Nightwing's Death Revealed the Heartbreaking Truth About Batman's Origin
The world of Injustice: Gods Among Us is one of DC Comics' darkest alternate universes, and the emotional death of Nightwing offered a unique insight into Batman's thoughts on losing his sidekick and adopted son. While Injustice is set in an alternate universe where Joker breaks Superman's heroic spirit, it is established that Batman's relationship to his Robins unfolded in a near identical way to that of his Earth-0 counterpart, meaning Bruce's fascinating reaction grants a heartbreaking look into the inner workings of the Dark Knight fans know and love.
Injustice: Gods Among Us is critically acclaimed comic continuation of the popular video game series of the same name, which follows a team of heroes led by Batman who oppose a new totalitarian regime created by Superman, after the Joker killed Clark's wife Lois and their unborn child. The series time and time again proved that no one was safe from death, but that didn't make Nightwing's passing any less horrible. While Dick's death continues to remain controversial to some fans, mainly because of how anticlimactic it was, it was special for directly relating Batman's thoughts in a way few modern comics have.
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What made Nightwing's death in Injustice: Gods Among Us #16 — written by Tom Taylor and drawn by Mike Miller — even more tragic is that it was inadvertently caused by Batman's biological son, Damian Wayne. Damian sided with Superman through most of Injustice and when facing off against Dick, he threw one of Nightwing's classic escrima batons at him. Although this did not directly kill him, it did cause Nightwing to lose balance and hit his neck on a sharp rock, instantly causing his
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