It took some time however Dick Grayson is lastly again within the black and blue and patrolling the streets of Bludhaven as soon as extra as Nightwing, and the longer term appears to be like even brighter. At the moment DC introduced the brand new inventive crew that can take over the Nightwing guide after Future State concludes, and it’s none apart from the previous Suicide Squad crew of author Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo. The very best half is that when the guide returns one other Gotham favourite may also be within the combine, as Batgirl will probably be an instrumental a part of the story, as they search to guard Bludhaven even when the individual in energy may be actively working towards them, and all of it begins in March of 2021.
“Regardless of, awkwardly, killing him twice (in Injustice and DCeased),” Taylor mentioned. “I am an enormous Nightwing fan. And I could not be extra excited to tackle a hero I’ve at all times thought-about a DC A-lister. Our collection is about exhibiting that. It is about placing Dick Grayson again on that pedestal the place he belongs.”
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“It is also about taking all the pieces Bruno and I really like about Nightwing and testing him in a very new approach,” Taylor mentioned. “Exploring how Dick reacts when confronted with unimaginable odds, and with a life-changing alternative which comes his approach in our very first subject.”
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For context, when the run begins Bludhaven has elected a brand new mayor, they usually occur to have the final title Zucco. That will usually be unhealthy information for the town, however not all the pieces is because it appears, and Nightwing asks for Batgirl’s assist in investigating the brand new Mayor who additionally bears the title of the person who killed his mother and father. The small print that come from that investigation can have enormous ripple results and DC says it’s going to basically change the hero.
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You possibly can see a few of Redondo’s art work for the collection above and beneath, and he could not be extra thrilled about engaged on the character.
“I am not holding something again from this mission,” mentioned Redondo. “Nightwing means kinetic potential, evolution, and a constructive assertiveness greater than some other character I’ve labored on…and that is the form of hero all of us want proper now. Working with Tom on Nightwing is the right evolution for us as a crew! We’ve unimaginable concepts for Dick Grayson’s new adventures.”
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The brand new collection additionally launched a possible new sidekick for Grayson within the type of a three-legged pet that he saves from hurt whereas on patrol. As you’ll be able to see within the art work, a bunch of jerks threaten the pet and Nightwing takes them out with precision. He then takes his glove off and the pet nibbles his hand. He pets her after which takes her with him, and if she would not change into his little buddy on this guide I’ll riot.
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“That is the right time for a Nightwing story,” concluded Taylor. “It is the precise time for a captivating, entertaining, constructive pressure for good standing with the underrepresented, and pushing again towards corruption and greed.”
All of it kicks off on March sixteenth in Nightwing #78, which will probably be written by Taylor, drawn by Redondo, coloured by Adriano Lucas, lettered by Wes Abbott, and edited by Jessica Chrn. It’ll additionally characteristic a variant cowl by Skan.
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