Nightingale

Nightingale © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Earliest Appearance: 1995 Affiliation: partner with Sunbird Base of Operations: Astro City Personal Data InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #5 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1, 21 Event Timeline 1982/03/04     Dialog E.A.G.L.E. loans Omni-Flux Energy Sample to SunShrike and Nightingale. 1982/03/04     Current Sunshrike anf Nightingale Strategize Plans to Rescue Rosie Chavez. 198?/??/??     Headline Darklings Crushed by Sunhawk and Nightingale. 1995/12/12     Current Techsperts Hitting Museums Again. 1996/09     Current Nightingale and Sunbird Thwart Otter Robbing the AstroBank. 2000/03     Current Nightingale Disapproves of Her Appearances in Bulldog Comics. Nightingale A dark and moody 1990s hero, partnered with Sunbird. Equipment In addition to being a skilled acrobat and martial artist, she can project a mist-like field of darkness. As Sunbird is the superpowered half of the team, this would seem to be a function built into Nightingale's costume rather than a bona fide power. Speculations, Theories It's wildly speculated that Nightingale and Sunbird are lesbians, but they neither confirm nor deny the allegations. It has also been speculated that they might be sisters, or perhaps a mother and daughter team of crime-fighters. Based on a partially blocked headline reading "Darklings Crushed by Sunhawk and Nightingale," it could mean that Sunbird has changed her name. It could also mean that Nightingale took on a new partner. Besides being partner to Sunbird, Nightingale and most of the street level heroes of Astro City seem to associate with each other on many occasions. In many of their appearances they seem to mention or joke about one another -- Crackerjack, Jack-in-the-Box, Quarrel, Sunbird, and Nightingale. Depending on the time-range, you might also throw Street Angel into the mix, along with the Irregulars.