Ever for the reason that present first premiered on DC Universe, followers have loved the brand new collection Titans for its gritty strategy to the legacy of superheroes, particularly because it involves these within the shadow of the Justice League. And whereas Dick Grayson has given up on making an attempt to be Robin, he nonetheless cannot let go of the life as a vigilante. Followers have been ready for him to take of the mantle (and costume) of Nightwing, and now it appears like we’ve affirmation that this can happen by the finale of Season 2.
New set images from Titans present Brenton Thwaites (or his stunt double) within the iconic, capeless costume of Nightwing, displaying the black-and-blue swimsuit in its full glory. And whereas Warner Bros. is perhaps upset that this costume leaked early, they actually needs to be mad at Minka Kelly, who revealed the primary have a look at the costume on her social media profile.
Try the very best have a look at Nightwing’s new costume on Titans within the photographs under (in addition to a peak on the Ravager costume for Rose Wilson, AKA Deathstroke’s daughter):
Nightwing is right here! #DCUTITANS pic.twitter.com/HnIqWoKyP5
— Walt (@UberKryptonian) September 19, 2019
Whereas this is perhaps a shock for some followers, we knew this was coming. Grayson performed at being Robin all through your entire first season of Titans, and it wasn’t till the top of Season 1 the place he lastly forged that identification apart and let it belong to Jason Todd. Now we all know he is lastly embracing it — or he’ll, no less than, contemplating we nonetheless have a protracted methods to go till the season finale.
Showrunner Greg Walker beforehand spoke with ComicBook concerning the new season of Titans and revealed new particulars about Grayson’s eventual identification shift towards Nightwing.
“It is within the shadows, so keep tuned in case you really need Nightwing info this season, I feel you may be glad by the top of the 12 months,” mentioned Walker.
A part of this growth would possibly come right down to the involvement of Bruce Wayne, who’s taking part in an necessary half within the new episodes.
“Nicely Bruce was an enormous character on our present final 12 months, you simply did not see him, I imply for essentially the most half. For Dick, he was omnipresent and it felt like we actually wanted to dive into Dick’s relationship with Bruce to essentially perceive Dick higher,” Walker defined. “I used to be actually excited as a author to enter Bruce Wayne. There’s been a lot carried out about Batman however there’s not a ton about about being Bruce Wayne… Bruce is absolutely superior at being Batman, he is type of crappy at being Bruce. We wished to work on Bruce Wayne making an attempt to revive that relationship with Dick in a means get again to an up to date model of father and son.”
New episodes of Titans air each Friday on DC Universe.