SPOILER ALERT: If you have not read JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.4: SECRET SOCIETY yet and do not wish to know what happens, stop reading this post now (major spoilers ahead!).

Avid readers of our “This Just Happened” column will have seen us reveal The Outsider’s part in bringing the Crime Syndicate to Earth and know that he’s been manipulating the threads of fate to create a destiny of his own choosing.

You’ll also have noticed that if he has a plan for someone and needs to keep close tabs on them, he tends to shackle them to a chair until he deems them useful again.

So what does the Outsider need out of Nightwing? Exposed to the entire world, Dick Grayson was the example that the Crime Syndicate made to seize control of our world. But Nightwing’s usefulness must not have ended there. What is Nightwing’s connection to Owlman? And how is The Outsider going to use that information?

Written by Geoff Johns and Sterling Gates and featuring art by Szymon Kudranski, JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.4: SECRET SOCIETY is available in stores now. And don’t forget to pick up FOREVER EVIL #2 when it hits stores next week to see how the story continues!