Now that Bludhaven’s police division is getting cleaned up, it is the right time for Dick Grayson to develop into an officer once more.
The next article incorporates spoilers from Nightwing #94, on sale now.
Nightwing’s struggle in opposition to Blockbuster is lastly kicking into excessive gear. In Nightwing #94 (by Tom Taylor, Geraldo Borges, Adriano Lucas, Wes Abbott) he took down an integral a part of Blockbuster’s management of Bludhaven when he assisted within the arrest of Commissioner Maclean. Within the aftermath, the police division has discovered a brand new and honorable chief in Maggie Sawyer, who intends to scrub up the division.
With a brand new potential ally on the town, most of Maclean’s corrupt officers are both arrested or about to go on trial. Now could be the right time for Dick Grayson to reclaim a bit of his historical past. He may develop into a police officer once more. It could present him with many new alternatives to fight Blockbuster’s efforts to rule Bludhaven, however greater than that, it could be a possible step in the direction of restoring order to town.
As Nightwing put it when he apprehended Maclean, the previous commissioner was the embodiment of all the pieces flawed with town. What was meant to guard the folks had as a substitute been was a weapon for the highly effective to bludgeon everybody else into submission. Maclean’s soiled work for Blockbuster had not solely ruined the integrity of his police division but in addition destroyed any belief the residents had in him.
Maggie’s arrival as the brand new commissioner is perhaps an indication of change, however it is going to nonetheless be an uphill battle for her. It is too hopeful to consider that each corrupt officer within the division was uncovered by Nightwing’s actions. Blockbuster seemingly nonetheless has some pull inside the police power, even when it is not the identical as earlier than. Maggie could have bother rooting it out, and in all chance will put herself at risk as a consequence.
It could be preferrred for her to have a extremely educated ally on the within along with her. Dick may volunteer as an officer, his expertise making him an unquestionable candidate for the job. His private integrity would even be a boon to the division. Everybody within the metropolis is aware of who he’s and what he stands for. Within the aftermath of Maclean being arrested, seeing Dick take initiative can be an indication that the police are to be trusted once more.
This would not even be the primary time he is executed one thing like this. When Nightwing first got here to Bludhaven, he confronted nearly the identical drawback — Blockbuster was in command of almost each type of authorities within the metropolis. Dick finally determined to hitch the police to root out the corruption inside it. The one cause he stop is that his companion found his true identification and persuaded him at hand in his badge as a result of authorized nightmare of all of it.
However now, Nightwing is a metropolis that hardly trusts him, a lot much less the police. If something, the state of affairs could also be even worse than what he first handled so a few years in the past. Becoming a member of the police now can be a superb begin to confirming that one in all Blockbuster’s biggest weapons in opposition to town has been correctly turned in opposition to him because it at all times ought to have been.