Nighthawk is a hero that even some dedicated comic book fans may not have been familiar with if they hadn't read "Squadron Supreme," a Marvel series in which he appeared.

The Marvel Universe was reborn after Kyle’s home reality was destroyed and Nighthawk teamed up with other characters who suffered similar losses to form a new Squadron Supreme.

Unlike most other versions of Nighthawk, the very first incarnation of the character to appear in comics in 1969's Avengers #69 is from the core Earth-616 Marvel Universe.

That’s a question I asked myself after Marvel confirmed last month that it had canceled Nighthawk, a dark and gritty Chicago-based series that featured a black man in a mask taking on everything ...