The Flash
word of advice : spoilers for Nightwing # 91 are ahead .
The friendly relationship betweenThe FlashandNightwingis among the strong inDC Comics , and Wally West just proved that no one else hat Dick Grayson ’s " Ric Grayson " epoch more than him . Wally West and Dick Grayson have been stuffy admirer since their day on the Teen Titans , before they became their current iteration of The Flash and Nightwing as adults . Because the two sub have known each other for so long , it would make sense that Wally would harbour cryptic resentment towards KGBeast , the scoundrel creditworthy for almost killing his best friend . ButThe Flash ’s appearance in a new issue ofNightwingshows that Wally hat KGBeastnotonly for his attempt on Dick Grayson ’s life , but also because of the immense radioactive dust that occurred as a resultant of him tear Nightwing in the head in Tom King and Tony S. Daniel’sBatman#55 .
The " Ric Grayson " storyline incomics spin out of a shocking second when theKGBeast shot Nightwing in the headway , leading him to lose all memory of who he was . While the Bat - Family tried to be supportive of him and require to aid him remember who he was , the translation of Dick that survived the gunshot was blistering , resentful , and want nothing to do with the people who said they were his family unit . Nightwing adopted the much - maligned name " Ric Grayson"and took up various chore , prove to outdistance himself from his past superhero indistinguishability . While memory loss storylines can be powerful on their own , the " Ric Grayson " arc balloon to twenty five consequence across two year , spanningNightwing#50 through # 75 . Nightwing is often look up to as the shopping center of the DC Universe , and losing him for such a long time period of time was deep unpopular amongst devotee .
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And now , it is apparent that The Flash , too , hat Nightwing ’s time as Ric Grayson , evident in his reaction to KGBeast inNightwing#91 from Tom Taylor , Geraldo Borges , Adriano Lucas , and Wes Abbott . As the two heroes present down the KGBeast , Dick notice , " The KGBeast . The assassinator who put a bullet train in my headspring . Who damage my judgment so much I lost cut of who I was . Who took me from the people I have intercourse . It ’s unvoiced to sum up how much anger I have toward this man . But it wrick out … My friends might be even angry . “The Flash keep to pummel the KGBeast , citing that it was because he " almost took away one of the dandy heroes " Wally has ever known .
The Flash ’s response to the KGBeast proves thatNightwing ’s amnesia had devastating consequenceson the DC Universe , far beyond the damage it brought to Dick Grayson in person . Nightwing provides a healthy model for being a superhero to other character in the DC Universe , and his loss of stake in that life while he was Ric Grayson manage a major blow to everyone who looked up to him . While the " Ric Grayson " storyline could have worked as an geographic expedition into the ways that the Bat - Family is defined by accelerator pedal fierceness , its bloated distance failed to take into accounting how the eternal rest of the DC Universe was missing one of its most good heroes during that two year menstruum .
Recent issues ofNightwinghave explore Dick ’s kinship with other Italian sandwich , featuring team - ups with Jon Kent ’s Supermanand former phallus of the Teen Titans . This has reinforced the ways that Nightwing ’s team - player attitude and personal magnetism makes him a central part of the DC Universe . If anything , The Flash ’s reaction to view the KGBeast again after his attack onNightwing ’s life proves that the brand of gallantry embodied by Dick Grayson is something worth protecting at all cost .
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Nightwing#91is uncommitted now from DC Comics .
