WARNING: The next comprises main spoilers for Batman: Wayne Household Adventures #7, obtainable now on Webtoon.
After combating crime evening after evening for years, the Bat-Household aren’t any strangers to shut encounters with demise, a lot in order that dying and coming again to life is a part of their “vigilante bingo,” a disconcerting sport they use to trace their achievements. However the latest Batman: Wayne Household Adventures reveals that even Nightwing cannot resolve if his obvious demise within the New 52 counts in direction of his bingo.
In Batman: Wayne Household Adventures #7 “Vigilante Bingo” by Starbite, CRC Payne, Maria Li, Lan Ma, CM Cameron, and Kielamel Sibal revealed that Nightwing does not know if he can declare one nightmarish win that his siblings can simply declare for themselves. The Webtoon begins with the Bat-Household assembled within the Batcave after being known as there by Red Robin to have fun a giant milestone in Sign’s vigilante bingo — sending a supervillain to Arkham Asylum by himself. The workforce congratulated Duke on his achievement, just for him to ask them what else they celebrated. Robin held his hand up and quizzed his siblings on what number of of them had began their very own superhero workforce. Afterward, Red Robin requested what number of of them modified their names earlier than and most of them held their palms up. Orphan requested what number of of them have been skilled by assassins. Red Hood, hoping to one-up his siblings, requested what number of of them had been murdered and introduced again to life. Orphan, Red Hood and Robin raised their palms.
In the meantime, Nightwing questioned if his “factor with the Crime Syndicate” counted or not, stating that he may by no means bear in mind. Red Hood hurriedly declared that it didn’t rely, whereas Red Robin mentioned that it did rely.
Sign, understandably frightened about what number of of his new siblings had died and are available again, requested in the event that they have been being critical. Red Hood shot again that it occurred greater than he would assume. Steering the dialog to a extra optimistic facet, Nightwing responded that there have been enjoyable elements of vigilante bingo, and Red Robin shifted the group to speaking about pranking Batman whereas they have been within the subject.
Nevertheless, Nightwing questioning if his New 52 “demise” truly counts is comparatively affordable, contemplating the unusual circumstances surrounding it and the truth that he was solely “useless” for a number of seconds. Throughout Geoff Johns and David Finch’s crossover Perpetually Evil, the Crime Syndicate from Earth-3 got here to Earth-0 in aftermath of the Trinity Conflict occasion. Hoping to take over the universe, the Crime Syndicate methodically defeated their Justice League counterparts. As a part of their plan, Superwoman and Owlman kidnapped Nightwing then revealed his actual identification of Dick Grayson on reside tv. Afterwards, they strapped him to a Homicide Machine, a bomb set to blow up until Nightwing’s coronary heart stops. Lex Luthor, who had lately turned away from a lifetime of crime, secretly gave Nightwing a capsule that stopped his coronary heart for a number of seconds.
As Nightwing died, Batman, Luthor and their allies defeated what remained of the Crime Syndicate with out the specter of an exploding bomb over their heads. Whereas Luthor managed to revive Nightwing fast sufficient so he did not formally die, the remainder of the world thought he was useless. Nightwing used his newly gained anonymity to infiltrate the key spy group Spyral within the fan-favorite sequence Grayson.
Provided that Red Hood’s grotesque demise was one of the vital moments within the DC Universe for a really very long time, it is solely pure that he would not rely Dick’s heart-stopping for a number of seconds as an actual “demise.” In the meantime, as one of many few who’s by no means died, Red Robin pondering it counts is not unusual. Since Nightwing is the oldest member of his siblings, he naturally has much more expertise than the remainder of the workforce, however dying and coming again is likely one of the few experiences that his juniors appear to have over him.