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On Tuesday, January 28 2020 the TV show Arrow will have it’s season 8 and series finale.  While many fans have strong feelings about the show, it has extra special meaning to mean aside from being a great superhero show.

 I believe the identity of DC’s newest threat is the last person anyone would suspect.

Ready for a possible HUGE spoiler?

Thirteen million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine futures Stephen Strange saw, and only one, only one, where the heroes save the universe in whole. Thirteen million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine out of infinity.

Just about every comics fan knows about the infamous clone saga era in Spider-Man history that started in 1994.  But even a year or so before the arrival of Peter Parker’s clone Ben Reilly, the powers that be at Marvel Comics attempted to give Spider-Man a “dark” makeover and portray the character closer to DC Comics Batman whose books were beating Marvel in sales numbers thanks to the Knightfall saga.

The identity of Nightwing usually is a big symbol of change and rebirth in DC Comics.  With the recent announcement of another big change for Nightwing, I thought this would be a good opportunity to review and explore the long journey of the heroes that have used this identity, most notable Richard “Dick” Grayson.

Not only has Spider-Man battled everything from common muggers to cosmic level  threats with just about every hero from the Marvel Universe, but I believe he also has the greatest number of enemies who have reformed and become heroes (or anti-heroes anyway).  

Over the years, a few individuals have taken on the identity of Ant-Man and the Wasp to varying degrees of triumph and tragedy with many other costumed identities spinning out from their legacies.  

Since 2011 when DC Comics rebooted and basically “restarted” their whole universe and gave their characters new histories and backstories, many fans have felt much of what made DC Comics great was missing.  Many fans even saw this as a good jumping off point, the exact opposite of what the DC Comics team was hoping to achieve in bringing in new readers.  

Who is this mystery figure with one of the most complicated backstories in the Marvel Universe? While most of his early years were told non-sequentially, I’ll give you the whole story from start to finish.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

According to the financial figures, it seems like all anyone saw or talked about this past weekend was the new Avengers: Infinity War movie.  Now the big question is, where does the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it’s characters go from here?