The dying of the Justice League has left a number of its heroes feeling unmoored by the loss. Nonetheless, two tales inside Justice League: Street to Dark Crisis #1 appeared to point that two of DC’s most distinguished heroes, Nightwing and the Flash, are in denial about their mentors’ deaths. Whereas it is comprehensible that they might doubt their passing given every thing they’ve skilled, appearing prefer it’s nothing to fret about now may value them in the long term.
Nightwing was the primary to display such denial, in truth, his was much more pronounced than the Flash’s. In “Group-Up” (by Joshua Williamson, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, Hello-Fi, Josh Reed), whereas working with Jon Kent, Nightwing said that the Justice League would come again. Wally’s was much less pronounced. In “Lifetime of Goal” (by Jeremy Adams, Rosi Kampe, Matt Herms, Josh Reed), he appeared unwilling to even state that they had been lifeless, hinting his perception that they can even come again.
It is not totally unreasonable for them to consider that the Justice League will come again. There may be already some affordable doubt that they’re lifeless amongst followers. So it is solely logical that their proteges, who’ve witnessed individuals getting back from the lifeless earlier than, could be extra inclined to doubt that the heroes they’ve regarded as much as all their lives are really gone. They even used these experiences as proof to assist their beliefs.
Nightwing referenced the dying of Superman and Batman. Each instances he believed that they had been gone, but each instances he stopped and did what he needed to do till they got here again to make issues proper. The Flash even regarded again on when Barry Allen was revived, however each he and Nightwing have differing views on the way it affected Wally. Whatever the consequence of their returns or what occurred within the interim between their deaths after which, the purpose that each males had been clinging to was that they at all times got here again.
It is good for them to have hope, to not surrender on the individuals they love, however taking this without any consideration is not honoring them. It is spitting on every thing they’ve labored for. By not even trying to just accept the state of affairs, each heroes are giving the villains of the world valuable time to plan a coordinated strike towards them. Already, villains throughout the planet are seizing the perceived benefit that the Justice League’s absence has given them. With the world’s premiere superhero group gone, a way of safety has been misplaced, emboldening criminals all the world over.
Nightwing and Flash do acknowledge this reality, however solely the Flash appears to be reacting to it in real-time. Nonetheless, this may result in him burning out as he tries to choose up the slack that different heroes needs to be carrying. Their reactions to the state of affairs have been lower than supreme, happily, they’re nonetheless the lads their mentors skilled, and even when their response has been sluggish, they’re getting again on monitor. Hopefully, their inaction hasn’t value them the time they will want for the approaching disaster.