Who Is Night Scourge? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Night Scourge is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Maxwell Cort, with over 10 comic issue appearances. Sgt. Max Cort was appointed as second in command of a task force to catch the Batman. Due the machinations of Hugo Strange, he was manipulated into becoming a vigilante with hopes of tarnishing the Batman's reputation.

Who is Night Scourge?

Max Cort was a sergeant in the Gotham City Police Department . When Mayor Wilson Klass commanded then Captain James Gordon to man a task force to catch the Batman , Gordon appointed Cort as second in command, which he all to eagerly accepted. Max Cort held a grudge of sorts against the Batman; he was jealous and felt that Batman was "stealing" the criminals of Gotham from him and the other cops. Mayor Klass hired Hugo Strange , a self-appointed Batman expert from television, to help the Batman task-force in their investigations; this inevitably led to Strange and Cort combining forces. Cort handed over files and photos of the Batman to Strange that Gordon had witheld due to a sense of loyalty and trust to the Batman. Hoping to close the noose tighter around the Batman, Strange hypnotized Cort into becoming a lethal vigilante. Strange did this in order to publicly lay the blame of the Night-Scourge's lethal methods solely on the Batman, calling the Batman psychotic and mentally disturbed in order to rally the public and the cops to take down the Batman, whom Strange himself was obsessed with. In order to simultaneously take Gordon out of the equation and discredit any remaining trus.

Key facts

Night Scourge is of human origin and first appeared in "Prey Part One". The character is published by DC Comics. With 10 recorded issue appearances, Night Scourge ranks among the most featured characters in comics.