Will Nightwing & Batgirl Finally Become a Couple?

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Nightwing ’s new comic serial publication might be planting the seeds for a romantic reunification with Batgirl . The relaunch of the DC Universe with DC Rebirth has reinvigorated ( or turn back ) many classic superhero couples . Green Arrow and Black Canary are together , Lois Lane and Clark Kent are married again and Catwoman is getting ready to say " I do " with Batman . Yet the relationship between Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson has been strangely left out in the cold .

Now with a new writer and villain coming to DC ’s ongoingNightwingseries , that may be about to change . Nightwing and Batgirl could be getting back together - at the very least , that ’s what Dick Grayson wants to happen .

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Benjamin Percy , who interestingly began DC Rebirth onGreen Arrowandforged the renewal of Oliver Queen and Dinah Lance ’s human relationship , has convey overNightwing . From the outset it did n’t seem like Percy ’s trial would have much to do with Nightwing and Batgirl ’s on - again and ( mostly ) off - again romance . YetNightwing # 45serves as cogent evidence that is n’t the character , open with a confused Dick Grayson waking up to a very naked Barbara Gordon .

It ’s a perplexing second for Dick and the reviewer as the end ofNightwing # 44didn’t show Babs or Dick anywhere closely to one another . Unfortunately for fan of this special ' ship , ' that ’s all because this " morning after " shocker is a caper . The newest baddie to the DC Universe , Wyrm , is slow taking over Dick ’s psyche . And this surprise showdown with Barbara is just Wyrm ’s latest ploy .

For the unfamiliar , Wyrm is an astral projection of the disconsolate net . In other word , it ’s an net virus that can infect the minds of humans , and that ’s exactly what it ’s seek to do with Nightwing . Wyrm taste to tranquillise Dick into a fictitious common sense of certificate by making Nightwing think he ’s talking to Babs . In reality , Barbara is Wyrm .

It does n’t take Dick long to compute out the the true , but before he does , the young torpedo drops some somewhat backbreaking revelations concerning his family relationship with Barbara . Nightwing is horror-struck to wake up next to Barbara - not due to a lack of feelings or friendship , but because he ca n’t remember their night together ( and by this point , are somewhat distinctly closemouthed to soulmates ) . In addition , Dick excuse that being with Barbara is " everything I ’ve want . "

Taken by itself , these moments do n’t amount to much . Wyrm ’s method acting of worm his means into Dick ’s thinker is effectual but he ’s hardly the first villain to use a hero ’s deepest desire against them . However , there ’s a very veridical possibility that Dick ’s ( or Wyrm ’s ) dreaming of double-dyed domesticated life with Batgirl and Nightwing could become a realness .

The substantial Batgirl is all overNightwing # 45 . Her presence makes sense , since the villain is a technological nightmare and technical school is ( one of ) Barbara ’s areas of expertise . She ’ll undoubtedly be crucial in Nightwing taking down Wyrm for goodness . Yet there ’s still a suspicious amount of Batgirl for her to just become a superhero assistance at the end of the account .

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The way out exemplifies the closeness between Dick and Babs , with his verbal description of her as the individual who knows him well than anyone in the entire populace a foregone conclusion to longtime readers . On their own , these bit could mean nothing . Taking them altogether , they do look to be anvil sized steer that a reunion between Nightwing and Batgirl is impending .

It ’s retiring time for Dick and Babs to get together , too . The previousNightwingrun write by Tim Seeley moved Dick and Barbara far aside than ever before , withNightwing falling in love and almost fathering a childwith the former villain Defacer Currently , Dick and Barbara are both romantically uncommitted .

While Dick ’s two master love interest have been split between Barbara and Starfire , it ’s always the former that ’s been the most solid of his human relationship . Benjamin Percy is also the perfect person to write the ( hopefully ) inevitable reunification . If Percy can do just a niggling of what he did for Green Arrow and Black Canary for Nightwing and Batgirl , fan should be very happy .

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