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Welcome to the DC emoji game! Below I've described 5 DC characters using only three emojis per character. See if you can guess them all!
1.🧑🦲💲💎
2.🔱🤴🪝
3.🤸🪦👻
4.🕊️☮️👨🏻🤝👨🏼
5.🦅🪖👨🏻🤝👨🏼
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Thinking of how the Kryptonian legend that the name Nightwing comes from is the story of a man who was cast away by his family and still dreamed of protecting the weak and justice, and after Clark explained how the man in the myth used his talent and skill to fight for the weak and became a legend, Dick’s first question was “did his family ever realize their mistake?”
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Batman: Urban Legends #23
“The Murder Club Finale”
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There’s a ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ trend on TikTok and everyone keeps commenting “omg this is Jason Todd”
No. Jason Todd was your polite theatre kid. Tim Drake, Terry McGinnis, Duke Thomas, and Stephanie Brown were the teenage dirtbags. Tim was a skateboarding 90s kid, Terry got arrested, Duke started a gang, and Steph was a teen mom.
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fanon really built up "Cass is Bruce's favorite child" and meanwhile I'm sitting over here with a whole stack of panels in a folder labeled "Dick is Canonically Bruce's Favorite Child" adsfghjkl
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BRUCE CALLED DICK HIS SON AND SAID HE WAS PROUD OF HIM, I LOVE THIS SONG
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ALT
*holding up nightwing by his scruff* did anyone drop this
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How Dick gets treated when he's knocked unconscious around the Titans 💖🥺🌸✨💞🥰💗
TNTT (Vol. 2) #5
How Dick gets treated when he's knocked unconscious around his students 🖤👿💀✌️🥀🤷♀️⚡️
Dark Crisis #2
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So we're all aware that Dick died before he was sent off to Spyral, yes? I honestly think one of the most devastating scenes in the wake of that event was the part of Nightwing #30 where Bruce kept telling Dick that he needed Dick to stay dead, and Dick, out of pure desperation, started yelling, "I'm alive, Bruce. I'm alive!"
How horrific to die and then be told to stay dead for an indefinite amount of time. How terrible to have your existence wiped off the map even though you're still here. You're still breathing. How incredibly guilty you must feel for living when everyone who loves you is suffering, and will continue to suffer, over your death.
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Ten-ish panels to sum up Dick Grayson
@roma107 challenged me some time back: “10 Nightwing Panels That Perfectly Sum Up His Character. Your turn. Go.” It’s been hard to even get close, and in the end I couldn't quite keep it to ten panels... But, enjoy disagreeing with me all the same. 😉
1. Robin vol 2 # 13 (1995)
Dick has issues with Bruce – they have had occasional problems with communication since the early 1940s – but he is loyal to a fault.
2. Teen Titans vol 3 # 6 (2004)
Just about every one of DC’s heroes respects, trusts and is prepared to listen to Dick. Obviously, that's not because he's a nice guy – which he is, don't get me wrong – or because he puts in the work with relationships – which he does. That may make people like you, but it's not enough to get them to follow you into battle...
No, that's because he's smart, professional and competent. As you see here, he can also be intense and knows how to make a dramatic entrance...
3. World's Finest Comics vol 1 # 200 (1971)
Dick is (often, but not always) ready with a smile and a joke. He loved being Robin as a kid, he wanted to do it forever (see, for instance, Nightwing vol 2 # 75). As Batman after Final Crisis, he smiled enough to convince Two-Face it wasn't the old Batman.
To what extent Dick jokes because he's in a good mood, he’s trying to keep his spirits up or he wants to annoy criminals enough to gaude them into sloppy mistakes – it varies between creators and Dick’s mood at the time😉
However, there have certainly been periods when Dick has not put on his best behaviour. He snaps at Alfred, he's unpleasant to close friends in the Titans, etc. I'd argue this is a sign he's not in a good place, mentally. Most of the panels of short fuse/asshole Dick Grayson you will find floating around are either from when he was leading The Outsiders (vol 3), and was struggling after the death of Donna Troy. Or from the almost five years' worth of New Teen Titans comics where his behaviour is influenced by being tortured and brainwashed by Brother Blood (New Teen Titans vol 1 # 22, August 1982, to New Teen Titans # 31, May 1987).
