Incorporates spoilers for Nightwing #95, and preview data for #96 and #97!
Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, aka Nightwing and Batgirl, have simply the preferred romance in DC Comics. For many years, the previous Boy Wonder and Oracle have come collectively, fallen aside, and gotten again collectively once more, breaking hearts alongside the best way. Nonetheless, Nightwing’s new period has seen him reunite in a deep and vital method with Batgirl, and evidently DC is now teasing a proposal between the 2 in upcoming points.
The tempestuous relationship between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon lately stabilized, because the globe-trotting heroes have every adopted a brand new establishment. Utilizing new armor to combat as Batgirl after a historic harm to her backbone, Babs is at present coaching Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown as the brand new Batgirls. In the meantime, following an unlimited inheritance from Wayne household butler Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson has change into a public determine, vowing to rid the town of Blüdhaven of its community of corruption and act as a security internet for individuals who would in any other case be allowed to fall. To assist on this mammoth endeavor, Nightwing has referred to as on Batgirl many instances, with the 2 falling again into their romance and functionally dwelling collectively when not wanted elsewhere.
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Nonetheless, it appears DC could also be about to change that romantic establishment with a proposal. Solicits for upcoming points shared by League of Comedian Geeks point out a big query, with the abstract for problem #96 stating “…as Dick and Babs’s two hearts do discover their glad place subsequent to one another, one query they ask one another proves tough to reply,” and #97 following up with, “…Batgirl provides Nightwing her reply. They usually have an extended speak with one another about what which means.” In the meantime, Jamal Campbell’s variant cowl artwork for problem #96 sees the 2 embracing whereas surrounded by flowers, and in problem #95 (from Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo), Batwoman and Nightwing focus on romance, with Kathy Kane telling Dick that the largest mistake she ever made was not marrying her former companion Maggie Sawyer.
It is easy to see how listening to a few missed likelihood at matrimonial bliss would get Nightwing pondering, opening up the chance that the “query” DC is hinting at is a proposal – certainly, as recommended within the abstract for Nightwing #96, it could be very a lot in character for the 2 take-charge heroes to suggest to one another on the identical time. A marriage between the 2 has been on the playing cards for a very long time, and so they truly did get married in Dark Nights: Demise Steel -The Final Tales Of The DC Universe #1, although this befell in a now defunct actuality on the eve of the top of the world.
There’s all the time the chance that DC intends to tug the rug from beneath readers, however it definitely looks as if Nightwing is gearing as much as a proposal, with Dick and Babs in a stronger place than in few instances of their historical past. DC has pushed again on writers having characters marry earlier than – certainly, Batwoman and Maggie Sawyer are essentially the most notorious instance of this obvious coverage. It is also value maintaining in thoughts that particularly in comics, a wedding isn’t any assure a pair is ceaselessly (Marvel rewrote Spider-Man’s complete life to make it so he’d by no means married Mary Jane.) Nonetheless, followers have praised Taylor and Redondo’s run to date for depicting a cheerful, mutually supportive relationship, which means that if one or each of them do pop the query, it is attainable they will get that rarest of all issues – a comparatively uneventful superhero marriage ceremony.
Solely upcoming problems with Nightwing will present if Dick and Barbara are headed down the aisle (with the upcoming problem 100 providing the right alternative for one thing particular), however it’s attainable that maybe essentially the most fan-favorite will they/will not they relationship in comics is about to enter an entire new period, as DC teases that marriage is on the playing cards for Nightwing and Batgirl.
Nightwing #96 is out there now from DC Comics.
Supply: League of Comedian Geek (1, 2)