a test search on deviantart revealed the following
Nightwing(50,921 results)
Agent 37 Dick Grayson(26 Results)
2 years....and all deviantart could dig up in a search was 26 pictures related to Agent 37 Grayson
a test search on deviantart revealed the following
Nightwing(50,921 results)
Agent 37 Dick Grayson(26 Results)
2 years....and all deviantart could dig up in a search was 26 pictures related to Agent 37 Grayson
Is it just me, or are you trying really hard to discount everything Grayson?
Just an example from me, but when I search for Dick Grayson on Tumblr I actually only put Dick Grayson into the search box. I stopped using Nightwing ages ago and similarly when I make a post about Dick from Grayson I forget to put Agent 37 to the hashtags most of the time because Dick is the central point of my focus.
Not his blue, his fingerstripes or his costumes.
DC Comics: Grayson, Batman and Robin Eternal, Robin Son of Batman, Starfire, We Are Robin, Earth 2 Society, Superman: Lois and Clark, Cyborg, Midnighter, Titans Hunt
not trying to discount it but it weirds me out how 2 years after he became agent 37 there's still not a single piece of merchandise featuring him like that and very very few fan pictures of him compared to the mountains of nightwing fan pictures i can easily find online
Burnside Batgirl has far more fan art than Agent 37 Grayson and actual merchandise....DC Acknowledges her change and T-Shirts with her in that appearance exist and can be found at comic shops
but spyral grayson seems like an idea that DC themselves hated and didn't want to mention it unless they had to
why is that?
2 years is not that long of a time, thats 24 issues. Nightwing has 30 years on Agent 37 so of course there are mountains more Nightwing pictures u can easily find online. Burnside Batgirl is still marketed off, and is a part and extension of the Batgirl brand. Plus it was aimed for the tumblr/fan art making crowd, and also even called out for fanart as part of its marketing campaign. Gayson in general is just harder to sell as a brand. There isn't a fancy or trendy looking superhero costume or logo thats comes with it, and its not really something kids will eat up. DC didn't hate it or hide it. Its just seem like maybe they weren't actually trying to create a new brand with Grayson liked some had hoped, and it was more that they were just looking to shake the character up for a bit. They probably knew going in that it would create an opportunity to bring Nightwing back and sell its return at some point.
Last edited by Godlike13; 05-06-2016 at 04:31 AM.
It wasn't exactly all a marketing stunt. I'm sure everyone knew they would eventually return the character back to Nightwing. They probably didn't think it would be so soon though.
You also have to remember the circumstances surrounding the character at the time. Johns exposed his identity to the world in Forever Evil (which was a stunt to sell his event book) but at the same time the Batman books were doing their own Endgame and Eternal stories. So Dick having his identity exposed sort of conflicted with those stories and they didn't exactly what to interrupt them and deal with Dick's exposed identity. So they decided to turn him into a spy and launch the Grayson book which was a way for the Batman office to write out the character from Gotham and the ongoing Batman stories so they wouldn't have to stop what they were doing and deal with his exposed identity, or figure out how to incorporate it into the stories they already had planned out.
Dick's the one Robin who really fully graduated from the role so unless you go for a full hard reboot back to the early days, that's just not him anymore.
Conversely, as much as I loved him as Batman to Damian's Robin, him being the eldest simply isn't sufficient reason to force a dark, broody mantle onto him that never has and never will fit him.
Dick lives in a superhero world and grew up as a superhero - while befriending pretty much the whole superhero community, to boot - (plus with a love for acrobatics and a distaste for guns), so as well-written as the Grayson series may be, being a spy just doesn't really suit him (albeit more so than being a cop of all things).
Therefore Nightwing. Always Nightwing.
Last edited by twincast; 05-06-2016 at 11:20 AM.
Death's Head, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, House of X, Powers of X.
Ascender, DIE, Saga, The Wicked + The Divine.
Adventures of the Super Sons, Batman Beyond, Catwoman, Lois Lane, Naomi, Young Justice.
Nightwing had 30+ years to prove itself. Some moment where it could rise above the sea of generic comic book schlock l, but it never did. No noteworthy villains, supporting cast, or moments that weren't connected to the Titans. In these past 30 years his big moments have been when he shed the Nightwing mantle for something grander and more important those being Batman and Agent 37. Nightwing is diet-cola Batman, his world diet-cola Gotham, and his "rogues" diet-cola Daredevil.
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