NIGHTWING #1

Review by: TheHopelessGamer

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Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Art and cover by EDDY BARROWS and JP MAYER

Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99

I’ve always liked Dick Grayson as a comic book character. Nightwing is another character where the costume design draws me in. He’s like Batman, but capeless and wearing a domino mask instead of a cowl. He’s probably one of the best-developed characters since his first career as Robin way back when. I rather enjoyed his recent turn as Batman. In this new series, we see Dick returning to his Nightwing persona, and this time he is firmly tied to the city of Gotham. Really, in the relaunch, Gotham is as much a character in the book as Dick, and it’s not a really nice place to be.

I like the new direction for the character. Dick has decided to take on the worst mundane villains and crime of Gotham by living amongst it. It’s a nice contrast to his character. Dick is the anti-Bruce Wayne in that he’s cheerful and chooses to see the nice things in life when he can. Whereas Bruce lives in a swanky nice estate apart from the worst aspects of the city, Dick lives in the thick of it. It’s a very smart move and direction for the character.

While the concept for the new direction is great, the story itself feels lacking. It doesn’t appear to have a real strong conflict, and the main villain is bland and boring. I wish he had something unique or interesting about his design or character, but the basic premise of his character isn’t all that intriguing and just doesn’t hook me. I think I’ll be passing on this one from here on out, which is unfortunate, because I really wanted to like it.

Story: 2 - Average
Art: 3 - Good

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