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Nightwing: A Knight in Blüdhaven Compendium
Nightwing: A Knight in Blüdhaven, Compendium One
THE PERFECT ADDITION TO YOUR BATMAN COMICS COLLECTION: Dick Grayson has proven himself as a protege to one of the most critical mentors of all time, Batman.
When Dick decides to step out of the shadows as Robin and into the spotlight with his new superhero identity, Nightwing, will he fly or fall? Add a new base of operations in the crime-ridden city Blüdhaven, the former boy wonder will have his work cut out for him.
Collects Nightwing (vol. 1) #1-4; Nightwing (vol. 2) #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents: Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134-135; Robin (vol. 2) #55; and DetectiveComics #723-725 and #1,000,000.
When Dick decides to step out of the shadows as Robin and into the spotlight with his new superhero identity, Nightwing, will he fly or fall? Add a new base of operations in the crime-ridden city Blüdhaven, the former boy wonder will have his work cut out for him.
Collects Nightwing (vol. 1) #1-4; Nightwing (vol. 2) #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents: Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134-135; Robin (vol. 2) #55; and DetectiveComics #723-725 and #1,000,000.
1040 pages, Paperback
Published May 7, 2024
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Chuck Dixon
3,429 books1,031 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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May 16, 2025
Finally finished this fat boy, had a really good time reading this! Reminded me almost of Batman’s stories from the early years being gang crime orientated but with Dick Grayson instead (the best Robin imo). I found this interesting to read after reading some of Tom Taylor’s run to see the earliest stories of Nightwing in Blüdhaven. Overall really enjoyed checking this out, looking forward to the next one.
July 19, 2024
8.5/10
Great value for money. It took me a while to get through all these issues. The higlights for me are the run drawn by scott mcdaniels which has aged fantastically and is some of the best and the most 90s artwork out there. Also nightwing and huntress was great. Cataclysm and one million are touched upon as they were written by chuck dixon and while not all issues of these stories are included, they still feel complete. But i would like to know what happens next in the one million story line.
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Great value for money. It took me a while to get through all these issues. The higlights for me are the run drawn by scott mcdaniels which has aged fantastically and is some of the best and the most 90s artwork out there. Also nightwing and huntress was great. Cataclysm and one million are touched upon as they were written by chuck dixon and while not all issues of these stories are included, they still feel complete. But i would like to know what happens next in the one million story line.
I want a book 2
October 1, 2024
Yeah this was amazing
July 15, 2025
Ovaj compendium a i period Nightwinga je najbolji primer kako dobar scenario ipak može da zapinje zbog slabijeg crteža.
Chuck Dixon je ovde otpočeo jednu ideju, koja je za svet superherojštine zanimljiva, a za ljubitelje Bat porodice i DC univerzuma značajna tačka. Trenutak u kome Dick Grayson odlučuje se odvojiti od Batmana i preseliti u Bludhaven i stati na svoje noge i postati Nightwing. Ovaj compendium ne sadrži Year One priču, ali se nadam da će se nastaviti sa compendiumima i doći i do te priče.
Lepo je to Chuck Dixon posložio, malo sapunice, malo porodične drame, malo super herojštine, malo sporednih junaka....sve kako treba. Problem nastaje sa Scott McDanielom većinskim crtačem u ovom compendiumu. Scott ima taj neki late-80s stil koji je jako loše ostario. Teško je privići se na njegov crtež i čak i kad se čovek privikne naleti neki broj koji je crtao neko drugi i uvek ima efekat "au koliko je Scott loš". Neke kadrove je skoro pa nemoguće razaznati šta se dešava, ali većinski je način na koji pripoveda priču kroz crtež onako "odrađen" da isprati priču. Što kvari ugođaj i postane naporno posle nekog vremena.
Ovo mi je prvi DC compendium koji sam nabavio i obzirom na 1024 stranice, tehnički je jako lepo urađen i za neke run-ove poput ovog je super imati ovakvo ekonomično izdanje u odnosu na omnibus. Radujem se već drugom broju koji je najavljen a nadam se da će biti i posle i da će pokriti celu ovu epohu Nightwinga kroz compendiume.
Preporuka za sve one koji vole Bat porodicu i njen kontinuitet, za ostale baš i ne.
