Nightwing’s butt to be drawn by Nicola Scott in DC’s Titans series

DC Comics is promising a new day with Dawn of DC, the company’s 2023 publishing initiative, set to deliver new updates for heroes and easy jumping on points for readers around the DC Universe. But the company’s latest announcement is sure to please long-time fans as well: Nicola Scott will draw the new Titans series.

Which means she gets to draw Nightwing’s butt again.

It’s unofficial but extremely winked-at lore in DC Comics that Dick Grayson, née Robin, now Nightwing, grew up to have one of the tightest butts in the superhero community, as commented on by heroes, villains, and his girlfriends alike. And while it’s the kind of memetic thing that’s difficult to trace back to any single source, Scott’s rendering of a reverse shot of the character in Secret SixNumber 9 (2009) has been deemed to have had an enormous effect. Scott is a traditional believer in the honor/blame system.

DC announced previously a new Titans series (and it was teased as recently as last week’s issue of Nightwing(), which stars an ensemble of characters familiar to readers of 1980’s comic series. Teen TitansBoth animated and non-animated series. However, the identity of its creative team has been kept secret until today. Scott will partner with Nightwing writer Tom Taylor (Superman is the son of Kal-El, Suicide Squad), with the Titans Tower rebuilt in Dick Grayson’s home stomping grounds of Blüdhaven (think of it as the Newark, NJ, to Gotham’s New York, NY).

The company also revealed two other creative teams on Dawn of DC books, Morgan Hampton (graduate of DC’s Milestone Initiative talent development program) and Tom Raney (Uncanny X-Men, Avengers Academy() Cyborg solo series — and Jeremy Adams and Xermánico on Green LanternMariko Tamaki has been replaced with an unannounced art director. Also, the book was renamed to Green Lantern from Hal Jordan.

Titans #1, Cyborg# 1, and Green LanternIn May, #1 will be available on shelves.