Nightslayer

Night-Slayer (Anton Knight) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #529 (August 1983), and was created by Doug Moench and Gene Colan.^[1]

Night-Slayer
Night-Slayer from Detective Comics #544, artist Gene Colan.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Detective Comics #529 (August 1983)
Created by	Doug Moench (writer) Gene Colan (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Anton Knight
Species	Human
Partnerships	Nocturna
Notable aliases	Thief of Night, Night-Thief
Abilities	Expert martial artist and burglar

Fictional character biography

The son of millionaire lord Charles Knight, Anton Knight is raised in a luxurious lifestyle before leaving home to study martial arts in Asia, during which Charles dies. At the funeral, Anton meets Charles' adoptive daughter Natalia Knight, with the two becoming lovers and partners in crime.^[2] After Batman defeats him, Anton is imprisoned in Arkham Asylum, but eventually escapes and becomes the murderous "Night-Slayer".

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Night-Slayer is Nocturna's stepson.

Powers and abilities

Night-Slayer is an expert martial artist.

In other media

• Night-Slayer appears in Batman: The Video Game.
• Anton Knight, renamed Anton Night, appears in the Batman: Caped Crusader episode "Nocturne", voiced by Haley Joel Osment.^[3] This version is an inventor and older brother of Natalia Night who showcases his inventions in a traveling carnival before she accidentally kills him during an argument.^[4]

See also

• List of Batman family enemies