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Nightwing, Volume 4: Second City
Kyle Higgins sends Nightwing to the Windy City to track down his parent's killer!
After the Joker's attack on the Bat-family, Nightwing finds himself in a new setting with an unlikely ally, The Prankster. Together they are being hunted by the mysterious Mask Killer while Dick tries to find the man who killed his parents, Tony Zucco. Twists and surprises are at every turn in this exciting new chapter of Nightwing!
Collecting: Nightwing 19-24
After the Joker's attack on the Bat-family, Nightwing finds himself in a new setting with an unlikely ally, The Prankster. Together they are being hunted by the mysterious Mask Killer while Dick tries to find the man who killed his parents, Tony Zucco. Twists and surprises are at every turn in this exciting new chapter of Nightwing!
Collecting: Nightwing 19-24
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December 31, 2025
(B+) 76% | Good
Notes: Perfectly generic: it’s a good-enough, proficient, paint-by-numbers plot, marked by indistinction, advancing not a lot.
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Notes: Perfectly generic: it’s a good-enough, proficient, paint-by-numbers plot, marked by indistinction, advancing not a lot.
*Progress update
August 17, 2014
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Fun Fact:
Nightwing is in Chicago. Not Gotham, not Bludhaven...but Chicago.
Which is very Marvel of him, don't you think?
This didn't really start off that strong, but it picked up enough to be entertainingly decent by the end.
So.
Nightwing is in Chicago running down a tip, given to him by Red Robin, about the location of Tony Zucco.
Zucco is the guy who killed his family, the acrobatic team The Flying Graysons.
Drake had traced an email from Zucco to Chicago, but then he lost the trail. All he knows is that Tony might be running around somewhere in the city.
Grayson's finally got a chance to avenge his family, and nothing's gonna get in his way!
Especially not some skinny blonde kid who's been terrorizing the city for the past few months.
Anyway, the story opens with Dick getting shot at by Chicago's finest.
Why?
'Cause that's how they do that shit in the Windy City, beotch!
Ok, fine.
The REAL reason is...that's just what happens when a superhero goes to a new city.
Roll with it.
Dick flips and quips his way through fights with all his usual witty chitter-chatter, and whacks anyone who gets too close to him with his handy-dandy NightStick. And along the way he meets a few crazy informants who lead him to the one person who might be able to help him find Zucco...
The Prankster!
He's got the starring role as villain in this thing, but I'm not totally convinced he's going to make it to the big times. He's sort of like the Riddler, in that he leaves his victims in elaborate Death Traps that they can puzzle their way out of...if they're smart/strong enough. But the twist is that he's some super-duper computer hacker, as well.
Computers and Puzzles?
He's a double threat!
Eh. Maybe, maybe not.
The Zucco storyline played out much better than I was expecting. It had a nice bittersweet taste to it by the end. Kinda like, a Be Careful What You Wish For thing? Or maybe a Revenge Isn't Always Sweet, kinda thing?
At any rate, I thought it was pretty well done.
However, the Hacker storyline started off better than it ended up. At first, he seemed like some sort of anti-hero (like Red Hood or the Punisher) who took things too far in his pursuit of justice.
Alas, he ended up being just another dirtbag with Daddy Issues.
*balloon deflates*
There was also something else kept this from being all that and a box of wine.
Some of the dialogue between the characters was really confusing, or just seemed plain weird.
For example:
The Prankster has set a bomb that will detonate and destroy several blocks of the city, unless the mayor can get through an angry mob of people to disarm it. He's getting trampled and beaten so badly that there's no way he'll be able to get there in time. Nightwing swoops in on a motorcycle, rescues him, and starts to make a run for the bomb.
Wait for it...
At which point, the mayor starts yelling at him saying, "You just can't stay out of other people's business, can you?".
HUH?
That makes no sense. He may have hated Nightwing, but he'd still be happy he wasn't dead, right?
And it wouldn't have been a pretty death, because that mob was trying to turn him into a squishy stain on the sidewalk.
There were quite a few scenes like that, where I thought I had missed a panel (or page!), and had to go back and re-read just to make sure.
My eyebrow got quite a workout.
Which was really a waste, because I'm not trying to tone up my eyebrows.
Arm flab? Yes.
Eyebrow, no.
If I get a chance, I'll keep reading Nightwing, but I'm not overly excited by what I've seen so far.
Digital arc provided by NetGalley and the publisher.
Fun Fact:
Nightwing is in Chicago. Not Gotham, not Bludhaven...but Chicago.
Which is very Marvel of him, don't you think?
This didn't really start off that strong, but it picked up enough to be entertainingly decent by the end.
So.
Nightwing is in Chicago running down a tip, given to him by Red Robin, about the location of Tony Zucco.
Zucco is the guy who killed his family, the acrobatic team The Flying Graysons.
Drake had traced an email from Zucco to Chicago, but then he lost the trail. All he knows is that Tony might be running around somewhere in the city.
Grayson's finally got a chance to avenge his family, and nothing's gonna get in his way!
Especially not some skinny blonde kid who's been terrorizing the city for the past few months.
Anyway, the story opens with Dick getting shot at by Chicago's finest.
Why?
'Cause that's how they do that shit in the Windy City, beotch!
Ok, fine.
