Contrary to pop belief , Supermanis so much more than Clark Kent , which is whyNightwingandStarfire’sson Jake merit the mantle next . More than just herculean , Jake stage the hope and optimism which every Man of Steel should reach for .

Though Nightwing is , justifiably , most link up with Batman , Superman is just as much a mentor as the Dark Knight . It ’s sluttish to blank out thatSuperman give Nightwing the idea for his name . In a way , Dick Grayson is the natural compounding of Superman and Batman . Dick has Batman ’s deficiency of power and critical thinking skills combined with Superman ’s boundless optimism and ability to inspire Bob Hope in others . On the other hand , whatever powers Ngihtwing lacks are more than made up for by Starfire . While no one would mistake her for a Kryptonian , her super - strength , flight , and free energy shaft of light do give her more than a few of the Man of Tomorrow ’s most famous power . While the two are presently break up , there are several alternating futuresNightwing and Starfire have a kid such as NightstarfromKingdom Come . One of the non-white alternating futures however produced a hero who more than earn the rubric of Superman .

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InNightwing : The New Orderby Kyle Higgins and Trevor McCarthy , the future is bleak for DC ’s metahumans . As war erupt between heroes and villains in Metropolis , Nightwing is left with no choice but to depower the world to make unnecessary those caught in the war ’s crossfire . In the aftermath , metahumans are criminalize and Dick head an anti - metahuman labor effect , which lead to Dick and Kori ’s interval . Eventually , the former Nightwing is forced to confront the globe he created when his Word Jake develops powers . With the help of the metahuman resistance led by Starfire and the remnant of the Titans , they discover that Jake is the therapeutic to restoring the world ’s powers . unavoidably it leads to a big conflict between the Titans and the anti - metahuman project strength that ends with   a bomb detonating that gives metahumans their powers back . fortuitously , Jake facilitate save everyone who would have been caught in the blast .

Though Jake never formally becomes a superhero , his actions and potential show that he can be a Superman like no other . When Superman first premier , he was a hoagie of the New Deal , he stage an unbelievable spot of Leslie Townes Hope in a clip when promise was hard to come by . However , as Superman ’s origins progressively crept up in the years , this important context of use for Superman ’s arrival was lose . Jake , on the other helping hand , has his line inextricably tied to a tense era where metahumans are demonise and everyone is paranoid their neighbor could have great power . Jake however is the hope that unites the human beings in a direction that Clark Kent has n’t in decennium . It can be argued that Jake is the templet forJon Kent ’s Superman who fights modern problems like Climate Change .

unluckily , Nightwing : The New Orderis the only reality where Jake shows up . Still , with the unnumerable possibleness of the DC Universe , it ’s entirely potential for Jake to make a reappearance . GivenNightwing’sties to Superman andStarfire’sincredible powers , it ’s not a stretch to evoke that an alternate Jake could come back to DC Comics as the nextSuperman .

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