Chuck Dixon je ovde otpočeo jednu ideju, koja je za svet superherojštine zanimljiva, a za ljubitelje Bat porodice i DC univerzuma značajna tačka. Trenutak u kome Dick Grayson odlučuje se odvojiti od Batmana i preseliti u Bludhaven i stati na svoje noge i postati Nightwing. Ovaj compendium ne sadrži Year One priču, ali se nadam da će se nastaviti sa compendiumima i doći i do te priče.
Lepo je to Chuck Dixon posložio, malo sapunice, malo porodične drame, malo super herojštine, malo sporednih junaka....sve kako treba. Problem nastaje sa Scott McDanielom većinskim crtačem u ovom compendiumu. Scott ima taj neki late-80s stil koji je jako loše ostario. Teško je privići se na njegov crtež i čak i kad se čovek privikne naleti neki broj koji je crtao neko drugi i uvek ima efekat "au koliko je Scott loš". Neke kadrove je skoro pa nemoguće razaznati šta se dešava, ali većinski je način na koji pripoveda priču kroz crtež onako "odrađen" da isprati priču. Što kvari ugođaj i postane naporno posle nekog vremena.
Ovo mi je prvi DC compendium koji sam nabavio i obzirom na 1024 stranice, tehnički je jako lepo urađen i za neke run-ove poput ovog je super imati ovakvo ekonomično izdanje u odnosu na omnibus. Radujem se već drugom broju koji je najavljen a nadam se da će biti i posle i da će pokriti celu ovu epohu Nightwinga kroz compendiume.
Preporuka za sve one koji vole Bat porodicu i njen kontinuitet, za ostale baš i ne.
August 1, 2025
Overall quite good. The second half has some weird inclusions… but I’ll circle back to that.
The ‘95 mini series by Dennis O’Neil has a weird plot but is otherwise good. Mostly forgettable, but notable Dick angst.
Chuck Dixon’s run is a classic for a reason. It has multiple threads, makes Bludhaven feel lived in (although, how many times can Dick remind the audience that Blud is worse than Gotham bc the corruption here is top down. Like? Okay?). Good mix of grounded gang villains and eccentric costumed villains. This is just thee Dick Grayson.
I liked Devin Grayson’s annual and NW/Huntress mini series! Fun reads, good art.
I liked the Brotherhood of the Fist crossover but it has no place in a Nightwing collection — he’s a minor character.
This collection also suffers from the question of what the hell you do when an Event (Cataclysm) happens in the middle of an ongoing series. Makes the second half feel choppy. There’s also an issue of Detective Comics that Dick legit just isn’t in. Like. Okay?
And I couldn’t care less about DC 1,000,000. Don’t include it if you won’t conclude it, yknow?
The ‘95 mini series by Dennis O’Neil has a weird plot but is otherwise good. Mostly forgettable, but notable Dick angst.
Chuck Dixon’s run is a classic for a reason. It has multiple threads, makes Bludhaven feel lived in (although, how many times can Dick remind the audience that Blud is worse than Gotham bc the corruption here is top down. Like? Okay?). Good mix of grounded gang villains and eccentric costumed villains. This is just thee Dick Grayson.
I liked Devin Grayson’s annual and NW/Huntress mini series! Fun reads, good art.
I liked the Brotherhood of the Fist crossover but it has no place in a Nightwing collection — he’s a minor character.
This collection also suffers from the question of what the hell you do when an Event (Cataclysm) happens in the middle of an ongoing series. Makes the second half feel choppy. There’s also an issue of Detective Comics that Dick legit just isn’t in. Like. Okay?
And I couldn’t care less about DC 1,000,000. Don’t include it if you won’t conclude it, yknow?
June 14, 2025
The first half is very good, which focuses mainly on Nightwing. But then it kind of steps away from that, and Batman starts appearing quite often, making the second half less interesting. Not a fan of some of the art in here.
April 7, 2025
I was really impressed with Nightwing Compendium One. This was my first time reading this material and I found myself really enjoying it.
Dirty cops and gangsters have the run of Bludhaven and so Nightwing faces an uphill battle.
Dixon quickly creates a cast of characters to inhabit Bludhaven and to serve as a grounding for Nightwing, and a reason for the reader to care about the city. There are also a number of villians new and old for Nightwing to face off against, making him feel more like his own character rather than a sidekick to Batman.
