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Dick Grayson’s Nightwing suits

It all started with a deep cut v-neck, back in 1984. In a lighter shade of blue than the rest of the suit. We still see that basic form in the Nightwing suit today, whether it is the variant with a lighter colour (generally blue) in a v-shape over the chest, shoulder and back or as a stylized bird.

The v-shape started to take the shape of a bird on the Nightwing suit in 1997, in The New Batman Adventures (a continuation of Batman The Animated Series). 

(If you know of any model or facts that I’ve missed, don’t hesitate to let me know so I can update!)

The original suit, fondly nicknamed “discowing”. When Dick took it on for the first time, he had an inner monologue about how the name and the costume are based on Batman and Superman but also his parents and Kory/Starfire. Tales of the Teen Titans # 44. By Marv Wolfman, art George Pérez, Dick Giordano and Mike DeCarlo. (July 1984)

This is from an interview with Marv Wolfman, on 13thdimension.com, about why Dick became Nightwing: 

It was fairly simple, actually. I got a call that (DC) really would like Robin back in Batman, and they wanted Robin to be younger. Again, because Batman really needed a partner. The nice thing was that Teen Titans—which I was still on at the time—was way outselling Batman and I really wanted Dick Grayson and I really loved the character. We had aged him, we had made him a real leader, we had done a whole bunch of things with him, and I didn’t want to give up Dick Grayson. And it suddenly struck me — I don’t even know what happened because it was unprecedented in comics — I said, “Why don’t I keep Dick Grayson and you create a new Robin and make that a big to-do in Batman … while we have Nightwing.

After eight years, the “discowing” suit was replaced by one with less light blue and more yellow, not unlike the original but without the collar and deep neckline. It also had a bat-like emblem on the belt. The uniform was (in-universe) designed by Mirage impersonating Starfire/Kory, who also cut Dick’s hair to go with the 90′s, over his mild protests. (It’s been a long time since I read NTT from this era, so I can’t remember if the yellow between the arms actually functioned as glider wings.) New Titans vol 1 # 88. Written by Marv Wolfman and Lein Wein, art Tom Grummett, Al Vey, Ian Akin and John Statema. (July 1992) 

This model didn’t last long – Dick scrapped it in September 1995, in the first issue of the first Nightwing (mini) series. His decision to leave the hero business lasted about ten minutes, I guess. Nightwing vol 1 # 1. By Dennis O’Neil, art Greg Land and Mike Sellers. (1995)

Dick’s third model, the black and electric blue “fingerstripe” suit was, in-universe, designed by Harold Allnut who lived in the Batcave and worked as Batman’s all round mechanic and technical guy. Dick would stick with this design until he became Batman in 2009. Nightwing vol 1 # 2. By Dennis O’Neil, art Greg Land and Mike Sellers. (1995)

The actual designer was Brian Stelfreeze, who made this model sheet.

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A big thing for Clark is, once he gets a better grasp on his super-hearing, he makes a point of kind of consciously keeping his super-hearing away from Lois's apartment because "I trust her and respect her privacy" but at the same time he is absolutely attuned to when Lois's voice reaches a certain pitch/volume (much in the same way he is attuned to people screaming/calling for help or saying "put the gun down" all over the city). So pretty much every morning Clark just fucking perks up like "Lois? Trouble???? Oh wait she's just singing in the shower. Wow, she is really bad at it. I love her. :)"

And that's also how she gets terrible songs stuck in his head all day.

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What's really fun about Batman Year 3 is that the tension throughout is: "is he going to kill Zucco when he gets out of prison ? " and you would think "he" would be the person whose parents got murdered by Zucco... But no, it's Batman. Dick is the voice of reason in all of this, he is horrified when he thinks Bruce let Zucco die.

I also kinda love the contrast between Bruce pre-Jason death where he is violent when he needs to be but he is mostly using his detective skills without destroying people's faces and post-Jason death when the violence increased a lot and it's Dick who plays detective and have a level-head. It's a really nice way to head to lonely place of dying.

