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A cover and four pages from the forthcoming "Deadman and the Flying Graysons" have been posted over at the DCU Blog
Dick's look at Boston and thinking... "Something about that is familiar, but why do I get the feeling it SHOULD be me tied up?"

Have to say, I'm loving the art here.... (plus we get to see where Dick inherited that magnificent posterior of his... HEL-LOOOOOO John Grayson! :D

Check out panel 1! (Well, you can check out the others too, but c'mon... RAGDOLL!!


Interesting that John appears to be wearing a variation on Dick's new look!
And Kyle Higgins has some comments about his stint as new writer on Nightwing...
Nrama: As you take over Nightwing, Dick Grayson is a little different than he's ever been before, isn't he? Simply because he's been Batman?
Higgins: That's a big part of what we're doing in the series. I don't think you could do a Nightwing book at this point without dealing with the fact that he was just Batman. I'm not sure I should say much more than that, except that one of the reasons he's Nightwing now is because of him just being Batman. You'll have to keep reading to find that out.
But in terms of his skills and confidence level, Nightwing has an even greater experience behind him now. So in our comic, he's become the best version of Nightwing that he's ever been. It's what has made him better.
Nrama: He's working out of Gotham in this title, right?
Higgins: Yeah. Gotham City was always the one place he'd always avoided, but now he's been successful there. So he's staying in Gotham because the city has changed around him, and he feels like the city genuinely needs him.
Nrama: Since he's in Gotham, does he bump into other people in the Bat-universe?
Higgins: Yeah. The thing about Dick Grayson, and it's something we're playing a lot with in Gates of Gotham, is that in his nature, he's a very social person. That's one of the big things that separates him from Bruce.
He works well with people. He works well with other members of the Bat-family. So yeah, there will be people popping up in the comic. And Dick's direction in Gotham City is tied to him continuing his mission, because he feels the city needs him and he's done avoiding this place as he has over the last few years, which Scott has explored wonderfully in Detective Comics. So it's not just him isolated in the city.
So Dick is back to knocking around Gotham... not sure how I feel about that, Dick shouldn't feel tied to Gotham (except, of course, literally) maybe he's suing for joint custody of Damian!
Oh, and to close the evening off, this lovely piece of fanart I found over on tumblr

