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admonition ! Spoilers onward for Nightwing # 109!If anything proves thatRobinshouldn’t take after his father , it ’s his new animal transformation . DC Comics ' " Beast World " crossover is switch submarine sandwich and villain likewise and even Batman ’s Logos ca n’t escape the fury . But his shockingly fuzzy side give away just how dissimilar Damian Wayne really is from his father .
InNightwing # 109’sbackup narrative " Beast World Prologue " by Tom Taylor and Sami Basri , Robin is patrol Gotham , rum why fewer creature - human hybrid have sprouted up in the city compared to others . Damian ’s investigating leads him to Gotham Zoo , a facility that ’s been abandoned and diminish into disrepair .
However , the Zoo harbors several creature masses , all under the ascendence of a new villain ( the recently revealed Apex Ava ) . She has her crossbreed subdue Damian and pull outone of Beast Boy ’s sporesand feeds it to him . Damian undergoes a violent and abominable shift and when all is said and done , theBoy Wonder is twist into a half - cat creature .
Robin’s Animal Transformation is Surprisingly Adorable
From Metropolis to Gotham City , every box of the DC Universe has been under attack by a darling Titan . Beast Boy change himself into a giant Starro - like monster to repel an foreign encroacher . Unfortunately , he was mind - pass over and go forth stuck in his destructive young form . thing went from bad to worse when he unleash spore that invaded Earth and began try out the most powerful server possible . Street - level heroes , speedsters , andeven Kryptonians have all become infectedby Garro ’s spores and are doing major damage to their dwelling house . The stay zep have no pick but to fight their friends and avoid the parasitic spore while doing so .
Other member of the Bat - Family like Batman and Jason Todd have transform into wolves , so it ’s a bit surprising to see Damian become a cat . But the transformations in " Beast World " do mull over those who are infected to some level ( such as Harley Quinn becoming a unassailable , but finally friendly bunny ) . For all his bravado and edge , Damian ’s in reality a pretty cherubic minor and he ’s render an affinity for small animals like bats and Caterpillar . While his transformation go in a much different direction than Batman ’s , it ’s an crucial reminder that Damian is his own soul andnot a atomic number 6 copy of his father .
Robin is an Individual and Deserves His Own Life
Damian Wayne was conditioned to be just like his father , and in a way , he still feels that force per unit area . possible glimpses into the next show that for better or worse , Damian is going to assume Batman ’s Mickey Charles Mantle one day . But at his core , Damian ’s not like his father . He knows it and Bruce knows it . While Robin may feel carry to produce up and take his birthright , it would behoove him to excogitate an identity of his own , one that better reflects who he is inside . That ’s not to say thatRobinneedsto be a cat , but maybe that ’s a sign that Damian should n’t follow in his father ’s footsteps exactly .
Nightwing # 109is on sales agreement now from DC Comics .
