Nathan Petrelli is the father of Claire Bennet and brother of Peter Petrelli. He possesses the power of self-propelled flight. He can fly at supersonic speeds. Nathan was mercilessly killed by Sylar. Sylar now believes he's Nathan because of a mindwipe, therefore carrying on his legacy and role as Senator.
==Volume 2==
Four months after the incident in Kirby Plaza, Nathan had been mysteriously healed of his wounds, but he had became an alcoholic who sees his reflections as a severely injured monster who believes his brother Peter is dead and because of it he lashes out his at mother , Angela Petrelli calling her evil and kicking her out of Peter's apartment where he was using a his residence because of his divorce between him Heidi, who took away his two children Simon and Monty. After Angela is arrested under suspicion of the Kaito Nakamura death , Maury Parkman attacks her mind causing her to attack herself while in an interrogation room, Nathan joins forces with Matt Parkman to help warn all twelve Company founders who were mostly all killed of by the murder of Kaito, Adam Monroe A.KA Takezo Kensei. After discovering his brother Peter is alive and has joined Adam Monroe in trying to stop a deadly virus from being released, but Adam really intended to release the fatal virus. After a brief debate about whos the villain in situation Peter tries to stop Adam by barely catching the virus vial. Nathan then decided its time for no more secrets and comes up with the idea to reveal to the world he has the ability to fly, but was interrupted by two bullets to his chest by an unknown assasin who does not every one in the world to know about evolved people.
Nathan is rushed to the hospital after being shot by his brother from the Future . He is declared dead but somehow comes back to life while Peter is with him. Nathan visits the Chapel, and gives some inspiring words to the people within it. He believes that he has been saved by god and that he is alive to do God's bidding. Nathan is soon visited by the "ghost " of Linderman and is offered the position of Senator by Tracy Strauss . After some words with Peter, Nathan decides to take up the Senate seat with Tracy at his side. When Tracy resigns, Linderman informs Nathan that it is his destiny to help her. Nathan flies to catch Tracy seconds before she commits suicide . The two spend the night together and Nathan learns that his abilities may not be god given.
He and Tracy go to Angela and learn about his abilities being syntethic . He also learns Peter absorbed Sylar's power and is dangerous. He takes Tracy to visit Mohinder, who drugs them and tries to experiment on them. Tracy uses her power to save Nathan and after Mohinder escapes, the two are visited by Noah and Meredith . Nathan and Tracy learn that Arthur Petrelli is alive and go to visit him. After the meeting, Nathan decides that Arthur must be stopped and goes to Primatech to help his family. He and Peter go to Haiti to find The Haitian but after his powers disappear , Nathan is kidnapped by Baron Samedi . Upon seeing what one person with powers could do, Nathan joins Pinehearst and becomes their leader. Along with Tracy and Mohinder, Nathan gives the marine Scott a syntetich ability . When Peter, Knox and Flint try to bring down Pinehearst, Nathan and Peter are caught in Flint's fire. Peter injects himself with the formula and saves Nathan.
Two months later, Nathan begins a movement to capture evolved humans . When Claire is mistakingly caught, Nathan gives her a free pass, much to Danko 's disapproval. Flight 195 goes down and Nathan assists his men at the crash site. When Claire is captured, Nathan and Noah protect her from Danko's wrath and Nathan once again sends his daughter home.Abby Collins soon inspects Nathan's base of operations, Building 26 , and attempts to shut it down. Her decision is changed when Tracy kills an analyst to try and escape. Seeing how their targets are dangerous, Danko tries to push for lethal force but Nathan continuously refuses to allow it, even after Peter and Matt Parkman try to shut them down. Realizing that something is different about Nathan, Danko manages to get him to reveal his power.
Now a target of his own operation, Nathan flies Claire to Mexico in an attempt to protect her and connect with her. He fails in both attempts and reveals to Claire how much he was afraid of her hating him. Nathan and his daughter finally connect and the two fly to the Coyote Sands to help Angela. Nathan tries to mend his broken relationship with Peter, who is not willing to accept his apology. Peter eventually does forgive Nathan and the Petrelli family discover that Sylar has taken Nathan's form. Nathan rushes to DC to stop the killer but is captured and held captive by Sylar. Sylar tortures Nathan and uses his clairsentience to learn all about his life. After escaping, Nathan and Peter fight Sylar in a devastating battle. Nathan ends it by flying away with Sylar to try and protect Peter. Upon landing in his suite, Nathan is killed by Sylar. His body is found by Angela and Matt, who go on to use Matt's power to make Sylar believe he is Nathan, body and soul.==Volume 5==
Sylar manages to access his clairsentience , learning that when he was younger, Nathan had a night out with Kelly Huston ,
In 'Tabula Rasa' Sylar tells Samuel Sullivan to call him "Nathan". Sylar then remembers Nathan's memories, including shaking hands as a politician, and flying airplanes in the military.
At the carnival , Sylar sees Tracy and slightly remembers her ,but Samuel informs him that they are not his memories but Sylar states that he wants to know who he truly is.
I n the episode 'Shadowboxing' Sylar wakes up and and it's shapeshifted into Nathan.He exits the cab where he was sleeping and before Samuel or Lydia would notice him,flies off.
Than goes to Peter's apartament,hugs Peter and says he thinks he's in a big trouble.
| Super Name: | Nathan Petrelli |
| Real Name: | Nathan Petrelli |
| Aliases: |
Flying Man The Politican Senator Petrelli Congressman Petrelli Senator Skyboy |
| Publisher: | Wildstorm |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | # |
| Appears in: | 3 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
