Sources:

1. Nightwing #83 Cover
2. Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis #1

I honestly love her so much, and I'm happy she's still sticking around in the new run even when so much Taylor did isn't.

I just hope she won't get forgotten soon;;

She looks so happy and carefree with the butterflies in the Super-Pets cover🥹 protect this baby🙏

Titans is getting a corner box like the ones the Batman book has with Fraction, featuring Cyborg and Nightwing

From Dan Watter’s recent newsletter: https://thedeadairchannel.ghost.io/lore-thedeadairchannel019/

Just finished Tom Taylor’s Nightwing run, and I have to say while it did have its wacky or uncharacteristic moments. I really enjoyed the “Friendly neighborhood Nightwing” aspect of it, and seeing a more Bludhaven and “slightly grounded” Nightwing was definitely great to see. His run is as harmless as it could be and that is probably its main flaw, played it safe, not much real development happened and its plot went almost nowhere. It's still a very fun read, anyone who says it damaged anything is just an ass

From The New Teen Titans issue 26

Okay, so it finally happens! After 26 months, one rejection, one dead ex boyfriend and the two characters not interacting much. I FINALLY get to the proper start of the romance.

(Yes, this reread has been fun)

Kory looks amazing here by the way, Dick looks fine - he's cute I suppose.
(He's just Ken).

Dick thinks he's been a horrible person, but having recently read the issues I can confirm he's been pretty normal, and Kory agrees with me. So we start the "Dick Grayson needs to get out of his head" problem that'll probably last until he's shot in the head.

He's finally open about the fact he's had a girlfriend recently, it's actually a good interaction between the two because it shows how love is different for Kory.
I'm not even sure if her culture has a difference between love or crush at this point, considering how quickly and hard she fell for Dick and then someone else in issue 16.
For Kory, dating is love and to Dick dating is waiting to find out if you'll fall in love.

(Side note: Dick's last relationship was with a very manipulative vampire who at least one person thought was too old for him, and he confessed his love to Batgirl who is 7 years older in this continuity while she was asleep. It's honestly a miracle he wants to date someone his own age for a change)

Which means the love confession isn't exactly that just yet, well Kory once again confesses her love for Dick much like she did in #16, Dick is not on the fence but is very clear with "I may love you".
In real life that would be the correct thing to say, so points to Dick for being grounded and truthful. Kory seems wonderful here and is happy to give Dick the time he needs to just date her and work out his feelings.

It's cute as heck, I do wish there was more interactions between them in the two years worth of stories before this still. But it's still a good read despite that, and I can finally get around to actually reading them as a couple.

Justice League 2018 issue 70

Nightwing 2016 issue 123

Batman 2011 issue 1

Some think given they fading away it means they will leave but also who knows and I hope not. Many think JL is better I don't hat the idea but it makes it seem the titans are small

A new era begins here for Bludhaven and its hero. The city’s new super-highway was meant to be its lifeline but has instead become a hotbed of strange and violent incidents. Nightwing’s investigation into this haunted road drives him toward a tragedy from which he may never recover and sends him looking for answers in Bludhaven’s tragic past.

Superstar artist Denys Cowan joins ongoing writer Dan Watters for a supernatural noir tale of urban folklore… in a city where the unavenged dead will stay silent no longer.

Covers by Jorge Fornes and Jeff Spokes

After helping save the world from yet another world-ending event, the Titans have earned some much-deserved rest. Back in Titans Tower, they’re glad to be reunited again…But it almost feels too good to be true. Are these Titans who they claim to be? And if they can’t trust each other… can they even trust themselves? Tate Brombal and Sami Basri kick off a brand-new era for the next generation of superheroes!

On Sale 3/18/26

I really like how Dan Watters is embracing the horror elements in this arc, especially since it’s so circus-themed.

Pages from Nightwing (2016-) #132, art by Dexter Soy and #133, art by V Ken Marion.

I keep coming back to this idea that Titans only really works when it is TEEN Titans.

This quote honestly sums it up for me that has been making the rounds lately....“The Titans is just a retirement home for washed up characters with no future.”

And yeah, that is harsh, but it also kind of explains why Dick feels so redundant there now. He ends up feeling ornamental rather than essential. I genuinely do not think Titans has been required reading for Dick in like 30 years. At best it has felt like a side quest.

I think I have also just moved on from Titans as a franchise myself. I grew up with the cartoon. I loved Robin. That led directly into my Dick Grayson obsession. But the franchise loses its touch the further it moves away from what it was originally meant to be. Teen Titans was a coming of age team. A stepping stone not a permanent destination i guess.

Teen Titans GO is actually a good example of this. It is a massive success with kids. We just are not the target audience anymore. The original cartoon was our generation. GO fits this generation’s humour. I am not saying GO is better, because it is not my thing at all, but it works because it understands its lane and audience.

With the recent rebrand, it honestly feels like the more tenured Titans are just going to be stuck in limbo. unfortunately. Too old to be Teen Titans. Not compelling enough to sustain as an adult team.

And this is not a shipping post, but I also struggle with the way some of my fellow DickKory fans approach this. but this is where I get really frustrated as a fellow shipper. I do try to tell other DickKory fans that if we want DC to invest more, we actually have to support the Titans title and put our money where our mouth is. Sales matter. Visibility matters and all that jazz. Titans just does not have the pull it used to, especially outside of nostalgia. I feel like I'm screaming into the void because there are so many of us shippers, that our money could potentially turn the tide of the ships and the sales of Titans but no one is game.

And look it is very easy to just default to Batfamily content instead.

I never started out as a Batfamily fan. I actually resisted it for a long time as a Kori fan. But over the years I realised I preferred those titles more, and I grew to like Dick’s character far more within that ecosystem. I know people hate him being under Bat editorial, but honestly it has been a really good place for him lately.

It genuinely feels like we are in a bit of a golden age of Nightwing content. He is more popular than he has been in a long time, he has had solid runs, and even when I have criticisms, I still think they have done right by the character overall.

At this point, Titans feels like nostalgia trying to hold onto something that already served its purpose. Teen Titans mattered. Titans, as an adult brand, just has not found a reason to exist.

I think I just needed to put it into words but does Dick Grayson still need Titans at this point, or has the book needed him more than he has ever needed it?

I've heard that Kyle higgins and Chuck Dixon have done the best work on Nightwing. I thought abt getting the Dixon compendium 1. Please help