Dick's look at Boston and thinking... "Something about that is familiar, but why do I get the feeling it SHOULD be me tied up?"
Have to say, I'm loving the art here.... (plus we get to see where Dick inherited that magnificent posterior of his... HEL-LOOOOOO John Grayson! :D
Check out panel 1! (Well, you can check out the others too, but c'mon... RAGDOLL!!
Interesting that John appears to be wearing a variation on Dick's new look!
And Kyle Higgins has some comments about his stint as new writer on Nightwing...
Nrama: As you take over Nightwing, Dick Grayson is a little different than he's ever been before, isn't he? Simply because he's been Batman?
Higgins: That's a big part of what we're doing in the series. I don't think you could do a Nightwing book at this point without dealing with the fact that he was just Batman. I'm not sure I should say much more than that, except that one of the reasons he's Nightwing now is because of him just being Batman. You'll have to keep reading to find that out.
But in terms of his skills and confidence level, Nightwing has an even greater experience behind him now. So in our comic, he's become the best version of Nightwing that he's ever been. It's what has made him better.
Nrama: He's working out of Gotham in this title, right?
Higgins: Yeah. Gotham City was always the one place he'd always avoided, but now he's been successful there. So he's staying in Gotham because the city has changed around him, and he feels like the city genuinely needs him.
Nrama: Since he's in Gotham, does he bump into other people in the Bat-universe?
Higgins: Yeah. The thing about Dick Grayson, and it's something we're playing a lot with in Gates of Gotham, is that in his nature, he's a very social person. That's one of the big things that separates him from Bruce.
He works well with people. He works well with other members of the Bat-family. So yeah, there will be people popping up in the comic. And Dick's direction in Gotham City is tied to him continuing his mission, because he feels the city needs him and he's done avoiding this place as he has over the last few years, which Scott has explored wonderfully in Detective Comics. So it's not just him isolated in the city.
So Dick is back to knocking around Gotham... not sure how I feel about that, Dick shouldn't feel tied to Gotham (except, of course, literally) maybe he's suing for joint custody of Damian!
Oh, and to close the evening off, this lovely piece of fanart I found over on tumblr
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Date: 2011-06-14 10:34 pm (UTC)also eep its Merkel, keep your naughty bits away!... and butterflies
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Date: 2011-06-14 10:58 pm (UTC)Funny, I think of most people grunting 'hup' or 'hut' - 'hep' sounds too much like 'help!'...
Geez, Mom!
Date: 2011-06-14 11:00 pm (UTC)Oh, wait...there's a comma.....
Re: Geez, Mom!
Date: 2011-06-14 11:24 pm (UTC)Re: Geez, Mom!
Date: 2011-06-15 12:29 am (UTC)Re: Geez, Mom!
Date: 2011-06-15 05:56 am (UTC)I would like to subscribe to your newsletter...
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Date: 2011-06-15 07:13 am (UTC)O...K...
Date: 2011-06-14 11:01 pm (UTC)Everyone else seems to be getting the clock turned back except Bruce, Dick and Damian and maybe Jason.
Also why isn't Nightwing on a single damm team, but Bats its on two...
Re: O...K...
Date: 2011-06-14 11:14 pm (UTC)Purely personal speculation, but I imagine that some other titles are probably spending their #1 in flashback to the new backgrounds of the characters, if they have been revamped by the... whatever it is that's happening. The Batclan are keeping on going
Dick might still be in the League, we don't know all the members yet.
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Date: 2011-06-15 01:42 am (UTC)I guess I don't mind finding out why a character is in an unexpected situation after Flashpoint, but I don't want to have to figure out who they are, if they were extensively revamped. I think I've reached the Murtaugh stage of my life: I'm too old for this shit.
I feel like a bit of a hypocrite, because I did start reading the DCU almost immediately after Crisis on Infinite Earths, but that really was just a coincidence. I was a kid who wanted to read comics. I didn't know about reboots. I happily picked up comics that were already in 400s and 500s, and didn't think a thing of it.
Re: O...K...
Date: 2011-06-14 11:40 pm (UTC)It's basically what Johns tried to do with Green Lantern: Rebirth on a line-wide scale.
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Date: 2011-06-14 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 11:24 pm (UTC)At the same time, I much prefer the notion that Bruce took Dick in as moment of pure mutual empathy and compassion, rather than anything approaching a debt owed, but it would be an interesting thing to explore.
IIRC The one fic I saw on the topic suggested that, as a result of his time with the Grayson's, Dick and Damian might have a little more in common in their pasts than having been Robins, and I rolled my eyes and pondered about some of the ficcers out there (and I say that as a sometime ficcer myself)
Re: O...K...
Date: 2011-06-14 11:38 pm (UTC)Wasn't there supposed to be a hidden file on the Graysons hidden some time ago when Bruce was dead? Or was that just a dangling plot thread?
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Date: 2011-06-16 07:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 11:42 pm (UTC)That could be interesting, actually--though I'm wondering how the age thing would work, since Bruce would probably be only a couple of years younger than them at most.
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Date: 2011-06-14 11:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 11:49 pm (UTC)It could be an interesting story...or it could also feel like frivolous fan-fic. Could go either way, depending on the execution.
Re: O...K...
Date: 2011-06-15 05:58 am (UTC)I'm not sure the timeline works on that, even aside from the whole unfortunate 'adultery' angle. IIRC, Bruce was in his mid 20s when he took in Dick (whose age upon being taken in is up to the mid-teens at this point, IIRC), so, that'd mean he was, like, 10 when Dick was conceived...even with the older stories with a younger Dick, that'd made Bruce in his early teens, at the time.
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Date: 2011-06-14 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 11:28 pm (UTC)And in the main timeline we know they all wore costumes that looked like Robin's and planned to use ones that looked like Nightwing, so it sort of evens out.
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Date: 2011-06-14 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-14 11:36 pm (UTC)Based on what little we know so far I'd say that after Green Lantern, the Batman Family (minus Barbara's de-aging and return as Batgirl and Tim as the Black Swam) will suffer the least from this reboot.
Hopefully at least (and I still think Dick looks better in blue).
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Date: 2011-06-14 11:44 pm (UTC)I LOVE that Dr. Fate panel. Seriously, he's sitting there on that couch with the helmet, but in jeans and a leather jacket, and yet he still pulls out something semi regal. That's just great. :D
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Date: 2011-06-15 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-16 07:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 12:19 am (UTC)and yeah, that's a very pretty ass ^^
fanart is coolness.
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Date: 2011-06-15 12:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 02:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 06:01 am (UTC)I can sort of see him as a sideshow performer (more the Jared Fate, though, not any of the ones who wore the helmet), but he'd be, you know, doing something, not just...sitting there.
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Date: 2011-06-15 07:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-15 12:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 01:01 pm (UTC)I think I need to read up on this, since now I've no idea what it's meant to be about. =/
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Date: 2011-06-15 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-15 01:58 pm (UTC)So, as much of a crapsack world as it is for most people, this looks like THE reality to live in if you're a circus performer. >_>
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Date: 2011-06-15 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-15 07:27 pm (UTC)But Jason and Cassandra? They are Bruce's son and daughter, period, and it pisses me off so much when otherwise-excellent writers (Tomasi, I'm looking at you) pretend they don't exist (I'll never stop bitching about the "whole family" line. NEVAH!)
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Date: 2011-06-15 09:35 pm (UTC)It really is crazy how many kids Bruce has taken in / mentored over the years.
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Date: 2011-06-15 09:31 pm (UTC)Superhero family court must be a nightmare.