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Nightwing (1996) (New Edition Trades)
Nightwing, Volume 7: Shrike
Nightwing's first solo series continues in this, the seventh collection by longtime NIGHTWING scribe Chuck Dixon.
Dick Grayson left his life as Robin, the Boy Wonder, behind and took up the mantle of Nightwing. And now he's brought his own brand of vigilante justice to the corrupt streets. Follow Dick Grayson as he shapes his new life and identity as Nightwing.
Critically acclaimed author Chuck Dixon's NIGHTWING returns for its seventh volume! Collects NIGHTWING #54-60, NIGHTWING: OUR WORLDS AT WAR, NIGHTWING: TARGETS.
Dick Grayson left his life as Robin, the Boy Wonder, behind and took up the mantle of Nightwing. And now he's brought his own brand of vigilante justice to the corrupt streets. Follow Dick Grayson as he shapes his new life and identity as Nightwing.
Critically acclaimed author Chuck Dixon's NIGHTWING returns for its seventh volume! Collects NIGHTWING #54-60, NIGHTWING: OUR WORLDS AT WAR, NIGHTWING: TARGETS.
264 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2018
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Chuck Dixon
3,431 books1,034 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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June 15, 2018
Greg Land finishes his Nightwing run up with Shrike, a villain returning from Robin: Year One. The arc looks fantastic, Shrike is a cool villain, all in all a great story. Then Rick Leonardi and Mike Lilly step in as the fill in artists for a couple of one-off stories. Jesse Delperdang's inks make Rick Leonardi's typically sketchy art shine. Next up is a Barbara and Dick team-up story where they travel through time for the Our Worlds at War event. The story is fine and only peripherally ties into Our Worlds at War. Then Scott McDaniel returns to Nightwing for a story where Dick is framed by fellow police officers for the brutal beating of some kids. Trevor McCarthy comes on board in the final issue as the new artist. His art is awful and if I remember correctly we'll be stuck with him throughout volume 8 as well.
I thought all in all this was a fun group of stories. Say what you will about Chuck Dixon but I think his run on Nightwing is superior to the current Nightwing: Rebirth book by Tim Seeley.
I thought all in all this was a fun group of stories. Say what you will about Chuck Dixon but I think his run on Nightwing is superior to the current Nightwing: Rebirth book by Tim Seeley.
May 7, 2024
This was such a fun read again and I love the way that Dixon introduces this new villain Shrike and how he ties into Robin year one story that the writer also did and I reread it before reading this and it holds so well and explain who he is, and his enmity with Dick and there is a part where all the mercenaries that Blockbuster hired and the way he defeats him is so awesome and it seriously shows you how skilled he is, plus he took the name of their former master and yeah its awesome, his fight vs Nightwing is cool but gets over quick, and I like the cameo by Birds of Prey and its a fun little fight and ending!
This volume also features alien invasion like Imperiex one and a Babs-Dick team up for time travel and a bit confusing story and there is one where Dick gets framed for murder and its like him vs other cops aka Internal affairs and how he solves that is the big story, and it was good too and he takes on the new name of "Target" and also love how Amy ties into it, and we see who she really is so that was fun and also a story of the Minh family and what happened to Eddie which was messed up yeah.. but its gonna be fun to see what the future for this title holds!
Overall fun story and I really liked it, good pacing and tie into other stories and makes Dick an even more likeable character!
This volume also features alien invasion like Imperiex one and a Babs-Dick team up for time travel and a bit confusing story and there is one where Dick gets framed for murder and its like him vs other cops aka Internal affairs and how he solves that is the big story, and it was good too and he takes on the new name of "Target" and also love how Amy ties into it, and we see who she really is so that was fun and also a story of the Minh family and what happened to Eddie which was messed up yeah.. but its gonna be fun to see what the future for this title holds!
Overall fun story and I really liked it, good pacing and tie into other stories and makes Dick an even more likeable character!
July 5, 2021
Read as Nightwing: On the Razor's Edge:
I liked the conflict of Dick the police officer responding to a domestic violence call & being unable to do anything about it. You know he's just thinking to himself 'if I were in my costume I'd beat the living daylights out of this lowlife'. Yeah. We're thinking it too.
BUT, Dick wants to make a structural difference in the Bludhaven PD, and I'm still rooting him on.
