For even casual fans of DC Comics,
it will come as no surprise that Dick Grayson's time as a super spy
is soon to be ending. As revealed during DC's Rebirth panel atWonderCon, our hero going to be back in costume as Nightwing and that
costume is going to be black and blue! The biweekly book will at
least partially spin out of events in the current Grayson series and
helmed by current series co-writer, Tim Seeley. Fans of Grayson
should find that a comforting thought. I'm only familiar with one of
the two series pencillers. Marcus To is fantastic! If you need proof
of that, check out the pre-Flashpoint Red Robin series, the
Huntress mini-series, or some of his fill-in work for Francis
Manapul on the Flash. I don't know Javi Fernandez' work, but I
do like the couple of images I have seen, so I'm going to be
cautiously optimistic.
Dick will also be hanging out with
his Titans pals in a new monthly series spinning out of TitansHunt. That one's by Dan Abnett and Brett Booth. Abnett has been
keeping my interest piqued on Titans Hunt, so I'm fairly
certain that I'll be okay with the writing. Booth's abbreviated run
on the New52 Nightwing series was really good. I found it to
be vastly superior to his more recent work as the artist on the Flash
or his earlier work on the first New52 Teen Titans series. The
preliminary images of Titans look pretty good, so...fingers
crossed?
So how will all this affect TKF?
Since I still intend to review everything since the start of the
New52, I will continue to work on the already existing books.
However, at my current rate, I realize that if I stay totally
chronological, I won't get to the Rebirth books for many months.
Therefor, I have decided that once Rebirth hits, I will review the
new Nightwing and Titans books in as close to real time
as I can and continue to catch up the previously existing series when
I'm not working on the new ones.
Lastly, I'm still planning to get
to work on the original superhero concept that I mentioned in my first TKF editorial. I'm not sure how that will affect the overall
output on this project. Once that's ready, I'll have to make any
necessary adjustments on the fly. I have a little research to do
first, but hopefully I can have that up and going by late May or
early June. We have a new baby in the house, so time and
consciousness don't coincide a lot right now. I will have reviews for
Nightwing # 10, and possibly # 11, up by Saturday. I've
already written them in my head. Just need to get them typed out.
Anybody reading, I hope to hear from you soon. Later, Fliers! (If
there really is anybody out there reading these brain droppings,
that's what I call you in my head. Let me know what you think.)
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