Dixon really captures the essence of the Bat-family. The interactions between the characters have depth to them that carries the book. Bruce and Dick have a tense relationship, but there is real love between them, they just struggle to express it. Dick and Tim get along like brothers, sharing their problems and messing about, it's really sweet. And with Barbara, Dick is caring and intense, their interactions have a lot of chemistry.
Dixon does a good job with distinguishing Nightwing from the likes of Batman or Superman. Nightwing is a street-level hero but he's got a good heart and is deeply caring. He's charming and well-liked, but he carries a lot of internal fear and resentment. He feels well-rounded and develops throughout the story.
There are a lot of great stories contained in here, as Nightwing investigates the local crime scene, an issue where he suffers from the Scarecrow's fear toxin, teaming up with thr Huntress, to a four-parter with Green Arrow, Batman and Robin.
Dirty cops and gangsters have the run of Bludhaven and so Nightwing faces an uphill battle.
Dixon quickly creates a cast of characters to inhabit Bludhaven and to serve as a grounding for Nightwing, and a reason for the reader to care about the city. There are also a number of villians new and old for Nightwing to face off against, making him feel more like his own character rather than a sidekick to Batman.
Dixon really captures the essence of the Bat-family. The interactions between the characters have depth to them that carries the book. Bruce and Dick have a tense relationship, but there is real love between them, they just struggle to express it. Dick and Tim get along like brothers, sharing their problems and messing about, it's really sweet. And with Barbara, Dick is caring and intense, their interactions have a lot of chemistry.
Dixon does a good job with distinguishing Nightwing from the likes of Batman or Superman. Nightwing is a street-level hero but he's got a good heart and is deeply caring. He's charming and well-liked, but he carries a lot of internal fear and resentment. He feels well-rounded and develops throughout the story.
There are a lot of great stories contained in here, as Nightwing investigates the local crime scene, an issue where he suffers from the Scarecrow's fear toxin, teaming up with thr Huntress, to a four-parter with Green Arrow, Batman and Robin.
December 8, 2025
A great collection!
After loving Tom Taylor’s run and loving what Dan Watters is currently doing with Nightwing, I figured it was high time I go back and see how a lot of this started! It’s easy to see why this era is held up in high regard. Seeing how Blüdhaven got its start is just so cook.
While Scott McDaniel’s art is a bit of an acquired taste, this is such a fun collection of stories, with the highs we get here being very high! The very first crossover issue with Cataclysm is just stellar stuff.
My only real knock against this collection is that it can feel a bit unnecessarily padded out at times. The DC One Million and Brotherhood of the Fist issues stories really didn’t need to be here, and the Nightwing / Huntress miniseries is just plain bad.
I can’t wait to start the second volume!
After loving Tom Taylor’s run and loving what Dan Watters is currently doing with Nightwing, I figured it was high time I go back and see how a lot of this started! It’s easy to see why this era is held up in high regard. Seeing how Blüdhaven got its start is just so cook.
While Scott McDaniel’s art is a bit of an acquired taste, this is such a fun collection of stories, with the highs we get here being very high! The very first crossover issue with Cataclysm is just stellar stuff.
My only real knock against this collection is that it can feel a bit unnecessarily padded out at times. The DC One Million and Brotherhood of the Fist issues stories really didn’t need to be here, and the Nightwing / Huntress miniseries is just plain bad.
I can’t wait to start the second volume!
September 7, 2024
Chuck Dixon is one of greatest living comic writers and he does a good job with Nightwing here; this compendium contains some well written stories (even when written by others than Dixon) the weakest are when he does a crossover for the 1 million with the Solaris villian, too superpowered and a silly story.
Art however is mostly by Scott McDaniel, who really has no business being a comic artist, a dozen people in every high school in the country are better than him, however when the art is done by others, especially Greg Land, prior to his tracing scandals; art is good.
Art however is mostly by Scott McDaniel, who really has no business being a comic artist, a dozen people in every high school in the country are better than him, however when the art is done by others, especially Greg Land, prior to his tracing scandals; art is good.
