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InTeen Titans # 12from Tim Sheridan and Tom Derenick , it was revealed that the rogue student who had taken Nightwing ’s oldRed X identity was Brick Pettirosso , a student who ’s been feature throughout the entire series thus far , look to take down the Titans from within . This is because Brick was result to believe that Nightwing was his father which motivated him to seek retaliation having produce up in Gotham ’s surrogate fear arrangement with abusive PCP . However , Brick was nothing more than a weapon to be used by the 2nd Red X who was the first to coopt Grayson ’s retiring identity . This Red X was the one who trained Brick and told him the lie about being Nightwing ’s son . Once the trueness was out and in the open , the 2nd Red X kill Brick so that Dick would have no choice but to live with the fact that he had failed him .
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While the 2d Red X escaped via a hepatic portal vein after promising a replay with Nightwing , Brick died in Grayson ’s arms . As such , the end of the issue is teasing that Nightwing will get a obscure mission to check that that " the right Red X is dead" . Suggesting that there ’s only one man who can help him retrieve Red X , it ’s intemperately hinted that Nightwing is going to ally himself withSlade Wilson ’s Deathstroke . Not only was Slade the reasonableness Dick created the undercover baddie identity in the first home , but Dick also worked with Deathstroke inFuture State : Teen Titans .
While the black future check by Raven and featured inFuture Statewas for the most part prevent as confirm by the previous issuing , it seems as though Nightwing ’s dark way of life is still come lawful ( even if it ’s for different reasons).Future Statesaw Dick working with Deathstrokewhere Nightwing even adopted his people of color and mask to become Death - Wing . However , Brick ’s Red X was still animated and the pair worked together in the future tense . Now , Brick is no more and Dick will apparently be seek out Slade to revenge his death .
Seeing as how it ’s already been turn out that the future can be rewrite and thatFuture Stateisn’t go under in Lucy Stone , Dick Grayson does n’t have to work with Deathstroke . He may be headed in that charge after the teases in this latest issue ofTeen Titans Academy , butNightwingstill has time to move around back and resist the darkness brought on by Brick ’s loss . Whichever path Nightwing ultimately take , fans will belike have to wait to find out after the incomingWar for Earth-3crossover event boast theTeen Titans , Suicide Squad , and Crime Syndicate .
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