Dick Grayson is a central member of the Bat-Household and the unique Robin. However, this week, he is headed for some harmful territory in Nightwing #66. Current occasions have led the crimefighter in some unusual instructions. Batman #55 noticed the hero in a relatively routing rooftop assembly with The Dark Knight and Commissioner Gordon. On the tail finish of that assembly, every little thing went fairly horribly flawed as Grayson took a literal bullet to the pinnacle. When the hero got here to, he was confused by all of his environment and understandably wished some solutions from the “strangers” round him. It seems KGBeast was the one behind the taking pictures below the route of Bane, however there are much more sinister plots at play with the hero’s new established order. Nightwing Annual #2 coated every little thing concerning the incident with Grayson revisiting these moments the place Batman tried to get his previous companion to recollect who he was and what his life was like earlier than the gunshot wound. However, it seems that Nightwing is not all in favour of returning to that life in the mean time. *Spoilers for Nightwing #66 are arising.*
So, Dick has been going by Ric Grayson as of late as he downright refuses to purchase into something from his previous life as of proper now. He nonetheless has retained that martial arts coaching from Batman and can assist out these in want when obligation calls. However, he isn’t placing on the Nightwing go well with any time quickly. Even weirder, he will get unusual desires and visions of his previous life that urge him to form of keep in mind what was and Grayson has no intention of listening to these ideas both.
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The younger hero’s been going to remedy to take care of these developments, after which it turns into clear what’s actually occurring. Unbeknownst to Grayson, the Courtroom of Owls has been behind this whole ordeal. They used a drug routine and psychological manipulation to maneuver the crimefighter into place for the subsequent a part of their scheme. There was by no means any amnesia to talk of solely their darkish affect hovering over your entire charade. Now, they’re prepared to offer him false recollections as a way to get him to be the brand new Talon.
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That is proper, the Courtroom of Owls has their new chief in the intervening time. Talons have solely been inflicting an increasing number of issues for the Bat-Household and their allies lately. Going through off towards one in every of their very own once more may make issues just a little bit more durable to take care of. Ric Grayson isn’t any extra and solely the cutthroat Talon stays. They’ve rewired all of his recollections to place the Courtroom of Owls in Bruce Wayne’s stead. His grandfather William Cobb has the higher hand and issues are going to boil over in an enormous method earlier than 2020 brings much more modifications for the character.
Nightwing is written by Dan Jurgens and drawn by Ronan Cliquet, and you’ll try the official description of the problem beneath.
“William Cobb has taken the Nightwings down one after the other, leaving Ric on his personal in a Blüdhaven that’s actually aflame. Cobb presents Ric an opportunity to save lots of his metropolis by eventually fulfilling his legacy because the Grey Son and turning into the brand new Talon and main the Courtroom of Owls into a brand new age.”
Nightwing #66 is in comedian shops now.