Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)

Nighthawk
Name	Kyle Richmond
Current Alias	Nighthawk
Aliases	Nicknames: Bird Man, Nightie, "Major Richmond" Other Aliases: World's Greatest Detective, Monsieur Chandler
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Squadron Supreme of America, United States House of Representatives, Secret Squadron; formerly partner of the Falcon, occasional partner of Nightbird
Relatives	Parents: Unnamed parents (both deceased)
Host of	Venom (former symbiote)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human mutate
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-21798
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Adventurer; former U.S. Representative
Base of Operations	Squadron Supreme's headquarters beneath the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C., USA Formerly unnamed mansion, Normandy, France; Secret Squadron's Headquarters beneath the River Thames, London, England;
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness
First	Heroes Reborn (Vol. 2) #1 (May, 2021) (1st appearance historically) Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action #1 (June, 2021) (1st appearance chronologically)
First	Heroes Reborn (Vol. 2) #1 (May, 2021) (1st appearance historically) Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action #1 (June, 2021) (1st appearance chronologically)

 I will not stop.. until I've shattered the bones of the psychoses that hold these people back. Each and every lunatic in this building. Until every last one of them has been bludgeoned into a state of sanity. Because I believe in the power of people to change. I believe the system can work for even the lowest of us. I believe in this country. That's how %&$@# crazy I am. 

—Nighthawk

History

Nighthawk was a member of the Squadron Supreme of America, which were the world's premiere superhero team. His parents never wanted him and neglected him when he was a child, leaving him to be raised by their hired help. When they were murdered, Nighthawk used to tell himself that he fought crime for make them happy, but he eventually fought crime in order to satisfy his own desires. At an unknown period of time, he consumed a serum similar to the one that empowered his Earth-616 counterpart that augmented his physical abilities, which were the greatest at night.

After returned from an experience from Battleworld, he bonded with the Venom symbiote. Nighthawk eventually ditched the symbiote when he realized that it was alive. The symbiote later bonded with the Johann Shmidt, turning him into the Black Skull. When he wasn't Nighthawk, he represented Washington, D.C. in the U.S. House of Representatives. When he needed to be Nighthawk and Congress was in session, he had a LMD take his place.

He formerly had a partner in the Falcon, but the Falcon was killed by the Goblin. Nighthawk was so shaken by Falcon's death that he refused to take on Miles Morales as his new sidekick and even threatened to have him arrested. When Captain George Stacy of the DCPD died, Nighthawk trained Stacy's daughter Gwen and she became the hero Nightbird.

When Nighthawk tried to get legislation passed that would require superheroes to register with the government, this led to a civil war between him and Hyperion. To fight Hyperion, he stole the Eye of Agamotto from the Squadron Supreme's armory and rebonded with the Venom symbiote. Hyperion felt that Nighthawk was fighting him not just because of the Registration Act but out of spite because of a love triangle between them and Power Princess. After a fight devastated the state of Connecticut, Hyperion overpowered Nighthawk and forced the symbiote off him by exposing Nighthawk to the Sun.

Following the civil war, Nighthawk and Blur formed the Secret Squadron in Europe. Nighthawk used his vast wealth to construct a base for his team beneath the River Thames in London. However, Baron Zemo considered the Secret Squadron an affront to his own goals of Hydra bringing law and order to Europe. So, he founded the Siege Society, a team of criminals of mercenaries assembled to dismantle the Secret Squadron.

By the time Nighthawk and Blur arrived to stop the Siege Society, most of the Secret Squadron members had been killed. After Nighthawk took out Sabretooth with an explosive, he went to confront Baron Zemo alone. During their fight, Nighthawk revealed that he had constructed the Secret Squadron's base just to lure Zemo out of hiding. Nighthawk then killed Zemo. He later attended the funeral for the fallen Secret Squadron members with the surviving members.

Eventually, Nighthawk returned to the United States. When the Black Skull and a group of Hydra soldiers took members of Congress hostage as part of a coordinated assault by the Masters of Doom, Nighthawk confronted them. As Nighthawk fought the Hydra soldiers, he was aided by Blade the Vampire Hunter who questioned him about how his team changed the world. After the Hydra soldiers were dealt with, Nighthawk attacked the Black Skull, defeated him, and had him locked up in Ravencroft Asylum.

Later, the Goblin engineered a takeover of Ravencroft Asylum, forcing Nighthawk to intervene and take out the inmates. When Nighthawk reached the Goblin, he discovered that the villain had taken Gwen, who was a nurse at Ravencroft, hostage. He exposed her to his Goblin Gas and dropped her from a high place. Nighthawk caught her, but Gwen had driven insane by the gas, forcing Nighthawk to fight her. The Goblin had fell as well after being hit by Nighthawk's projectiles and was badly injured. Goblin then revealed to Nighthawk that the whole reason for his scheme was to reveal to him his last request: do not let their world be changed as he liked it the way it was.

Nighthawk and Hyperion eventually made up in time to deal with a new threat: a new team that popped up called the Avengers that planned to restore reality to its proper place. The Squadron Supreme investigated the Avengers and tracked them to Africa where they discovered that the mythical country of Wakanda actually existed, which the Avengers were hiding at. When Wakanda's cloaking field was disabled, the Avengers confronted the Squadron Supreme.

Nighthawk fought Blade and stunned him momentarily with a Hawkarang that delivered a powerful electric shock. As Blade got up, Blade was knocked out by Hyperion. Nighthawk and Hyperion then fought Black Panther until Hyperion was knocked out by Captain America. Nighthawk was the only Squadron Supreme member left standing. He admitted that he knew about the reality warp that changed Earth-616 to Earth-21798, but he preferred his reality. Then reality was returned to normal when the source of the reality warp was destroyed, President Coulson's Pandemonium Cube, and Nighthawk's memories were transferred to his Earth-616 counterpart. What became of Nighthawk afterward is unrevealed.

Attributes

Powers

Former Powers

• Seemingly those of the Venom symbiote of Earth-616.
• When he possessed the Eye of Agamotto, Nighthawk was able to project blasts of energy that were powerful enough to hurt Hyperion.

Weaknesses

Because his powers weaken depending on the time of day, they are hindered during the daytime and can impact his physical performance. He also needs to sleep about once a month.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Formerly the Eye of Agamotto

Weapons

Throwing weapons called Hawkarangs made of Adamantium-grade steel

Transportation

Nightjet, Hawkjet, Hawkrod

See Also

• 12 appearance(s) of Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)
• 4 mention(s) of Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)
• 63 image(s) of Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)
• 7 quotation(s) by or about Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)
• 2 victim(s) killed by Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)
• 3 item(s) used/owned by Kyle Richmond (Earth-21798)