Donyell Taylor
Donyell Taylor is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Donyell Taylor was the illegitimate son of Daryl Taylor who had a one-night stand with the boy's mother. As a result, he came to be the half-brother of Dwayne Taylor. Daryl Taylor was a rich business man who had turned the inheritance from the deaths of his parents into a hundred times the amount he was given. With it he set up charitable foundations like the Taylor Foundation. Daryl had been married to Dwayne's mother Melody Taylor since they were 18 years old. Daryl met Donyell's mother while at the bar in the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. Daryl paid Donyell's mother a check worth six figures to keep quiet of their affair after she revealed she was pregnant. Donyell resented Dwayne for having the money and the family he never had. Dwayne resented the notion that his life was somehow any better because he barely remembered his parents. (Night Thrasher v1 #8)
At some point, Tai demanded her son-in-law Andrew Chord kill his best friend Daryl Taylor and his wife Melody. Out of guilt, Chord took their son Dwayne and raised him as his mentor. Chord was instrumental in making Dwayne into Night Thrasher, providing weaponry and training while hiding the truth of his parents. Chord influenced Night Thrasher's decision to form the hero team New Warriors. (New Warriors v1 #23)
At some point, Tai demanded her son-in-law Andrew Chord kill his best friend Daryl Taylor and his wife Melody. Out of guilt, Chord took their son Dwayne and raised him as his mentor. Chord was instrumental in making Dwayne into Night Thrasher, providing weaponry and training while hiding the truth of his parents. Chord influenced Night Thrasher's decision to form the hero team New Warriors. (New Warriors v1 #25) Donyell took the name Bandit and began targeting Night Thrasher's old foes to prove he was superior to Night Thrasher. He then severely beat his brother. Later wanting a rematch, Bandit abducted Silhouette, Andrew Chord's daughter and Night Thrasher's former lover, in order to lure Dwayne into a confrontation, but Night Thrasher won the rematch. Soon afterwards Bandit and Silhouette became a couple. (New Warriors v1 #47)
When the Skrulls invade earth, Donyell begins to wonder if the Night Thrasher that perished in Stamford was actually a Skrull. He travels to one of the New Warriors old safe houses, hoping to acquire a sample of his brother's DNA. Justice and his Counter Initiative arrive, and attack Donyell, believing him to be a Skrull impostor. They ask him if he is or is not Dwayne, which he doesn't answer, which just escalates things. The rest of the New Warriors then arrive on the scene. (New Warriors v4 #15)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Initially, he came to operate under the code name of Bandit. (New Warriors v1 #47)
He began targeting Night Thrasher's old foes in order to prove he was superior to Dwayne. (Night Thrasher v2 #7)
Donyell Taylor was the illegitimate son of rich businessman Daryl Taylor who had a one-night stand and affair with a woman in Chicago. Though born Daryl Taylor's son, the man wanted nothing to do with his child and instead paid Donyell's mother to keep their affair a secret. As a result, Donyell was raised by his single mother. (Night Thrasher v1 #8)
Powers and abilities
Bandit is a mutant with bioelectrical powers similar to an electric eel that require physical contact and a conductive medium to work. He can channel an electrical charge strong enough to stun, injure, or kill through someone just by touching them. He augments the range of this power by shooting special wire-tethered quarrels from his wristbow. He has also demonstrated superhuman speed and reflexes on par with Midnight's Fire and Silhouette. Donyell is an accomplished marksman, acrobat, and martial artist.
Bandit carries a specialized wrist mounted crossbow, that fires wire-tethered quarrels tipped with miniature grappling barbs which would penetrate an opponent's flesh and then open up beneath the skin. He then uses his powers to send a debilitating bio-electric charge along the electrically conductive tether, basically making himself a living taser. He also carries a variety of throwing stars.
His Night Thrasher armor, apart from giving him added protection, enables him to project form-energy weapons, such as a bo staff, escrima sticks, and wrist blades. At one point he banged the sticks together to create an energy shockwave. He also displayed a jet pack and used Pym Particles to shrink himself and others down.
Donyell is an accomplished thief and scientist that he was able to empower de-powered mutants by stealing powerful technology from the likes of the Avengers. The full capabilities of this knowledge are unknown, but he is feasibly capable of producing incredibly powerful enhancing technology/exoskeletons.
Notes
- Donyell Taylor was created by Fabian Nicieza and Ken Lashley where he made his first appearance in Night Thrasher v1 #3 (October, 1993).
Alternate Versions
Appearances
- Night Thrasher v1: (1993)
- New Warriors v1:
- Gambit v4:
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