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yendiOkay, so my earlier riff on Kandor and spam had me thinking about something I'd wondered about before:
In the pre-Crisis DCU, Dick Grayson, when he shed his "Robin" identity, decided to name himself Nightwing for two reasons: First, it still had a "bat" association, and second, "Nightwing" was the name that Superman took when he adventured as a hero in the Bottled City of Kandor. And since Superman and Batman were his two mentors and heroes, it was a logical choice.
But in the post-Crisis DCU, Robin didn't really have Superman as a mentor, and Superman sure didn't have a cute little city in a bottle where he could visit his shrunken cousins. And Dick and Bruce didn't have the same warm fuzzy relationship that would cause Dick to choose a name in tribute to his mentor.
So, anyone know if Dick's name/costume change was ever re-examined, post-Crisis?
(And yeah, I know it's not nearly as fucked-up a situation as Donna Troy's, but it's still something I'm vaguely curious about).
In the pre-Crisis DCU, Dick Grayson, when he shed his "Robin" identity, decided to name himself Nightwing for two reasons: First, it still had a "bat" association, and second, "Nightwing" was the name that Superman took when he adventured as a hero in the Bottled City of Kandor. And since Superman and Batman were his two mentors and heroes, it was a logical choice.
But in the post-Crisis DCU, Robin didn't really have Superman as a mentor, and Superman sure didn't have a cute little city in a bottle where he could visit his shrunken cousins. And Dick and Bruce didn't have the same warm fuzzy relationship that would cause Dick to choose a name in tribute to his mentor.
So, anyone know if Dick's name/costume change was ever re-examined, post-Crisis?
(And yeah, I know it's not nearly as fucked-up a situation as Donna Troy's, but it's still something I'm vaguely curious about).