Whereas transporting Boss Maroni Dick Grayson’s careless nature by chance reveals one other secret, and this time, he places another person at risk, too.
The next article accommodates spoilers from Nightwing #97, on sale now.
Nightwing’s efforts to scrub up the corruption in Bludhaven have as soon as once more uncovered certainly one of his extra carefully guarded secrets and techniques. In the course of the wake of Blockbuster’s loss of life in Nightwing #97 (by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Eraldo Borges, Caio Filipe, Adriano Lucas, and Wes Abbott), Nightwing and Batgirl labored collectively to soundly transport Boss Maroni to Gotham for an vital trial. Sadly for them, whereas they hid in certainly one of Batman’s bunkers, Maroni realized that the 2 have been a pair.
It was a second that was performed for laughs with a clumsy type of humor, however that is truly an issue for them. One of many worst criminals in two totally different cities is now conscious of how a lot they take care of each other. It’s protected to imagine that the character of their relationship will not stay non-public for for much longer. Extra pressingly, it is a recurring drawback Nightwing has been having. His carelessness has risked the safety of the Bat-Household’s secrets and techniques as soon as once more.
Nightwing and Oracle’s Relationship Has Been Uncovered
Transporting Maroni from Bludhaven to Gotham was simpler mentioned than achieved. Not even midway there they needed to transfer him from police custody after the convoy was attacked. From there, it was a harrowing journey to succeed in certainly one of Batman’s forest bunkers to cover and relaxation for the evening. Sadly, despite the fact that they tranquilized Maroni to maintain him quiet and safe, the consequences solely lasted for just a few hours, which wasn’t lengthy sufficient for him to sleep via Nightwing and Oracle being intimate.
Whereas Maroni by no means threatened them with what he overheard, this bit of knowledge nonetheless provides him some leverage. This is not as important a secret as their true identities, however it does nonetheless paint a unique type of goal on their backs. All the Bat-Household’s enemies know that their members are shut, but when any of them have been conscious of simply how shut these two are, they may be inclined to focus on them particularly.
Nightwing’s Careless Nature Endangers the Bat-Household
This in fact is only one occasion of a a lot greater drawback. Nightwing has been getting extra careless together with his secrets and techniques as of late. Earlier than this, Blockbuster realized that Nightwing was actually Dick Grayson after their combat took a flip for the more serious. Had Heartless not killed Blockbuster, his secret would most likely be public data by now. This time, he not solely endangered himself but in addition Oracle, by not ensuring his tranquilizer darts would hold Maroni down for the evening. But, due to his hormones, he inadvertently gave his enemy a weak spot to take advantage of.
If this pattern retains up, it is solely a matter of time earlier than much more of the Bat-Household’s secrets and techniques get uncovered to the world. The unlucky fact is that if certainly one of them is compromised, all of them are. If Blockbuster lived to share Nightwing’s secret, then finally all of their identities can be revealed simply by technique of elimination. Dick Grayson must learn to be extra discreet earlier than his errors start to have an effect on different individuals.