Ric will be here in May, The new Batman story is a 5 parter from 70 to 75. Ric Comics are back to monthly so that’s guaranteed that Ric will be here July & will be used/not used for the Batman event which considering all the previous interactions is not gonna turn out well for Nightwing because King hasn’t written anything positive happening to The Bat Family. Doomsday Clock in finished in July likely won’t be that important for Dick Grayson so I don’t see Ric going away until September/October or DC May keep him like that forever
Ric's here till the current series ends i'd bet.
Also seems Ric is becoming a guest in this own book, lol.
Last edited by Godlike13; 02-18-2019 at 09:11 AM.
I’ve been largely indifferent to Ric because I wasn’t reading the mediocre Nightwing stories before it, so all it was doing was continue to save me money, but this months solicits actually made me mad. It’s just so stupid and so bad.
And how cool to see Spyral get wiped out in Superman and Tiger to show up in Batman.
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
What are the odds Nightwing gets a good writer? Very low. Given recent sampling, I'd say 1 in 9 would be generous.
At this point, I think it would be more likely that a Nightwing series gets cancelled (which is fairly low odds considering his stable sales) than that he would actually get a good writer.
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
The fact that Jimmy is getting a solo out of Leviathan Rising reminds me of the fact that he and Dick were buddies in the Silver age. I'd be down with a teamup between them sometime.
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
Well the rumour going around from Bleeding Cool is that DC is cutting down their mainline books to just 22 ongoings. Nightwing really may get cut off for the time being. And uh, that #60 solicit really makes me feel like we won't be missing anything.
Didnt Didio already deny that rumor on Facebook?
*IF* its true that the company is pulling back like that (and I dont believe it is) then yeah, we'd almost certainly lose Nightwing's solo title. Not really a loss these days, to be honest.
But I cant even say that would be a certainty, though Didio's bias makes it very gods damn likely. Not a lot of DC titles have sales that're are as consistent as Nightwing's and that might be enough justification to keep it going in a smaller schedule. If Didio wasn't the guy in charge I'd think that Dick's book would have solid (not great, but solid) odds of surviving a purge. But since he's the guy in charge I'd expect him to push another title, even if it doesn't have the pedigree or sales record that Dick does.
If DC cuts back, I expect to see Nightwing on a Titans roster. No way will DC not have a Titans book, even if they don't sell as well as Nightwing's.
Heh, if this rumor does prove to be true, I guess we'll all find out how right I am about my claims that Dick's too viable an IP for the company to drop him, despite Didio's desires.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Ya, as much as i would like for this current series to die. Lets not discount the fact that its approaching issue 60 here. It was also one of the titles they deemed worth double shipping with Rebirth. Plus right now they are already close to the 22 as is. So i think Nightwing would make the cut, though at the same time i could see them packaging him in a Titans book to save space. Which would suck, because when it come to comics the Titans hasn't done him any justice in quite a while.