Warning : Spoilers for Nightwing # 117 and Titans # 14

Summary

It ’s usually take up thatBatmanis the tip human of the DC Universe , both physically and mentally , butNightwinghas some breeding of his own that far surpasses his adopted father in both torso and mind . Not only is Dick Grayson an effected acrobatic , but he ’s gained a mastery of his own psyche with a maneuver that allows him to split up his mental capacity . Batman could never .

In preview for bothNightwing#117by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo andTitans#14by Taylor and Lucas Meyer , sports fan are really getting to seea more nuanced and hefty side of Nightwing . In the former preview , Nightwing ’s acrobatic skills are revealed to have been civilize through exposure therapy , which liken a new care of superlative to Batman ’s canonic fear of bats .

And inTitans , Nightwing reveals to the team that he sequestered a part of his mind away , only to be accessed at a safe firm , so that he could progress a case against a teammate he did n’t hope .

Featured Image: Starfire (left) and Nightwing (right), romantic moment

In these two different agency , physical and mental , Nightwing proves just how casually he has become a superhuman — without even a superpower to his name .

Nightwing got his chance to hit it off with the exotic princess Starfire , and now it ’s another Titan ’s crook for an extraterrestrial romance !

Nightwing Became a Superhuman Through Conquering His Fear

Dick Grayson’s Childhood in the Circus as the Flying Graysons

Nightwing having a natural talent for acrobatics does n’t make him a superhero - but conquering his fear and making that conquest his superpower does .

In any flashbacks ofNightwing ’s metre in the genus Circus , fan only ever glimpse the joyfulness he had and the ease with which he do in the spotlight he loved . This behind - the - scene moment with Deadman as his mentor demonstrate the other side ofhow Nightwing got so good at what is take up to be raw talent : exposure therapy . Nightwing receive a natural talent for acrobatics does n’t make him a superhero , but inhibit his care and making that conquest his superpower does .

Even in the present , Nightwing prove to fight that same fear that he had as a child , and this struggle makes him an accessible hero . This very idea , both for him as a nipper and an adult , is inspiring to the degree that it can make the reviewer consider they can do the same by starting off in the same place : being afraid . Nightwing proves thatthe only divergence between a homo and a superhuman is facing fears . While Batman adjudicate to become the matter to venerate , Nightwing overcomes it , which is just another representative ofNightwing doing something that Batman ca n’t do .

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Nightwing Reaches Peak Human Not Just Physically But Mentally

Nightwing Has Surpassed Even Batman

But Nightwing is n’t just at his physical acme ; he ’s also trained his mind . Batman is also recognise forthe genial barriers he has put up as just one of his many notable eventuality design . It seems like Nightwing has his own too . By split up his mind , Dick was able-bodied to keep his hunch out of reach of a telepaththat could otherwise have destroyed the Titans from the inside out . Unlike Batman , however , Nightwing did n’t create this architectural plan to institute down a booster but to help them .

InTitans , Nightwing knows Raven is in problem , and his split - mind tactic is only there to convey his booster back : another way of life that Nightwing has not only improved on Batman ’s methods but far go past him . Batman has never quite been able-bodied to master his own fear or hold in his own mind , and Nightwing shew that he has done all of that long beforeBatman , makingNightwingthe true superhuman of DC .

Nightwing#117andTitans#14are available now from DC Comics !

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NIGHTWING # 117 ( 2024 )

TITANS # 14 ( 2024 )

Nightwing is the superhero moniker assume up by Dick Grayson , upon his aging out of the Robin role and becoming a superhero of his own . prompt by the original Kryptonian Cuban sandwich of the same name , Grayson has risen to comic Word of God immortality with the identity , earning respect as one of the greatest leaders in the DC Universe .

Comic book art: Nightwing spreads his arms in front of Heartless.

Comic book art: a young Dick Grayson with the Flying Graysons.

Nightwing Glowing Surrounded by Planets DC

Nightwing 117 Main Cover: Batman dressed as Nightwing crouches on a sign in Bludhaven.

Titans 14 Main Cover: the Titans and Swamp Thing prepare to stop a demon emerging from the Earth.

Nightwing in DC Comics Art by Bruno Redondo

Nightwing is the superhero moniker taken up by Dick Grayson, upon his aging out of the Robin role and becoming a superhero of his own. Inspired by the original Kryptonian hero of the same name, Grayson has risen to comic book immortality with the identity, earning respect as one of the greatest leaders in the DC Universe.

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