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Nightwing #111 variant cover by Dan Mora
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uncle clark :)
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Welcome to the DC emoji game! Below I've described 5 DC characters using only three emojis per character. See if you can guess them all!
1.🧑🦲💲💎
2.🔱🤴🪝
3.🤸🪦👻
4.🕊️☮️👨🏻🤝👨🏼
5.🦅🪖👨🏻🤝👨🏼
Lex, Aquaman, Deadman, Dove, and Hawk
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Thinking of how the Kryptonian legend that the name Nightwing comes from is the story of a man who was cast away by his family and still dreamed of protecting the weak and justice, and after Clark explained how the man in the myth used his talent and skill to fight for the weak and became a legend, Dick’s first question was “did his family ever realize their mistake?”
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Batman: Urban Legends #23
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Batman: Urban Legends #23 “The Murder Club Finale”
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There’s a ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ trend on TikTok and everyone keeps commenting “omg this is Jason Todd”
No. Jason Todd was your polite theatre kid. Tim Drake, Terry McGinnis, Duke Thomas, and Stephanie Brown were the teenage dirtbags. Tim was a skateboarding 90s kid, Terry got arrested, Duke started a gang, and Steph was a teen mom.
Point of order m'lud. Tim only learned to skateboard because he was tracking a team of criminal skatboarders... the marvellously 90's named, never seen since, SK8BRATZ!
Tim might have WANTED to be a teenage dirtbag at times, but he was too clean-cut upper-middle class to be any more convincing than Burt Ward's Dick Grayson was at trying to be a motorcycle punk.
Tim was affectionately described by Alan Grant, the first person to write him regularly after his introduction as "The sort of kid who wears a suit by default".
Exposure to the Batfam (mostly Dick) widened and mellowed his fashion choices a little but, even then, as his best friend (Ives) pointed out, one of Tim's casual outfit probably cost more than Ives' entire wardrobe.
Steph "Dad's a D-list supervillain always in jail, Mom's trying hard but is rarely at home, so I sneak out to fight crime in home made kit" Brown, on the other hand absolutely was a teenage dirtbag, which i mean in the most respectful manner.
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💖i believe in dickjoey supremacy💖
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fanon really built up "Cass is Bruce's favorite child" and meanwhile I'm sitting over here with a whole stack of panels in a folder labeled "Dick is Canonically Bruce's Favorite Child" adsfghjkl
#listen I know technically Bruce doesn't actually have a fave and loves all of his kids equally #but the overwhelming canon evidence that when push comes to shove Dick is a *hair* above the rest of them......remarkable #there's just....so many you all don't even KNOW
For fun (cited where I know the issue numbers), here's some of the more obvious ones:
"Nightwing. He is the best. The only one I could have picked to lead you. He will honor you. We will make you champions. That's it. That's the speech. Get to work, Justice League. The world needs you." -JLA: Obsidian Age (JLA #69)
OMAC: "And your favorite. Subject Beta--Grayson, Richard--Nightwing." -Infinite Crisis #6
"Then he stopped for a second and said...'The only time I ever feel pride is when I look at Nightwing. Sometimes I think he's the only thing I ever did right.'" -JLA #73
"What happens to everyone on this Earth when yours comes back?"
"They'll be folded into its historical fabric."
"You mean they'll die."
"No, they'll be replaced. Just as everyone on my Earth was. But they'll be better. I never lie, Bruce."
"And what about Dick Grayson?"
"Yes?"
"Is he a better man on your Earth than he is on mine?"
"No." -Infinite Crisis #3
"From the day I started, Bruce and Dick made me feel at home. And after Jason...and especially my Dad...Bruce made sure to always treat me like his own son. But even with all his careful and methodical attention--to any younger child--the firstborn is still the firstborn." -DCU: Last Will and Testament (2008)
"That's because...I learned from the best."
"A good teacher relishes a good student. You were the best of them all, Dick." -Batman Beyond comics (technically AU, but still....)
