NIGHT SCRUBBER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Human bonded to alien (Klyntar) symbiote

Occupation: Alien warrior;
    presumably formerly professional criminal

Group Membership: Knull's symbiote army

Affiliations: Formerly Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane inmates (Bushman/Raoul Bushman, Figment, Foolkiller/Greg Salinger, Grizzly/Maxwell Markham, Inquisition, Man-Bull/William Taurens, Mister Hyde/Calvin Zabo, Throatpuncher, Will o' the Wisp/Jackson Arvad, many others)

Enemies: Thunderbolts (Batroc the Leaper/Georges Batroc, Mister Fear/Larry Cranston, Star/Ripley Ryan, Taskmaster/Tony Masters)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, New York City, New York, USA

First Appearance: King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (February, 2021)

Powers/Abilities: Night Scrubber's powers, abilities and/or weapons prior to being forcibly bonded to one of Knull's symbiotes are unrevealed.

    After becoming a symbiote, he presumably possessed all the standard powers of Knull's symbiotes, including enhanced strength, durability and agility, as well as the ability to shapeshift and to cling to walls.

    Night Scrubber was noticeably bigger than many of his symbiote allies. It is unclear whether this was an aspect of his symbiote, as has often been seen with Venom, or if Night Scrubber himself was already abnormally large.

Height: Unrevealed (approximately over 10' while bonded to symbiote)
Weight: Unrevealed (variable but approximately 1000+ lbs while bonded to symbiote)
Eyes: Red
Hair: Unrevealed (see comments)

History:
(King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (fb) - BTS) - At some point, Night Scrubber was captured by the authorities and confined to the Ravencroft Institute for treatment and observation.

(King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (fb)) - When the Thunderbolts were sent to Ravencroft by the Kingpin to retrieve Norman Osborn as part of a plan to defeat Knull the ancient Symbiote god who was invading Earth, Mister Fear suggested to his teammates they could recruit some of the inmates, although he didn't know who many of them, including the Night Scrubber, were. His teammates ignored his suggestion. However, Knull sent one of his symbiote dragons to crash into the Institute, disintegrating into symbiote matter that seeped into the cells and infected many of the occupants. Night Scrubber became one of the new symbiote soldiers and broke from his cell to attack the Thunderbolts. As such a large target, he quickly drew the attention of the hero/villains, who drove the Night Scrubber toward their "big gun" Star, who annihilated him with an energy blast.

Comments: Created by Matthew Rosenberg and Juan Ferreyra.

    Do you think he was like Mr Clean but dressed in all black?

    Taskmaster recognized the Night Scrubber even as a giant symbiote monster.

    Bushman and Will o' the Wisp are never identified by anyone in dialogue but they both have name placards on cell doors and Bushman's eyes can be seen as he implores Mister Fear to let him out.

    Night Scrubber's hair color, if any, was impossible to determine as he was only ever seen while completely bonded to a symbiote. --Proto-Man

    This profile was completed on 09/22/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.

    Profile by LV!

CLARIFICATIONS:
Night Scrubber should be distinguished from:

Inquisition should be distinguished from: Throatpuncher should be distinguished from:
Inquisition


Inquisition was a patient at the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane. He was incarcerated there when the Thunderbolts arrived to retrieve Norman Osborn during the symbiote god Knull's invasion of Earth and when Mister Fear suggested freeing some of the Ravencroft patients to act as backup against Knull's force, the nameplate on Inquisition's cell door was one of the ones Mister Fear.

Inquisition was never seen. Whether Inquisition was one of the inmates taken over by Knull's symbiotes and whether he or she survived either way is unrevealed.

--King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (fb) - BTS
Throatpuncher

Throatpuncher was a patient at the Ravencroft Institute when the Thunderbolts arrived to retrieve Norman Osborn. While suggesting that the Thunderbolts free some of the patients to assist against the symbiote god Knull's forces, Mister Fear read several of the nameplates on patient cell doors, noting that he had never heard of Throatpuncher.

 Throatpuncher was never seen. Whether Throatpuncher was one of the inmates taken over by Knull's symbiotes and whether he or she survived either way is unrevealed.
--King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (fb) - BTS
images: (without ads)
King in Black: Thunderbolts#2, p9-10, pan1 (Night Scrubber full body, as symbiote)
King in Black: Thunderbolts#2, p11, pan4 (Night Scrubber's death)

Appearances:
King in Black: Thunderbolts#2 (February 10, 2021) - Matthew Rosenberg (writer), Juan Ferrayra (artist), Jake Thomas (editor)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 09/22/2026

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