Nightwing Destroyed Batman's Mission Worse Than Any Villain

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Warning: contains spoilers for Batman Beyond the White Knight #2!

In the nightmarish, dystopian Neo-Gotham, Nightwing has broken Batman’s mission far worse than any villain ever could. Nightwing is one of the pillars of the Bat-Family, but in Batman Beyond the White Knight #2, readers learn he has joined a militaristic law-enforcement agency, one that perverts Batman’s original mission in a dreadful way. The issue is on sale now in print and digital.

Batman Beyond the White Knight is the latest entry in writer/artist Sean Murphy’s White Knight universe, which kicked off with Batman: The White Knight. The mini-series, acclaimed by critics and fans alike, presented a skewered take on the Batman mythos, flipping the script on the Batman/Joker dynamic. A follow-up mini-series, Curse of the White Knight, saw the Dark Knight take on Azrael. At its conclusion, Bruce Wayne realized that Batman had failed in his mission to save Gotham, and decided to turn himself in to the authorities, donating his vast fortune to the city to help fund social betterment programs. However, as seen in the first issue of Batman Beyond the White Knight, readers saw the money was co-opted by Derek Powers, who channeled it into creating a paramilitary law enforcement agency, independent of the Gotham PD, called the GTO—and its led by Dick Grayson.

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Now Batman: Curse of the White Knight #2 comes written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, colored by Dave Stewart and lettered by Andworld Designs. Bruce Wayne has broken out of prison, horrified at what his money has helped create. He learns that Dick Grayson is in charge of the GTO, which has helped turn Gotham into a fascist police