Dick Grayson soared from under Batman’s shadow to go from Robin to Nightwing in comics.
Will he hit the big screen?
Warner Brothers has director Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) and writer Bill Dubuque (The Accountant) working a film based on Nightwing according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Nightwing (Dick Grayson) was the original Robin who left to lead Teen Titans and Titans before solo series in which he became protector of Bludhaven, a section of Gotham City. Continue reading NIGHTWING Movie?
Our new comic book picks of the week, part one with the big DC Rebirth titles.
Batgirl #1
Barbara Gordon goes Beyond Burnside in her brand new series by Hope Larson and Rafael Albuquerque.
Babs undergoes training with the world’s best fighters in Japan. A chance meeting puts a target on Batgirl’s back and pulls her into a global mystery.
Nightwing #1
Is Dick Grayson Better Than Batman in the first arc by Tim Seeley and Javi Fernandez? Grayson is back in black and blue. There’s been a deadly power play in the Parliament of Owls. Dick is forced to take on a new mentor who challenges him to rethink everything Batman taught him and how to bring bad guys to justice. Continue reading NIGHTWING, BATGIRL, TITANS & OUTLAWS In DC REBIRTH This Week
Monsters are coming to Gotham City. The Batman family will unite to stop them.
Batman #1 arrived this week kicking off a new era with a new creative team for the Dark Knight. DC Comics announced the first crossover event of the DC Rebirth era coming this fall.
Bruce Wayne is back as the Dark Knight with Duke Thomas (new costume, no code name yet) as his partner in fighting crime. Dick Grayson returns to his Nightwing code name and costume. Batman and Batwoman are co-leading Detective Comics.
“Night of the Monster Men” will spans the BATMAN, NIGHTWING and DETECTIVE COMICS issues on sale late September and early October, pitting the heroes of Gotham against a mystery-shrouded foe from the Dark Knight’s past! Continue reading FIRST DC REBIRTH Crossover in BATMAN Books
DC Comics Rebirth confirmed Dick Grayson is taking back the code-name Nightwing and wearing the famous costume in a brand new series.
In The New 52 Nightwing wore a black and red costume while devoted cosplayers still sported the beloved black and blue. The world watched Dick “die” at the hands of Lex Luthor in the Forever Evil finale. The original Robin kept the masquerade up to go an undercover mission for Batman. No costume, no code-name, Dick became a super spy investigating the evil Spyral in Grayson.
When DC Comics Rebirth begins in June, Dick is back in the fan-favorite costume, starring in a new Nightwing book and in a Titans team book. Dick was once Batman when Bruce Wayne was trapped in time and some readers loved that run. Dick will never permanently take over the Batman role but with Rebirth, is he better than Batman? Continue reading NIGHTWING Is Better Than BATMAN?
DC Comics revealed the new lineup of comics starting with a huge DC Comics Rebirth one-shot by Geoff Johns arriving in May.
Aside from the creative lineups for the new number ones (except for Action and Detective which go back to original numbering) the announcement sparks a ton of questions about the fate of certain characters and hints at a change in status quo.