Nightstalker (Universe 2)

Nightstalker is an alternate version of his universe 1 counterpart.

Benjamin Bale
Benjamin Bale was born in 1916. In 1924, his parents were killed by a gunman. Bale travelled the world, training under various masters before returning to New Chicago City to fight crime in 1939. A year later, he adopted Christopher Lester and trained him as an apprentice.

In 1951, when a superhero ban was made, Bale continued to operate as the Nightstalker illegally. In 1955, Bale felt his age catching up to him and decided to focus on detective work while Lester became the second Nightstalker.

In 1975, Bale completely retired from detective work and died four years later.

Christopher Lester
Born in 1932, Christopher Lester was a circus acrobat with his parents. In 1940, his parents were killed in an accident staged by a crime boss. Benjamin Bale adopted him and gave him extensive training to become his apprentice.

In 1955, Lester became the second Nightstalker. In 1983, he took Jensen Martella as his apprentice. In 1988, Jensen was killed. The event led Lester to go into retirement. A year later, Matthew Rowen tracked him down, having uncovered his identity as the Nightstalker.

Lester came out of retirement and trained Rowen. In 1993, Lester was crippled, ending his career as the Nightstalker.

Michael Rainn
Born in 1969, Michael Rainn was an assassin. Being being crippled and not believing the then 13 year old Matthew Rowen was ready to become the next Nightstalker, gave the mantle to Rainn. Rainn went insane and had to be defeated by Rowen, who became the fourth Nightstalker.

Matthew Rowen
Matthew Rowen was born in 1980. In 1989, he trained under Christopher Lester. As his previous apprentice, Jensen Martella, had been killed last year, Lester made sure Rowen's training was the most intensive a Nightstalker had ever had.

Rowen travelled abroad training under various martial artists. After Michael Rainn went insane and had to be defeated by Matthew Rowen, Lester made Rowen the new Nightstalker. He joined Universe 2's version of Extreme.

Matthew Rowen
His Nightstalker armour uses kevlar that the previous Nightstalkers didn't.

Matthew Rowen
Rowen prefers to analyse a problem and outthink it.

Matthew Rowen
Rowen's detective skills had greater than the previous Nightstalkers and he has a natural talent for computers they never had.

Rowen is trained in judo and karate. He is a cunning and calculated combatant. His weapon of choice is the bo staff.