DC Comics is giving Nightwing his very personal superfan from the Fifth Dimension, Nite-Mite.
Revealed on Twitter by Nightwing collection author Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo, Nightwing #98 marks the primary look of Nite-Mite, a personality designed by artist Daniele Di Nicuolo and impressed by Bat-Mite. The long run situation might be written by Taylor with inside artwork by Nicuolo and principal cowl artwork by Redondo. If Nite-Mite is something like Bat-Mite, chaos may very well be heading Dick Grayson’s approach within the situation.
Who Is Bat-Mite, Batman’s Superfan?
Created by Invoice Finger and Sheldon Moldoff in 1959’s Detective Comics #267, Bat-Mite is a Fifth Dimensional imp that behaves as a brilliant fan of the Dark Knight. The Fifth Dimension is one other actuality that isn’t solely residence to Bat-Mite, however Mr. Mxyzptlk, each of whom possess nice energy. Bat-Mite is able to altering actuality itself, utilizing his talents to problem his hero with new situations each in and out of doors of comics, being that he additionally seems in tv reveals and video video games just like the Batman: The Courageous and the Daring animated collection and the Lego Batman 3: Past Gotham recreation.
As for Nite-Mite, his debut strays away from the street-level threats Dick has been coping with in his solo title since Taylor and Redondo took over the collection in 2021. The first antagonist of the title since Nightwing #78 has been the crime boss Roland Desmond aka Blockbuster, inflicting Dick to sort out police corruption, road crime and different threats orchestrated by the villain. Not each character that has appeared within the collection has been street-level although, being that the Titans, Superman Jon Kent and Flash Wally West have proven as much as assist Dick up to now.
Nite-Mite Is the Newest New Character Launched within the Eisner-Nominated ‘Nightwing’ Sequence
Taylor and Redondo have additionally launched different new characters since taking on Nightwing. Early on within the collection, they launched each Melinda Zucco and the villain Heartless. Melinda turned a brand new addition to Dick’s household tree as a secret sister he by no means knew he had, whereas Heartless is an unknown character who rips out the hearts of others so as to add to an enormous assortment he possesses. The latest situation of Nightwing to launch as of writing is Nightwing #95, and Heartless’ true id nonetheless has but to be revealed.
The inventive group has additionally earned a lot recognition for Nightwing because the duo started their run. Although the collection misplaced in each class, Nightwing was nominated for 5 Eisner Awards in 2022, together with Greatest Single Situation/One-Shot (Nightwing #87), Greatest Persevering with Sequence, Greatest Penciller/Inker (Redondo), Greatest Cowl Artist (additionally Redondo) and Greatest Lettering (letterer Wes Abbott scoring the nomination for his work on the collection).
Nightwing #98 is written by Taylor with inside artwork by Di Nicuolo and principal cowl artwork by Redondo. Variant covers for the difficulty are contributed to by Dan Hipp, Brian Stelfreeze and Jamal Campbell. The problem is ready to launch Nov. 15 from DC Comics.
Supply: Twitter