John Cunningham, DC Comics’s Vice President of Advertising and marketing and the moderator of a panel at Fan Expo immediately in Toronto, advised the viewers there that “the web goes to blow up on September fourth, and it is all going to be about Nightwing.”

The hero, considered one of solely a handful of non-villain characters who will get a highlight throughout September’s “Villains Month,” has been noticed in preview pages for Eternally Evil #1, the primary chapter of Geoff Johns and David Finch’s crossover story that begins that day. For some time now, DC brass have impressed on followers at each alternative that Nightwing will probably be a significant participant within the DC Universe throughout and instantly after that storyline, however this new piece of data means that no matter it’s Dick Grayson is wrapped up in, it is going to start in lower than two weeks, when the miniseries kicks off.

As a result of Nightwing was the unique Robin, he–or slightly, his secret identification, Dick Grayson–has extra penetration into mainstream media than most non-A-list superheroes. If one thing occurs with Dick, it is pretty probably that retailers who not often cowl comics would take an curiosity, probably pursuing the Robin angle. It is also price noting that within the promotional picture at proper, we get not solely his New 52 emblem, which resembles the costume the character wore as Robin within the 1997 flop Batman & Robin, however beneath it seems to be the brand Nightwing wears within the DC Animated Universe TV collection like Batman: The Animated Sequence and Justice League Limitless.

Final week, Nightwing author Kyle Higgins took to Twitter with a few tweets suggesting that he was watching Batman: The Animated Sequence for reference for work (though as the author of DC’s digital-first Batman Past, the 2 issues could be unconnected).