When DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio asked you about writing Nightwing, did you think you were writing a Batman book?
No, because that’s not what he called about. He very specifically said, “Action.” And I said, “Okay.” And then he said it’s with Nightwing and Flamebird. And I said, “Okay.” And then he said, “No, really. There’s a plan, listen.” And I said, “Okay.” And then I talked to Geoff. And I went, “Oh, Okay.” Are you a fan of the original Nightwing and Flamebird? Did you have to go back and read the old issues? Or are they even relevant?”Superman: World of New Krypton” #1 on sale in March Actually, the Kryptonian myth of who they are actually plays quite strongly into what we’re doing in “Action.” It is part of it. We have a Flamebird and Nightwing running around on Earth, so there may be subsequent confusion. It’s interesting that the human response will be, “It’s a different Nightwing and a different Flamebird. Well, we assume that they’re going to assume that.” It’s an interesting expectation to play with. The myth was Flamebird was Superman and Nightwing was Jimmy Olsen, so the origin of th