His partner, Amy, meanwhile is meeting up with some cops in the back of a church, all hush-hush-like. It's super sketchy & totally leading us readers to jump to conclusions. She introduces Dick to them and (view spoiler).
Also, I can't believe I'm still reading about Torque and Tad!! (Longest plot line everrrrr!)
While they plot to escape prison, Nightwing is at the mercy of Shrike. He looks like he's in real trouble when Black Canary comes to the rescue with Barbra not far behind!! (Super badass, Barbra!)
And speaking of scary women, I liked the ending with Madame Minh and her preemie babies. I remembered her from somewhere in the beginning of this series (not sure which volume) when Dick was looking for her husband Freddie Minh. No need to keep looking for him anymore, Dick.
(☉д⊙)
Art is good overall, except for issue #60 (by Trevor McCarthy), in which everyone's faces were kinda fugly. Writing was as great as usual. 4.5 star volume.
I liked the conflict of Dick the police officer responding to a domestic violence call & being unable to do anything about it. You know he's just thinking to himself 'if I were in my costume I'd beat the living daylights out of this lowlife'. Yeah. We're thinking it too.
BUT, Dick wants to make a structural difference in the Bludhaven PD, and I'm still rooting him on.
His partner, Amy, meanwhile is meeting up with some cops in the back of a church, all hush-hush-like. It's super sketchy & totally leading us readers to jump to conclusions. She introduces Dick to them and (view spoiler).
Also, I can't believe I'm still reading about Torque and Tad!! (Longest plot line everrrrr!)
While they plot to escape prison, Nightwing is at the mercy of Shrike. He looks like he's in real trouble when Black Canary comes to the rescue with Barbra not far behind!! (Super badass, Barbra!)
And speaking of scary women, I liked the ending with Madame Minh and her preemie babies. I remembered her from somewhere in the beginning of this series (not sure which volume) when Dick was looking for her husband Freddie Minh. No need to keep looking for him anymore, Dick.
(☉д⊙)
Art is good overall, except for issue #60 (by Trevor McCarthy), in which everyone's faces were kinda fugly. Writing was as great as usual. 4.5 star volume.
August 22, 2020
Nightwing is back once more and he's ready to face his greatest foe, Shrike!
Well Shrike takes out pretty much everyone Nightwing fought the last few volumes to prove he's the best. But in reality this guy is just bitter Nightwing whooped his ass when they were kids and wants revenge for his "master. It's typical storytelling with some fun fights and Nightwing getting plenty of action.
The rest of the book just has weird mix of stories. Some solid like Nightwing being a cop and dealing with police brutality while also dealing with other issues like his partner. But the other half of him going back in time and such is all pretty bad.
A decent collection of nightwing stories. Nothing great. I can see Dixon was losing some steam in his otherwise really solid Nightwing Run. A 3 out of 5.
Well Shrike takes out pretty much everyone Nightwing fought the last few volumes to prove he's the best. But in reality this guy is just bitter Nightwing whooped his ass when they were kids and wants revenge for his "master. It's typical storytelling with some fun fights and Nightwing getting plenty of action.
The rest of the book just has weird mix of stories. Some solid like Nightwing being a cop and dealing with police brutality while also dealing with other issues like his partner. But the other half of him going back in time and such is all pretty bad.
A decent collection of nightwing stories. Nothing great. I can see Dixon was losing some steam in his otherwise really solid Nightwing Run. A 3 out of 5.
April 9, 2023
3.75⭐️
July 15, 2023
This cop stuff suuuucks.
September 11, 2025
By volume 7 here I'm feeling a bit repetitive, but again, great series by Chuck Dixon.
May 4, 2018
Chuck Dixon's writing has been consistently solid over the last fifty or so issues of Nightwing, but I honestly think his work on Shrike is some of his best. Whether it's the blossoming romance finally culminating between Dick and Barbara, the titular villain Shrike, who has ties to Dick's past, or Dick having to deal with being framed for murder, Dixon is firing on all cylinders. The only problem I have is that this issue collects a crossover called Worlds at War, which while exciting to read, is hard to understand without any context surrounding it. That aside, I am more than keen to keep reading this series, with hopes that future volumes are as good as this.
February 23, 2018
This trade paperback picks up where the previous volume left off, collecting the next seven issues (54–60) of the 1996 on-going series along with the Our Worlds at War Crossover tie-in, Nightwing: Our Wolds at War, and the one-shot Nightwing: Target.
