Donyell Taylor (Earth-616)

The New New Warriors: Special note must be made of the storyline "Time and Time Again," in which the core roster of Warriors was kidnapped by the Sphinx and a brand new team was formed. Silhouette was "with" Bandit at the time of her disappearance, and this led him to contact Warriors HQ for assistance. Hindsight Lad, the team's non-powered strategist, proposed that a new team be formed. Bandit took on leadership responsibilities (not because he felt a need for superheroes, but because he loved Sil), and called upon the team's reservists Darkhawk and Turbo, their ally Dagger, and Powerpax, who had earlier been identified as a potential member by Dwayne and Hindsight Lad. Bandit and his "New" Warriors took the fight against the Sphinx, and eventually defeated him with the assistance of the freed Warriors. After the story, Dwayne wanted Silhouette back, but she chose to go off with Bandit, explaining that they both shared a life of "shades of grey."

Gambit and Bandit: Bandit took Silhouette to Chicago, but it's unclear what happened after that -- either they broke up at some point, or he started cheating on her, because he was next seen dating Gambit's ex-wife Belladonna. He lived in New Orleans with her, and the two of them led both the Thieves Guild and the Assassins Guild together. But Bandit was deceiving Belladonna and going behind her back in his quest for power, and the New Orleans police assembled a large file on his activities. This all came to light when Gambit came back to town, and Bandit and Belladonna presumably broke up.

Post-Stamford: After the latest, illegal iteration of the New Warriors appeared, Detectives Sykes and Givens from the NYPD Costumed Division tracked down Donyell to see if he had any involvement, at which point they seemed to discover that the former Bandit had lost both his legs in a car accident. His life of crime seemingly behind him, Donyell Taylor now works as an engineer and philanthropist, founding Taylordyne Indistries to replenish his family's lost fortunes, and resurrecting the Taylor Foundation as a disaster relief fund to help the victims of Stamford. After the new New Warriors first major battle, they revealed their identities to each other, but Night Thrasher kept his hidden from them, wanting to maintain their trust. Later Donyell, in his wheelchair, pressed a button, revealing that the seeming loss of his legs was the result of an image inducer. Standing up and walking to the window, it became obvious he was the new Night Thrasher.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Known Powers: Bandit has bioelectrical powers -- he can emit an electrical change strong enough to stun, injure, or possibly kill someone, by touching them. He augments the range of this power by shooting bladed projectiles connected to wires at people, basically turning himself into a living taser. In the past he used a small wrist-mounted crossbow for this purpose, but his current weapon is more difficult to quantify. He also seems to have superhuman speed and reflexes.

Abilities

Accomplished marksman, acrobat, and martial artist.

Weaknesses

Currently, Taylor is confined to a wheelchair

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Bandit carried a specialized wrist mounted crossbow, that fired wire-tethered quarrels tipped with miniature grappling barbs which would penetrate an opponent's flesh and then open up beneath the skin. He would then use his powers to send a debilitating bio-electric charge along the electrically conductive tether, basically making himself a living taser. He also carries a variety of throwing stars.

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