http://drsevarius.insanejournal.com/ ([identity profile] drsevarius.insanejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-12 02:30 pm UTC
Entry tags:char: doctor light/kimiyo hoshi, char: flamebird/thara ak-var, char: nightwing/lor-zod/chris kent, creator: eric trautmann, creator: greg rucka, creator: pere perez, publisher: dc comics, title: action comics






Dr. Pillings is really Jax-Ur in disguise.



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[identity profile] freddylloyd.insanejournal.com
2009-11-13 05:37 pm UTC (link)
I view Robin as the DC Universe's primary symbol of youth, and therefore impossible to go back to once you've moved on to a new, more grown-up identity. That's how it worked for Dick and Jason, and how I think it will work for Tim and Stephanie. (Which doesn't mean Damian is the end of the Robin line, but that's another matter.)

Nightwing, on the other hand, is a symbol of the effort to forge an adult identity that incorporates the best lessons of one's mentors without their less desirable traits. And as such it would still be appropriate for Dick Grayson to take up the Nightwing role when he stops being Batman. He did it once before, after all, with just a short hiccup in which he turned in his costume. (And that actually had the benefit of bringing on a better costume.)

Of course, there's no guarantee that DC's editorial team is thinking along the same lines.

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[identity profile] manofbats.insanejournal.com
2009-11-13 05:49 pm UTC (link)
Nightwing's more of a symbol of teenage rebellion.

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[identity profile] freddylloyd.insanejournal.com
2009-11-13 06:00 pm UTC (link)
My interpretation is more strongly colored by the way Wolfman and Pérez originally developed Nightwing pre-Crisis, when there was no acrimonious break with Bruce/Batman. The Nightwing role was a sign of maturing, but not rebelling.

After the first Crisis the history of that relationship changed, but by then Nightwing was established with the Titans, and any conflict with Batman was secondary and in the past. The Nightwing magazine focused on Dick in his twenties and establishing himself as an adult.

I think the Red Hood, as used in this millennium, is a more obvious example of rebellion against a father figure and his values.

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