Midnight

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Attributes

Eyes:	Cyborg (Yellow)
Features:	His appearance is a mix of skin grafts and metal
Hair:	Brown
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	250 lbs.

Powers

Abilities:	No natural abilities except fighting skills he may have learned from Moon Knight. His power is derived from cyborg enhancements given to him by the Secret Empire.
Equipment:	The Secret Empire tried to install everything from a flame thrower to a freeze ray into his cyborg implants.
Limitations:	Once damaged, his cyborg enhancements were ineffective until repair.
Powers:	Enhanced cyborg strength, durability, flight, and endurance. Also, was equipped with a number of weapons ranging from a laser beam to a flame thrower.
Strength Level:	Midnight was a cyborg under constant improvements during his debut in Amazing Spider-Man #353. At his peak during the storyline, he could hold off Spider-Man, Nova, Moon Knight and Darkhawk on his own.
Weapons:	See all of above.

Summary

Citizenship:	U.S.
Created By:	Charles Dixon, Russ Heath
Current Aliases:	Midnight
Current Groups:	Unknown
Current Occupation:	Criminal
Dual Identity:	Moon Knight's Former Protege
Education:	Unknown
Former Aliases:	Midnight
Former Bases:	Secret Empire locations around New York City
Former Groups:	Secret Empire
Former Occupation:	Partner to Moon Knight
Known Confidants:	Moon Knight, Secret Empire
Known Relatives:	Midnight Man (Father)
Legal Status:	Unknown
Major Enemies:	Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Punisher, The New Warriors
Marital Status:	Unknown
Place of Birth:	Unknown
Real Name:	Jeff Wilde
Usual Bases:	Current Base is Unknown

Background

Jeff Wilde was the son of Anton Mogart, the Midnight Man, a villain from the original Moon Knight series during the 1980's. The 'Midnight Man', so called because he "always struck at midnight", debuted in Moon Knight #3 and was a formidable villain during the series first run.

Oddly enough, Jeff Wilde would eventually become Moon Knight's partner. During the third, and most successful, Moon Knight series, Jeff partnered with the hero through several issues and took the name Midnight (Moon Knight #19- 21). While training his new sidekick, Moon Knight was targeted by the Secret Empire. In an attempt to eliminate Moon Knight for past confrontations with the criminal organization, the Secret Empire crippled Midnight with an energy blast. Moon Knight would leave the fight with the assumption that Midnight had been killed by the blast and there was nothing left of him.

Moon Knight believed his new partner was dead, but he was in fact left alive in the clutches of the Secret Empire. Although horribly maimed and disfigured, Jeff survived and was experimented on by the Empire.

Jeff Wilde was re-built into a weapon of the Secret Empire. With his hatred toward Moon Knight already established, Midnight was unleashed upon New York (namely Spider-Man) in an attempt to kidnap heroes for the Secret Empire. Heroes that would be re-programmed with more effective weapons and the beliefs of the Secret Empire.

Appearances