Though he's too late to save any lives, Nighthawk takes down the group of metahuman murderers. If you haven’t already guessed, that deity is just one of the many forms that Mephisto takes - many of whom are revealed as part of the inter-Multiversal group of versions of Mephisto known as the Council of Red that was first seen in the conclusion of the aforementioned Heroes Reborn.
Written by Jason Aaron, drawn by Javier Garrón, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Cory Petit, Nighthawk responds to a killing spree by the Serpent Society, reptilian-themed supervillains who, in this version, are cultists who worship an ancient snake deity. Coulson, Mephisto, and the Squadron Supreme of America's plans were foiled after Nighthawk discovered their sinister plot and dedicated himself to ending it, despite the fact that it is the reason for his existence.Īvengers #55 follows Nighthawk on his journey to destroy the evil he encounters. The team was bred by an evil Phil Coulson (you read that right), working for Marvel ultra-villain Mephisto (you read that right too) in a plot for world domination that involved remaking reality into a world without Avengers in the 2021 summer event story Heroes Reborn. Nighthawk and the rest of the latest incarnation of the Squadron, in this case, called the Squadron Supreme of America, were recently revealed in Avengers to be not just figurative, but literal clones. With all the struggles he went through to become and stay a hero in the Marvel Universe, would you believe that Nighthawk was once again revealed to be a villain? Unfortunately, it's true, though it wasn't his fault.