Midnighter (Prime Earth)

Midnighter
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	Midnighter
Other Aliases	Lucas Trent · Blackoak · M
Relatives	Andrew Pulaski (husband)
Affiliation	The Garden · The Authority, Justice League Queer · formerly Stormwatch
Base Of Operations	Skywatch formerly Harmony, Indiana · Kosovo · Opal City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Married
Occupation	Adventurer, Vigilante, Stormwatch Agent, former Mercenary, former farmhand
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6' 5"
Weight	285 lbs (129 kg)
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	Warren Ellis · Bryan Hitch
First Appearance	Flashpoint Vol 2 #5 (October, 2011)

Let me be clear. I have the technology in my body to track you across the Multiverse and torture you in ways that test the boundaries of your anatomy. I've washed the blood of Gods off my knuckles when they've misbehaved. I will find you and deliver you to a personal hell. I'm the Midnighter.

— Midnighter

Midnighter, sometimes known as his alias of Lucas Trent, is a vigilante formerly attached to Stormwatch, before becoming an agent of the Garden.

History

True Origin

Midnighter does not know his own history, only that he was an agent of the Gardener. In order to fit in with society, he adopted the alias of "Lucas Trent".

Adopted Origin

At the age of fourteen, farmhand Lucas Trent was abducted by aliens while he was returning home from a day's work in Kosovo. The aliens experimented on him and others. While one of the other test subjects, Andrew Pulaski, was given powers on the level of Superman, Lucas had a more subtle power set. Some ten years after Pulaski was kidnapped, Trent escaped captivity, and set out to work as a mercenary.

Lucas has been following Apollo - his former fellow captive Pulaski - for over a year and decided to reveal himself by intervening in Stormwatch's recruitment attempt. He had admiration for Apollo's methods and drive, and praised him on violently taking down a child pornography ring. Martian Manhunter had originally only wanted Apollo for their team, but after seeing Midnighter prove his worth by showing off his skills, J'onn invited both to join.

Stormwatch

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Grayson

At some point in time, Midnighter left Stormwatch and became an operative of The Garden, working against Spyral and Agent 37, Dick Grayson. During this time, Apollo left him after he revealed that Lucas Trent is not his real name; after his initial sadness, he started to actively date again. He was looking for fun, companionship and love, not having ever known what any of them truly were, as he had only ever had one person in his life. He also took up the name/title 'M', saying that it was time for a change, and that Lucas isn't his real name. He also began to search for the truth of what happened to him when he was younger and why it had to happen to him.

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The Authority

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Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Muscular Implants
  • Battle Precognition: Midnighter possesses a Neural-Inductive Combat Simulator in his head, which is programmed with every possible scenario in any fight.
  • Enhanced Strength: Midnighter's strength is so great that he is able to rip demons to pieces with his blows and decapitate Iron Cross with a single kick.
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced Speed
  • Enhanced Vision
  • Accelerated Healing

Abilities

• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Despite being stabbed and having his enhancements negated by Holt-Griffin Cells. Midnighter still managed to beat down Prometheus, who had all the abilities of 30 of the world's best fighters, including Midnighter's.
• Throwing
• Weaponry

Weaknesses

• Holt-Griffin Cells: Can block and interfere with Midnighter's enhancements, leaving him with 5 senses instead of 6.
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Carbon Fiber Armor

Notes

• Midnighter was created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, first appearing in StormWatch (Volume 2) #4. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Midnighter first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Stormwatch (Volume 3) #1 by Paul Cornell and Miguel Sepulveda.
  

Trivia

• Batman mentions Harmony, Indiana to Midnighter ("Lucas Trent"), indicating that this city is of importance to his past, perhaps his birthplace.
  

Recommended Reading

• Stormwatch Vol 3
• Midnighter Vol 2
• Midnighter and Apollo Vol 1

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