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Batman’s first ward Nightwing prepares Bruce Wayne to be Batman Past’s future mentor in Let Them Stay!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault.
Warning! Spoilers forward for Let Them Stay!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault #2!
Nightwing helped put together Bruce Wayne for his Batman Past function. In Let Them Stay!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault #2, Nightwing steals a bomb from the Order of St. Dumas. He completes this mission alone and makes some harmful selections—all of which depart Batman feeling a bit anxious.
In a framing story written by Elliott Kalan with artwork by Mike Norton, Let Them Stay!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault #2 options Ambush Bug returning to the vault to carry readers a brand new story—”With out a Web.” This story focuses on Nightwing and is written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing with artwork by Jorge Corona. After stealing a graviton bomb, Nightwing extracts early from the tropospheric command heart. Now he’s left needing to calculate his escape route.
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Beforehand on radio silence, Nightwing begins speaking with Bruce. He briefs his mentor on the state of affairs earlier than throwing in some fast calculations. Then he jumps—leaving Bruce on the opposite finish of the radio sounding very aggravated. The state of affairs frequently will get extra harmful and all Bruce can do is pay attention and make fairly sarcastic feedback to Dick. This type of communication sounds similar to what Bruce would endure whereas mentoring Terry McGinnis, the longer term Batman and principal hero of the animated collection Batman Past.
Not lengthy after Bruce makes his preliminary remarks, Nightwing talks his approach via three extra conversations with Batgirl, Cyborg and Robin. Then Bruce comes again on the road with extra issues—the bomb is armed. Now it could actually’t contact the floor, so Nightwing naturally straps it to his solely protected touchdown technique—or so Bruce thinks. Whereas Dick Grayson does some fast calculations and makes a dramatic leap, Bruce is rendered helpless, believing that his first adopted son is about to probably die. Regardless of the entire snarky remarks and dry feedback Bruce has made up up to now, he’s noticeably apprehensive and offended. His fuse turns into shorter and shorter, revealing his excessive ranges of concern. After Nightwing survives with solely his go well with torn to shreds, Bruce reveals that he is aware of what Alfred looks like, which is a state of affairs Bruce is not normally in.
In a lot of Batman’s adventures, Bruce is the one leaping headfirst into fights with out a second thought. He is aware of he has to avoid wasting the day and he does it, whatever the odds and what it could imply for him. Whereas he does this, Alfred is again on the Manor, normally in communication with Bruce, having to only sit again and pay attention as his adopted son faces all types of hazard. Now the tables have turned. Bruce is compelled to take a seat round, listening and ready. When Bruce will get older, that is what he must do whereas mentoring Terry—information him via missions and provide recommendation. Earlier than Terry comes alongside to take up the Batman Past mantle, Nightwing is the one to introduce Bruce to excessive ranges of tension and frustration. Bruce will get to trip the emotional rollercoaster that he repeatedly places Alfred on each time he pulls on his cowl. Though Bruce Wayne will nonetheless be pissed off and anxious when it’s Terry’s flip, his Bat-family will not hesitate to place him via the emotional wringer when alternatives come up.