Nightveil

Template:For Template:Infobox comics character Nightveil is a fictional character, a superheroine who appears in the Femforce comic book, published by AC Comics. An adaptation of the Golden Age superhero Phantom Lady, she has also been known as Blue Bulleteer and Nightfall. Her secret identity is Laura Wright, daughter of a member of the United States Senate.

Publication history

Nightveil (in her Blue Bulleteer identity) is an adaptation of the Golden Age superhero Phantom Lady.<ref name="Misiroglu">Template:Cite book</ref> AC believed that the copyrights to the original character and stories had lapsed and were now in the public domain, but DC Comics asserted that it owned the rights to the character. AC declined to challenge the larger publisher.<ref>Cronin, Brian. "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #37!" Template:Webarchive, Comic Book Resources (Feb. 9, 2006).</ref>

In her first appearance, Captain Paragon #1 (1972), she was named The Phantom Lady. In Bill Black's Fun Comics #4 (March 1983), she became Nightfall. She was renamed Nightveil in Nightveil #1 (1984). She first appeared as Blue Bulleteer in FemForce Special #1 (Fall 1984).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Fictional character biography

Laura Wright was born on December 4, 1920. She began her crimefighting career as the masked Blue Bulleteer, using a pair of firearms to battle evil. In the 1960s, Laura became the pupil of an otherworldly being Azagoth. He took her to another dimension called Limbo for sorcery training. Then, she later reappeared on Earth as Nightveil, with her youth restored and ready to fight crime again.<ref>Nightveil #1 (January 1984)</ref> Nightveil combats supernatural villains like the Black Shroud, Gorgana, and her nemesis Alizarin Crimson.

Powers and abilities

Originally, Laura have no superpowers, but fought evil as the Blue Bulleteer, a costumed markswoman. After a near-fatal injury, she was rescued by the wizard Azagoth, who has given her genuine mystical powers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (such as teleportation, flight, intangibility, and elemental control). Even as a witch, Nightveil still maintains her agility.

Live appearances

In live appearances, Nightveil is played by Mary Capps.<ref name=blacknewsarama>"Bill Black: 40 Years of AC Comics" by Rik Offenberger, First Comics News, May 20, 2009</ref>

Capps made appearances at conventions as Nightveil until 2007, her last appearance being at Visioncon in Springfield, Missouri. It was at this point that Visioncon declined to re-invite her because of lack of fan interest. She has said, however, that even if she had been invited, she would not have been able to make the trip from Texas.

Film

In 2005, AC Comics released the low-budget live-action movie Nightveil: Witch War.<ref name="Polar">Template:Cite web</ref> It starred Mary Capps in the title role.<ref name="Polar"/> Her husband, Chuck Capps, played a jewel thief, with Maria Paris as Nightveil's nemesis, Alizarin Crimson/Lenore Stratten.

Nightveil and the Sorcerers Eye - 2010 - Maria Paris as Nightveil - 49 minutes - Bill Black - director & producer.

External links

• IMDB Page for Nightveil: Witch War at IMDB: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows
• Nightveil at ICONS: Truth, Justice, and Gaming