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Attributes

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 250 lbs.

Eyes: Cyborg (Yellow)

Hair: Brown

Features: His appearance is a mix of skin grafts and metal

Summary

Created By: Midnight Man

Real Name: Jeff Wilde

Current Aliases: Midnight

Former Aliases: Midnight

Dual Identity: Moon Knight's Former Protege

Current Occupation: Criminal

Former Occupation: Partner to Moon Knight

Citizenship: U.S.

Legal Status: Unknown

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

Known Relatives: Midnight Man (Father)

Known Confidants: Moon Knight, Secret Empire

Known Allies: None

Major Enemies: Moon Knight, Spider-Man, Punisher, The New Warriors

Usual Bases: Current Base is Unknown

Former Bases: Secret Empire locations around New York City

Current Groups: Unknown

Former Groups: Secret Empire

Education: Unknown

Powers & Paraphenalia

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.

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.

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.

Weapons: See all of above.

Limitations: Once damaged, his cyborg enhancements were ineffective until repair.

Background

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.

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