Nite-Wing
Nite-Wing is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Tad Ryerstad
Tad exercised and kept himself in good shape whilst he patrolled his neighborhood as he attempted to do 'good'. He beat people for minor offences and performed acts of vigilantism at its worst; he brutally assaulted innocent bystanders on at least two occasions, assuming them to be criminals — it is implied that at least one of his victims was killed. One day, he met John Law, the retired hero the Tarantula, and after hearing his stories, decided to become a superhero. He had difficulty coming up with a name until he looked across the street from his apartment at an all-night deli specializing in chicken wings. This led to the creation of his new persona as Nite-Wing. (Nightwing v2 #21)
He then found two youths who he believed were responsible for some vandalism on a building. After beating them up, he forced the two to get rid of the graffiti painted on the building. (Nightwing v2 #12) In another incident, Tad caused further commotion when he attacked a black man just because he is together with two white children as he thought they were a pervert. In reality, the man was genuinely an uncle to the two children who were his niece and nephew. (Nightwing v2 #13)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Nite-Wing was a young white male with blonde hair. (Nightwing v2 #8)
He did not like it to be implied that he was homeless or considered a bum. Tad had said that he pulled his weight around to help the community. (Nightwing v2 #12)
As a vigilante, he made himself a self-appointed protector of a neighbourhood in Bludhaven. However, he enacted his own brand of justice in whatever means he saw fit such as beating a bum badly and telling them not to appear in that area again. According to him, the folks in the area did not want low lives operating on the streets and thus he inflicted his own brand of justice on such individuals. (Nightwing v2 #8) He was known to use physical violence to force gang members to rectify any vandalism made by them. (Nightwing v2 #12)
Powers and abilities
Tad had no superpowers, but was a capable and ruthless street fighter. Often, he carries many billiard balls taped to his back and uses a modified three-foot pool stick as a weapon.
Notes
- Tad Ryerstad was created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel where he made his first appearance in Nightwing v1 #8 (May, 1997) with him debuting as Nite-Wing in Nightwing v1 #21 (June, 1998).
- In Titans Companion Vol. 2 (2008), Dixon commented on the characters creation, "I wanted to show, without the proper upbringing and the wrong motivations, what would happen if a guy tried to become a vigilante. Tad's a guy who just gets everything wrong that Dick Grayson gets right, and he doesn't even necessarily have good in his heart...He wanted the bragging rights of being a hero without having anything to recommend him as a hero, except that he got a buzz off the danger."
Appearances
- Nightwing v1: (1997)
- Nightwing v2:
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