Warning - Spoilers forDC vs Vampires # 6Ahead !

DC vs Vampiresby James Tynion IV , Matthew Rosenberg , and Otto Schmidt has never   take out its punches , and its latest revelation turnedNightwinginto a lamia Maker . But this reveal is n’t just another comic - book plait ; rather , it ’s a in cold blood calculated subversion that strikes at the fundamental center and someone of the DC Universe .

At this point in the serial publication , the Bat - family is among the few poor boy actively resist the vampire incursion - the balance are either incognizant or have already fall . In a Hellenic Batman program , the family   sets a trap for avampiric Green Lanternand Wonder Woman while Batgirl seeks out the Joker , believing him to be the vampire orchestrate the entire warfare . When Joker is found idle , however , Nightwing divulge himself to be the vampire king , having used the property of Starfire ’s harvested blood to escape detection . Dick then slays Batman and Jason Todd . As the survivors take flight , Nightwing dictate the final violation on the support to start .

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The   repugnance of   making Nightwing into a bloodthirsty vampire is n’t just for cushion value , however . Dick Grayson is wide held as a column of the DC Universe , if not its very eye . From his role as the very first Robin and ushering in the epoch of ' kid buddy ' toproving himself with the Teen Titansand later breaking free of Batman ’s shadow to become a hoagie on his own merits , Dick Grayson has tinct the life of countless other DC Italian sandwich . He is so constitutional to the DC Universe that inNightwing # 47by Benjamin Percy , Christopher Mooneyham , and Klaus Janson the supervillain Wyrm place him for this very reason . There is hardly a single DC hero whose life Nightwing has n’t touched or improved in some way .

This central position is more than just interpersonal - Nightwing has basically hail to act as the moral essence of the DC Universe . In his very first adventures as a solo hero , he brought compassionateness to the offense - ravaged streets of Blüdhaven , finally bring home the bacon it with societal guard nets and an ethical backbone . He act as a supporter and mentor to many of the newer Hero , including the boy of both Batman ( Damian Wayne ) and Superman ( Jon Kent ) as theybecome the unexampled ' World ’s Finest ' . His proclivity for good   is so well cognise that when the writers ofInfinite Crisisdiscovered the editor in chief want to kill him off , they campaigned for Dick Grayson to survive . Born and rear into the superhero lifetime and come out unspoiled by power or influence , Dick Grayson is the DC Universe ’s greatest success story .

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Revealing Nightwing as the vampire king inDC vs Vampires#6 fundamentally   hold up against everything the mainstream DC Universe stands for . He ’s more than just a Superman - he ’s agoodman , and turning him into the murderer of his former friends and family spot out the twinkle in the DC Universe far more deeply than any eternal Nox ever could . The existence of an   evilNightwingsimply break a basic rule of the DC Universe : thatDick Grayson has always been the good of us .

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