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Thor #3

So therapeutic after the first Civil War

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I have found my new favorite sequence of panels in a comic.

Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty vol 1 11

#captain america #captain america: sentinel of liberty #Marvel #marvel comics #avengers

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(Batman vol 1 Annual 12) Jason Todd is a theater kid or at least he would be if he had time outside of being Robin

#dc #dc comics #batman #robin #jason todd

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Ok I just need to vent for a second here. I hate it when people say that Clark Kent is a himbo cause he’s fucking not. He’s not a fucking idiot, this man is extremely emotionally intelligent and book smart. He knows multiple languages, how to approach people so they’ll open up to him about stories, he graduated with a degree in journalism, he can write compelling articles that put him on the front page and much more. All the himbo behavior he has is an act he puts on so people don’t think he’s Superman. He’s not a clumsy idiot, he knows what he’s doing at all times. I hate it when people say he’s dumb because he’s not, he’s the really nice and smart jock who made friends with the weird kids in school because he was weird and different too. He’s literally befriended Lex Luthor because he wanted to help out this awkward and weird super genius who could be pushed to do great things if he had good influences outside his abusive dad. Clark was always a nice, strong, competent and smart guy who tried his best, not a dark haired strong man with no brains.

#superman #clark kent #dc comics #dc #Superman rant #himbo #Superman himbo

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This is freaking AMAZING.

Honestly I’m surprised we didn’t get a nightmare like this in Kenobi.

Credit to mosquitoes_suk on Instagram

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I had a chat with my brother about the fight with the night troopers in ahsoka and he pointed something out to me

It's really stupid how the characters just avoid dismembering and/or decapitating the troopers, because that's how you're supposed to stop zombies, you go for the heads and/or render them immobile

"Ha ha zombie! I slashed you across the chest! What're you gonna do now? OW! FUCK! THEY'RE BITING ME!"

It's pretty obvious that going forward all disposable minion bad guys in SW will have to be droids because disney won't let up on their "no cutting people up" internal rule, because apparently we can't even hack apart the undead, but what's the point of zombies if you can't dismember them without a thought? Zombies remove the ethical concerns of mass slaughtering bad guy minions

Y'know say what you will about it, but Rey and Kylo vs the Praetorian guards actually felt brutal in the way lightsaber combat should be, people got thrown in an electric shredder, the top half of one guy's head was cut off, throats were slit, a lightsaber was shoved into someone's face, and when Rey/Kylo stabbed a guy they really drove the saber in, like rewatch it, you clearly see them putting effort to drive their sabers through the guards

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Superman Introductory Course:

-Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid (A great modern take on the origin)

-Superman: Up Up and Away! by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek (A great introductory course into Superman’s life and villains)

-Geoff Johns’s Action Comics run: “Last Son”, “Escape from Bizzaro World”, “Superman and the Legion of Superheroes”, “Brainiac” (Epic blockbuster entertainment while also further easing readers into Superman’s mythology)

-The Dominus Effect: Superman Forever #1, Adventures of Superman #558-561, Action Comics vol. 1 #745-748, Superman: The Man of Steel #80-83, Superman vol. 2 #136-139 (Each of the four Superman titles of the time does a pastiche of Superman in different eras, which will give the readers a good idea of what they were like and if they should pick up books from them)

-Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King (A simple but effective and powerful story thanks to the interesting narration and gives us a really good look into Superman’s thoughts and morality)

-All Star Superman by Grant Morrison (A mythic, bittersweet look at Superman’s final days as he puts affairs in order and closes out a lot of classical elements on hopeful notes)

-Luthor by Brian Azzarello (An introspective look at Lex Luthor and the extent he deludes himself into thinking he’s a hero when he’s… um… not). Hitman #34 by Garth Ennis (An odd duck, but the conversation between Superman and Hitman offers a phenomenal insight into Superman’s mind and the ending is superb) If you don’t mind Alternate Universe stories, then Superman: Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek or Superman Red Son by Mark Millar would do as well.

