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Summary
One of the most widely disliked eras inNightwing’shistory is the clip he was Ric Grayson . After being shot in the head by KGBeast , Dick mislay most of his memories , and what followed was a bizarre epoch : Dick was n’t Nightwing any longer , but instead a cab driver who was sometimes a vigilante . Now , this era has just feel a complete rewrite with the raw story of Ric Grayson ’s lover , Bea Bennett .
This year’sNightwing 2024 Annual#1 by Travis Moore took a thick looking into theorigin of Bea Bennett . Bea first showed up in Nightwing ’s life history during the Ric Grayson arc and quickly became one of his major love involvement . The two were together for almost the entire duration of Ric ’s story , but it ’s divulge in this yearly that her presence was n’t a coincidence .
surprisal : Bea Bennett actually grew up as Destiny Alston , the girl of Nicole Alston , who was the president of a major company . After the execution of Nicole , Bea ended up being trail as a cloak-and-dagger agent of Spyral , which put her on a path where she ’d meet Dick Grayson , completely rewriting one of Nightwing ’s most controversial eras .
Bea Bennett first appeared in 2018’sNightwing#50 and was co - make by Moore and Benjamin Percy .
Nightwing has been doing great in life recently , but it seems that his life is about to come crash down as DC releases a sour flavour at his future .
Bea Bennett’s Most Important Mission: Spying on Ric Grayson
Bea Bennett, Agent of Spyral, Is More Connected to Nightwing Than Fans Knew
While strain to discover who was behind the execution of her female parent , Bea / Destiny is recruited into the undercover agent agency known as Spyral : the exact same agencyNightwing joined when he was a undercover agent . Despite them working in the same bureau , they never in reality meet , with Destiny even refusing to take Dick as her partner , as she did n’t find him attractive . She would be force to watch over him , though , after Dick was fool away in the head by KGBeast and Spyral worried Ric Grayson would spill their secrets . Destiny also suspected KGBeast had kill her female parent , so she take over the mission , reasoning that KGBeast would show up again to land up the job .
Bea ’s Spyral code name is " Siren , " which is a perfect nod to her marine connections to Blüdhaven and the Captain Blüd statute title .
But as is often the event in stories like this , while Destiny start out just wanting to watch over Dick , her tactile sensation originate into something much more , specially as she came to accept her new life under the pseudonym Bea Bennett . Bea and Ric started off as just friends , but the two speedily shine in dear . Bea became Ric ’s farsighted - full term girlfriend and was behind a surprising bit of event in his life , such as helping Ric break through nous - control when theCourt of Owls brainwashed him into becoming a Talon . While Ric and Bea would finally break up , this almost was n’t the case , with just one major DC result seal the fate of their relationship .
Nightwing’s Romantic History Has Changed Forever with New Lore
Ric and Bea’s First Meeting Was Planned from the Start
Torn between her duty to watch over Ric and report back to Spyral and her growing unfeigned feelings for Ric , Bea finally decided she had to tell him the truth about her link to the agency . It ’s unknown how Ric would ’ve charter this information , as she never got around to really shed her secret . Before Bea could squeal her dead on target origination to Ric , many of the humanity ’s word agency had suddenly been destroyed due to the machinations of Leviathan . With Spyral seemingly gone , Bea feel no need to continue with her onetime life as a spy , preferring to simply populate life as Bea Bennett full - clip .
reader can learn more about the destruction of Spyral inEvent Leviathan#1 by Brian Michael Bendis , Alex Maleev , and Josh Reed !
With Spyral out of the picture , Bea just embraced life with Nightwing fully and entirely . Who knows : the two may have even ended up produce married , but afterRic regained his memories as Dick Grayson , he no longer felt comfortable with Bea Bennett . Completely unaware of her history as a super - spy , Dick was under the impression she was just a even civilianand parted way with her none - the - wiser .
With Dick constantly being attacked by KGBeast , the Joker , and even the Court of Owls , he made the difficult choice to break up with her . Despite having residual feelings for her from his memory as Ric , he ultimately had to let her go . Had he know who she really was , it ’s unknown if he would ’ve made this heart - breaking choice or not .
Bea begin out as just a one - off love involvement for a outre era of Dick Grayson ’s history , and now she has been transformed into a woman with her own story and origin .
Forget the Batmobile - the Boatwing has arrived ! After recently exploring the abstruse sea , it looks like Nightwing ’s pirate day are not behind him yet .
Nightwing and Bea’s Relationship Ended Due to Tragic Circumstances
Bea Could’ve Stayed in Nightwing’s Life — If She Told the Truth
Readers can see Nightwing ’s reunion with Bea Bennett — now known as Captain Blüd — begin withNightwing#106 by Tom Taylor , Stephen Byrne , Adriano Lucas , and Wes Abbott .
This is one of the better example in comics of flesh out a character ’s backstory long after they ’ve been innovate . Bea has been in comics now for around six years , and while most fans of Nightwing knew who she was , none of them knew the factual extent she was entangled in Nightwing ’s life . Bea started out as just a one - off making love interest for a bizarre era of Dick Grayson ’s history , and now she has been transformed into a cleaning woman with her own story and extraction . WhileBea Bennett is deeply mat with Nightwing ’s account , she still has her own goals and motivations .
Bea Bennett Has Quickly Become One of Nightwing’s Most Important Loves
Does Bea Bennett Have a Future in DC Comics?
While it ’s not unusual forNightwing ’s dear interestingness to failfor one reason or another , Bea ’s one of the few relationship that fell asunder because of tragical circumstances . Dick has admitted that he still has residual feelings for Bea , and it ’s absolved that Bea still has feelings for Dick . But with both of them moving in different directions in life , it ’s unlikely they ’ll ever be together again — specially with Dick now being in a committed kinship with Barbara Gordon .
While the future of their friendship is unclear , it ’s obvious that Bea Bennett is n’t leavingNightwing’slife anytime shortly , and while there ’s nothing planned yet , hopefully there are more Bea narrative in the future . Until then , readers andBea Bennettfans can contain outNightwing 2024 Annual#1,available now from DC Comics .
NIGHTWING 2024 ANNUAL # 1
Nightwing is the superhero moniker taken up by Dick Grayson, upon his aging out of the Robin role and becoming a superhero of his own. Inspired by the original Kryptonian hero of the same name, Grayson has risen to comic book immortality with the identity, earning respect as one of the greatest leaders in the DC Universe.
Nightwing is the superhero moniker exact up by Dick Grayson , upon his aging out of the Robin function and becoming a superhero of his own . Inspired by the original Kryptonian poor boy of the same name , Grayson has rise to funny book immortality with the identity , earning respect as one of the with child leader in the DC Universe .
