There’s rather a lot to like about Nightwing, together with his most charming—if weird—obsession: Batman merchandise, from Adam West mugs to Bat-pajamas.
There’s rather a lot to like about Nightwing’s most up-to-date period, together with his most charming—if weird—obsession: Batman merchandise. Dick Grayson is well-known for his humorousness, and that extends to digs at his mentor. Nightwing’s assortment of Batman mugs and attire is a enjoyable working gag within the present Nightwing run, but it surely additionally extends again into his time on the Teen Titans.
Nightwing could present his love for Batman by his assortment of merchandise, however Dick Grayson made his break from Bruce Wayne and Gotham within the Eighties. Dick shed the Robin mantle and debuted his unique Nightwing “Discowing” look, working virtually full time together with his mates on the Titans. Though he left Batman and Robin behind, the New Teen Titans sequence typically confirmed Nightwing with a Batman-branded mug in hand. A couple of a long time later and he is nonetheless displaying his fondness for Batman within the strangest of the way, particularly when he is within the fingers of the latest Nightwing artistic staff.
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In the newest Nightwing run, spearheaded by the central staff of Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, and Wes Abbott, Nightwing is commonly depicted with varied sorts of Batman merchandise. Situation #80 sees him utilizing an Adam West Batman mug, and subject #89 sees him sporting Bat-branded pajama pants. Oracle additionally likes to get in on the enjoyable; in the identical scene with the Bat-pajamas, Barbara Gordon wears a Teen Titans Go! t-shirt. In one other subject totally, #81, she’s sporting one other shirt depicting the notorious “Batman slapping Robin” meme, made solely funnier by her shut relationship with the unique Robin himself: Dick Grayson.
Small Easter eggs and gags like these—particularly the Batman pajama pants reveal—are a part of what makes this most up-to-date Nightwing run so charming, pleasant, and extremely profitable. The fixed look of branded merchandise would possibly really feel solely like meta-moments for followers of DC media at giant, however the pants, the shirts, and particularly the mug are all in-character particulars for Dick Grayson. Dick has a protracted historical past of gathering his mentor’s merchandise, going again to the times of New Teen Titans, and it is an important reminder of his sometimes-bizarre humorousness. Even when Dick was on the outs with Batman, he stored his mentor shut at hand—actually, within the case of the espresso mug. Now his latest artistic staff is digging into that humor and historical past for excellent character particulars like these.
Although it begs the query of who within the bigger DCU is definitely making Batman- and Teen Titans-themed merchandise, its look within the pages of Nightwing reveals simply how a lot care and good-humor goes into making this e-book and dealing with this beloved character. Eagle-eyed readers ought to hold their eyes out for extra of Dick and Barbara’s clearly huge assortment. Simply because Nightwing and Oracle are battling serial killers and corrupt cops doesn’t suggest they can not do it in Bat-branded model.
Try Nightwing #96, accessible September twentieth from DC Comics!