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The newest challenge of DC’s Teen Titans Academy is teasing that Nightwing will nonetheless be embracing his Future State destiny alongside the staff’s greatest foe.
Warning! Spoilers forward for Teen Titans Academy #12
It seems like darkish days are forward for the Teen Titans now that Nightwing has seemingly left to affix their biggest rival. Following the prevention of the apocalypse teased by the Titans’ Future State sequence, Teen Titans Academy is now coping with the fallout of their newest challenge together with the id reveal of DC’s latest iteration of Red X. Nonetheless, the ensuing battle has darkish penalties for Dick Grayson and it is teased that he’ll be allying himself with a traditional foe with a purpose to search revenge.
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In Teen Titans #12 from Tim Sheridan and Tom Derenick, it was revealed that the rogue pupil who had taken Nightwing’s previous Red X id was Brick Pettirosso, a pupil who’s been featured all through all the sequence to date, trying to take down the Titans from inside. It’s because Brick was led to consider that Nightwing was his father which motivated him to hunt revenge having grown up in Gotham’s foster care system with abusive caregivers. Nonetheless, Brick was nothing greater than a weapon for use by the second Red X who was the primary to coopt Grayson’s previous id. This Red X was the one who skilled Brick and informed him the lie about being Nightwing’s son. As soon as the reality was in and out the open, the second Red X killed Brick in order that Dick would haven’t any selection however to reside with the truth that he had failed him.
Whereas the second Red X escaped through a portal after promising a rematch with Nightwing, Brick died in Grayson’s arms. As such, the tip of the problem is teasing that Nightwing will start a darkish mission to guarantee that “the best Red X is useless”. Suggesting that there is just one man who may help him discover Red X, it is closely hinted that Nightwing goes to ally himself with Slade Wilson’s Deathstroke. Not solely was Slade the rationale Dick created the undercover villain id within the first place, however Dick additionally labored with Deathstroke in Future State: Teen Titans.
Whereas the darkish future seen by Raven and featured in Future State was largely prevented as confirmed by the earlier challenge, it appears as if Nightwing’s darkish path continues to be coming true (even when it is for various causes). Future State noticed Dick working with Deathstroke the place Nightwing even adopted his colours and masks to turn out to be Loss of life-Wing. Nonetheless, Brick’s Red X was nonetheless alive and the pair labored collectively sooner or later. Now, Brick isn’t any extra and Dick will seemingly be searching for out Slade to avenge his demise.
Seeing as the way it’s already been confirmed that the long run will be rewritten and that Future State is not set in stone, Dick Grayson does not must work with Deathstroke. He could also be headed in that course after the teases on this newest challenge of Teen Titans Academy, however Nightwing nonetheless has time to show again and resist the darkness introduced on by Brick’s loss. Whichever path Nightwing in the end takes, followers will possible have to attend to seek out out after the incoming Struggle for Earth-3 crossover occasion that includes the Teen Titans, Suicide Squad, and Crime Syndicate.