Kyle Richmond

## Nighthawk

Bird-nose

Feather Face

Joaquin Pennyworth (half brother)

Valkyrie (fiancée)

## History

### Early Life (1993-2007)

Kyle Richmond was the son of wealthy businessman Arthur Richmond and his wife Penelope. While his father was mostly absent on business trips, his mother died in a tragic accident, leaving him in the care of his father’s business partner Vanessa. Upon reaching schooling age, Kyle was placed in a private school. His first day, he began to cry, prompting his classmates to laugh at him which broke out in a fight. Kyle grew up a troubled child, constantly getting in trouble in school, and growing arrogant due to his family's wealth. One year as an adolescent, he struck his principal, knowing that his father's money and influence would prevent any repercussion for his actions.

As a young adult, Kyle continued his education at Grayburn College. Here the young man met and dated multiple women, becoming a partying playboy who bounced from woman to woman and party to party.

### A Richman’s Trouble (2010-2011)

One day, Kyle’s nature got out of hand and his grades began slipping. He was called into the dean’s office where he got into an argument and punched the dean getting himself expelled in the process. With no life trajectory except partying, Kyle tried to enlist in the army but a heart murmur from his endless days of partying left him unable to. To add too it, Arthur Richmond died in a plane crash only a week later leaving the company to a reckless and unknowing Kyle.

### Supreme Scenario (2011-2012)

After the Secret Wars, the Squadron Supreme became stranded on Earth-A, Neal Kyle Richmond of the Squadron met his counterpart and found him to be exactly like he was as a young man. Neal motivated himself to work on building up his father’s company and eventually taking the mantle of Nighthawk just like him.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

Due to the alchemical potion, Nighthawk possesses various superhuman physical attributes. Due to the unique nature of the potion, all of his superhuman attributes are doubled at night.

**Superhuman Strength:** During the day, Nighthawk possesses sufficient physical strength to lift about 1 ton. At night, his strength increases to the point of being able to lift roughly 2 tons.

**Superhuman Stamina:** Nighthawk's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of a normal human. He can exert himself at peak capacity for at least 2 hours during the day before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. At night, physical stamina increases sufficiently to exert himself at peak efficiency for at least 4 hours.

**Superhuman Durability:** Nighthawk's body is tougher and more resistant to certain kinds of injury than the body of a normal human, though he's far from invulnerable. Kyle's bodily tissues are sufficiently toughened to withstand powerful impact forces. He can withstand impacts, such as falling from several stories and being repeatedly struck by a superhumanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human with little to no injury. At night, his body becomes even more resistant to impact trauma, though he can still be injured by bullets or bladed weapons composed of conventional materials.

**Superhuman Agility:** Nighthawk's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. His agility is enhanced to twice his normal level at night.

**Superhuman Reflexes:** Nighthawk's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete, even more so at night.

**Superhuman Senses:** Nighthawk's senses of sight and hearing are augmented to superhuman levels of acuity. Nighthawk can see objects at much greater distances, and with perfect clarity, than a normal human is capable of. At night, his visual acuity is doubled so that he retains this same level of clarity. His hearing is similarly enhanced, enabling him to detect sounds at greater distances and sounds ordinary humans can't detect.

**Precognitive Visions:** For a brief time Nighthawk was gifted with the ability to see visions of the future, these would usually manifest by seeing a crime before it was committed. This power was later removed by Papa Hagg.

### Abilities

Nighthawk is a skilled acrobat and an experienced and capable hand to hand combatant. Over the years, Nighthawk has become somewhat of an expert on occult matters.

### Paraphernalia

#### Equipment

Nighthawk uses jet-powered, artificial wings enabling him to fly through the air. Nighthawk can fly up to 120 miles per hour and still be able to breathe, although the jet-pack is capable of propelling him at even greater speeds. He is also capable of climbing to altitudes of 30,000 feet with extreme effort since it becomes very difficult for him to breathe at 24,000 feet. The pack itself has enough fuel to allow him to fly continually for up to 16 hours. The wings themselves are composed of a flexible, yet highly durable plastic/steel polymer that he can use to shield himself from bullets and even explosive grenades. Nighthawks cowl contains a number of instruments built into it including digital instrument displays, a radio transmitter, and special lenses in the eyes which further serve to enhance his already great eyesight.

#### Weapons

Nighthawk has been known to wield talons on his gloves composed of Titanium, with a razor sharp edge to them. Coupled with his great strength, the talons are able to cut most conventional materials, including some types of metals.

#### Transportation

Nighthawk used the Hawk-Plane for transportation for a brief time. The Hawk-Plane used VTOL jets for propulsion, which allowed for vertical takeoffs and landings. The Hawk-Plane was soon retired in favor of his jet-powered artificial wings.