[1] He is a non-superpowered vigilante, the son of murdered billionaire industrialist parents with ties to the Vietnam War, who uses an advanced suit of body armor, firearms, and a skateboard to battle his foes, and uses the billionaire resources of his family foundation to fund the New Warriors' battle against crime and corruption.

They were even outselling the men's magazines...That's when I decided that the new team would have a character called Night Thrasher as its leader and Ron and I started talking.

"[2] In addition to New Warriors runs and multiple mini-series of his own, Night Thrasher has appeared in The Punisher, Civil War II, Avengers, and X-Factor issues.

Although he possesses no superhuman powers, he has trained himself extensively in many martial arts, and is adept at building technological devices.

Night Thrasher had two legal guardians when he debuted in the New Warriors' origin issue: Andrew Chord and Tai.

Chord has not been seen since mid-volume 1, and Tai died in issue #25 after revealing her plans to use the New Warriors to gain immeasurable power.

It is assumed that Night Thrasher has simply outgrown his need for a legal guardian (in the letters page for The New Warriors #39 it was stated that Dwayne was 19 years old).

The driven, conflicted young man lived a dual existence: during the day he ran the Taylor Foundation, and at night he relentlessly trained himself to human perfection, studying with the best private tutors money could buy.

Dwayne created a suit of special body armor, partially as a response to the threat of Midnight's Fire who was determined to kill him, and also because he felt it was the most effective way to carry out his mission.

Although Rider was understandably upset at Night Thrasher for risking his life, the fact that the incident allowed him to regain his powers (his greatest desire) made him feel obliged to join the team.

[9] The Warriors fought crime together fairly successfully for a respectable amount of time, but Dwayne discovered some alarming truths about his life.

[11] A bizarre mystical conspiracy was revealed involving the Folding Circle, and Tai's true role was made clear.

He traveled with the Folding Circle to Dragon's Breadth Temple in Cambodia, and learned of Tai's responsibility for his parents' death.

[20] He played a prominent role in the final story arc of "The New Warriors", dealing the death stroke to the Dire Wraith Volxx.

[25] Dwayne approached a television production company to bankroll and promote a new team, packaging their adventures as a reality TV show.

[26] Night Thrasher was among the four New Warriors involved in the incident that led to the Superhuman Registration Act in the 2006–2007 storyline Marvel Civil War.

The events of the arc began when a group of superheroes including Night Thrasher stakes out a supervillain hideout in the suburbs of Stamford, Connecticut.

[27] While most of these New Warriors are new to the team, the leader and recruiter calls himself Night Thrasher, though the true identity of this person is unknown for the first few issues.

4 #6, it is revealed that the new Night Thrasher is in fact Donyell Taylor,[28] Dwayne's illegitimate half-brother, previously the villain known as Bandit.

The remains of Dwayne, Microbe and Namorita, are later recovered by the New Warriors and Justice's Counter Initiative team and given a proper burial.

[29] The New Warriors subsequently use a time machine in an attempt to save Dwayne, but are accidentally sent to a future timeline in which Iron Man used the Initiative to place the entire world under a tyrannical reign.

The rebellion fails, but Maestro sends Night Thrasher back to present day Earth, reasoning that he was too dangerous to keep around.

The helmet contained integral goggles with infrared sighting, telescopic lenses, magnetic resonance scanning, and a camera attachment.

It also includes a breathing apparatus, voice scrambler, two-way radio communications device, parabolic sound enhancer, and a cybernetic link to armor systems.

His gauntlets could also deploy pneumatically-fired grapnel lines for traversing rooftops, and contained retractable blades and an extendable computer tap.

It came with his skateboard, black versions of Daredevil's billy clubs, a weapons mount for his back, and Kingpin's left leg.