Just saw the Black Canary vs Sindel Death Battle when the video slipped into my YouTube recommendations feed. I'm amending my earlier statement--- Dinah would wipe the floor with Dick in straight hand-to-hand, Canary Cry or no Canary Cry.
(Also, it's frightening how YouTube knew to recommend it when I wasn't even searching for Black Canary / Birds of Prey on the platform / Google...)
Last edited by xiyon; 02-15-2020 at 06:24 PM.
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So overall Dick is top 10. However, I do wonder with how Dick is with Supes. How should he be with Diana? I mean they donÂ’t spend time often. I mean in a sense he is part of the time trinity
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I dunno if I'd say "wipe the floor with..." but yeah, I see her winning at least half her matches against Dick. When written right that woman is fierce as f*ck.
How do you mean? Like Dick's relationship dynamic with Clark? I'd say their bond is probably more like "cool uncle/favorite nephew" than anything. I think Seely captured it really well back at the start of Rebirth.
And no, I don't think Dick ever interacted with Diana much. He had team ups with Superman, but none with Diana that I know of. He did work with her as part of "Batman and...." but that was it.
I'd like to think that he was very intimidated by her back in the day. Imagine being this very young teen in pixie shorts, full of adolescent hormones and confusion, and the most beautiful, powerful woman in the world is sitting at the same table.
And I like to think Dick never quite outgrew that, and Diana still makes him tongue tied and he blushes just looking at her.
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Maybe the first few fights will be even, but as each fight progresses, Dinah will be able to counter him more.
When I made my first statement, it was just under the assumption that Dinah was trained by Wildcat to search for weaknesses, and Dinah knows a lot of fighting styles. Big whoop--- so can pretty much every named hand-to-hand combatant in the DC universe. But the Death Battle video showed Dinah's more than that. She learns and adapts fast, to the point of beating even Wonder Woman in a spar, and out-thinking/processing a Green Lantern Power Ring. Now that's impressive.
Unfortunately, Dick hasn't had, as far as I know, a remotely similar feat, so, yeah-- Dinah would wipe the floor with him. Dinah vs Cass would be a fairer fight, imho.
I'm still going with Dick being the bastard fighter giving him an edge in a no holds barred fight, though. Hiding in the shadows, hitting you from behind, going for the sucker punch, and even cracking yo momma taunts mid-fight.
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Never forget, Cyke fans~ https://twitter.com/i/status/1246248602768486402
Jean had more presence in death than Cyke in Hickman's entire run.
Hickman succeeded where 2010s Marvel didn't: make the X-Men villainous and irrelevant.
Hilariously, the X-Men have now fully embraced mutant supremacy and racism against humans.
For other Cyke-centered stories by a Cyclops fan: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1008144...ffle-or-Boogie
Pfft Dick beat Wonder Woman when he was a kid . Seriously though 80 year’s old, Dick has “feats” for days.
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How would he beat her? Your talking about a wonder who doesn't need her super-strength. Not only that but she is one of the best fighters. Also, she could have been holding back. Diana also had impress feet. But yea, I'm talking about the relationship with Diana and DIck. We don't get to see how their dynamic is. But anyway I hope Dc brought back the fact Dick got the name Nightwing from Clarke.
Man thank goodness I don't care about feats in comics, there so inconsistent. I just want characters to be in there proper tier, who beats who I don't care.
But hell yeah I want more dick with clark and diana. Dick and Clark on big uncle little nephew adventures I'm there.
Dick having a huge crush on diana is to funny to past up. The irony. Dick with most females is this charming and charismatic young man but dick around diana is more shy a d bumbling. Sounds fun.
Let your wallet talk.
Never forget, Cyke fans~ https://twitter.com/i/status/1246248602768486402
Jean had more presence in death than Cyke in Hickman's entire run.
Hickman succeeded where 2010s Marvel didn't: make the X-Men villainous and irrelevant.
Hilariously, the X-Men have now fully embraced mutant supremacy and racism against humans.
For other Cyke-centered stories by a Cyclops fan: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1008144...ffle-or-Boogie
I don't think he'd feel that way about Diana nowadays. She just looks like an older Donna, remember (this is due to Donna's real life origins, as a teenage Diana who was accidentally mistaken for a sidekick when the first Teen Titans story was being written, and later retconned as being a new character). Diana and Donna look so alike that Donna's been mistaken for Wonder Woman.
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Training and when he's being petulant
The few times I saw Dick interact with Justice League gen who are not Clark, he's casual professional. He's been around the adult heroes since he was a kid and knows their sidekicks, so the ones he doesn't interact personally he knows from his friends.
As a kid, he respects and admires them, but as a teen and leader of independent young heroes who know them, he started to see their cracks. So as an adult, he's not afraid to interact, or when it comes to it, suggest, take the lead, or call them out.
He doesn't get flustered by Diana as an adult. The only version of Dick I know that has a fantasy about Diana is the one where he never knew Donna and rarely interact with the Justice League in the first place (Grayson #11 I think).
And the only Robin that gets flustered in front of her Pre-Flashpoint was Jason.