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Nightwing misplaced his mother and father in a tragic homicide as a toddler, and now his sister is stepping in to convey their killer to true justice.
Warning: spoilers for Nightwing #99 forward!Dick Grayson’s childhood wasn’t a simple one, from the horrific loss that turned him into Robin to the later feud with Batman that noticed him strike out on his personal as Nightwing. Whereas Nightwing definitely turned out to be a brighter hero than Batman, he by no means actually bought closure on what occurred to his mother and father – that’s till he met his long-lost sister.
Many heroes within the DC Universe have a tragic backstory, from Superman shedding Krypton to Batman shedding his mother and father, and lots of heroes hardly ever get closure on what occurred to them. Superman was by no means capable of save Krypton, with the vast majority of surviving Kryptonians he meets being enemies, whereas Flash frequently has to contend along with his mom’s killer because the Reverse-Flash. However Nightwing is lastly given closure in Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo’s Nightwing #99, when Nightwing’s long-lost sister, Melinda Lin, decides to not solely testify in opposition to her mobster father, but in addition requests the Gotham Metropolis Police Division to re-open the case into John and Mary Grayson’s dying, lastly giving closure to Nightwing’s largest tragedy.
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Whereas Dick Grayson did ultimately develop as much as change into one of many brightest heroes within the DC Universe, he started this profession in darkness. Dick misplaced his mother and father at a younger age on account of homicide that he witnessed. This might’ve ruined his complete life, however as a result of he was adopted by Bruce Wayne, who understood that trauma, Dick was capable of concentrate on being a hero. Nightwing modified on account of his mother and father’ dying, and he might have modified for the more severe, however due to his help system of Bruce Wayne and later the Titans, he was capable of turn into one of many best heroes within the DC Universe. This was helped by his mother and father’ killer, Tony Zucco, being imprisoned on account of his gangster previous.
Nightwing’s Sister Provides Him Closure
In Nightwing #99, nevertheless, Tony Zucco – who believes himself to be the daddy of Dick’s sister – is launched from jail on good conduct. Because of Nightwing’s efforts, he is as soon as extra arrested, and Melinda makes use of her place as mayor to re-open the case of Dick’s mother and father, guaranteeing Zucco will particularly pay for his or her deaths. Due to Dick’s latest defeat of the mobster Blockbuster, Melinda is lastly capable of stand as much as Zucco, disabusing him of the idea that he is her father and vowing to erase his identify from the town’s historical past, even altering her personal identify to Melinda Grayson-Lin. The difficulty ends with Zucco as soon as once more behind bars and solely a matter of time till the Graysons’ murders are added to his sentence.
Nightwing’s life modified without end when he discovered that he had a half-sister in his adopted metropolis, and now Melinda and Dick are poised to actually save Blüdhaven – a journey which begins with Nightwing lastly about to see his mother and father’ assassin reply for his or her deaths.
Nightwing #99 is on sale now from DC Comics!