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Spoilers forwards forNightwing 2021 Annual # 1
Heroes likeNightwingmay have to get rasping with bad guys , but does his buddy - in - armsRed Hoodhave a point that Dick ’s weapon system of selection are a act too much ? compare to some of the other phallus of the Bat - Family , Nightwing is often take in as the “ decent guy ” of the Gotham crew . So how incisively does that cultivate when he ’s pulverizing villains with electrify alloy billy ?
artillery are an absolute necessary for the Bat - Family , who fight brawny villains like Killer Croc and Bane almost nightly . From grapple guns to smoke bombs , Batman and his sidekicks have an armory to turn the lunar time period of any engagement . Some even have hallmark equipment , such as Batman ’s Batarangsor Robin ’s Bō staff . Nightwing ’s escrima sticks have been his trusty fighting tools for years , but has the time come for Dick to find a new weapon more suitable for his current mission ?
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InNightwing 2021 Annual # 1by Tom Taylor , Cian Tormey , and Daniel HDR , Red Hood has been overhear on television camera murdering an FBI informant and three Union agent in cold blood and is nowhere to be found . Dick journey to find Jason and get some answers , all the while looking back on the first affection - to - heart he ever had with his adopted brother afterDick ’s dismissal as Robin . The two sports meeting , and after a little detective work , discover the true perpetrator behind the demise ; drug kingpin Wolfgang Bylsma , a dealer Jason is far too intimate with . Unfortunately for Bylsma , Jason remembers his mother purchasing the dealer ’s drug , putting her on a alone , painful route to habituation . A furious Red Hood uses his unexampled stylemark crowbar to claim a more unspeakable form of retribution before being stopped by Dick .
The two have one final conversation where Red Hood agrees with Nightwing that Justice Department does n’t have to be wild , until Dick place outJason ’s current use of a crowbar . Jason smugly retorts that Dick ’s nightstick are n’t incisively the softest artillery around , and he may have a item . The story has Dick count back on Jason ’s violent inclination and convincing him that it ’s not the room the Bat - Family does things . However , as Nightwing , he often relies on electrify escrima sticks to take down any variety of villain , superpowered or not . But for someone who’sarguably a better fighter than Batman , does he ask them ? Should Dick institutionalise to becoming more of a shielder digit and ditch the weaponry , opting for more justificative equipment ? Perhaps it ’s time for a Nightwing to be the first Bat - Family penis with a shield .
The toys are arguably one of the best parts about being in Bruce Wayne ’s area . Butthe fighting skills of Batman and his followersare some of the best in the world , and most Gotham villains can be handled with a well - delivered punch . At the very least , it probably would n’t hurtNightwingto considerRed Hood’sadvice and forget the stick behind .
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