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Summary
After civilize underBatmanfor years , Nightwinghas picked up several utilitarian skill from the World ’s Greatest Detective . Now , as the Titans abuse up to substitute the Justice League as Earth ’s defenders , Dick Grayson has solved a deadly squad mystery so easily that even Bruce Wayne would be impress by his former Robin .
Titans#5by Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott seesNightwing go into hiding with the Flashafter the team witnessed Wally West ’s skinny - future self drop dead in the series ' first exit . As the time of day of Wally ’s demise grew nearer , Dick keep apart himself , Wally , and Wally ’s married woman Linda Park - West in the Titans ' trophy way on Mars . At first this choice appears black , as Linda was being pull strings by a mind - controlling alien from the Church of Eternity .
Nightwing , however , reveals that he expected Linda to be the killer all along , saving Wally ’s life with an impressive display of deduction . It ’s a bright minute of police detective work on Nightwing ’s end , with Dick devising , as Wally frame it , " a Brobdingnagian leap for anyone who is n’t you . "
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Nightwing’s Detective Skills Saved the Flash’s Life
A succeeding version of Wally occur to the Titans inTitans#1 , appearing drained in Titans Tower with computer screen asking the squad to solve his slaying . Meanwhile , the Titans ' former mate Tempest began influence with the evil Brother Eternity and the Church of Eternity . Though Brother Eternity acted as if he had become over a new leaf , Wally discovered a strange shooting star from within the church . Brother Eternity sent Tempest to assault the Titans with a nous - hold in parasite , hoping to keep the meteoroid ’s secret hidden . Tempest finally transferred the alien sponger to Linda in an endeavor to kill the Flash and Nightwing .
Dick , however , lured Linda to the trophy room to draw her out . Because Wally was shot at point - white range , Nightwing take up the fast Isle of Man alive was killed by someone airless to him . Similarly , the meteor and Tempest ’s peculiar doings tipped Dick off to the exotic mind - ascendancy . Thus , he and Wally omen the attack , innocent Linda , and write all their lives on Mars . By claiming the deductive leap made by Nightwing would be impossible " for anyone who is n’t you , " the Flash redact Dick Grayson in a detective conference of his own — perhaps even outpacing Batman himself .
Nightwing Is the Leader Batman Knew He Would Be
Titanscomes following ( and during ) Taylor ’s running game on theNightwingsolo title . In both instances , Taylor has shown Dick Grayson to be one of the Prime Minister poor boy of the DC Universe . This culminates when Batman ( alongside Superman and Wonder Woman ) confide Dick ( and the Titans ) with the rubber of the world in the Justice League ’s absence following theDark Crisisevent . Now , the Titans are Earth ’s primary superhero squad . By making this huge deducation and saving the Flash ’s living , Nightwinghas yet again proven himself as a hero ( and a detective ) worthy ofBatman’strust .
Titans#5is available now from DC Comics .
TITANS # 5 ( 2023 )
