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Batman/Superman: The Best in the World #30
When Trinity’s first mission is revealed, it reminds fans that Dick Grayson’s Robin has been there from the beginning. - Dick entered the DC canon just a year after Batman and was present at the founding of the Trinity and their great adventures as a team.
- In recent years, Nightwing has gained the cult status he deserves and was even chosen to lead DC’s community of heroes in the absence of the Justice League.
There is no superhero alliance more iconic than that between DC’s iconic Trinity: Gotham’s Dark Knight Detective Batmanthe Amazon Princess Wonder Woman and the extraterrestrial protector of the Earth, SupermanThe iconic trio has saved the universe time and time again, anchoring not only the concept of the Justice League, but the entire world’s superhero community. DC now points out that there is a fourth member of this group – someone who was there from the beginning.
In a preview of Batman/Superman: The Best in the World #30Fans can see what DC calls “the first mission of the Trinity.” This isn’t the first time the heroes have met, but it is the first time they’ve worked together as an official trio, investigating a murder on the island of Themyscira. Yet even on this history-making first mission, the Trinity is accompanied by its unofficial fourth member.
The issue features Dick Grayson’s Robin, who was invited to join Batman on the mission as the Dark Knight’s sidekick. The first Robin, however, is not a guest – he is part of the crime-fighting team and This issue makes it clear that he has been working with Trinity since the group’s informal founding.. Since Robin was only a sidekick, he wasn’t seen as a full-fledged member, but as he grew into his own hero as Nightwing, it became increasingly clear to him that his connection to the Trinity was much more than just a sideline.
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Robin was first introduced in 1940, just one year after Batman’s debut in 1939. Detective Comics No. 27. While later stories expanded the story of Batman’s early days without Robin, The prodigy has been part of the Dark Knight mythos almost from the beginning, introduced before Batman’s “no kill” rule.This is especially significant considering that Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman didn’t start working together until 1947. All-Star Comics No. 36.
In fact, even in this story, the connection between Wonder Woman, Batman, and Superman was not particularly emphasized. For a considerable portion of their appearances in DC Comics, the three were simply considered members of the Justice League, with no stronger bond as a “trinity” than with any other members. In fact, the idea of Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman being particularly close began more or less with Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Superman Yearbook No. 11 and his iconic “For the man who has everything.”
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This story (in which Batman and Wonder Woman visit the Fortress of Solitude to celebrate Superman’s birthday) wasn’t published until 1985, and even then, Robin is a major character. Not only does he appear throughout the story, but he is actually the one who saves Superman’s life at the end of the story – although in this case, the Robin in question is the second Child prodigy Jason Todd. The special relationship of the Trinity was probably not fully canonized until 2003. Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinityalthough later stories retrospectively assumed that it existed very early in each hero’s career.
All of this is to point out that Robin had been a staple of Batman history for years – arguably decades – before the Trinity came into being, so it’s easy to see why he was included in their first mission and most important adventures. In fact, Robin’s early introduction and iconic nature have led to him being placed alongside the Justice League in adaptations like 1973’s The Trinity. Super Friends and 1986 The Batman/Superman Hour. Since the Trinity has known each other, Robin is not only present, but active in their adventures.
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Since then, Dick has been considered the most famous and popular hero in the DC Universe – someone all the oldest heroes watched growing up and who the next generation of former sidekicks look up to as a leader and role model. As DC has recently established a new, younger generation of heroes, Nightwing has also become the mentor, training Batman and Superman’s sons Damian and Jon, running the Titans Academy, and looking out for underdog heroes like City Boy.
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Seeing Dick Grayson alongside the Trinity on their first mission underscores how he exists both inside and outside of that alliance—his association with the iconic trio gave him equal legendary status in both the world and with readers, but his secondary status as sidekick gave him tremendous room to develop over the decades of comics. Nightwing has been with the Trinity since the beginning and has basically always been a member, but his existence outside of the group’s official codification has made him a character who is simultaneously iconic and accessible.
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For decades, DC has hinted at Nightwing’s potential as a hero. Batman had long considered Dick Grayson his best hero and trained him to be a leader among DC’s heroes. However, the publisher was understandably reluctant to promote a hero who is a household name but not under an identity he can ever credibly return to. In recent years, that has changed, with the critically beloved tenure of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo in the current Nightwing The series deserves a lot of credit for capitalizing on Dick’s potential.
Fans have long debated whether or not Nightwing is still in Batman’s shadow, but in DC’s current comics, it’s clear that he’s fully established as a solo character. Taylor says Nightwing is already A-list and simply needs to be treated as such. More recent stories have moved on from defining Nightwing solely by his relationship with Batman, and instead have explored what it means to be the hyper-competent hero that connects every generation of crime-fighters. Dick Grayson has always been simultaneously part of and separate from the Trinity, and nothing illustrates his unique nature better than the fact that he was the hero who took the lead when Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman stopped working together.to turn to someone who has always worked with them but is only now viewed as an equal.
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Nightwing’s increasing prominence in the DC Universe is particularly satisfying through the lens of his partial membership in the Trinity, especially in the sense that his character development has played out over literally decades of stories. He is a character who has been on the side of Superman, Wonder Woman And Batman from the beginning, but is only now gaining the same level of recognition and respect – from his fellow heroes, from comic fans and even from DC.
Batman/Superman: The Best in the World #30 will be available from DC Comics on August 21st.
Nightwing
Nightwing is the superhero name Dick Grayson adopted when he outgrew the role of Robin and became a superhero in his own right. Inspired by the original Kryptonian hero of the same name, Grayson used this identity to achieve immortality in the comics and earn respect as one of the greatest leaders in the DC Universe.