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Here’s my Comic Trade Paperback Collection

DC Comics

Superman

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow

Death of Superman

Funeral for a Friend

Reign of the Supermen

Return of Superman

Superman: Doomsday

Superman: Hunter Prey

Superman: Secret Origin

New 52 Action Comics vol 1

The Final Days of Superman

Lois and Clark

Action Comics 1000

Death of Superman: 30th Anniversary Special 

Superboy

Superboy vol 1

Batman

Batman: Second Chances

Batman: The Caped Crusader vol 1-2

Batman: Year One

Batman: Birth of the Demon

Batman: The Killing Joke

Batman: A Death in the Family

Batman: Venom

Batman: Prelude to Knightfall

Batman: Knightfall

Batman: Knightquest

Batman: Knightquest The Search

Batman: KnightsEnd

Batman: Contagion

Batman: Legacy vol 1-2

Doug Moench Batman vol 2

Batman: Cataclysm 

Batman: Road to No Man’s Land vol 1-2

Batman: No Man’s Land vol 1-4

Batman by Ed Brubaker vol 1

Batman: The Long Halloween 

Batman: Haunted Knights

Batman: Dark Victory

Batman: Ego and Other Stories

Batman: The Chalice

Batman: Hush 

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Batman/Two Face: Face to Face

