Should Nightwing Return to the Disco Costume?

[Jim Kelly]

In defense of disco, Nightwing's was never a disco costume. Dick didn't take on the Nightwing persona until 1984, by which time disco was long dead. I should know, I was king of the disco dance floor (circa 1978). And Superman adopted his Nightwing identity and outfit in 1963 when disco was barely a glimmer in Van McCoy's eye.

I never liked the George Perez design, but I think once other artists got rid of the extraneous decorations and kept it to the basic elements, then it served with distinction. But it was never disco.

[Godlike13]

What about the dick arrow, should that be incorporated into his Nightwing look?

[Pohzee]

In defense of disco, Nightwing's was never a disco costume. Dick didn't take on the Nightwing persona until 1984, by which time disco was long dead. I should know, I was king of the disco dance floor (circa 1978). And Superman adopted his Nightwing identity and outfit in 1963 when disco was barely a glimmer in Van McCoy's eye.

I never liked the George Perez design, but I think once other artists got rid of the extraneous decorations and kept it to the basic elements, then it served with distinction. But it was never disco.

I think it was supposed to be like a circus preformer- similar to Deadman. And that makes a good amount of sense, but it is fairly dated

[Timothy Hunter]

I hate to repeat myself, but I did a mockup a few months back trying to combine the colors of the discowing outfit with the iconography of the B:TNA suit. I think that something along these lines might be better than a straight return to the disco suit, which is very much now dated.

I would be down with this

[K7P5V]

I think it was supposed to be like a circus preformer- similar to Deadman. And that makes a good amount of sense, but it is fairly dated

Awesome! Reminds me of the outfit Dick wore during Deadman's Flashpoint mini-series:

[godisawesome]

No.

The black-blue costume has become as close to iconic as Nightwing gets. It's simple, easy to adapt to other media, and can be tweaked with varying degrees of detail without losing its overall sensibility. I do think Dick needs the bird emblem back, for marketing purposes, but that in and of itself is just a tweak to the classic black-blue chevron.

The last thing wrong with Nightwing is his classic Nightwing costume.

Yeah, the benefit of the simple, but cool, black and blue can’t overstated.

In my opinion, the best costumes are the ones that can quickly and easily be copied by amateur fans, are instantly recognizable, and simple enough that a costume designer can fill it with details in real world/animated costumes to their heart’s content.

For instance, the Young Justice version of the suit is highly detailed... but it’s core elements are still the ones from the black and blue suit.

[Restingvoice]

What about the dick arrow, should that be incorporated into his Nightwing look?

Yes but this time pointed at his butt

[MajorHoy]

from Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Vol. XVII (July 1986)

People will come back to it.
Look at mustaches, they are trendy now, like in the old days. So disco look is bound to come back.

Hey, disco music has already made a comeback at least once (in the earl 1990s).

You may as well ask if he should grow out his ponytail again.

Or should he go for a "man bun"?

Or, better yet, how about the "Deathwing" look:

complete with pierced nipple-rings!!!

[AmiMizuno]

Okay on the topic of Nightwing. Should he have a belt or keep special pockets? I like what they did with YJ What about his glider? It does also fit with the circus theme

[Captain Nostalgia]

As long as they don't bring back the horrible mullet, I'm good.

[K. Jones]

The criss-cross X coming down from the collar and giving him a belly window (just without the window) is so weird. The collar with no cape is weird. I love that costume but it's so weird. Dick's Stelfreeze costume is played out though. A good design that can be modified. I feel like a costume that jives with references to multiple of his past Nightwing costumes could be pretty great but I haven't seen one that really nails it in a minute. Timeline-wise, since his black costume debuted around the same time after Prodigal that Bruce came back and was also rocking an all-black costume, it is weird that Bruce has changed costumes a few times since but Dick really hasn't, other than having a Red slightly over-armored N52 variant and adding some blue swooshes to the ankles.

So not Disco-Wing ... but I'd be down for a utilitarian sleek costume that fits his type of acrobatic movement and nocturnal bird iconography, his trend toward Blue detailing, but brought back some of that lighter blue and maybe even some yellow bits.

[Alan2099]

If anything, his "disco" costume isn't Disco enough!



Flip the collar back down so it's less superheroy, add some bell bottoms, a hair chest ...

... Okay, fine. I'll see myself out.

[Vakanai]

No. Disco is dead, and so are Disco costumes.

A year later and Disco is still dead...yet oddly now I find myself yearning to listen to Disco Duck...

[MajorHoy]

A year later and Disco is still dead...yet oddly now I find myself yearning to listen to Disco Duck...

I prefer classic Donna Summer myself.

[SixSpeedSamurai]

No, his modern costume is classic at this point. Why change it?