Alternate panel: Teen Titans vol 2 # 12 (1997)
4. Battle for the Cowl # 3 (2009)
Dick is prepared to change. Whether it's about a new mantle, getting a new job to pay the bills, or moving to a new city.
5. The New Teen Titans vol 2 # 6 (1985)
Dick might drop everything when somebody asks for help, and he is open to asking for help and working with teams better than Batman. But he does have his own set of control issues. He wants to have a job instead of living on Bruce’s money; he wants to know how to cook etc so he can take care of himself. You could argue it's a response to being orphaned and losing his home at a young age, and then having several episodes when he doesn't feel secure about his place with Bruce Wayne (see, for instance Robin Year One, Batman plays a lone hand in Batman vol 1 # 13, Partner to Batman in Batman vol 1 # 65)
6. Action comics weekly # 613 (1988)
Dick is uncomfortable with casual relationships/sex. When he had a fling with Huntress (Nightwing/Huntress, 1988–1989), he tried to start a relationship. It took him a long time to accept that he could live with Kory after she had gone through with a marriage of state on her home planet, and he felt strange living with her because they weren't married (see NTT vol 2 #48).
7. Detective Comics vol 1 # 881 (2011)
Dick is a nice guy who chooses to be kind, optimistic and to give people the benefit of a doubt – but he's still sneaky and definitely not stupid.
8. Titans vol 1 # 3 (1999)
Yes, Dick jokes a lot, and he enjoys hanging out with his friends. But he's also a workaholic and holds himself to a very high standard.
Alternate panel: New Teen Titans vol 1 # 29 (1983)
9. Nightwing vol 4 # 41 (2018)
He has a tendency to self-blame - and he is also very stubborn! Presumably, the tendency to feel guilty over things outside his control is partly survivor's guilt, but also related to the very high standards he holds himself to, and the very high expectations others have on him. And, I would argue, this tendency is a reason he sometimes lets friends an family punish him without fighting back.
Bonus panel: sometimes, he can admit he has a problem with self-blame. The New Titans vol 1 # 57 (1989)
10. Nightwing vol 3 # 29 (2014)
He wants to be a safety net for everyone. That's a good summary of Nightwing as a character, in my opinion.
And... Nightwing vol 4 # 43 (2018)
Bonus. This one-shot is a good Nightwing story, but very unfair on Roy Harper/Arsenal. It touches on several things – how Dick is always ready to help, that he does not want to be like Batman, his tendency to blame himself...
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The Teen Titans!
God I love it. Trouble maker Roy, Wally and Garth being absolute baby boys with golden hearts, Donna and Dick with the braincells and the strats. Ugh. I love them all so much.
Bonus:
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Name a more iconic duo than Dick Grayson and using his bike as a weapon.
Batman #249
Nightwing vol. 4 #94
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Bruce settled into the chair by the desk, waved once to the crowd, and turned to face the host. The two of them waited patiently for the applause to die down.
“Good evening! And happy Thanksgiving,” said the host, when it did. “We’re thrilled to see you, Bruce.”
Bruce grinned. “Well I’m just thrilled to be here. On Thanksgiving.”
The crowd laughed appreciatively while the host leaned into the camera.
“We tape this show on Wednesday,” he whispered conspiratorially. “Thanksgiving is tomorrow.”
“I’m still thrilled,” said Bruce. “It’s always a pleasure to be here.”
“Tell me, what do y’all do for Thanksgiving? You have a full house.”
“We’re fairly traditional.” Bruce raised a hand to count on his fingers. “Turkey, ham, stuffing. One of mine is a vegetarian, so there’s a lot of sweet potatoes involved.”
“That’s your youngest, isn’t it?”
“Damian,” Bruce agreed. “He’s here with me today, out in the front row.”
Out in the front row, Damian glanced up from his screen, rolled his eyes, and went back to whatever it was he was doing on his phone. That was about right, in Bruce’s experience. Next to him, Cassandra smiled encouragingly— also right.
“Now who makes all the food?” asked the host. “You’ve told me— is that right? You’ve told me before?— that you’re no ace in the kitchen.
“I’m not allowed in there,” Bruce admitted. “The kids get to help Alfred, but he’ll chase me out with a serving spoon.”
“Well I promise we won’t do that here.”
“You say that now.”
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