Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)

Midnight
Name	Jeffrey Wilde
Current Alias	Midnight
Aliases	Impersonations: Moon Knight
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Former ally to Moon Knight, pawn of Lynn Church, Secret Empire, Legion of the Unliving
Relatives	Parents: Anton Mogart (father, deceased)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′11″ (1.8 m)
Weight	350 lbs (158.76 kg) (as Cyborg), 160 lbs (72.57 kg) (as human)
Eyes	Irises: Yellow (as Cyborg) Brown (as human)
Hair	Brown
Unusual Features	Face is badly scarred & body is mostly mechanical
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Cyborg
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Place of Death	New York City, New York
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Formerly adventurer, vigilante
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chuck Dixon, Russ Heath
First	Marc Spector: Moon Knight #4 (May, 1989)
First	Marc Spector: Moon Knight #4 (May, 1989)
Death	Moon Knight (Vol. 5) #12 (September, 2007)
Death	Moon Knight (Vol. 5) #12 (September, 2007)

History

Jeff Wilde was the son of Anton Mogart, the Midnight Man and an old foe of Moon Knight. Jeff confronted Moon Knight himself as Midnight before considering rehabilitation as Moon Knight's partner.

While working with Moon Knight, Jeff wore a duplicate of Spector's costume. His impulsive nature got Jeff in over his head dealing with the Secret Empire, leading Moon Knight, Spider-Man, and Punisher into the conflict to bail him out. During the struggle, Number Seven of the Secret Empire shot Midnight, seemingly killing him in front of Moon Knight. Spector believed his sidekick was dead, but in fact, the Secret Empire took Midnight away to be rebuilt as a cyborg.

Jeff was controlled by the Secret Empire using a pain-inducing device in his head. The control mechanism, combined with his own bitterness towards Moon Knight for "leaving him to die", led Midnight to begin willingly working with the Empire. He aided them in breaking Thunderball out of prison and capturing the New Warrior Nova. Midnight even temporarily assumed control of the Empire from the Council of Ten once his pain-device was disabled. He teamed up with his nurse Lynn Church, who revealed herself to be a cyborg and the secret project of the deceased Number One. The two were believed to be destroyed in a battle with Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Darkhawk, Punisher, Nova, and Night Thrasher.

Later, a man began to kill innocent people and use their blood to form a clock pointing to midnight. Though Moon Knight at first believed it to somehow be Mogart, the villain turned out to be Jeff, stronger than before and out for revenge on Marc. Wilde attacked Marc at home and left him in a pool of blood, before saying that he wanted the entire "Moon Knight experience." They then took the battle to the sewers, but Wilde pinned Marc to a clock. He was betrayed by Lynn and struck by her. Moon Knight then freed himself and killed Wilde by stabbing him in the head with a clock hand.

Midnight and other villains were later recruited by Jackal Knight to become his version of the Legion of the Unliving in a plot to kill Moon Knight as he was trying to return the soul of Khalil Nasser, mortal host of the god Osiris, to his body. Jackal Knight's scheme was thwarted when Nasser sacrificed himself to free Osiris.

Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

Cyborg body enhanced with rocket powered feet, super-extendable arms, super-strength, and laser beams.

See Also

• 36 appearance(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 16 image(s) of Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Jeffrey Wilde (Earth-616)