The main villain in this trade is Shrike (hence the title), a villain from Dick Grayson's past when he was still Robin. He was hired by Blockbuster on a probationary basis to see what he can do. Shrike manages to catches Nightwing and ran his fingerprints to discover his true identity. Thankfully, the Bat Family has a back-up plan for such an eventuality. Grayson manages to free himself and there is the typical fight between Nightwing and Shrike, which remains unresolved.
Cameo appearances from Barbara Gordon as Oracle and Black Canary rushing to his rescue were thoughtfully placed. I simply adore the alias Grayson used. Shrike knew Grayson as Freddie Lloyd, but after running his fingerprints the name Chester Honeywell was revealed.
Meanwhile, as Officer Grayson, his partner, Amy Rohrbach, who once hated him, now seemingly convinced that he isn't a crooked cop and invited Grayson into a Secret Society within the Blüdhaven Police Department (BPD) that is slowly, but systematically, fighting corruption within the BPD.
I simply adore the blooming relationship between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, after literally decades of will-they or won't-they, they have finally gotten together. I'm really glad of the speed that they are pacing their relationship. They have known each other for years, and I'm glad they're not rushing into anything.
I like tie-ins well enough when I read them within the Crossover Events they're apart of, but I really hate them when they're published within trade paperbacks outside their events, because they're no pretext or postscript of what is going on or rather what happened prior and how's it going to end and the tie-ins are rarely self-contained. Unless I know something about the Crossover Event prior, I would be absolutely lost.
Nightwing: Our Worlds at War is no exception. While the writing was good as well as the art, I have very little idea how the world has gotten to this point and it left me wanting more. Unfortunately, I knew very little about the Our Worlds at War Crossover Event, so I didn't fully appreciate what this tie-in would have meant to be.
I surprisingly enjoyed Nightwing: Target. Officer Dick Grayson was framed for a crime he didn't commit and the Inspector has explicitly told Grayson to do his time in prison and when he got out he would be rewarded.
When he got home Batman was there and told Grayson that he couldn't investigate this as Nightwing, just in case someone deduced Nightwing and Dick Grayson was one and the same. So Grayson made a new uniform and was christened as the Target.
With the help of his partner, Amy Rohrbach, they find a witness to the crime in questioned and eventually cleared his name. However, despite his innocence, Grayson was still a marked man – a target. My only complaint is that this one-shot was far too short.
All in all, I really enjoyed this trade paperback and I was absolutely thrilled that this came out just as I was finished reading all available trades available. Hopeful the next trade doesn’t take too long to come about.
The main villain in this trade is Shrike (hence the title), a villain from Dick Grayson's past when he was still Robin. He was hired by Blockbuster on a probationary basis to see what he can do. Shrike manages to catches Nightwing and ran his fingerprints to discover his true identity. Thankfully, the Bat Family has a back-up plan for such an eventuality. Grayson manages to free himself and there is the typical fight between Nightwing and Shrike, which remains unresolved.
Cameo appearances from Barbara Gordon as Oracle and Black Canary rushing to his rescue were thoughtfully placed. I simply adore the alias Grayson used. Shrike knew Grayson as Freddie Lloyd, but after running his fingerprints the name Chester Honeywell was revealed.
Meanwhile, as Officer Grayson, his partner, Amy Rohrbach, who once hated him, now seemingly convinced that he isn't a crooked cop and invited Grayson into a Secret Society within the Blüdhaven Police Department (BPD) that is slowly, but systematically, fighting corruption within the BPD.
I simply adore the blooming relationship between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, after literally decades of will-they or won't-they, they have finally gotten together. I'm really glad of the speed that they are pacing their relationship. They have known each other for years, and I'm glad they're not rushing into anything.
I like tie-ins well enough when I read them within the Crossover Events they're apart of, but I really hate them when they're published within trade paperbacks outside their events, because they're no pretext or postscript of what is going on or rather what happened prior and how's it going to end and the tie-ins are rarely self-contained. Unless I know something about the Crossover Event prior, I would be absolutely lost.
Nightwing: Our Worlds at War is no exception. While the writing was good as well as the art, I have very little idea how the world has gotten to this point and it left me wanting more. Unfortunately, I knew very little about the Our Worlds at War Crossover Event, so I didn't fully appreciate what this tie-in would have meant to be.
