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Nightwing (2011) (Single Issues)
Nightwing #25
A BATMAN: ZERO YEAR tie-in! Dick Grayson frantically tries to find Haly’s Circus—and his parents—as Gotham City is plunged into total darkness.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2014
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April 15, 2017
I love Dick. He is my favorite guy in the whole DC universe. Always.
December 31, 2013
You can read the full review over at The Founding Fields:
http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/11/...
“An interesting enough take on Dick Grayson’s activities during the blackout of Gotham, this was a decent issue at best.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
I’ve been reading Kyle Higgins’ New 52 run on Nightwing since the very first issue and its a series that I’ve enjoyed immensely, through the two major crossovers that it has seen in the two years since the launch of the New 52: Court of Owls and Death of the Family. Now its time for a one-shot tie-in to the ongoing Zero Year storyline in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman. This proved to be an interesting issue in that, despite being a tie-in, Batman himself doesn’t feature anywhere at all. This is pretty much the same as with Marguerite Bennett’s Batgirl #25 in which we see Barbara Gordon do her part to help save Gotham during Zero Year.
The thing about this issue is that it is a fairly straightforward story, start to finish. There are some twists here and there, but other than that it is a predictable story that hits all the right beats, getting you to “ooh” and “aah” at the right time. This is a Dick Grayson before he ever met Bruce Wayne/Batman, and so there are none of the usual trappings of Nightwing and his vigilante persona. There aren’t even any trappings of Dick Grayson as Robin, the first Robin in fact. So its an interesting time to set the story in, with a protagonist who is different yet similar.
To be honest, I wasn’t too taken with this issue, much like Batman #25, which I think turned out to be a too mediocre, considering how consistently that series has been since issue 1. With Nightwing #25, it feels as if Kyle is going through the motions, and little else. It robs the story of the requisite punch. The scenes in the circus with Dick and his friends Raymond and Raya were some of the best in the issue, and its great to see them return after the previous stories that Kyle has told in the series. Raya particularly since she made her exit in a rather emotional and heartfelt way. I was really sad to see her go, so I liked her return to the series, no matter how brief.
Some of the dialogue and situations were a little ham-fisted and cheesy, but I liked them all the same. We’ve been having a lot of character drama in the series for a good long while now, so getting an issue where things are simple and straightforward, it works. The monotony of the character drama is broken and we can go back to the feel-good adventure vibe of the series. Or what I think the series should have.
The pencils in this issue are by series regulars Will Conrad and Cliff Richards on the pencils, Pete Pantazis on the colours and Carlos M. Mangual on the letters. The art was alright. This isn’t the regular character of course, and neither is it the regular Gotham, so everything is quite different. Nothing here really spoke Gotham in trouble for me, so that was a major misstep in all respects. So what we have here is a so-so story and some meh art. I liked the issue issue well enough, and while I wouldn’t exactly recommend it all that highly, I would say to read it all the same if you just want to relax and stuff, take a break from the hard-hitting stories of the recent issues.
Rating: 6/10
http://thefoundingfields.com/2013/11/...
“An interesting enough take on Dick Grayson’s activities during the blackout of Gotham, this was a decent issue at best.” ~Shadowhawk, The Founding Fields
I’ve been reading Kyle Higgins’ New 52 run on Nightwing since the very first issue and its a series that I’ve enjoyed immensely, through the two major crossovers that it has seen in the two years since the launch of the New 52: Court of Owls and Death of the Family. Now its time for a one-shot tie-in to the ongoing Zero Year storyline in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Batman. This proved to be an interesting issue in that, despite being a tie-in, Batman himself doesn’t feature anywhere at all. This is pretty much the same as with Marguerite Bennett’s Batgirl #25 in which we see Barbara Gordon do her part to help save Gotham during Zero Year.
The thing about this issue is that it is a fairly straightforward story, start to finish. There are some twists here and there, but other than that it is a predictable story that hits all the right beats, getting you to “ooh” and “aah” at the right time. This is a Dick Grayson before he ever met Bruce Wayne/Batman, and so there are none of the usual trappings of Nightwing and his vigilante persona. There aren’t even any trappings of Dick Grayson as Robin, the first Robin in fact. So its an interesting time to set the story in, with a protagonist who is different yet similar.
To be honest, I wasn’t too taken with this issue, much like Batman #25, which I think turned out to be a too mediocre, considering how consistently that series has been since issue 1. With Nightwing #25, it feels as if Kyle is going through the motions, and little else. It robs the story of the requisite punch. The scenes in the circus with Dick and his friends Raymond and Raya were some of the best in the issue, and its great to see them return after the previous stories that Kyle has told in the series. Raya particularly since she made her exit in a rather emotional and heartfelt way. I was really sad to see her go, so I liked her return to the series, no matter how brief.
Some of the dialogue and situations were a little ham-fisted and cheesy, but I liked them all the same. We’ve been having a lot of character drama in the series for a good long while now, so getting an issue where things are simple and straightforward, it works. The monotony of the character drama is broken and we can go back to the feel-good adventure vibe of the series. Or what I think the series should have.
The pencils in this issue are by series regulars Will Conrad and Cliff Richards on the pencils, Pete Pantazis on the colours and Carlos M. Mangual on the letters. The art was alright. This isn’t the regular character of course, and neither is it the regular Gotham, so everything is quite different. Nothing here really spoke Gotham in trouble for me, so that was a major misstep in all respects. So what we have here is a so-so story and some meh art. I liked the issue issue well enough, and while I wouldn’t exactly recommend it all that highly, I would say to read it all the same if you just want to relax and stuff, take a break from the hard-hitting stories of the recent issues.
Rating: 6/10
January 4, 2014
Don't bother with this. I'm a huge fan of Dick Grayson, but this was pointless.
June 29, 2022
Lamentablemente, sí, esto fue innecesario.
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