Bonus:
"I...I'm going to be a member of the Justice League one day?" "No. You're going to lead it." -Justice League (2011) #51
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BRUCE CALLED DICK HIS SON AND SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIM, I LOVE THIS SONG
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ALT
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How Dick gets treated when he's knocked unconscious around the Titans 💖🥺🌸✨💞🥰💗
TNTT (Vol. 2) #5
How Dick gets treated when he's knocked unconscious around his students 🖤👿💀✌️🥀🤷♀️⚡️
Dark Crisis #2
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So we're all aware that Dick died before he was sent off to Spyral, yes? I honestly think one of the most devastating scenes in the wake of that event was the part of Nightwing #30 where Bruce kept telling Dick that he needed Dick to stay dead, and Dick, out of pure desperation, started yelling, "I'm alive, Bruce. I'm alive!"
How horrific to die and then be told to stay dead for an indefinite amount of time. How terrible to have your existence wiped off the map even though you're still here. You're still breathing. How incredibly guilty you must feel for living when everyone who loves you is suffering, and will continue to suffer, over your death.
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Ten-ish panels to sum up Dick Grayson
@roma107 challenged me some time back: “10 Nightwing Panels That Perfectly Sum Up His Character. Your turn. Go.” It’s been hard to even get close, and in the end I couldn't quite keep it to ten panels... But, enjoy disagreeing with me all the same. 😉
1. Robin vol 2 # 13 (1995)
Dick has issues with Bruce – they have had occasional problems with communication since the early 1940s – but he is loyal to a fault.
2. Teen Titans vol 3 # 6 (2004)
Just about every one of DC’s heroes respects, trusts and is prepared to listen to Dick. Obviously, that's not because he's a nice guy – which he is, don't get me wrong – or because he puts in the work with relationships – which he does. That may make people like you, but it's not enough to get them to follow you into battle...
No, that's because he's smart, professional and competent. As you see here, he can also be intense and knows how to make a dramatic entrance...
3. World's Finest Comics vol 1 # 200 (1971)
Dick is (often, but not always) ready with a smile and a joke. He loved being Robin as a kid, he wanted to do it forever (see, for instance, Nightwing vol 2 # 75). As Batman after Final Crisis, he smiled enough to convince Two-Face it wasn't the old Batman.
To what extent Dick jokes because he's in a good mood, he’s trying to keep his spirits up or he wants to annoy criminals enough to gaude them into sloppy mistakes – it varies between creators and Dick’s mood at the time😉
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The Teen Titans!
God I love it. Trouble maker Roy, Wally and Garth being absolute baby boys with golden hearts, Donna and Dick with the braincells and the strats. Ugh. I love them all so much.
Bonus:
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Name a more iconic duo than Dick Grayson and using his bike as a weapon.
Batman #249
Nightwing vol. 4 #94
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Bruce settled into the chair by the desk, waved once to the crowd, and turned to face the host. The two of them waited patiently for the applause to die down.
“Good evening! And happy Thanksgiving,” said the host, when it did. “We’re thrilled to see you, Bruce.”
Bruce grinned. “Well I’m just thrilled to be here. On Thanksgiving.”
The crowd laughed appreciatively while the host leaned into the camera.
“We tape this show on Wednesday,” he whispered conspiratorially. “Thanksgiving is tomorrow.”
“I’m still thrilled,” said Bruce. “It’s always a pleasure to be here.”
“Tell me, what do y’all do for Thanksgiving? You have a full house.”
“We’re fairly traditional.” Bruce raised a hand to count on his fingers. “Turkey, ham, stuffing. One of mine is a vegetarian, so there’s a lot of sweet potatoes involved.”
“That’s your youngest, isn’t it?”
“Damian,” Bruce agreed. “He’s here with me today, out in the front row.”
Out in the front row, Damian glanced up from his screen, rolled his eyes, and went back to whatever it was he was doing on his phone. That was about right, in Bruce’s experience. Next to him, Cassandra smiled encouragingly— also right.
“Now who makes all the food?” asked the host. “You’ve told me— is that right? You’ve told me before?— that you’re no ace in the kitchen.
“I’m not allowed in there,” Bruce admitted. “The kids get to help Alfred, but he’ll chase me out with a serving spoon.”
“Well I promise we won’t do that here.”
“You say that now.”