Grant Morrison Batman Omnibus 1-2

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader

Batman: Battle for the Cowl

Batman: Long Shadow

Batman: Life After Death

Batman: Eye of the Beholder

Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne

Batman: Red Hood the Lost Days

Batman: Gates of Gotham

Batman: The Black Mirror

New 52 Batman vol 1-10

Batman: The Dark Knight vol 1

James Tynion Detective Comics vol 1-4

Bryan Hill Detective Comics

James Robinson Detective Comics

Peter Tomasi Detective Comics vol 1-3

Detective Comics 1000

Batman and the Outsiders vol 1-2

James Tynion Batman vol 1-2

The Joker War Saga

Batman:  Three Jokers

Batman: The Long Halloween Special

Batman: Wayne Family Adventures vol 1

Gotham City: Year One

Nightwing

Nightwing vol 1-8

Nightwing: Year One

Nightwing: Renegade

Nightwing by Peter Tomasi 

New 52 Nightwing vol 1-5

Grayson vol 1-5

Nightwing Rebirth Deluxe vol 1-3, vol 7-11

Infinite Frontier Nightwing vol 1-2

Nightwing: Fear State

Batgirl

Batgirl: Year One

Batgirl vol 1-3

Batgirl: Destruction's Daughter

Batgirl: Stephanie Brown vol 1-2

Robin

Robin: Year One

Robin vol 4-5

Robin: To Kill A Bird

Red Robin vol 1

Flash

Mark Waid Flash Book 1-8

Impulse Book 1

Grant Morrison and Mark Millar Flash

Geoff Johns Flash vol 1-6

Flash: Rebirth

Geoff Johns Barry Allen Flash vol 1-2 

Flashpoint

New 52 Flash vol 1-9

Flash Rebirth vol 1-17

Flash 750 Deluxe Edition

Flash Forward 

Rogues

Green Lantern

Green Lantern: Hal Jordan Book 1

Ion vol 1-2

Geoff Johns Green Lantern Omnibus 1-2

Green Lantern: Rebirth

Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War

Green Lantern: Agent Orange

Green Lantern: Blackest Knight

Green Lantern Corps vol 1-6

New 52 Green Lantern vol 4

Green Lantern Rebirth vol 1

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps vol 1

Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 

Aquaman

Geoff Johns Aquaman Omnibus

New 52 Aquaman vol 5-6

Teen Titans

Titan Hunt

Rebirth Titans vol 1-4

Titans Lazarus Contract

Young Justice

Young Justice by Peter David Book 1-6

Secret Six

Secret Six vol 1-2

Hawkman

Geoff Johns Hawkman vol 1

Venditti Hawkman vol 1-2

Shazam

New 52 Shazam vol 1

Deathstroke

New 52 Deathstroke vol 1

Justice League

Meltzer Justice League vol 1

Justice League: No Justice

Crossovers

Flash & Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold

Batgirl/Robin: First Blood

New 52 Batman and Robin vol 1-2

Batman/Flash: The Button

Heroes in Crisis: The Price

Superman/Batman Worlds Finest vol 1

Batman/Spawn 2022

Elseworlds

Kingdom Come

Freedom Fighters

DCeased

DCeased: Unkillables

DCeased: Hope at World's End

DCeased: Dead Planet

Green Lantern Legacy 

Green Lantern Alliance

Green Lantern Earth One vol 1-2

Batman Adventures: Nightwing Rising

Batman: Dark Allegiances

Superman: American Alien

Superman: Earth One vol 1

Batman: In Darkest Knight

Batman: Gotham By Gaslight

Superman: Speeding Bullets

All Star Superman

Justice League: Last Ride

Batman: White Knight

Batman: Curse of the White Knight

Batman: Universe

Events/Crisis

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Underworld Unleashed

Infinite Crisis

Final Crisis

Blackest Knight

Forever Evil

DC Rebirth

Dark Knights Metal

Dark Days: The Road to Metal

The Resistance 

Dark Knights Rising

Heroes in Crisis

Marvel

Spider-Man

Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus 1, 2, 4

Roger Stern Spider-Man Omnibus 

Kraven's Last Hunt

The Death of Jean Dewolff

Amazing Spider-Man: Hunted

Ultimate Spider-Man vol 1-15

Spider-Men

Spider-Man: Life Story

House of M: Spider-Man

Captain America

Ed Brubaker Captain America vol 1-2

Captain America: Civil War

The Death of Captain America 

Captain America: Fallen Son

Rick Remender Captain America Omnibus

Captain America: Man Out of Time

Iron Man

Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Complete Collection 

Iron Man Noir

Thor

Walt Simonson Thor vol 1-4

Thor Ragnaroks

Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star

Hawkeye

Matt Fraction Hawkeye vol 1-4

Jessica Jones

Alias vol 1-2

Daredevil

Mighty Marvel Masterworks Daredevil vol 1-2

Frank Miller Daredevil Omnibus

Daredevil: Born Again

Kevin Smith Daredevil 

David Mack Daredevil

Bendis Daredevil Book 1-3

Daredevil: The Unusual Suspects 

Brubaker Daredevil Book 1-2, vol 5-7

Daredevil: The Devil's Hand

Daredevil: Shadowland

Daredevil: Reborn

Mark Waid Daredevil vol 1-7, collection 4-5

Charles Soule Daredevil Omnibus 

Man Without Fear: The Death of Daredevil

Chip Zdarsky Daredevil Book 1, vol 3-7

Chip Zdarsky Daredevil and Elektra vol 1

Daredevil: Yellow

Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

Daredevil vs Punisher: Means and Ends

Daredevil: Dark Knights

Daredevil: End of Days

Doctor Strange

Triumph and Torment

Doctor Strange: The Oath

Death of Doctor Strange

Hulk

Planet Hulk

World War Hulk

Mark Waid Hulk vol 1

She-Hulk

Charles Soule She-Hulk

Red-Hulk

Red-Hulk vol 1

Venom

Mike Costa Venom vol 1-3

Donny Cates Venom vol 1-3, 6

Venom: War of the Realms

Moon Knight

Moon Knight vol 1-3

Jeff Lemire Moon Knight

Jed MacKay Moon Knight vol 1-3

Wolverine

Chris Claremont Wolverine 

Wolverine: Madripoor Nights

Wolverine: Back to Basics

Death of Wolverine Prelude

Death of Wolverine

Return of Wolverine

X-Men

Astounishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 2

Uncanny X-Force vol 1

House of X/Powers of X

Dawn of X vol 1-16

X-Men/Fantastic Four

X of Swords

Reign of X vol 1-6,9

Trials of X vol 1

Avengers

Avengers: Disassembled

New Avengers vol 1-3

Siege New Avengers 

Siege Mighty Avengers 

Siege Dark Avengers 

Young Avengers Omnibus

Invaders

Invaders Now!

