[citation needed] Johnny Whitworth portrayed a character based on Blackout in the 2011 film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

[citation needed] He would continue to appear intermittently throughout Ghost Rider volume 3 (published from 1990 to 1998) as well as other comics like New Avengers and Deadpool: Assassins.

Deathwatch orders Blackout to search for bio-toxin canisters stolen by a youth gang named the Cypress Hill Jokers under their leader Paulie Stratton.

Blackout murders detective Frank Loretti and his family, as well as Ralph D'Amato's parents before battling the Ghost Rider (Daniel Ketch).

[9] Alongside Lilth and the Lilin, Blackout battles Ghost Rider, John Blaze, Dr. Michael Morbius, the Nightstalkers, and the Darkhold Redeemers in Greenland.

Wracked with doubt after learning his demonic mission means little, Badilino is frozen with indecision as Lilith's forces, Blackout, Dark Legion and Meatmarket attack his precinct.

[12] After being defeated by the Midnight Sons, Blackout has his face repaired and goes back to work as a hired assassin, also eliminating a few personal grudges along the way.

His murderous torment of Wei causes her to snap and attempt suicide live on camera, but Blackout kills her before she can pull the trigger.

Blackout is hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.

He cloaks the place in darkness threatening and mocking the nuns, but is stopped by being shot with bullets that were covered in holy water.

Superior Spider-Man tells him to spread the word to all the other criminals that "Peter Parker is off limits", then exposes Blackout to artificial sunlight, burning him.

[27] Blackout's demonic heritage endows him with supernatural powers of enhanced strength, resilience to injuries, and heightened reflexes which enable him to challenge both Ghost Rider and other superhumans.

In addition to his demonic attributes, Blackout has had his canine teeth and fingernails replaced with razor-sharp mechanical prosthetics capable of easily rending through flesh and bone similar to a vampire.

Beyond his gifts and augmentations, Blackout is highly experienced as a hand-to-hand combatant; able to take on opponents easily equal to him in strength and potentially win.

Blackout's physical gifts also lend well to acrobatics; allowing him to traverse most environments and evade slow enemy attacks with superhuman agility and speed, though he can still be caught off-guard.