Night Raven

Night Raven
Night Raven
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Night Raven, cover of Night Raven the Collected Stories, by David Lloyd
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Hulk Comic #1,
(March 7, 1979)
Created by Dez Skinn (writer)
Richard Burton(editor)
David Lloyd(artist)
In-story information
Abilities Immortal vigilante

Night Raven is a fictional superhero appearing primarily in Marvel UK Comics, a division of Marvel Comics.

Night Raven first appeared in Hulk Comic #1 (Mach 7, 1979).

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Publication history

Originally created by editors Dez Skinn and Richard Burton, the early Night Raven stories were written by Steve Parkhouse with art by David Lloyd. Dez Skinn's immediate superior, Stan Lee, did not like David Lloyd's "blocky" artwork and John Bolton became Lloyd's replacement artist towards the end of the strip's initial run. The original Night Raven strip was greatly influenced by the pulp characters of the 1930s (the time period in which the strip was set), especially The Shadow and The Spider.

Night Raven was one of the few original characters created for Marvel UK in the 1980s, and quickly became a fan-favorite. During the decade, Night Raven appeared in various Marvel UK titles, including a run of text stories beginning in Marvel Superheroes (#382-386) by Alan McKenzie and continued in The Daredevils (#6-11) by Alan Moore and Jamie Delano. His period setting was gradually moved from the 1930s up to contemporary times by the plot device of having him rendered apparently immortal and indestructible but in constant pain and gradually losing his sanity as a result, due to the machinations of his equally immortal arch foe, the oriental female crime lord Yi Yang. [1]

In the 1990s the character had only a handful of appearances, most prominent of which was a graphic novel, Night Raven: House of Cards. The character's first American appearance was in a supporting role in the graphic novel Fury/Black Widow: Death Duty. In Death Duty, it is revealed that he is unable to die. Night Raven's immortality was contradicted later in the 1995 Marvel US miniseries Nocturne, in which it was revealed that the original Night Raven had died after being poisoned in the 1950s. One of his last acts was to create a battlesuit which was later donned by Graham "Gray" Poldark to become a new hero known as Nocturne. It has since been confirmed[2] that the Nocturne story did not take place in the main Marvel comics reality.

Night Raven is glimpsed in the first issue of the The Twelve, where he is one of many costumed heroes pictured in Berlin in a scene dated April 25 1945[3]. He plays no part in the subsequent story.

Powers and abilities

Upon first appearance, Night Raven had no powers, but was a highly trained fighter and marksman who wielded two guns. He was exposed to a chemical toxin by Yi Yang, which made him nearly indestructible, but deformed him and left him with chronic pain. He has a reputation for immortality, but this is unclear.

Bibliography

  • Nocturne (by Dan Abnett, with pencils by Joe Fonteriz and inks by John Stokes (1-2 and 4), 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 1994)[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Night Raven text stories index at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
  2. ^ All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #8 (2005) entry on Night Raven
  3. ^ J. Michael Straczynski (w), Chris Weston (p), Garry Leach (i). The Twelve 1 (March 2008), Marvel Comics
  4. ^ Night Raven: The Collected Stories at the Comic Book DB
  5. ^ House of Cards at the Comic Book DB
  6. ^ Nocturne at the Comic Book DB

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