WARNING: The next accommodates spoilers for Robins #3 by Tim Seeley, Baldemar Rivas, Romulo Fajardo Jr, and Steve Wands and Nightwing #88 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, and Andworld Design
Dick Grayson’s place within the legacy of Batman is simple. The primary (and infrequently heralded as the most effective) Robin has lengthy championed the heroism his mentor taught him. However he is additionally expressed doubt in the way in which Batman sees the world. This doubt has come as soon as once more as he simply received a really first-hand reminder of this battle in essentially the most tragic method. Robins #3 proved that being a member of the Bat-Household has been notably tough on the Robins. Nightwing’s pressured to confront that ache, and on the identical time acknowledge a significantly better assist system in Nightwing #88 is the Teen Titans.
Dick Grayson is normally held up as the perfect results of being Robin. A courageous younger man who grew up surprisingly well-adjusted and noble, Nightwing is a lynchpin within the DC hero group. He is additionally handled because the elder brother throughout the Bat-Household. He solely actually realized his full potential by increasing his horizons although. This resulted in him changing into first a founding member of the Teen Titans, after which a significant chief of the workforce. There, he developed friendships that also final to the current day. Each of those relationships have been getting highlighted in current months, with Robins and Nightwing each that includes Grayson interacting with every group.
But it surely turns into obvious from each which one had been the higher emotional outlet for the hero recently. In Robins, Tim Drake, secretly being impersonated by the First Robin, tried to persuade the younger heroes to permit murderers tied to his private historical past to die. Though the Robins save the day, this fractured their fragile bond collectively. When Dick talked to Bruce about it, he is enraged by Batman’s obvious lack of concern for his sidekicks. This prompted Nightwing to yell at him and determine the Robin experiment was all the time a failure. It is a harsh condemnation, however not a completely inaccurate one. Batman’s distance to others has turn into more and more highlighted lately, together with the impact it is had on his allies within the course of. It is an unhealthy connection when it ought to be supportive and guiding.
In the meantime, the Titans had been considerably extra optimistic and inspiring to Nightwing. After coming to Bludhaven to assist defend Grayson from an assassination contract, the Titans rapidly united round him. They protected him and gave him the prospect to alter his outfit, in addition to overtly assist him. Every Titan not solely reaffirmed their love for Nightwing however overtly revered his current actions. Collectively, the Titans had been in a position to cease the occasion from descending into pure chaos. It is a far cry from Batman’s tactic of hardly ever doling out any form of affection. As a substitute, the Titans are open about their appreciation for each other and rapidly labored properly as a unit consequently. Dick is not the one Robin to develop from such publicity, with Jason, Tim, Damian, and Steph additionally all rising after they joined different groups (together with the Titans).
Nightwing’s current experiences together with his fellow heroes have highlighted simply how problematic the Bat-Household’s method of contending with drama actually is. They do not assist one another or come to one another’s support as they need to. When Tim appeared to lash out and problem the opposite Robins, they both watched in horrified silence or truly attacked him as Jason Todd did. It is one other reminder that regardless of his greatest intentions, Batman’s actions have had some unfavorable results on his younger allies too. It paints the Bat-Household’s current dramas in a extra tragic gentle, particularly when in comparison with extra supportive teams such because the Teen Titans will be. Regardless that the entire Robins have had troubled occasions with them, it is clearly so much higher than what they’ve encountered as members of the Bat-Household.