In what’s shortly proving to be the proper pure development of Dick Grayson’s character journey, Nightwing is predicted to guide DC’s multiverse.
Ever for the reason that begin of DC’s Dark Crisis occasion, Nightwing has been positioned as a centerpiece of the story. The opening pages of the primary challenge start with phrases from Nightwing, talking to the world on the vigil for The Justice League. In the identical challenge, Black Adam outright means that Nightwing is the one particular person of their world certified to guide a brand new Justice League. Even previous to the occasions of Dark Crisis, through the Highway to Dark Crisis one-shot, it’s Dick Grayson who Jon Kent goes to for steerage on what to do subsequent if the Justice League actually disappears eternally. This storyline instantly positions Nightwing as a veteran chief.
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Though Dick stays skeptical and hesitant all through the sequence about moving into such a task, many heroes consider Nightwing is your best option to guide the following era of heroes. As if the inventive crew behind DC did not make this notion deliberate sufficient, it has been confirmed that, following the conclusion of Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths, Nightwing would be the face of a brand-new period of the DC Universe.
New teases for Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, and Alejandro Sánchez) promise a brand new DCU, with Nightwing symbolically positioned at its heart. It makes good sense as to why Nightwing could be the middle of the multiverse. In truth, it is a notion that continues to be constant based mostly on earlier tales in DC lore. It is a on condition that Nightwing is the very best model of himself throughout all realities. This sentiment is echoed in Infinite Crisis, amongst different tales. Elsewhere, in Nightwing #9 by Tim Seeley and Marcio Takara, Superman explicitly tells Nightwing that if there’s one multiversal fixed he is encountered throughout totally different worlds, it is in regard to Nightwing himself. Be it as a consequence of his ability set, his ethical compass, or maybe even a predetermined future that stretches throughout all doable realities, there’s something about Nightwing that makes him a key cornerstone inside all DC worlds.
Maybe extra might be revealed as to why that’s upon Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths’ conclusion, but when one factor is definite, it’s that this cornerstone is destined now to turn into the lodestone of the DC Universe. In the identical method that Nightwing appears destined to rebuild the Justice League, the multiverse might be rebuilt with Nightwing as its heart, very like how key heroes like Superman and Batman have been thought-about the centerpieces of the DC Universe. It is apropos, seeing as readers watched for years as Dick Grayson rebuilt his personal picture from being a leotard-laden sidekick to his personal man in Blüdhaven.
The journey which Dark Crisis is taking Nightwing on feels well-earned and, for long-time readers, a gradual development of Dick Grayson’s whole journey so far.
Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 might be accessible from DC Comics on December twentieth.