Nightwing has already gained tremendous talents in Gotham’s close to future, however now after abusing his power-enhancing drug, he is virtually turn out to be a god!
Spoilers for Future State: Gotham #16!
In DC Comics’ alternate timeline dubbed Future State, Nightwing has turn out to be a superpowered protector of Gotham Metropolis due to a drug concoction related to the favored Batman villain Bane. And now, after this one-time Boy Wonder makes use of an excessive amount of of this “brane” enhancement serum, he turns into one thing godly and unkillable!
A extra highly effective ability set uncovered within the pages of Future State: Gotham #16, written by Dennis Culver and illustrated by Geoffo, this sequence acts because the continuation of DC’s Future State occasion, which noticed their universe fast-forward a number of a long time to discover characters and conditions each previous and new in methods followers hadn’t seen earlier than. And whereas it acquired lukewarm evaluations from readers and critics alike, sufficient fascinating character-work and storytelling components have been current in a near-future Gotham Metropolis that DC determined to present the heroes defending it an ongoing sequence!
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Counting himself as one of many many different Batmen presently operating round this future Gotham, like a lately returned Damian Wayne as Batman 666 and Jace Fox as The Subsequent Batman, Nightwing has gone to battle with the remainder of the Bat-Household to show his value as the one Batman on the town, in addition to preserve them out of his manner whereas he does what he must do to guard the town. It is a drawback since Nightwing has additionally been utilizing a Venom-derived serum that has been suppressing his feelings and giving him uncanny powers stemming from an irregular improve in psychological capability. Taking up the Future State variations of Robin, Batwoman, Bluebird, the Batgirls, Oracle, Red Hood, and even Sign, Nightwing, through his custom-built Batman outfit that injects brane proper into his system, exceeds its “most dosage,” turning Nightwing into one thing fully unnatural, within the course of.
And because the potent thoughts enhancing drug that’s brane hits Nightwing absolutely, he instantly begins to glow and rise from the bottom. Now floating in midair, Nightwing crackles with electrical power, and when the remainder of the Bat-Household realizes what he’s accomplished, makes use of his new powers to place everybody however Oracle to sleep to cease them from preventing him additional. Finally flying his manner over to the battle between Batmen, Nightwing zaps Damian unconscious, and as he floats over the scene, utters one thing that solidifies his unkillable standing. Saying, “There’s just one Batman. And I’ll by no means die,” Nightwing confirms his new powers have given him an unintended bonus that he intends to check out now that he’s taking up not simply the prolonged members of the Bat-Household, however the handful of males claiming the mantle of the Bat as nicely.
So whereas it stays to be seen if Nightwing will acquire much more unbelievable powers of untold energy and sturdiness within the points to come back, the truth that he’s presently channeling some actual Physician Manhattan power is an fascinating — and probably even worrisome — sight to see for followers of the character. Nightwing was as soon as solely a person, and now with brane fully consuming his system, he’s turn out to be a self-proclaimed unkillable meta machine, giving Future State’s Bat-Household a possible drawback they gained’t be prepared to beat ought to Nightwing determine to take a stroll on the darkish facet.