Earth-616 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from the main Marvel universe.

Origin/History:

Kyle Richmond was at first a villain and a member of the Squadron Sinister, created by the Grandmaster to battle the Avengers. He later joined the Defenders and went on to both finance the team and then lead it. He recently joined, but only briefly, the Thunderbolts, then, opposing Baron Zemo, he re-joined the Squadron Sinister. During the Superhero Registration Act, he joined Captain America's resistance movement, but switched sides after Bill Foster was killed by the Thor Clone. After the Civil War was over, Richmond  joined the Initiative as an instructor, before being asked to lead a new team of Defenders as New Jersey's team.

Powers:

Nighthawk is a near-Olympic level athlete, has low-level super-strength and increased agility and stamina at night. He also has a bunch of gadgets, such as lasers, a jet pack, projectile weapons and other things. He is very rich.

Earth-31916 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from the Supreme Power universe.

Squadron Supreme Nighthawk

Origin/History:

Nighthawk's parents were killed in a drive-by shooting in front of his eyes. The perpetrators only motivation in the murders was hate/rascism. His father had been describing how a nighthawk hunts, and thus Kyle adopted the Nighthawk persona to fight crime, though nearly all crimes he prevents are targetted at African-Americans. The only other member of the Squadron Supreme he even remotely listens to is Stanley, AKA, The Blur (who is also African-American).

Kyle has helped the Squadron Supreme in a number of their battles, and is by far the most reluctant member. On his own, he also faced off with "Whiteface," a sick villain who used his chemical genius for pointless and reviling mass murder.

Powers:

Nighthawk has no powers in the Earth 31916 universe (JMS version). Like Batman, he uses his intellect, skills, training, and gadgets to fight crime. His massive fortune doesn't hurt either. Nighthawk is brutal in his crimefighting.

Earth-712 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from the Earth-s universe.

Origin/History:

This Nighthawk was a member of the Squadron Supreme.

Powers:

Earth-1610 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from the Ultimate universe.

Origin/History:

This Nighthawk was a member of the Defenders.

Powers:

He has no powers and poor fighting skills.

Earth-9997 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from the Earth X Reality.

Origin/History:

Here Kyle Richmond is known as the 4-D Man.

Powers:

Precognition, Postcognition.

Earth-4400 Nighthawk

The Nighthawk from Quentin Quire's Exiles.

Origin/History:

The identity of this Nighthawk is not known. He joined Quentin Quire's Exiles.

Powers:

Various gadgets and weaponry.