Nightmaster

Nightmaster
Showcase #82 (May 1969). Cover art by Joe Kubert
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Showcase #82 (May 1969)
Created by	Denny O'Neil (writer) Jerry Grandenetti (artist)
In-story information
Full name	James "Jim" Rook
Place of origin	Myrra
Team affiliations	Shadowpact Primal Force
Abilities	Possesses magic sword that warns of danger, compels truth, and retards aging, as well as magic armor.

The Nightmaster is a fictional character, a sword and sorcery hero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Showcase #82 (May 1969), and was created by Denny O'Neil and Jerry Grandenetti.

Following his introduction in Showcase #82 (May 1969), the character appeared in the following two monthly issues, with Bernie Wrightson taking over the art. The character did not reappear for over two decades, returning for cameo appearances in Animal Man #25 (July 1990) and The Books of Magic #3 (1991). He had slightly expanded guest roles in Primal Force #11–12 (Sept.-Oct. 1995) and Swamp Thing #160 and #164 (Nov. 1995 & March 1996). He figured among many DC Comics supernatural heroes in miniseries Day of Vengeance #1–6 (June–Nov. 2005), primarily starring the Spectre, in Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (March 2006), and in most issues of the seven-issue miniseries Infinite Crisis (Dec. 2005 – June 2006) before becoming one of the stars of the namesake team in the ongoing series Shadowpact, which premiered with a first issue cover-dated July 2006.

Jim Rook, lead singer of the hard rock band "the Electrics", enters a run-down shop named Oblivion Inc. Inside, he is somehow transported to the strange dimension Myrra, where he is the descendant of the mighty Myrran warrior Nacht. He takes his ancestor's Sword of Night, a weapon with the ability to warn of danger and force a person to speak the truth, and becomes involved in a clash between Myrra and evil warlocks. After his adventures in Myrra, he opens a bookstore in the Oblivion Inc. space and becomes active with other metahuman and supernatural entities, such as Primal Force and Swamp Thing.