Dear CHRIST. I've seen so many wannabe characters in my day, and this one STILL shocks me. Like, who on Earth did they think they were kidding?
NIGHTWATCH (Dr. Kevin Barry Trench, aka Nighteater)
Created By: Terry Kavanagh, Derek Yanigher & Kevin Saviuk
First Appearance: The Web of Spider-Man #97 (Feb. 1993)
Role: Embarassing Spawn Rip-Off
Group Affiliations: None
PL 8 (123)
STRENGTH 1/7 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 2/5
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+9)
Deception 4 (+4)
Expertise (Science) 5 (+9)
Technology 5 (+9)
Investigation 5 (+5)
Intimidation 8 (+8)
Perception 4 (+4)
Stealth 2 (+4, +8 Costume)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Power Attack, Startle
Powers:
"Nightwatch Battlesuit" (Flaws: Removable) [49]
Enhanced Strength 6 (12)
Enhanced Agility 3 (6)
Protection 6 (Extras: Impervious 5) (11)
Regeneration 6 (6)
Senses 2 (Extended & Infravision) (2)
Immunity 1 (Suffocation) (1)
"Cape"
Flight 4 (30 mph) (Flaws: Gliding) (4)
"Razor-Sharp Tentacles" Damage 5 (Feats: Extended Reach 2) (Extras: Multiattack) (18) -- (19)
- AE: "Blind With Tentacles" Dazzle Visuals 8 (Flaws: Touch Range) (8)
Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Unarmed Costume +9 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Tentacles +8 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Blind +8 (+8 Affliction, DC 18)
Initiative +2 (+5 Costume)
Defenses:
Dodge +6 (+9 Costume, DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +2 (+8 Costume, +3 Impervious), Fortitude +6, Will +3
Complications:
Motivation (Trying to Escape Fate)- Nightwatch was given his suit by an older version of himself (who had died). He wants to avoid this future (Spoiler Alert: He doesn't).
Secret (Actually a Villain)- Recent evidence suggests that Kevin Trench is the villain known as "Nighteater", who cast a spell making everyone THINK he was the heroic Nightwatch. He has reformed, and doesn't want anyone to discover the truth.
Total: Abilities: 42 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 49 / Defenses: 12 (123)
-Hahahahah WOW. Marvel wasn't even REMOTELY subtle about this one, were they? Possibly the most embarassing rip-off in comics history (aside from MAYBE some members of Cyberforce or a few Liefeld characters), Nightwatch came into the Spider-Man group of books/friends in the mid-1990s right after the Image Exodus, and brought with him some creepy characteristics, a black & white costume, a familiar flowing red cape, and some nihilistic tendencies. Turns out, he was a scientist who was victimized by bad guys, but saved by a future version of himself, who then died. Spending the rest of his time trying to escape his fate, he got his own Limited Series and did some junk, as Marvel desperately tried to make something of this Spawn rip-off as a Take That to Todd McFarlane, but it wasn't to be. Just too stupid, and with too lame a power-set, he was killed by two E-League villains (I mean, Polestar & El Toro Negro? What in the hell have THEY ever done?) in the most easy way possible (one nullified his suit with magnetism, the other shot him), in possibly the most hilarious example of casually offing somebody in history.
-A Retcon was introduced in She-Hulk that featured Kevin Trench as a VILLAIN, who realized that villains never win, and therefore tried to become a superhero. He casts a spell (which murdered hundreds of inhabitants of a North Dakota town) so that everyone forgets he's a villain, and they instead remember "Nighwatch"- so some of his history may be completely inaccurate (in particular, Trench is actually alive)- he was therefore arrested. Since he's terrible, it doesn't matter that they retconned it, really.
-Nightwatch is a pretty classic case of a low-end PL 8 character who's dependent on his Battlesuit. Using the "1990s Handbook" Marvel produced a couple years back, Nightwatch stats up as a pretty-strong low-end superhuman who's a bit faster than a normal person and fairly durable, and also possessing a few little tricks (Dazzle, Multiattack Tentacles, low Flight) to make him stand out. He's also got some low-end Regeneration. So he's a bit of a challenge for some guys, but ultimately sucks pretty hard- he's low enough to get beaten by anybody in Spider-Man's Rogues Gallery. We-elll... maybe not The Shocker.
His newer appearance.