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alleged nightwing side blog

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I always picture Christopher Priest chuckling darkly to himself when he sits down to write

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This is what we lost when they took Alfred from us: he used to show up in completely unrelated characters’ stories and be an egregious jackass to them. I want that back.

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omg 😭😭

from x

[fredricwertham]

My favorite part of that storyline is the fact that the vampires are explicitly incestuous but also explicitly not sucking blood in a gay way. There’s a boy victim for the girl vampire and a girl victim for the boy vampire.

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It is so, so funny how much Dick downplayed this in retrospect.

Out of context, it felt like Dick was just making excuses for being a cold asshole to Kory. You know, standard dumb teenage boy inconsiderateness exacerbated by Batman-isms. I operated under this assumption during my first couple of reads because I hadn’t had access to the Batman books. I now have the context.

In context?

Yeah okay okay that’s rough okay that’s fair okay I’d be nervous too okay that’s fair okay uh huh yup yup okay okay-

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Link to the actual plot and discussion of the vampire folk for those unaware btw.

[fredricwertham]

I feel like I’m reading city of quartz about a place that doesn’t exist I seriously cannot get over how good this run is

Comics?? COMICS???

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Nightwing (2016) Annual 2025

Fantasy fiction that clearly parallels and valorizes the behavior of real-life dangerous vigilantes! Undermining the actual authorities—making the police and the rule of law appear inept in an attempt to turn Gotham criminals into role models!

Nightwing (2016) #140

Crime is aspirational. It is people stepping outside the social contract and risking their freedom—their lives—in order to improve their situation. You want to reduce crime in Bludhaven? You want peace in your city? You leach that aspiration. You take away their hope altogether.

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Nightwing (1996) #75 || How Nightwing Almost Died in Infinite Crisis || Nightwing (2016) #140

it’s an in-between place

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Nightwing (2016) #140

This blog doesn’t reflect how much time I spend thinking about the fact that you don’t see seedy strip joints in comics as much as you used to, but I do mull on that frequently. So, um, welcome back seedy strip joints. Dan Watters is funnier than I’ve been giving him credit for, too.

[fredricwertham]

“There’s a drive-through strip club in downtown Bludhaven now” is also one of the strongest opening lines I’ve clocked in a comic recently. I’m saying that as someone who does actually have a definitive favorite ever opening line, though that issue was written by someone who’s done worse things than the movie crimes that people on here are typically upset about so I’ll be holding it close to my chest.

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Nightwing (2016) #140

This blog doesn’t reflect how much time I spend thinking about the fact that you don’t see seedy strip joints in comics as much as you used to, but I do mull on that frequently. So, um, welcome back seedy strip joints. Dan Watters is funnier than I’ve been giving him credit for, too.

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[blondedsixties06]

save me bruharvey

[fredricwertham]

oh silver age nostalgia my hated enemy

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It must be my birthday because Dick was having a sword fight against mind controlled Bruce and Clark, and Bruce sliced him. Then Dick was backed to the edge of a large shaft, and he chose to jump off of it to the depths below rather than pledge his allegiance to a tyrant. And this act of him falling snapped Bruce and Clark out of the mind control they were in, and Bruce immediately jumped off the ledge to save Dick.

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #53

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the batman's grave #10

[ID: a multi-panel sequence of Bruce Wayne being exhausted amd struggling to take a shower safely. The shower is in a large cube shape with a clear glass door, blue tile, and a drain on the floor. Bruce is facing away from the water with slumped shoulders as he hangs his head and rubs his face wearily. He tips his head back to feel the water on his face before having to stabilize himself on the wall. His back is bloodied and scratched as he struggles to keep his eyes open and heavily blinks. Then suddenly, Bruce collapses onto the floor. He comes to and cradles his bleeding head in a fetal position before forcing himself to be kneeling. From beyond the restroom door, Alfred concernly asks, “Have you fallen asleep in the shower, Master Bruce?” Bruce calls out he's fine. However, Alfred persists, “Have you had an accident in there? Do I need to cleam that room later?” Bruce tiredly pushes his hand through his hair and looks down at the floor drain — where his blood is already being washed away before responding “no”. END ID]

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Hawkman by Joe Kubert

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