The Flash simply utterly humiliated his buddy Nightwing by formally canonizing his silliest catchphrase from the 1960’s Batman present.
Warning! Accommodates spoilers for The Flash #781!
The Flash and Nightwing have been mates for years, however that received’t cease Wally from embarrassing his pal, as he confirmed by formally canonizing one of many silliest components of Dick’s previous. This falls consistent with a normal philosophy that DC’s new Infinite Frontier continuity has taken in direction of accepting all components of their characters’ pasts. When that is utilized to a personality with as a lot historical past as Nightwing, this could have hilarious outcomes.
Nightwing is the alias of Dick Grayson, the unique Robin. Dick has labored arduous to develop into his personal hero exterior of Batman’s shadow. He patrols his personal metropolis, Bludhaven, has led his personal crew, the Teen Titans, and even has his personal rogues gallery. However many individuals nonetheless consider Dick Grayson as Batman’s child sidekick, the Boy Wonder. That is largely because of the cultural affect of the 1960’s Batman TV present starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Although folks make enjoyable of it now, Adam West’s Batman stays well-liked with writers like Alan Moore. The present was delightfully irreverent and certainly one of its most iconic operating gags was Robin saying “Holy” adopted by some foolish and pertinent phrase each time one thing stunning occurred. Whereas many comedian variations of Nightwing have distanced themselves from this model of Dick Grayson, a current Flash comedian has formally canonized its most iconic function.
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In The Flash #781, written by Jeremy Adams, penciled by Fernando Pasarin with inks by Matt Ryan, The Flash takes Child Flash out with him on patrol. When the 2 uncover a Legion of Doom base (which was not too long ago mocked by Future State) within the middle of the Earth, Wally says, “Holy Dome of Doom,” referencing Robin’s previous catchphrase. He then explains to Child Flash that Nightwing used to say that form of factor on a regular basis however his fellow Titans relentlessly teased him about it for years.
This can be a nice approach to canonize an iconic however absurd a part of Dick’s previous. By having Dick get teased for saying objectively foolish statements, the revelation really presents lifelike penalties for this operating gag whereas additionally preserving the light-hearted nature of the bit. Additionally revealing this key piece of knowledge alongside discovering a Legion of Doom dome in Skartaris of all locations matches extraordinarily properly as each of these areas are additionally often considered as campier components of DC’s universe. So the “Holy” reveal feels much more pure because it takes place surrounded by different items of comedian silliness.
Flash encourages Child Flash to deliver up his previous catchphrase the subsequent time he is coaching with him, making certain that Dick won’t ever stay down one of many extra embarrassing components of his previous. However given Nightwing’s present comics has additionally referenced the Sixties Batman present, DC may not need him to. Thus Flash’s canonization of Nightwing‘s catchphrase is a broader signal of how DC’s new strategy to continuity treats the sillier components of its superheroes.
The Flash #781 is at present obtainable now from DC Comics.
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Ben Sockol has been writing articles for the comics part of Display Rant since early 2022. Rising up watching a wide range of Saturday morning cartoons after which voraciously studying by the comics they have been primarily based on, Ben developed a love of the superhero style from an early age. And upon discovering anime in highschool and school he turned a manga fanatic as properly. After double majoring in Physics and Arithmetic at MIT and doing a short stint as an Analyst at an funding agency, he realized that writing about his nerdy pursuits was his true calling. When Ben isn’t writing about comedian books, he’s almost certainly studying them or participating in certainly one of his many different hobbies like card magic. Ben can also be an everyday contributor to the Mega Manga Mondays podcast and has his personal YouTube channel YGOFrom0 the place he does deep dives into historic codecs of the Yu-Gi-Oh! buying and selling card recreation. You’ll be able to often discover him on Twitter @bsocks8.
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