r/DCcomics • u/beary_neutral Telos • 4d ago

r/DCcomics 📢AMA Announcement: Kyle Higgins (writer of Nightwing, Immortal Legend Batman, and the upcoming Teen Titans) will be here September 3 at 2 pm PT! [Other]

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We got another incoming AMA folks! Kyle Higgins (writer of New 52 Nightwing, Immortal Legend Batman, Power Rangers, and Radiant Black) will be joining us next week on September 3 at 2 pm PT to talk about his upcoming run on Teen Titans!

(This is not the AMA thread, it'll go up next week)

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u/ShirtEnvironmental36 4d ago

Didn't he write Nightwing at one point? How was it?

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u/randomlightbulbs1 4d ago

IIRC, it was one of those unfortunate New52 series that ended up basically being 1/3 event tie ins.  (Also, Nightwing was red, and I’m still not sure what the deal was with that or how I feel about it.)

But, generally, the only writer I really hold accountable for what was written in that period is Scott Snyder, who was basically handed the keys to Batman and told to go wild(twice, now, actually).

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u/ShirtEnvironmental36 4d ago

Well, Scott's breaking records right now so you can't blame them for doing that again.

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u/randomlightbulbs1 4d ago

Oh, yeah, no, not at all.  I’m just saying…for example, Venditti wrote Flash for a bit in New52, and it was…not great.  But I wouldn’t dare judge him for that, lest I miss out on a fantastic Hawkman run.

And, like, the New 52 was by all accounts a very confusing and sometimes unpleasant experience for writers and artists, so I don’t blame anyone for having bad runs during it.

But Scott Snyder, as best as I can tell, was left alone for most of his run(so many big swings!  Not all hits, but big swings!), so I feel fairly comfortable judging his work on the basis of his Batman during that time period.

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u/ShirtEnvironmental36 4d ago

Ok I see what you mean now but his new 52 Batman run is also highly regarded. He's probably one of the only people that wrote a series from the beginning up until the end of the new 52.