Jon Kent, the brand new Superman of Earth, will get a serving to hand and an understanding ear from none apart from Dick Grayson within the upcoming Nightwing #89.
The adopted son of Bruce Wayne and the organic son of Clark Kent get collectively for some pleasant mentorship within the upcoming Nightwing #89.
Written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Bruno Redondo, Nightwing #89 sees Jon Kent hanging out with Dick Grayson. DC has teased that Nightwing will share recommendation and friendship with Jon, who remains to be making his approach as the brand new Superman of Earth whereas his father travels to Warworld. This growth mirrors how years in the past, Nightwing sought out Superman for recommendation on find out how to transfer on in his superhero profession after he felt he had outgrown the position of Batman’s sidekick, Robin.
NIGHTWING #89
- Written by TOM TAYLOR
- Artwork and canopy by BRUNO REDONDO
- Variant cowl by JAMAL CAMPBELL
- 1:25 variant cowl by BENGAL
- $3.99 US | 32 pages | $4.99 US Variant (Card Inventory)
- ON SALE 2/15/22
- Superman/Nightwing crossover! Years in the past,when Robin took his first unsure steps away from Batman as his personal hero, Superman stepped in and supplied Dick Grayson essential recommendation, assist, and a reputation: Nightwing. Now it is time for Nightwing to return the favor. To be concluded in Superman: Son of Kal-El #9 in March!
Nightwing’s reference to Superman dates again to 1968’s Superman #158, the place the Man of Metal and Jimmy Olsen visited the bottled Kryptonian metropolis of Kandor, a spot the place Superman had no powers. Taking inspiration from Batman and Robin, Superman and Jimmy Olsen seemed to 2 birds indigenous to Kandor and took on the costumed identities of Nightwing and Flamebird. Batman and Robin would later go to Kandor in 1964’s World’s Best #143 and study of those identities, and when Dick Grayson determined to maneuver on from the position of Robin in 1984’s Tales of the Teen Titans #44, he selected the title Nightwing. On the time, Dick ruminated that each Batman and Superman’s steering had helped him develop into a person, and he needed a title that mirrored a connection to each of them.
Within the 2017 sequence Tremendous Sons, Jon Kent was established as the most effective buddy of Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin. An expedition into area noticed Jon aged up by three years, however their current interplay within the pages of Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 reveals that regardless of the age distinction, Jon and Damian stay shut confidants. Jon has had much less interactions with Dick, however contemplating the shut relationship between Dick and Damian as established within the Batman and Robin sequence of 2009, it solely is sensible that the brand new Man of Metal would flip to the elder sidekick who taught Damian find out how to be a Boy Wonder.
Nightwing #89 goes on sale Feb. 15 from DC.
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