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Warning : Contains a preview for Titans : Beast World # 2!This year , Batmanprimed his former cellblock , Nightwing , to be the brass of the DC Universe , but now he ’s already begin to reconsider . DC’sDark Crisisevent ended with Batman promulgate toNightwing that he has to lead the DC Universe into the future as its center . Batman later on reiterates that same sentiment , even askingNightwing to lead the Justice League .

Now Batman may be regret his right to vote of authority as ofTitans : brute World#2 by Tom Taylor , Ivan Reis , Danny Miki , Brad Anderson , and Wes Abbott . Reis , Miki , and Anderson ’s cover prowess can be viewed below , alongside a preview of the venire to total for the offspring . Titans : Beast World#2 is scheduled to formally release on December 12 .

The preview boast a pernicious exchange between Batman and Nightwing that seems to suggest that Batman may not trust Nightwing to get the chore done like he did earlier this twelvemonth . If that truly is the display case , then it ’s for certain go to put Nightwing ’s future tense - as well as the state of this Modern Dawn of DC epoch - in jeopardy .

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Batman Doesn’t Trust Nightwing Anymore

DC ’s latestBeast Worldevent first kick back off in the previous issue , where an escapade in space lay the Titans into conflict with Brother Eternity . He unleashes Necrostar , a 30 - million - year - old creature that killed half a planet ’s Charles Frederick Worth of Starfire ’s Tamaranean antecedent . Upon larn it was only ever defeat by Starro , Beast Boy is compel to transform into Garro , which works until Doctor Hate appears and shatters Beast Boy ’s head . From there , Beast Boy ’s fractured mind induce bedlam across the satellite by using its spores to turn people into animalistic creatures .

brute World#2 depict off the immediate wake . While the Justice League and the Titans head to place to attempt to neutralize Garro , Batman and Nightwing take the street to save the citizens in disarray . In a straightaway mo , one of the citizen who Nightwing saves urges him to allow him down so that he can keep open his son , who is still trammel in a car . Batman order he ’ll get him , despite Nightwing ’s endeavor to let Batman know he can get him instead , which goes completely ignored .

Nightwing’s Future as DC’s Leader is in Jeopardy

Dark Crisismarked DC ’s passing of the torch to Nightwing and the Titans as the newfangled leaders of the DC Universe . The Justice League and Batman especially had no problem go along that torch and , in multiple instances duringDark Crisisand afterwards in stories likeNightwing#100 , they carry their confidence in the Titans to carry that torch . Beast Worldis the Titans ' first major event in their new roles and , so far , it thrusts the populace into chaos . give Batman ’s chemical reaction where he basically brushes off Dick ’s attempts to help , he may have lost religious belief that a time to come for the DC Universe with Nightwing at the helm is salvageable . IfNightwingdoesn’t find a way of life to regain his trust , Batmanmight be uneasy to take his flannel mullein back .

Titan : Beast World#2goes on sale from DC Comics on December 12 .

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