August 30, 2024
A phenomenal run that truly epitomises why Dick Grayson aka Nightwing is such an incredible character and a true icon of DC Comics. Chuck Dixon's writing is filled with vigorous narratives that is bolstered by Scott McDaniel's frenetic artwork that conveys this DIY, almost punk, attitude towards Nightwing that is just loads of fun to read. A great collection of an iconic run with some very underrated stories.
August 19, 2025
Chuck Dixon at his best writes an engaging page turner, at his worst… well just look at what he’s putting out today. You get a mix of both in his Nightwing work, but it all averages out to a pretty good time! (Brother hood of the first was by far the worst part, what an orientalist stinker)
Not sure if McDaniel’s art ever clicked for me, for some of the more outlandish characters it works great, see Blockbuster, but other times it just comes out weird
Not sure if McDaniel’s art ever clicked for me, for some of the more outlandish characters it works great, see Blockbuster, but other times it just comes out weird
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February 9, 2025Gran compendio de Nightwing con casi todos sus comics de los primeros años.
En total recopila unos 30 issues (Nightwing I #1-4; Nightwing II #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents:Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow II #134-135; Robin II #55, DetectiveComics #723-725 y #1,000,000.) No recuerdo si extras también.
En total recopila unos 30 issues (Nightwing I #1-4; Nightwing II #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents:Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow II #134-135; Robin II #55, DetectiveComics #723-725 y #1,000,000.) No recuerdo si extras también.
May 9, 2025
4 stars
Really good overall, but some sections are better than others. The monkey clan stuff with Green Arrow and everybody else, for example, is probably more like 3 star material. On the flip side, parts like the initial setup and reveal for Blockbuster are 5 star stories. But on average, 4 stars is probably just about right.
Really good overall, but some sections are better than others. The monkey clan stuff with Green Arrow and everybody else, for example, is probably more like 3 star material. On the flip side, parts like the initial setup and reveal for Blockbuster are 5 star stories. But on average, 4 stars is probably just about right.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2025
Finally done! This is hands-down the best run for Nightwing that I’ve read so far! Chuck Dixon really understands Nightwing’s relationship with Tim Drake’s Robin and Batman without being cheesy like Tom Taylor can get . There was a lot of action and McDaniels made sure we saw Nightwing’s acrobatic movements.
August 22, 2025
If you like, Nightwing, you will love this book and if don’t know nightwing you will love this book it’s got a great story and great artwork it’s got a lot of pages so it doesn’t go by fast, but it doesn’t drag either.
October 18, 2024
Nightwing: A Knight in Blüdhaven, Compendium One (Nightwing Compendium #1)
Recopila Nightwing (vol. 1) #1-4; Nightwing (vol. 2) #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents:Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134-135; Robin (vol. 2) #55; and DetectiveComics #723-725 and #1,000,000.
Recopila Nightwing (vol. 1) #1-4; Nightwing (vol. 2) #1-25, #1,000,000; Nightwing Annual #1; Wizard Presents:Nightwing #1/2; Nightwing and Huntress #1-4; Green Arrow (vol. 2) #134-135; Robin (vol. 2) #55; and DetectiveComics #723-725 and #1,000,000.
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October 26, 2024Libro de historietas con ISBN propio. Primer tomo de esta etapa en edición Compendium.
January 10, 2025
The side stories are good and have better art but the main art is just too ugly n too busy for me which does bring down the story overall
January 11, 2025
Love sucks and Bruce’s relationship in these. This is such great, classic nightwing.
January 30, 2025
Not my favorite art style, but it's a good collection, mostly solid stories, and very strong narrative cohesion.
August 28, 2025
Las primeras series dedicadas a Nightwing en solitario en un compendio que equivale a varios TPs. De ellos, creo que sólo tuvimos el del coleccionable Héroes y villanos.
November 13, 2025
SO GOOD. I hate that Chuck Dixon makes good stuff but it's whatever. It's really nice to read a book about Nightwing that isn't just about his relationship with Batman and his origins.
October 4, 2024
7.5/10
A great intro to Nightwing as a character. Made me instantly like the character and inspired me to start reading No Man’s Land.
A great intro to Nightwing as a character. Made me instantly like the character and inspired me to start reading No Man’s Land.
February 24, 2025
Primer Compendium que equivale a mucho más que un tomo triple con los primeros números de Nightwing independiente.
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