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Summary
The return of a former love interest points out just how badNightwingis at keeping his clandestine identity element from his romanticist partners . Nightwing has had plenty of romances throughout DC ’s account , and his life before reunify with Batgirl has given him a misconceived repute as a man-about-town . Perhaps he ’s dipped his toe in the honey quarry one too many times , because a lovelorn Nightwing has often neglected his giving mystery .
DC reveals that a reelect andformer Nightwing love interestknew his hush-hush individuality years ago inTitans : Beast World#3 by Tom Taylor , Lucas Meyer , Romulo Fajardo Jr. , and Wes Abbott , where she is lending a helping hand at Titans Tower . Dr. Bridget Clancy is a local Blüdhaven physician who met Dick when she was the overseer of his flat building during his 1990s solo championship . The two had a will - they - won’t - they dynamic that never materialise into anything permanent .
Clancy has made sporadic appearance since then , but this is by far her most meaning restoration , as she tells Dick for the first clock time that she has long known that he ’s Nightwing . While the moment is shocking , Dr. Clancy is n’t the first would - be romance of Nightwing ’s to discover his secret indistinguishability .
Nightwing has found himself in a love triangle , but before he has to sort his feeling out , things are resolved in the saturnine way possible .
Nightwing’s Past ’90s Love Interest Clancy Returns
Clancy makes her return in this government issue when Dick predict her up to Titans Tower to examine Batman after he transforms into a wildcat — much like other DC heroes , who are transforming into monstrous animal during theBeast Worldevent . Concerned about Nightwing ’s injury , she asks if he can remove his mask for check for a concussion . He refuses until she promise him her secret is safe with her by call in him Dick . She confirms for a aghast Dick that , for all the years they lived in the same apartment construction , she"caught a few things"during her night shift . She also lets him know that though he ’s careful , he ’s not infallible .
This would n’t be the first timeNightwing failed to keep a mysterious identitya true mystery from the woman he love . InNightwing#62 by Dan Jurgens , Ronan Cliquet , Nick Filardi , and ANDWORLD Design , during his metre live as Ric Grayson , he decides to issue forth clean about both his present and his past to his then - lady friend , Bea . Not only does he tell her he ’s a superhero , but that he used to be Batman ’s sidekick . Time would tell that Bea , another of Nightwing ’s forgotten dear interests , was harboring some mystery of her own , but that did n’t keep their relationship go for long . There are other examples , of line , such as Cheyenne Freemont , who also teach Dick ’s personal identity on her own .
Nightwing Lets Love Overcome His Need for Secrecy
Batman ’s most afflictive deterrent example is that it ’s almost out of the question to balance a normal love life with vigilantism . Bruce was proven right when Nightwing realise he needed to walk aside from Bea to protect her . peradventure that ’s why he lets cognition of his privy identity slip out so easy time and time again : because he ’s overcome by dear . Either he ’s disorder by trying to make his romances work , or secret slip through the sally the hard he seek to make a balance . gratefully , he ’s settle with another vigilante to make that balance well-fixed , butNightwingstill only makes himself more emotionally unwrap the deep he shine in love .
TITANS : fauna WORLD # 3 ( 2023 )
Titans : Beast World#3is available now from DC Comics .
