Night Shift (comics)

Night Shift
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America #330 (June 1987)
In-story information
Member(s)	Former members: Brothers Grimm Dansen Macabre Digger Gypsy Moth Hangman Misfit Needle Shroud Tatterdemalion Werewolf by Night Mockingbird

The Night Shift is a fictional group of criminals appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters first appeared in Captain America #330 (June 1987).

After their initial appearance in Captain America #330 and #331 (June and July 1987), the team makes a cameo appearance in Solo Avengers #3 (February 1988). Their next battle is against the West Coast Avengers in West Coast Avengers vol. 2, #40 (January 1989).

Their first appearance in the 1990s is a four-issue story arc in Avengers: West Coast #76-#79 (November 1991 - February 1992) titled "Infamous Monsters of Hollywood". They then return to the pages of Captain America in issue #420 (October 1993).

The team does not reappear until they are a part of the "Dark Reign" storyline getting involved in Marvel Zombies 4, where the Midnight Sons clash with the plans of Hood. Fred Van Lente explains that "the Hood doesn't just bring any group of villains with him on this jaunt. He brings a very horror-oriented group of villains with him. People know I love to dip as far back as I can into obscure Marvel-ania and a team I always enjoyed and never felt got their time was the Night Shift. So they're working for the Hood now."

Their final appearances are in Moon Knight vol. 4, #3-#6 (September - December 2011) which ends with the team's death after Count Nefaria kills them for failing to defeat Moon Knight and Echo.

Based in California, the group is gathered and initially controlled by Shroud. He is assisted by Werewolf by Night, misleading the team into believing they are forming a criminal gang, when in reality they are acting as vigilantes. The team's original lineup consists of:

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