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Even thoughNightwingdoes not have the magnate to see the future , he does know the one affair that will certainly killBatman : old age . Despite saving Gotham City for over 80 year , Batman rarely shows his age , and he never show sign of aging in the master DC persistence . But Nightwing seems upset about Bruce ’s increasing age , and for good cause .
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson — otherwise get laid as Batman and Nightwing — have been work alongside each other practically since Batman ’s debut as a character . Dick Grayson in the beginning served as the first Robin , making his first appearance in 1940 . Dick has been drastically aged up over the year , as have many of Batman ’s kid sidekickshave . Whereas Dick began his Robin career around the age of eight , he ’s now crop as Nightwing , somewhere in his mid- to late - twenties . The exact ages of these iconic characters are less important than how , despite his buddy being on a regular basis bring in and then progressively aged up , Bruce Wayne himself has seemed to hover somewhere in his mid - 30 for decade .
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Batman ’s historical years is well over 80 , however , and that tidbit is humorously addressed inDetective Comics#1062 ( by Ram V , Simon Spurrier , and Rafael Albuquerque ) . When Nightwing call Batman , who is in the middle of a serial publication of aesculapian tests . Bruce is upset that something is wrong with him after making a few mistakes in a recent fight . Dick start to ask his mentor to regard " the fact that you might be gravel too old for — " before Bruce cuts him off with a smirk and a dismissal of Nightwing ’s concern overBatman ’s increase ageand , maybe , a decrease in his ability .
This is a play exchange that underline Bruce and Dick ’s close relationship , peculiarly after 10 of working together on the page . Bruce treats Dick ’s business organization as a joke , but in realness , Nightwing has a pointedness about Batman . As the Batman endure theatrical role continue to age — whether that be Nightwing himself or the late Robin , Damian Wayne , who has aged four years while persona around him remain the same eld — Batman has n’t been age . This raise an interesting metatextual query : At what point does Batman get aging , and when does it become a problem within the story ? When willBruce Wayne have to retire from Batmanin main DC continuity ?
The solution to all these question is obviously “ never , ” or else DC would have to retire one of their most well - known characters . But this is still an interesting problem for a average like superhero comics . prison term and age body of work differently in serial narrative like those that feature both Batman and Nightwing . But asNightwing — Bruce Wayne ’s first ward and buddy — continues to grow older , buff and author likewise need to ask the question : is Batman lastly getting too sometime to beBatman ?
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Detective Comics#1062 , is available now from DC Comics .
