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IsNightwingdestined to be a Kryptonian god ? Based on the trials and tribulations faced by another person to bear the nickname , it seems Dick Grayson could potentially be powerful god just waiting to ascend to an awing layer of power .
While the hero name " Nightwing " might voice like it fits right into the Bat - Family , the name really has an interesting history behind it . The name is classically associated with Superman and was originally a secret identity the hero went by when he visited the bottle city of Kandor . The Post - Crisiscontinuity would institute the heroNightwing and his partner Flamebirdas figure of Kryptonian legend and later , portray them as actual deity once hero-worship by the multitude of Krypton . A youthful Dick Grayson was so transport by the tales told by Superman , he took on the name of Nightwing as a protection to the hero .
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But is Dick ’s hoagy identity more than just a namesake ? Based on the life ofanotherNightwing , it ’s quite possible . The lesser - eff Nightwing ’s life was explore inAction Comics Annual # 12by Greg Rucka and Pere Pérez . This young military personnel is Lor - Zod , the one and only tike of General Zod andfoster son of Superman . Lor - Zod , aka Chris Kent , know as a prisoner of his female parent and Padre due to his association with their hate enemy , Kal - El . Chris does n’t experience it , but he ’s really the renascence of Nightwing , the Kryptonian god of phantasm . Kent accomplish out to the renascence of his other half , Flamebird , aka Thara Ak - Var , to help oneself discharge him from the Phantom Zone . Against all system of logic , Thara ventures to the aery space to rescue Chris . With nothing but a primal longing spurring their reunion on , the narration clarify that " Flamebird and Nightwing are defined , time and again , by their emotion . "
For Dick , Nightwing knows how feelingscan take the confidential information . Of all the members of the Bat - Family , Dick is the one ruled most by his emotions . He also knows a thing or two about sorrow , facing interchangeable struggles as the Kryptonian Nightwing did with loneliness and loss . While these takings might come with the hero dominion , it ’s Dick ’s choice of the Nightwing Mickey Charles Mantle that really brings his retiring experiences and personal traits into a newfangled luminosity .
Is it potential that Dick could have some parting of the Kryptonian god within him ? With Dick Grayson ’s ebullience and optimism , he sure enough claim more after Supermanthan the Dark Knight . The fabled Nightwing is also a ruler of darkness , the same environment Dick honed his science in . While Dick is miss a part of the prophecy ( i.e. a stable Flamebird ) , it would be an interesting boulevard for the grinder to explore . Dick ’s already been down the road of being Batman before and it inevitably postulate him back to Nightwing . If Dick reallywasthe renascence of a Kryptonian god , that could make him potentially one of the most powerful heroes in the DC Universe . If anyone deserves that level of power - up , it would absolutely be the Superman - influencedNightwing .
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