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four: Full Circle

Events

Infinity Gauntlet 

Secret War

House of M

The Road to Civil War

Civil War

Illuminati

Secret Invasion

Shadowland

Absolute Carnage

Devils Reign 

X-Men

Superior Four

Star Wars

Legends

Star Wars: The Old Republic Omnibus

Jango Fett - Open Seasons

Star Wars: The Clone Wars vol 1-3

Star Wars Infinites: Empire Strikes Back

Canon

Star Wars: The High Republic vol 1-3

Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows

Star Wars: Obi-Wan and Anakin

Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir

Star Wars: Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith vol 1-4

Star Wars: Kanan

Kieron Gillen Star Wars: Darth Vader vol 1-4

Jason Aaron Star Wars Omnibus

Star Wars vol 7-13

Star Wars (2020) vol 1

Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) vol 1-2

Star Wars: Shattered Empire

Miscellaneous 

TMNT

TMNT IDW Collection 1-15

Invincible

Invincible vol 1-2

Power Rangers

Go Go Power Rangers vol 1-3

Halo

Halo: Fall of Reach

Halo: Legacy Collection

Halo Graphic Novel

Terminator

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 3: Before the Rise

Avatar

The Search

Vox Machina 

Vox Machina: Origins Series 1&2 Collection

Epic Battles of the Civil War

Volume 3: Antietam

Volume 4: Gettysburg 

Dragon Prince

Through the Moon

#Marvel #DC #Star Wars #comic collection

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Just finished reading Gotham: Year One and it heavily implies that Thomas Wayne’s dad isnt Patrick Wayne but instead Slam Bradley and I’m pretty sure this story is in continuity too. Which makes Bruce’s real grandpa Slam Bradley.

#Gotham city: year one #batman #slam bradley #bruce wayne #thomas wayne #constance Wayne #patrick wayne

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Tim, Dick and Bruce’s relationship and teamwork in the 90s was awesome. I don’t feel any of the themes they do constantly nowadays with Bruce not trusting his protégés for whatever reason. They all feel competent too, like Nightwing or Robin aren’t the brunt of Joel’s they all feel like they’ve been training to do this and they work well together. The banter, the teamwork, the costumes it’s all great.

#dc #dc comics #batman #nightwing #robin #tim drake #batman: legacy #batman: bane

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Reading 90s Batman comics and events has given me an appreciation for a smaller Batfamily. I’m reading Batman: Legacy right now and it only has Batman, Nightwing, Tim Drake Robin and Huntress and the way they bounce off each other and the story is able to focus on each of them (except really Huntress) and shows their dynamic without it feeling super bloated with 10 different characters all having to do something is nice. It feels more concise and focused.

#Batman #dc #dc comics #nightwing #robin #tim drake #huntress #batman: legacy

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Nightwing likes pineapple pizza

#dc #dc comics #nightwing #batman #robin #batman: legacy #detective comics 698

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Superman is going to be entering the public domain soon, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to be able to use the name or symbol of superman in main stream movies or books. Superman, can’t meet Iron Man in a marvel created movie, because of the trademark, which will continue until DC forgets to renew the trademark, which they won’t. The name superman, and the symbol of superman will be trademarked forever as long as DC exists.

Trademarks last for 10 years, but every time a company renews the trade mark it adds another 10 years. So as long as DC comics remembers to renew the trademark of its characters, we can use characters like the originals, but we can’t specifically say superman or Batman, or Green Lantern, or the flash, because they’re trademarked.

#Superman #DC comics #DC #Trademark

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Finished reading Batman: Prodigal and Nightwing is super self-sufficient, he cleaned the manor after Jean-Paul left it in ruin, cooked himself and Tim food (something that Tim is surprised he can do, saying that he and Bruce were just eating Take-Out Chinese since Alfred quit) and he can do laundry too. This is completely different than what this fandom and Wayne Family Adventures led me to believe about him.

#Batman #nightwing #dick grayson #robin #tim drake #alfred pennyworth #Prodigal #batman: prodigal #Batman prodigal