Warning: There are spoilers forward for Endlessly Evil #1, out in shops right now.

Nightwing has had an attention-grabbing few years; after DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio reportedly tried to have him killed throughout Geoff Johns’s large Infinite Crisis finale, the unique Robin briefly took up the mantle of Batman when Bruce Wayne was presumed lifeless following the occasions of Last Crisis.

Whereas plainly chunk of time nonetheless “counts” for the New 52, he returned to his Nightwing masks by the point the relaunch started in 2011.

Properly, that masks has been pulled away, as the primary situation of DC’s Endlessly Evil crossover, out now, reveals Dick Grayson’s id to the world. As we noticed within the preview pages launched earlier this week, Johns and Finch’s story included Nightwing being snatched up by the Crime Syndicate of America–and having his id revealed to the world through dwell tv. The CSA additionally say that they plan to stalk and kill all of Grayson’s family members, which makes the trajectory of the remainder of the miniseries–especially so far as it applies to the Bat-family–pretty clear.

And, after all, it begs the query: who the heck is that Batman working with Luthor’s individuals on the quilt of the collection’ second situation? May or not it’s that Bruce Wayne actually is working with Lex and firm as soon as he and the remainder of the League return subsequent month?

“At his core, Dick Grayson is the last word legacy character within the DC Universe, so he is constructed on this core of making an attempt to get out from underneath the last word shadow,” Higgins advised ComicBook.com on the time of the relaunch. “His life as Dick Grayson may be very a lot part of this guide. Our first six, seven points alone, Haley’s Circus is a really distinguished side of the guide. Haley’s Circus is Dick Grayson; Haley’s Circus is just not Nightwing.”

And now, greater than ever, it seems as if his life as Dick Grayson will likely be a component not solely of the guide however of the DC Universe on the whole.

What the ramifications of this are for the Batman household of characters will likely be attention-grabbing; since Bruce Wayne has already admitted to being a benefactor for Batman, Integrated, it most likely will not endanger his secret id in any respect (this might simply be an extension of that relationship, in any case)