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The real indistinguishability ofRed Xhas been affirm byDC Comics , as it ’s revealed to be Titans Academy studentBrick Pettirosso . ButTeen Titansfans who thought the mystery of the mask private investigator would be permanently solve are in for a surprisal .
InTeen Titans Academy#12 , Pettirosso demonstrate himself as the man behind the quaternary iteration and current version of Red X. However , immediately following his scandalous expose , the 2d Red X paying back with some bad news for the Titans . Not only is the reveal complicated by another version of Red X , but the overarching enigma remain unsolved to this solar day .
Dick Grayson is one of a kind , but across DC ’s history and multiverse , several different characters found themselves adopting the Nightwing persona .
The Original Red X Was a Teen Titans Animated Series Mystery
The identity of the successor was left unresolved in the series' original run.
While the arrival of the masked Rex X into the strip continuity explain little of his backstory , fans of theTeen Titanstelevision series which vent on Cartoon connection in the other 2000s recognize the figure all too well . Originally an identity adopted by Dick Grayson to go undercover where Robin could not , Dick eventually unmaked himself to his teammates and audience , but both were left in the iniquity when another shortly issue .
The imposter second Red X was just as accomplished as Dick had beenin acrobatics , fighting , and gadgetry as Grayson , wield the same uniform , but his own arsenal of tricks , a utility belt of weapons , and technology take into account him to teleport , become invisible , or on the face of it conjure arm from nowhere . And sorry of all , the honest identity of this masked Red X was never explicitly uncover in the series .
While it was never confirm formally , the democratic hypothesis ( also divvy up by in - universe character ) names Jason Todd , Dick ’s successor as Robin , as the true man behind the second Red X masquerade party .
The New Red X is Unmasked in DC’s Teen Titans Academy Comic
A new, heroic Red X was shown to fight for the world in DC’s dark future
Despite his confinement to the exalt realm of DC characters , Red X was prominently featured among the strange zep glimpsed to exist in DC’sFuture Stateevent . recruit by Nightwing as one of Earth ’s last hopes againstRaven and the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse , it seemed the mystery would last be solve ( and expanded upon , to boot).The emergence of this Red X is tell in the first 12 issues of theTeen Titans Academyseries , with the individuality and armory take over by an unknown pupil appear simultaneously in the rest of the story . And inTeen Titans Academy#12 by Tim Sheridan and Tom Derenick , Red X brings his program to fruition . The Titans get the better of , and their towboat in ruins , Red X unmasks himself one and for all …
Brick Pettirosso is The Red X (And is Soon Killed By The Second Red X)
Teen Titans Academy#12 by Tim Sheridan, Tom Derenick, Alex Sinclair, and Rob Leigh
After tell the students that the Titans and Nightwing necessitate to be block and that they are using them , Red X rips off his masque , revealing he ’s Brick Pettirosso- a student seen throughout the series . think the clue all pointed to the EMP - power student as the new Red X , the reveal have horse sense . But there ’s an tot twist : Brick is Nightwing ’s son .
At least , he thinks he is Nightwing ’s Word . Brick directly makes the shocking revelation that being empty by his bological begetter was his primary need . pass on behind the orphanage and accept the name " Pettirosso " ( Italian for " robin " ) , Brick train to become a mockery of the tiddler sidekicks the Titans represent to DC chronicle . But in the most tragic pull of this tale , Brick presently discovers he was only an instrument of revenge for another baddie …
The Second Red X Returns, As The Mastermind of The Entire Scheme
The idea of a long - lost Logos is forthwith put to rest , with the blood samples taken of every Titans Academy student prove Nightwing is not Brick Pettirosso ’s begetter . But no sooner have the Cuban sandwich asked how Brick could have been so deceived , than they get the lurid solution : the second Red X was behind the total secret plan , and arrives via teleportation to rub it in Dick ’s face .
The 2nd Red X explains the entire scheme , resucing Brick from an orphans' asylum , deceiving him by claiming Nightwing was his father , and that the Titans only misrepresent and used young people as pawns in their war against crime . Obviously , this is n’t true , but Brick purchase into it fully and act as a twofold federal agent for Red X when he infiltrated Titans Academy . The plot completed and the truth unveil , the second Red X murders Brick in front of Nightwing , and promises a ' pear-shaped two ' with Dick as he teleports away .
The Mystery Of The Second Red X Remains Unsolved
For two eld following this conniption Dick Grayson has been operating in Bludhaven , Gotham , and elsewhere , but the still - unknown Red X has n’t been seen since .
After murder Brick right on in front of Nightwing , the second Red X promises a rematch , before teleport away . He ’s never been seen since . Red X claims that Dick Grayson , during his prison term as Robin , ruined his life . Now he mean to take everything from Dick , but that does n’t seem to have actually hap . For two years following this setting Dick Grayson has been function in Bludhaven , Gotham , and elsewhere , but the still - unnamed Red X has n’t been seen since .
After this issuance , DC began building to itsDark Crisisevent , and Red X ’s plot was seemingly dropped solely ( with his last appearing beingTitans Academy#12 , in which he kill Brick ) . After the events ofDark Crisisthe Titans took over when the Justice League was disbanded . , and have fought world - ending threats to no ending . Despite the secondRed X’sclaim of a coming fight , fan are still left waitress for the answer they may never see explained .
Teen Titans Academyis available from DC Comics .
