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Does Nightwing’s new 52 costume changes?

As we all know, Nightwing’s new 52 costume is very cool. There is a question: Does Nightwing’s new 52 costume changes?

 

If you notice from picture 1 to picture 2 Nightwings costume changed again.But why?There is one answer:
He has multiple suits. When one is being cleaned, he wears the other. This new costume is just one he’s been saving for when he hasn’t gotten around to doing the laundry. How is this connected to Death of the Family? Joker has made him so distraught and busy he hasn’t had time to do the laundry, so he uses the new suit for the first time.

This is one answer only.

Why is Nightwing changing his costume?

So, we all know now that Nightwing is going to get a new costume.

I’m a big fan of Nightwing,I love the red down his arms and the finger-stripes. But I can’t help but wonder why. Usually a costume change has to do with something big occurring. And with the Death of the Family going down right now, I feel like someone has to die. I think that Alfred is going to die, but I think that someone in the out-in-the-field family kind of has to die as well. Too much hype for this to chicken out on the fallout. The change of costume has me wondering, is Dick Grayson going to die and this is a new Nightwing?

I don’t know who would replace him, obviously my first thought would be Jason or Tim, but I’m just kind of trying to figure out why he is changing his costume. Spit balling on a sleepless night. What do you think about it?

What would Nightwing have looked like in The Dark Knight Rises?

The Dark Knight Rises added a slew of familiar Bat-faces to Christopher Nolan’s film trilogy, but one character who didn’t show up was Batman’s sidekick Nightwing. That didn’t deter custom action figure sculptor John Harmon, who’s designed the acrobatic hero for Nolan’s cinematic canon. Spoilers ahead.

Here’s both Harmon’s building process for this action figure and his fan fiction back story, which picks up right where The Dark Knight Rises ended:

John Blake modified a spare Batman suit for his liking, but wanted to wear as little of a mask as possible. Lucius Fox developed a pair of sonar goggles specially for Blake, modified from a pair of spy goggles worn by Selina Kyle. After some training and preparation, Blake took some of his old police night sticks, strapped them to his side, and fought to protect Gotham City from criminals as the vigilante hero, Nightwing! […] He’s made using the body of a Movie Masters Dark Knight Rises Batman, the head from a MM John Blake, the goggles from a MM Catwoman, and the belt, holster, and night sticks from a Marvel Legends movie Daredevil.

Does Nightwing have a bulletproof suit?

Nightwing Suit: Nightwing’s current costume is made of a version of the Nomex fire-resistant, triple-weave Kevlar-lined material. It is an excellent protection against damage, and it’s also electrically insulated. Instead of a black cape for stealthing, the suit is light sensitive, darkening when there is more light in the area. The current costume, a stylized blue “wing” across his shoulders and extending to his hands, coloring his two middle fingers, over a black torso and legs. Nightwing’s costume is tailored specifically to his unique style of crime-fighting. As such, his costume has fewer body-armor inlays than Batman’s, anticipating a decreased need for shock-absorption and an increased capacity for motion. (“Move more, get hit less.”) A caveat of this configuration can be exploited by capable fighters who are both fast and strong, such as Superman. Should Nightwing need to engage an enemy who is capable of exploiting this weakness, he has supplemental body-armor overlays which he can attach to his gauntlets, his mask, his shoulders, and boots.

Nightwing Mask: The mask, in the form of his symbol, is fixed in place with spirit gum, and includes a built-in radio transmitter/receiver and Starlite night-vision lenses.

His gauntlets and boots each contain eight compartments in which he can store items. They have a self-destruct feature built into them, similar to the ones in Batman’s utility belt, and, as another security measure (especially when the hero is unconscious), the suit contains a one-use-only taser charge, which automatically emits a high-voltage electrical shock when someone attempts to tamper with either the boots or gauntlets.

Nightwing Gauntlets: Each gauntlet’s sections can contain a wide array of equipment, such as:
sonic or smoke pellets,
modified batarangs (“Wing-Dings”),
knockout gas capsules and throwing tracers.
The right gauntlet is also equipped with a:
100,000-volt stun gun.
Nightwing Boots: Like the gauntlets, his boots can carry vital elements like:
flares,
a rebreather as protection against any airborne noncontact toxins,
a mini-computer equipped with fax, modem, GPS and a minidisk rewritable drive.
Other items are lock picks, a first aid kit, a mini-cellphone, flexi-cuffs, antitoxin assortment, signal flares, wireless listening devices and a small halogen flashlight.

Held in spring-loaded pouches in the back of his costume, Nightwing carries a pair of Escrima sticks made from an unbreakable polymer that are wielded as both offensive and defensive weapons. Some depictions have displayed these tools with the mechanism to shoot a grappling hook attached to a swing line (like Daredevil’s billy clubs), while, in other instances, he is seen using a “line gun” like the one Batman currently uses.

Direct from DC vault: yes his suit is bullet proof enough to stop Armor piercing rounds, but a depleted uranium round will shoot right through him.

Dick Grayson Nightwing

When his circus acrobat family was brutally murdered, Dick Grayson was taken in by billionaire and bat-friendly super hero Bruce Wayne. Bruce shared his secret life as Batman with the young boy and eventually molded him into Robin—the Dark Knight’s partner in Gotham. With years of training he became a master at many different fighting styles and acrobatics. He eventually wear his nightwing costume and left Batman’s side to fight crime on his own as Nightwing.

Dick stays true to what he learned as Robin while coming into his own as a respected member of the super hero pantheon. His code, like his mentor’s, is simple—if you’re breaking the law on his turf, watches out. Anyone who doesn’t can expect a short and most assuredly painful trip to Arkham.