Warning: contains spoilers For Nightwing #107!Batgirl and Nightwing‘s relationship has never been better, with Dick finally ready to commit after years of vacillating between his Gotham City sweetheart and fellow Teen Titan Starfire… which makes this the ‘perfect’ moment for an old girlfriend to swashbuckle her way back into Dick’s life.
Years ago, after being shot in the head, Nightwing lost his memories, forging a new life as Ric Grayson. During that time, Ric got a letter addressed to his former self. Ric, wanting nothing to do with his previous identity, put the letter into storage, utilizing his girlfriend Bea Bennett’s connection to the mysterious Hold. Now, Nightwing needs that letter. However, pursuing the Hold just brought Bea back into his life.
As Dick encounters a woman he loved in another life, Nightwing returns to his buried feelings and begins processing them once again – with the mystery of the Hold organization hanging over his head. In a preview of Tom Taylor and Stephen Byrne’s Nightwing #107 – presented below – he tries to make sense of Ric’s memories.
Nightwing Has To Confront His Feelings For Bea
As Ric, Nightwing wanted absolutely nothing to do with his past life, furious over people continually telling him who he was, when they only described someone he never knew. Because of this, Ric pushed away everyone he used to be close with, including his former love interests Barbara Gordon and Starfire. Ric eventually met and started dating a local bar owner, Beatrice Bennett. The two were deeply in love, but when Dick regained his memory, he naturally wanted to return to his old life. Feeling his vigilante life was much too dangerous a place for Bea, he broke her heart. Now, Nightwing is saddled with the feelings and love of someone he used to be.
However, the mysteries of the Hold still need to be explored. As Ric, he never cared how Beatrice Bennett was connected to Blüdhaven’s secret group, who act as a vault for the dark side of the city to store its secrets. Now in possession of a message from Dick’s past, the Hold must be confronted – with Bea as their apparent leader, Captain Blüd.
One Bullet Changed Nightwing Forever
Ric was constantly telling everyone that they didn’t know him, that he wasn’t Dick Grayson and wanted nothing to do with his past life. Now that Dick has regained his memories, he’s being haunted by his past life as Ric. It’s an inversion of the difficulty Ric went through. While Nightwing and Batgirl’s romance has been a joy for fans, they knew that eventually, it would give way to fresh drama – it’s possible that Captain Blüd represents a sea change in Dick Grayson’s life, if he’s actually able to survive confronting the Hold on their home turf.
Nightwing #107 is on sale from DC Comics on October 17!