I surprisingly enjoyed Nightwing: Target. Officer Dick Grayson was framed for a crime he didn't commit and the Inspector has explicitly told Grayson to do his time in prison and when he got out he would be rewarded.
When he got home Batman was there and told Grayson that he couldn't investigate this as Nightwing, just in case someone deduced Nightwing and Dick Grayson was one and the same. So Grayson made a new uniform and was christened as the Target.
With the help of his partner, Amy Rohrbach, they find a witness to the crime in questioned and eventually cleared his name. However, despite his innocence, Grayson was still a marked man – a target. My only complaint is that this one-shot was far too short.
All in all, I really enjoyed this trade paperback and I was absolutely thrilled that this came out just as I was finished reading all available trades available. Hopeful the next trade doesn’t take too long to come about.
July 21, 2018
A blast from the past hits Nightwing where it hurts when Blockbuster hires Shrike to take him down. Then Dick's framed for police brutality, and only a hero named The Target can help - his secret identity? Dick Grayson! Plus a time travelling adventure with Oracle!
Maybe I should just lower my expectations? These issues are...fine. They're nothing amazing, but they're no better or worse than what came before. Shrike was hyped up to be a huge deal, and then goes down in three issues because he can't handle Nightwing calling for back-up; I'm surprised Blockbuster hasn't just tried to murder Dick himself at this point.
The Target story feels like it's just a few issues of Nightwing cobbled together into a one-shot, which is again fine, but I thought one-shots were meant to be a bit more important than that. The Our Worlds At War one-shot is much better; it seems that Oracle always manages to bring the best out in both Dick and Chuck Dixon.
Greg Land gets a lot of help with this volume, with quite a few fill-ins that don't really hit the same style as he does. The Target one-shot is by Scott McDaniel, but it's a much tamer McDaniel than we had in the earlier volumes of the series.
With one volume left of this run, here's hoping things end with a big bang, though I don't hold out much hope. "Fine" shouldn't be a bad thing, but after 7 volumes of it (well, 6, because volume 5 was really good), I'm ready for something exceptional.
Maybe I should just lower my expectations? These issues are...fine. They're nothing amazing, but they're no better or worse than what came before. Shrike was hyped up to be a huge deal, and then goes down in three issues because he can't handle Nightwing calling for back-up; I'm surprised Blockbuster hasn't just tried to murder Dick himself at this point.
The Target story feels like it's just a few issues of Nightwing cobbled together into a one-shot, which is again fine, but I thought one-shots were meant to be a bit more important than that. The Our Worlds At War one-shot is much better; it seems that Oracle always manages to bring the best out in both Dick and Chuck Dixon.
Greg Land gets a lot of help with this volume, with quite a few fill-ins that don't really hit the same style as he does. The Target one-shot is by Scott McDaniel, but it's a much tamer McDaniel than we had in the earlier volumes of the series.
With one volume left of this run, here's hoping things end with a big bang, though I don't hold out much hope. "Fine" shouldn't be a bad thing, but after 7 volumes of it (well, 6, because volume 5 was really good), I'm ready for something exceptional.
April 20, 2023
In a word, "meh." It's not bad it's just not good. Nothing in it stands out as exceptionally exciting, well written, or important to the story of Nightwing nor the Bat Family. The story of Shrike is fine, I guess. Superhero clashes with a poorly motivated villain. After that we get some stories of Dick Grayson being a cop, graduating from being a rookie to an officer. If you like the Cop Grayson storyline, I guess this would be fine, but I find it annoying and tedious. You get to see Dick Grayson, protégée of Batman, miss a bunch of obvious social clues about situations he's in, and this is written for laughs, but all I can think is "isn't he supposed to be an amazing detective?" Anyway, the only real reason to read it is to be a Nightwing completionist. The art ranges from "good" to "only slightly better than Scott McDaniel."
May 14, 2022
Its Nightwing so its awesome and that's it.
But if you wanna know more, they set up this Shrike guy as a bit of a nemesis and do it pretty well. He takes out all of Nightwings normal villains in his intro so that was pretty cool. And the beef between them go back to his Robin days so it was interesting. Besides that, the standout issues revolve around Dick being a cop by day and Nightwing by night, which makes for some interesting conflicts, especially since the police are corrupt as hell. Nothing groundbreaking but solid stuff.
