The Nightwing ongoing sequence by author Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo is introducing Dick Grayson’s very personal Bat-Mite character: Nite-Mite.
DC Comics is giving Nightwing his very personal superfan from the Fifth Dimension, Nite-Mite.
Revealed on Twitter by Nightwing sequence author Tom Taylor and artist Bruno Redondo, Nightwing #98 marks the primary look of Nite-Mite, a personality designed by artist Daniele Di Nicuolo and impressed by Bat-Mite. The long run problem can be written by Taylor with inside artwork by Nicuolo and fundamental cowl artwork by Redondo. If Nite-Mite is something like Bat-Mite, chaos could possibly be heading Dick Grayson’s method within the problem.
Who Is Bat-Mite, Batman’s Superfan?
Created by Invoice Finger and Sheldon Moldoff in 1959’s Detective Comics #267, Bat-Mite is a Fifth Dimensional imp that behaves as a brilliant fan of the Dark Knight. The Fifth Dimension is one other actuality that isn’t solely dwelling to Bat-Mite, however Mr. Mxyzptlk, each of whom possess nice energy. Bat-Mite is able to altering actuality itself, utilizing his skills to problem his hero with new eventualities each in and out of doors of comics, being that he additionally seems in tv reveals and video video games just like the Batman: The Courageous and the Daring animated sequence and the Lego Batman 3: Past Gotham sport.
As for Nite-Mite, his debut strays away from the street-level threats Dick has been coping with in his solo title since Taylor and Redondo took over the sequence in 2021. The first antagonist of the title since Nightwing #78 has been the crime boss Roland Desmond aka Blockbuster, inflicting Dick to deal with police corruption, avenue crime and different threats orchestrated by the villain. Not each character that has appeared within the sequence has been street-level although, being that the Titans, Superman Jon Kent and Flash Wally West have proven as much as assist Dick previously.
Nite-Mite Is the Newest New Character Launched within the Eisner-Nominated ‘Nightwing’ Collection
Taylor and Redondo have additionally launched different new characters since taking on Nightwing. Early on within the sequence, they launched each Melinda Zucco and the villain Heartless. Melinda grew to become a brand new addition to Dick’s household tree as a secret sister he by no means knew he had, whereas Heartless is an unknown character who rips out the hearts of others so as to add to an enormous assortment he possesses. The newest problem of Nightwing to launch as of writing is Nightwing #95, and Heartless’ true id nonetheless has but to be revealed.
The inventive crew has additionally earned a lot recognition for Nightwing for the reason that duo started their run. Although the sequence misplaced in each class, Nightwing was nominated for 5 Eisner Awards in 2022, together with Finest Single Problem/One-Shot (Nightwing #87), Finest Persevering with Collection, Finest Penciller/Inker (Redondo), Finest Cowl Artist (additionally Redondo) and Finest Lettering (letterer Wes Abbott scoring the nomination for his work on the sequence).
Nightwing #98 is written by Taylor with inside artwork by Di Nicuolo and fundamental cowl artwork by Redondo. Variant covers for the problem are contributed to by Dan Hipp, Brian Stelfreeze and Jamal Campbell. The difficulty is ready to launch Nov. 15 from DC Comics.
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