Thomas Simmons was working on an experimental suit his father built when an explosion burned him alive. He survived thanks to the suit he was working on and got help from strangers Nightstar and Shin. He became the superhero Nightfighter. Together they fight for those who can’t fight on their own. Hank Masters, despite being a tech genius, was always a loser. a victim, craving power but unwilling to put in the effort to get ahead. But thanks to a skirmish with Nightfighter, that just changed.