But if you wanna know more, they set up this Shrike guy as a bit of a nemesis and do it pretty well. He takes out all of Nightwings normal villains in his intro so that was pretty cool. And the beef between them go back to his Robin days so it was interesting. Besides that, the standout issues revolve around Dick being a cop by day and Nightwing by night, which makes for some interesting conflicts, especially since the police are corrupt as hell. Nothing groundbreaking but solid stuff.
May 21, 2024
i was rlly enjoying it but some moments felt weird especially the last issue where he randomly thinks amy likes him ?? and the art for that one was not exactly umm my taste! on the other hand i liked the target issues and the ones where he was teamed with babs and dinah <3 one thing abt the gotham and co vigilantes is they’re gonna talk abt police corruption iktr (even if i still don’t like him being a cop)
December 8, 2022
Chuck Dixon had such a handle on Nightwing during this run. Here, he tells a simple straightforward story of Blockbuster looking outside of Bludhaven to take down Nightwing. I enjoyed seeing Dick and Babs as they continue to grow their relationship. I still think the idea of a secret identity as a cop is great. The art here was fun and fluid. Overall, comics joy.
March 8, 2021
At this point things are repetitive. Another issue another hit man out to kill Dick. No personal conflict. Nothing the new villain shows us about our protagonist. The romance between Nightwing and Oracle is unconvincing. Dick being a cop is stupid.
July 8, 2018
Shrike is back and he wants blood. Read Robin: Year One if you haven't already to understand this back story.
March 15, 2021
Great exciting Nightwing action
July 15, 2025
I put this off for a while, didn't want to get to the end of Dixon's legendary run. A great set of stories here, happy to see Scott McDaniel back on The Target.
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February 19, 2020Another perfectly fine volume of Dixon’s Nightwing. I really enjoyed the last two, so I was hoping the upward trajectory would continue. Alas, these issues are standard superheroics like most of the run. Nothing inoffensive or terrible, mind, but I don’t think I’ll remember the stories a month from now. I think to truly love this series you have to have read it as it was coming out. It simply doesn’t have the staying power of other series around the time.
Once again, my favorite part of this book is Dick and Barbara together. Dixon writes a convincing romance between these two wholly likable people. And I’m still impressed by Greg Land’s art. He’s easily the best Nightwing artist during Dixon’s tenure (sorry Scott McDaniel fans).
Once again, my favorite part of this book is Dick and Barbara together. Dixon writes a convincing romance between these two wholly likable people. And I’m still impressed by Greg Land’s art. He’s easily the best Nightwing artist during Dixon’s tenure (sorry Scott McDaniel fans).
March 14, 2025
4/5 ✩
"In the heat of this, I forget a common practice of a trap--they usually have two components. The Lure. And the snare."
PROS
• I love the consistency of this series - new plot lines and characters are always being introduced in a natural way that builds off previously established characters/events.
• in comparison to Batman series, the low stakes of this one are refreshing. I appreciate that Nightwing deals with more ground level threats, and that his primary goal throughout the book is to weed out corruption.
NEUTRALS
• I still struggle with the inconsistencies of the artists that draw this book. For me, some issues just look bad, which sometimes distracts from the narrative.
R.E.A.D.S. SCORE
R: 6/10
E: 8/10
A: 6/10
D: 7/10
S: 8/10
Total: 7.00/10.00
"In the heat of this, I forget a common practice of a trap--they usually have two components. The Lure. And the snare."
PROS
• I love the consistency of this series - new plot lines and characters are always being introduced in a natural way that builds off previously established characters/events.
• in comparison to Batman series, the low stakes of this one are refreshing. I appreciate that Nightwing deals with more ground level threats, and that his primary goal throughout the book is to weed out corruption.
NEUTRALS
• I still struggle with the inconsistencies of the artists that draw this book. For me, some issues just look bad, which sometimes distracts from the narrative.
R.E.A.D.S. SCORE
R: 6/10
E: 8/10
A: 6/10
D: 7/10
S: 8/10
Total: 7.00/10.00
October 30, 2024
I'm getting closer to the end of Dixon's Nightwing run 😭😭😭
Another wonderful read 🥰
Another wonderful read 🥰
April 12, 2019
3.5? this collection was okay. i felt close to nothing the whole time i was reading it, with the exception of the last page. if i didn't love dick grayson so much i probably wouldn't have cared at all.
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