After weeks of fan submissions, DC Comics has lastly selected a reputation for the furry companion of Bludhaven’s resident hero Nightwing.
Warning: Minor spoilers for Nightwing #78!
For the previous few weeks, avid followers of DC Comics have been anxiously awaiting the reveal of superhero Dick Grayson/Nightwing‘s new furry companion’s title and now the time has come.
Following a return to the crime-infested territory of Bludhaven in Nightwing #78 from author Tom Taylor (Suicide Squad, Justice League / Energy Rangers) and artist Bruno Redondo (Injustice 2, Titans), town’s main protector rescues a stray canine from a bunch of vicious criminals throughout a much-needed return to battling street-level crime. Whereas the difficulty would introduce the lone canine to readers, the canine’s title could be left to the followers to resolve. Voting closed on the finish of March and Tom Taylor lastly introduced the long-awaited title of Grayson’s newfound pup on his private Twitter account, together with a picture of the latest member to the DC Group. Nevertheless, now that the title Haley is confirmed, it’s doubtless solely a matter of time earlier than Dick varieties an in depth bond with the stray.
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Nightwing’s valuable pup Haley was launched within the 78th concern of his present ongoing comedian collection partly one of many Leaping into the Mild story arc. A number of particulars regarding Haley’s title and historical past are deliberately left ambiguous all through the rest of the difficulty after the canine’s first assembly with Nightwing. Former Batgirl and an occasional flame of Grayson’s, Barbara Gordon welcomes the poorly handled Haley with open arms however Dick doesn’t appear as enthusiastic. Even after Dick goes to the difficulty of warding off a gang of armed thugs, the canine instantly repays her rescuer with a swift chomp on his hand.
The revealing of Nightwing’s pup’s title is not the primary time that DC Comics has enlisted assistance from its loyal followers to drive comedian storylines. Author Jim Starlin and artist Jim Aparo’s notorious 1988 story Batman: A Dying within the Household rests the emotional anchor of its complete climax on the followers. It was finally left as much as devoted readers, by way of a vote performed over a phone name, to resolve the destiny of Batman’s then-Robin Jason Todd. Issues did not prove nice for Todd and he seemingly perished in a warehouse explosion initiated by the Joker. Nevertheless, Todd would, in fact, inevitably return from the useless over a decade later.
Now that Dick Grayson’s prized pet has been given the title Haley, Taylor guarantees that followers of his Nightwing title can count on a major quantity of concentrate on the titular hero’s new canine. Nevertheless, Haley is not like most canines. She solely has three legs and if the preliminary chunk is any indication, Haley will undoubtedly show to be a handful for Bludhaven’s resident superhero. Returning to Bludhaven and now with a brand new canine at his facet, Taylor is returning Nightwing to a outstanding rank inside DC’s fabled world of superheroes.
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