Alias

Night Thrasher
Nick Name
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Civilian ID
Night Thrasher I
Dwayne Michael Taylor

Night Thrasher II
Donyell Taylor

Alias
Bandit
Occupation

Night Thrasher I

Adventurer

Television Star

Vigilante

Night Thrasher II

Adventurer
Legal Status
Night Thrasher I
Deceased citizen of the United States.

Night Thrasher II
Citizen of the United States with no criminal record.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Night Thrasher I
New York, New York

Night Thrasher II
 Chicago, Illinois
Group Affiliation
New Warriors
Base of Operations
New York, New York
Height
6' 3"
Weight
220 lbs.
Eye Color
Brown
Hair Color
Black
Skin Tone
Negroid
Known Powers
Night Thrasher I
Normal human with exceptional athletic and hand-to-hand combat abilities.

Genius level intelligence with skills as a weapons designer and computer scientist.

Mentally trained to resist psionic and telepathic influence.

Night Thrasher II

Mutant with an ability to generate a bioelectric charge which can be discharged with physical contact.
Accessories
Night Thrasher Armor: Battle-uniform equipped with limited physical protection.

Skateboard: Fiberglass skateboard used as both transportation and as a shield.

Truncheons: Two short staffs used as offensive and defensive weapons.

Various weapons of both his design and commercially available.
Common Enemies
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Regularly Appearing
New Warriors Vol. 1 & 3
First Appearance
Night Thrasher I
Mighty Thor Vol. 1 #411 (Dec. 1989)

Bandit
Night Thrasher Vol. 2 #3 (Oct. 1993)

Night Thrasher II
New Warriors Vol. 4 #1 (June, 2007)
Creator
Night Thrasher I
 Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz

Bandit
Fabian Nicieza & Ken Lashley

Night Thrasher II
Kevin Grevioux & Paco Medina
Origin
Born into wealth and privilege Dwayne Michael Taylor's family had a dark and shadowy past which lead to their murders at the initiative of their advisor, a mystic known as Tai.  Tai used her abilities to twist Taylor's memories of his parents' death to manipulate him into becoming a vigilante - with the goal of having him befriend superhumans which she could use as a sacrifice to control a dimensional breach known as the Well of All Things.  Recruiting other heroes, Taylor used his fortune to fund the New Warriors as their leader Night Thrasher.

Dwayne Michael Taylor's father secretly fathered another son out of wedlock, and covered it up by bribing the child's mother.  The boy was named Donyell Taylor and upon reaching manhood discovered that he had the mutant power to generate an electric charge similar to an electric eel.

Learning of his relationship to Night Thrasher, Donyell Taylor resolved to prove himself superior to his brother by becoming the vigilante known as Bandit.

After the death of Night Thrasher at the tragedy in Stamford, Connecticut; Donyell Taylor reformed the New Warriors and assumed his brother's identity as Night Thrasher.