuman physical abilities and the power to run through thousands of fight scenarios in his head before a single punch is thrown. Although he's one of the good guys, Midnighter enjoys violence and brutality and never feels more alive than when he's in the middle of a bloody brawl.

Who is Midnighter?

Origin Lucas Trent Midnighter was a member of an secret experimental academy team created by the insane former Stormwatch Weatherman, Henry Bendix. Bendix erased the team's memories when he gave them superpowers. Midnighter, alongside Apollo , Lamplight , Crow Jane , Amaze , Impetus , and Stalker , formed the ill-fated team that would be sent to their deaths by Henry Bendix on their first mission. When Midnighter and Apollo sought extraction during this mission, it was only to discover that Bendix has no intention of wasting time or resources to save them when he could so easily replace them with more "super-soldiers." Betrayed, Apollo and Midnighter managed to escape with their lives, but would spend the next six years in hiding on the streets, attempting to remain invisible to the Weatherman's ever-watchful eye from the Stormwatch headquarters orbiting the earth. During this time, both team members fought to better the world on a smaller scale, and came together as lovers. Because of their self imposed exile, both Midnighter and Apollo were ignorant of Stormwatch's battle against Henry Bendix, and of his supposed death at the hands of Jenny Sparks . Only when Jackson King , the n.

Key facts

Midnighter is of human origin and first appeared in "A Finer World: Part 1". The character is published by DC Comics. With 457 recorded issue appearances, Midnighter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.