I had a few ideas in my head but they were mostly passing thoughts with no clear structure yet. But I do have a more solid outline of how I want to see Dick Grayson used.
Nightwing
Basically I would have Dick be in a recon of Bludhaven that changed the city to a more Atlantic City/Bludhaven type of place. Mirroring the diffrence between him and Bruce, Gotham would be all dark and gothic whilst Bludhaven would be all flashy, colorful and neon-lit. It should have the best casinos, nightclubs, hotels, brothels (eh, why not?). I'd also have it have the largest airport and train station where many stop overs are put in place.
Dick's day job would be as managing director of Wayne Hotels (allowing him to travel abroad when necessary) giving the media a cover of Grayson being a bit of privileged yahoo who's never sure of what he's doing. Since he's never had a steady job and only rose because he was Bruce Wayne's ward it would cause hostility towards him from his employees (when ironically Dick is doing a fine job running the company). You could also have a lot of comical scenes with Dick, the adrenaline junkie that he is- constantly wanting to get out of work and get on with his main job as Nightwing.
As Nightwing though Dick would be closely linked with the rest of the Bat-Family keeping an eye on the crime scene of Bludhaven (which would, of course have strong ties to Gotham's). The villains would need to reflect the city so you could basically have every gambling themed villain (except Joker) in the DC Universe; Roulette, The Royal Flush Gang or the more gimmicky colorful criminals like the Circus of the Strange, Flamengo, Professor Pyg and even Kite-Man and Crazy Quilt (illegally run tourist attractions run by small time crime lords) and of course, a guest appearance from the Riddler.
The criminal element would be a kind of super-villain Oceans' Eleven with the trippiness of Fear and Loathing. A LOT of corporate espionage and gathering place for various crime lords with villains always meeting up in secret to discuss plans on a global scale. Since I'd like Oracle (yeah that's right, **** nu52 Batgirl) to be ***** main contact in the Bat Family in this series , I'd have the Calculator also have a major role, linking the various crime organizations. The irony being that while Bludhaven doesn't have that much petty crime (well, compared to Gotham) it's actually the center of organized crime for the entire country or even the world. Of course we'd still have the occasional sick freaks who do it for fun (like Pyg).
I love that idea. I think DC should get on that right now.
You know how cities go through reconstructions some times, Las Vegas did it a few years ago. San Diego is planning to do that in the near future. Maybe Bludhaven can do that in the comics. You could have a period of construction, where Nightwing is fighting crime in Bludhaven while buildings are being evacuated, torn down, rebuilt, added onto, etc. The backgrounds, for a short time, could be construction areas with gates up to keep people away, unfinished buildings with plastic sheets covering parts, and piles of material.
And then, after a month or two of comics featuring that, Nightwing comics presents the new Bludhaven. Your idea.
I love how your version of Bludhaven is brighter but still as crime ridden as Gotham.
These ideas about the city, his job, and the criminals would make Nightwing comics rival any popular characters' comics right now I think. And give him a nice group of supporting characters too. The regulars, like how Spider-Man had Aunt May, Jameson, Robby, MJ, Harry, etc. Dick can have people who work in the hotel, etc.
Again, really great idea.
Here are some of my ideas:
In the past
Donna Troy found out that she was actually a Titan God who was sent to Earth, hidden with the humans, to teach her to be a better titan god. Ultimately she gave it all up to be a normal human, to be a mortal version of Wonder Girl.
But in the New 52 I think she should return, as the Titan God brought to Earth.
Her story would be similar to Thor's or Hercules. She is a demi god, with incredible strength and power. She is sent to Earth to live among the humans on Themiscara, and to be trained by Wonder Woman and the other Amazons, to teach her how to be a hero and a warrior. Like Thor or Hercules it would be like a god walking among men and women, sort of out of place and awe inspiring. But she could still be the same Donna Troy she was in the comics, just with a newish origin and powers.
I would also have a comic starring
Booster Gold, like before the New 52, and also starring
Rip Hunter and the
Hour Man android, and
Booster's sister. And
Booster's great grandmother who is currently a 10 year old girl who he saved from a distant horrific future. It would be a comic that takes place outside of time and space. Almost like the Exiles. It wouldn't effect the regular DC universe unless certain stories took place there like maybe having to save the Flash or something. I would have each of them remember life before the New 52, the altering of time didn't effect them. But they understand (except maybe Booster) why they have to just go along with the change and that this is the timeline now. Things changed but they cannot change them back. But that would allow them to talk about the New 52 and about how the stuff that happened before did happen, but then the New 52 Happened and stuff is different now. Sort of Pre 52 and Post 52. Superman and Lois were married, but now they aren't. Etc. This comic could also help readers except the changes and let them know what is the same, what is different, and that the stuff they loved before the New 52 still happened.
The team would also deal with a lot of Time Travelling stuff, like Chronos, Captain Atom, WILDcats Void, Warp, Pandora, etc.
It might also be really really cool to bring Ted Kord back in that comic, but make it that he cannot return to the regular timeline. So he has to stick with Booster and his time team and stay out of the regular timeline of the New 52.
I would show that because of the New 52
Max Lord used his mind powers to erase everyone's memory of himself and Ted Kord or the JLI ever existing so that no one would remember he was ever alive, or that he started the JLI, or that he killed Ted or took control of Superman or was killed by Wonder Woman.
The only person who would remember could be Booster and he only remembers Ted Kord, not that he was Blue Beetle maybe. Just that they were friends.
Or maybe bring back
Ted Kord in the New 52. Maybe Ted Kord was never killed in the New 52. Maybe right now he is a scientist and maybe he could JUST be starting to become Blue Beetle in the comics. Maybe they could do a whole origin story for him in the modern times with his friend being Blue Beetle and getting killed leading to Ted becoming the new Blue Beelte... but that sort of suggests that the current Beetle would have to die right? Hmm. Maybe He takes the name of Blue Beetle not realizing its already taken or something.
I definitely would bring back
Elongated Man and Sue, totally undoing the whole Identity Crisis story, undoing her rape and murder, and him going crazy after and their deaths. Since the new 52 seems to have done this with other characters anyway.
I would do a
Deathstroke: year One mini series showing how Deathstroke got his powers. Start it with him being a soldier who was experimented on, show his family in full. His wife
Adeline, his sons
Grant and
Joseph and his youngest, daughter Rose. Show him get experimented on and him becoming a mercenary and all that stuff. Show how his life as a mercenary changed their family and got them more money, a bigger house, etc. Show the family's butler/family friend
Wintergreen.
I would show him become the man he is now and how it effected each member of his family. Maybe even show a flash to the future at the end showing how his choices effected each member of his family, who went mad and who is dead now and so on.
Almost like a Breaking Bad thing, a seemingly good family man turn into a monster, and a mirror of Batman's life at the same time. Slade could be shown to be the Anti-Batman.
A Fun idea might be to have Earth 2's JSA meet their counterparts on the regular New 52 Earth and maybe thats how the regular Earth gets their versions of the JSA. Older Heroes who gained powers by meeting their magical counterparts from Earth 2. Just an idea.
I think I would have had Cyborg, after helping the JLA in the New 52's reboot story where they fought Darksied, after that I would have had him found the Teen Titans. He, to me, seemed more interesting with the Titans. But maybe he is always joining the JLA to help them too.