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Of all the romance in DC Comics story , the coupling ofNightwingandBatman ’s materialization in theKingdom Comeuniverse might be one of the most alone . Over the years the publisher ’s comics have seen some genuinely curious matches , from Wonder Woman and Darkseid to Supergirl and her pet horse Comet the Super - Horse . But in Earth-22 of DC ’s Multiverse , two submarine sandwich have decided to keep it in the Bat - Family .
There have been many relationships among Batman ’s ally in the past times . Batman and Nightwing have both beeninvolved with Barbara Gordon as Batgirlin unlike continuities . Tim Drake has been in an on - again , off - again relationship with Stephanie Brown AKA the Spoiler ( who is also a former Robin and Batgirl ) . Even the original Batwoman and Batman had romantic tension in her introduction inDetective Comics # 233 in a story by Edmond Hamilton and Sheldon Moldoff . Although they may be know as the " Bat - Family , " none of these duet have blood or sound family connection between them . However , this is distinctly not the case for Mar’i Grayson and Ibn al Xu’fassch .
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Mar’i and Ibn appear in the classic 1996 storyKingdom Comeby Mark Waid and Alex Ross , a afterwards get their own progeny in the sequelThe Kingdomby Waid , Ariel Olivetti and Mike Zeck . Mar’i is the girl of Starfire and Nightwing , create the theatrical role of Nightstarin order to follow in their footstep . However , due to losing her mother at an early age , she is much more wrathful than her parent . Ibn , whose name translates to " Son of the Bat " in Arabic , is the son of Bruce Wayne . standardized to Damian Wayne , the canonic son of Bruce from the main DC universe , Ibn ’s female parent raised him in enigma before he get a line his dependable inheritance and adopts his father ’s saint . However , he assist people by using his family ’s resource , rather than by fighting law-breaking .
Bruce Wayne takes Dick Grayson in as his Montgomery Ward after the tragical demise of Grayson ’s parents , and later would go onto de jure adopt him . So , this would signify that Mar’i is legally the niece of her hubby Ibn . At first glance this is quite a disturbing fact , but due to his history , it would make good sense that Ibn would not see her that way . They have no line relation and Ibn was raised by the al Ghul ’s most of his life-time , unaware of his begetter and his non - blood Bat - Family . He did n’t meet his next married woman until after they were both adults and he had already struggled with his opposing dual inheritance .
Although on paper it may appear as if " bat - c " has been institutionalize on Earth-22 , in reality it queer a moral gray area at bad due to Ibn ’s want of connection to the Wayne house . Even after he get word who his father is , he still does n’t take the name Wayne . This further separate him from Mar’i de jure , while his given name still maintains a connecter to his father . Kingdom ComeseesNightwingandBatman ’s legaciesbecome one , forming one of DC ’s weirdest couples in the cognitive process .
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