Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor): Difference between revisions

In the aftermath of ''Civil War'', a new team calling themselves the New Warriors have appeared. They began recruiting underground, undiscovered, and de-powered heroes who disagree with the Superhuman Registration Act.<ref>''New Warriors'' vol. 4 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> While most of these New Warriors are new to the team, the leader and recruiter calls himself as Night Thrasher, though the true identity of this person is unknown for the first few issues. The original Night Thrasher's grave is found to contain only the remains of the costume he was wearing during the Stamford incident, and analysis of the costume reveals little biological material, in contrast to the state of the other victims of the blast. The doctor who performed the analysis explained that Taylor was within close proximity of Nitro's explosion, was only human in contrast to the superhuman status of other New Warriors within the blast proximity, and only partly protected by his costume. Ultimately, butthe concedesdoctor observes that, given the track record for superheroes staying dead, he is only willing to concede that Taylor ''might'' be dead based on all available evidence, but hegiven the potential questions caused by factors such as the lack of a body the doctor would not like to "bet the farm" on it. In ''New Warriors'' vol. 4 #6, it is revealed that the new Night Thrasher is in fact [[Bandit (comics)|Donyell Taylor]],<ref>''New Warriors'' vol. 4 #6. Marvel Comics.</ref> Dwayne's illegitimate half-brother, previously the villain known as Bandit.