Who Is Misty Knight? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Misty Knight is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Mercedes Knight, with over 887 comic issue appearances. A former NYPD cop with a bionic arm, martial arts skills, and an attitude who was involved with the Heroes for Hire operation for years.

Who is Misty Knight?

Origin Misty Knight's a highly-decorated police officer, those former days on the force jarred to a halt when she lost her right arm to a terrorist's bomb. Tony Stark arranged for her to receive a bionic prosthetic replacement limb in recognition of her bravery. Against taking a desk job for the police, she resigned and became a private investigator, with her friend Colleen Wing . While trying to stop the villain Emil Vachon in Hong Kong , Colleen was almost raped but Misty Knight was able to save her. The two then setup Knightwing Restorations Ltd, nicknamed the Daughter of the Dragon , and often dealt with cases nobody else was willing to resolve. Creation Misty Knight was created by Tony Isabella and Arvell Jones and was (seemingly) first mentioned in Marvel Premiere issue 20 (1975) and first appeared in Marvel Premiere issue 21 (1975). It was however later revealed that Misty had already first appeared in Marvel Team-Up issue 1 (1972) as an unnamed woman whom was saved by Spider-Man from a bunch of muggers, thus making that her real first appearance. Character Evolution Misty is a dedicated officer of the law before she is seriously wounded as a result of a terrorist bombing, a.

Key facts

Misty Knight is of human origin and first appeared in "Have Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas!". The character is published by Marvel. With 887 recorded issue appearances, Misty Knight ranks among the most featured characters in comics.