M'Nai (Earth-616)

Midnight Sun
Name	M'Nai
Current Alias	Midnight Sun
Aliases	Midnight, Dark Destroyer
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Formerly Legion of the Unliving, Celestial Order of the Si-Fan, Triads
Relatives	Zheng Zu (adoptive father); Shang-Chi (adoptive brother)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′2″ (1.88 m)
Weight	210 lbs (95.25 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human whose brain has been revived and implanted into an enhanced clone
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Unidentified village in Africa
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Occupation	Wanderer, former assassin
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Steve Englehart, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom
First	Special Marvel Edition #16 (February, 1974)
First	Special Marvel Edition #16 (February, 1974)

History

As a child, M'Nai was the lone survivor of a British attack on a village of Fu Manchu's agents. Fu Manchu saw the hatred in the boy's eyes and decided to raise him alongside his own son Shang-Chi, who became M'Nai's best friend. After Shang-Chi broke with his father, Fu Manchi sent M'Nai, now called Midnight, to locate him. They fought a duel which ended with M'Nai breaking his neck after falling off a construction crane.

Not long after his death, Midnight's essence was snatched from the timeline by Immortus, and he was briefly a part of Kang the Conqueror's Legion of the Unliving. In this state, he battled the Avengers' ally Mantis, herself a world-class martial artist. After Kang's defeat, Midnight was returned to oblivion.

He was later recovered and restored to life by the Kree, who revived his brain and implanted it into a cloned body.

Death of Leiko Wu

Midnight Sun along with White Dragon, were killing various clan leaders, to use them in a black magic ritual to give Midnight Sun all the power, and influence over all the clans, accomplishing what his father wasn't able to. His brother Shang-Chi, and Skull-Crusher, who were investigating Leiko Wu's death, came to White Dragon's castle trying to find answers, they found the room where the ritual was taking place, with the various clan leaders decapitated heads spiked on a circle of swords. They were confronted by White Dragon, and after defeating him, Midnight Sun intervened, shackling both of them to the wall using his mystical powers. He then decapitated both, Skull-Crusher, and White Dragon who offered himself, to used them as the last two clan heads in the ritual.

When Midnight Sun performed the ritual, instead of giving him power over all the clans, it resurrected Leiko Wu, who was now true clan leader of Skull-Crusher's clan. She summoned the spirits of the deceased clan leaders, who pulled Midnight Sun into the underworld, he begged for his brother help as he was being pulled, saying all he wanted to do was honor their father.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Powers

Artificially Enhanced Clone Body: After his death, Kree scientist Kar-Sagg transformed him into a Kree agent. He transferred Midnight's brain into a powerful cloned body. The Midnight Sun clone body gave him enhanced strength, speed, durability, coordination, martial skill, etc. to a tremendous degree. Even in the depths of space, he's capable of overtaking the Silver Surfer himself with unbelievable skill, speed, and precision. His affinity for darkness has likewise been magnified, and he basically turns invisible (even to the Surfer's formidable senses) in the dark.

Abilities

Expert Martial Artist

Physical Strength

Class 75

See Also

• 25 appearance(s) of M'Nai (Earth-616)
• 2 minor appearance(s) of M'Nai (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of M'Nai (Earth-616)
• 13 image(s) of M'Nai (Earth-616)
• 2 quotation(s) by or about M'Nai (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by M'Nai (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Midnight at the Marvel Appendix

Footnotes

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