Warning: accommodates spoilers for Batman: Past the White Knight #6!In a future Gotham, Nightwing’s “Red Hood” origin makes him Jason Todd’s darkish reverse. The 2 former Robins are historically considered as opposites; Nightwing is a beloved hero and Red Hood is the edgy “shoot to kill” bad-boy, however in Batman: Past the White Knight #6, the roles have reversed as Nightwing has joined a fascist paramilitary unit–all within the title of purging Gotham of crime.
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Batman: Past the White Knight is the newest entry in author/artist Sean Murphy’s White Knight universe, which started with White Knight in 2017 and continued in Curse of the White Knight in 2019. Curse ended with Bruce Wayne stepping down as Batman, turning himself into the police and arranging for his huge fortune to be put into social betterment packages. Nonetheless, Derek Powers had different plans, as a substitute funneling the cash into his personal pockets and creating the GTO, a fascist police unit that “cleaned” up the streets of Gotham–and they’re led by Dick Grayson, the previous Nightwing. Jason Todd, the previous Red Hood, arrives, serving to his former mentor escape of jail–a transfer that has put him within the GTO, and Nightwing’s, sights. Within the newest concern of Past the White Knight, readers can see the worth Nightwing paid for a safer Gotham Metropolis.
Within the newest concern of Past the White Knight (by Sean Murphy), readers can see the worth Nightwing paid for a safer Gotham Metropolis. On this storyline, Jason and his new Robin, Gan, have been apprehended by the GTO and dropped at their headquarters for questioning. Jason is defiant, overtly insulting Nightwing. When one other GTO official makes an attempt to arrest Gan, a battle breaks out and Jason tosses Nightwing out a window. As the 2 brawl within the streets, Jason reminds Nightwing that Batman and Robin represented “hope, energy,” and by no means giving up. He goes onto say that Nightwing has betrayed Batman by bringing concern and oppression to Gotham. Nightwing slugs Jason, knocking him over. Standing over Jason, Nightwing says that “ending crime in Gotham got here at a value”—a worth he accuses neither Bruce nor Jason of eager to pay. Because of the well timed intervention of Commissioner Barbara Gordon and the Gotham Police, Jason is taken from the GTO.
Red Hood and Nightwing Have Switched Roles
Sean Murphy continues his streak of skewering fashionable Batman tropes in Past the White Knight and, right here, he flips the script on each Nightwing and Red Hood. Within the basic storyline Beneath the Red Hood, Jason Todd returned, taking the title and id of the Red Hood and handing out brutal justice throughout Gotham Metropolis. In his quest to purge crime from the town, Red Hood crossed quite a few traces, together with killing folks–one thing Batman wouldn’t approve of. It has solely been up to now 12 months that Red Hood has deserted weapons, which has led to a thawing of his relationship with Batman. Nightwing, alternatively, is considered as a pleasant man, one who follows (most of) the principles laid out by Batman. In Neo-Gotham, the roles at the moment are reversed, as Nightwing has strayed from the rules of his mentor by giving out punishment that was each bit as brutal as something Red Hood dished out.
It may be argued that Grayson has taken Red Hood’s unique mission even additional: Red Hood was combating a one-man struggle towards crime and nobody needed to work with him. Alternatively, Nightwing’s fascist campaign has been codified into regulation, making it much more insidious. Is there any redemption for Nightwing? Or will his new “Red Hood” origin proceed to make him Jason Todd’s darkish reverse?
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