Rock singer turned occult avenger, James "Jim" Rook, was the Nightmaster. Wielding the Sword of Night from the land of Myrra, he became a member of Shadowpact.
Before he became a hero, Jim Rook was the lead singer of The Electrics, a rock band, who entered a run-down shop named Oblivion Inc. Inside, he was somehow transported to the strange dimension Myrra, where he was the descendant of the mighty Myrra warrior Nacht. He took his ancestor's Sword of Night, a sword with the ability to warn of danger and force a person to speak the truth (much like Wonder Woman's lasso), and became involved in the conflict between Myrra and the evil warlocks. After his adventures in Myrra, he opened a bookstore in the Oblivion Inc. and became active with other superheroes Primal Force and Swamp Thing. He was also good friends with Bobo, also known as Detective Chimp. He also taught the Blue Devil to master his powers and become a hero.
Before the Riverrock, Wyoming incident, Jim was the proprietor of a mystical pub called the 'Oblivion Bar'. It existed in its own dimension, with its own rules and methods. For example, the bar's phone does not work unless the dimension's area code is known.
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CREATORS: Dennis O'Neil, Jerry Grandenetti
FIRST APPEARANCE: Showcase #82 (May, 1969)
FIRST APPEARANCE: Dark Nights: Metal #3 (December, 2017)
APPEARANCE OF DEATH: Dark Nights: Metal #3 (December, 2017)
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When his world was invaded by Barbatos, he gave refuge to many of the remaining heroes brought to his bar by Doctor Fate in order to make a plan against the Bat-God's Dark Knights. They then decided to find deposits of the Nth Metal, the only thing they could use to harm the creatures of the Dark Multiverse. As they were discussing this, one of the Rabid Robins found their way into the bar, which meant the Dark Knights had found it too. The Nightmaster decided to stay behind to give everyone enough time to escape, despite the pleas of Kendra Saunders. He however told them to leave him to his death and was slain by the Dark Knights with his own Sword of Night.
Nightmaster's funeral was attended by notable magicians and friends. Before dying, he had willed the protectorship of Myrra and his sword to Bobo.