Sicela unikeze umlando omfushane kaThe Needle kusukela esigabeni esinikeziwe.
Context:I-Needle ngumlingiswa oqanjiwe, umlingiswa omubi ovela ezincwadini zamahlaya zaseMelika ezikhishwe yiMarvel Comics. Wadalwa nguMark Gruenwald, uCarmine Infantino, no-Al Gordon, lo mlingiswa wavela okokuqala ku-Spider-Woman #9 (ngoDisemba 1978). Umdali uMark Gruenwald waletha lo mlingiswa emuva ngesikhathi sokugijima kwakhe eWest Coast Avengers njengelungu leqembu elibi i-Night Shift, elalihlanganisa nezinye izitha zangaphambili ze-Spider-Woman.  Ngemva kokugqekezwa ngobudlova ngobunye ubusuku lapho ephuma emsebenzini, uJosef Saint, umthungi osekhulile, walahlekelwa iso lakhe nekhono lakhe lokukhuluma. Ngesikhathi elulama, wathola ukuthi unamandla okukhubaza ngokubuka kwakhe. Efuna ukuziphindiselela, uSaint wazenza umqaphi wecala iNeedle. Ihlome ngenaliti engamamitha amabili ubude, le ndoda ekhubazekile yayihlasela izinsizwa emigwaqweni ebusuku, izibophe izindebe. Ngemva kokuhlukumeza i-agent ye-S.H.I.E.L.D. uJerry Hunt, i-Needle yazilethela intukuthelo ka-Spider-Woman, intombi yale-agent, futhi yambulala ngokushaywa ngobuthi obuseduze. Kamuva waboshwa.  Kanye nabanye abagijimi abanamandla angaphezu kwawomuntu kanye nezigebengu, i-Needle yaboshwa ngu-Locksmith, kodwa yakhululwa ngu-Spider-Woman.  I-Needle yajoyina i-Night Shift, futhi yahlangana noCaptain America ngokumelene ne-Power Broker kanye nezinguquko zakhe ezandisiwe. Kanye ne-Night Shift, wavivinya i-Moon Knight ukuze athathe isikhundla sokuba umholi we-Night Shift. Kamuva, kanye ne-Night Shift, walwa ne-West Coast Avengers. Ekanye noNight Shift, i-Second Hangman, noSatannish, walwa ne-Avengers West Coast; amakhono akhe ayethuthukiswe ngomlingo omnyama kaSatannish.  I-Needle kamuva yahlaselwa yi-Armory.  UNeedle uvela neNight Shift, njengengxenye yeqembu likaHood. Balwa ne-Midnight Sons, futhi i-Needle ihlaba uDaimon Hellstrom ngenaliti yakhe, ngaphambi kokuba uJennifer Kale ambulale ngomlingo. Yena ne-Night Shift bayabulawa lapho igciwane le-zombie lishintsha futhi lisakazeka emoyeni. Igciwane liqala ukuna igazi, futhi livuselela i-Night Shift njengama-zombie. UDormammu uthatha ukulawula i-Night Shift futhi ayisebenzisele ukulwa nama-Midnight Sons. Lapho uJennifer Kale kanye neBlack Talon bequkethe igciwane ngaphakathi kweZombie (uSimon Garth), amalungu e-Night Shift ngokusobala abuyiselwa esimweni esijwayelekile, futhi i-Hood ihamba nabo.
I-Needle iyi-supervillain eshintshiwe eyenziwe nguMark Gruenwald, uCarmine Infantino, no-Al Gordon. Waqala ukuvela ku-Spider-Woman # 9 (ngoDisemba 1978) futhi wabuyiselwa ngesikhathi esebenza eWest Coast Avengers njengelungu leqembu le-villain i-Night Shift. Waboshwa uMkhandi Wezikhiye futhi wakhululwa uSpider-Woman. Wajoyina i-Night Shift futhi wahlangana noCaptain America ngokumelene ne-Power Broker kanye nezinguquko zakhe ezandisiwe. Walwa futhi ne-West Coast Avengers, i-Second Hangman, ne-Satannish.  Kamuva wanqotshwa i-Armory. UNeedle uvela neNight Shift, njengengxenye yeqembu likaHood, futhi balwa namaMidnight Sons. Zibulawa lapho igciwane le-zombie lishintsha futhi lisakazeka emoyeni. UDormammu uthatha ukulawula i-Night Shift futhi ayisebenzisele ukulwa nama-Midnight Sons. Lapho uJennifer Kale neBlack Talon bequkethe igciwane ngaphakathi kweZombie, amalungu e-Night Shift abuyiselwa esimweni esijwayelekile futhi i-Hood ihamba nabo.