The REAL reason is...that's just what happens when a superhero goes to a new city.
Roll with it.
Dick flips and quips his way through fights with all his usual witty chitter-chatter, and whacks anyone who gets too close to him with his handy-dandy NightStick. And along the way he meets a few crazy informants who lead him to the one person who might be able to help him find Zucco...
The Prankster!
He's got the starring role as villain in this thing, but I'm not totally convinced he's going to make it to the big times. He's sort of like the Riddler, in that he leaves his victims in elaborate Death Traps that they can puzzle their way out of...if they're smart/strong enough. But the twist is that he's some super-duper computer hacker, as well.
Computers and Puzzles?
He's a double threat!
Eh. Maybe, maybe not.
The Zucco storyline played out much better than I was expecting. It had a nice bittersweet taste to it by the end. Kinda like, a Be Careful What You Wish For thing? Or maybe a Revenge Isn't Always Sweet, kinda thing?
At any rate, I thought it was pretty well done.
However, the Hacker storyline started off better than it ended up. At first, he seemed like some sort of anti-hero (like Red Hood or the Punisher) who took things too far in his pursuit of justice.
Alas, he ended up being just another dirtbag with Daddy Issues.
*balloon deflates*
There was also something else kept this from being all that and a box of wine.
Some of the dialogue between the characters was really confusing, or just seemed plain weird.
For example:
The Prankster has set a bomb that will detonate and destroy several blocks of the city, unless the mayor can get through an angry mob of people to disarm it. He's getting trampled and beaten so badly that there's no way he'll be able to get there in time. Nightwing swoops in on a motorcycle, rescues him, and starts to make a run for the bomb.
Wait for it...
At which point, the mayor starts yelling at him saying, "You just can't stay out of other people's business, can you?".
HUH?
That makes no sense. He may have hated Nightwing, but he'd still be happy he wasn't dead, right?
And it wouldn't have been a pretty death, because that mob was trying to turn him into a squishy stain on the sidewalk.
There were quite a few scenes like that, where I thought I had missed a panel (or page!), and had to go back and re-read just to make sure.
My eyebrow got quite a workout.
Which was really a waste, because I'm not trying to tone up my eyebrows.
Arm flab? Yes.
Eyebrow, no.
If I get a chance, I'll keep reading Nightwing, but I'm not overly excited by what I've seen so far.
Digital arc provided by NetGalley and the publisher.
March 22, 2015
As part of Sidekicks week among the Shallow Comics Readers, I'm diving headlong into four volumes of Nightwing - the one, true sidekick of our warm and fuzzy pal The Batman.
God I was getting worried this run of Nightwing was going to drown in its own darkness, get sucked under the surface by the drag of every Batman-is-a-sad-panda instinct that rules his damned universe.
This is more like it - fast pace, interesting tensions, nothing is predictable about who knows who... Meaty non-cliched villains like Johnny Spade, Mali and Prankster, plus normal-seeming supporting characters like Joey and Mike. This is like a great TV show where there's more to the characters than immediately exposited, and lots of room for future dramatics.
Prankster's gang have a whiff of the Goblin Nation to them, down to the colourful masked-head tattoo they're sporting, which makes them a bunch of cultists...or would, if they were more focused on the mission. Instead these are just a bunch of layabout goons, ready to give up as soon as they earn a solid punch to the head.
Seriously though, I'm impressed by way we earn ourselves some solid heroing and villaining - almost like someone in DC editorial decided to *invest* in a character and let ideas build.
Pencils by Brett Booth are smooth, fluid and give a great sense of place and staging. Here's a cinematographer in artist's clothing.
Will Conrad's art is pretty too, and does a great job at supporting the story. There's nothing unusual about it, other than the journeyman skill on display. If you gotta change artists this much, at least let them be good at their craft.
This book and series is totally worth it. Can't wait for more.
God I was getting worried this run of Nightwing was going to drown in its own darkness, get sucked under the surface by the drag of every Batman-is-a-sad-panda instinct that rules his damned universe.
This is more like it - fast pace, interesting tensions, nothing is predictable about who knows who... Meaty non-cliched villains like Johnny Spade, Mali and Prankster, plus normal-seeming supporting characters like Joey and Mike. This is like a great TV show where there's more to the characters than immediately exposited, and lots of room for future dramatics.
Prankster's gang have a whiff of the Goblin Nation to them, down to the colourful masked-head tattoo they're sporting, which makes them a bunch of cultists...or would, if they were more focused on the mission. Instead these are just a bunch of layabout goons, ready to give up as soon as they earn a solid punch to the head.
Seriously though, I'm impressed by way we earn ourselves some solid heroing and villaining - almost like someone in DC editorial decided to *invest* in a character and let ideas build.
Pencils by Brett Booth are smooth, fluid and give a great sense of place and staging. Here's a cinematographer in artist's clothing.
Will Conrad's art is pretty too, and does a great job at supporting the story. There's nothing unusual about it, other than the journeyman skill on display. If you gotta change artists this much, at least let them be good at their craft.
This book and series is totally worth it. Can't wait for more.
May 22, 2022
This was so good omg!
So the story takes place in Chicago after Nightwing moves there to find Tony Zucco and what he discovers is a mad city and that he maybe working for the mayor and also a new villain in "Prankster' and what his motives are, and yeah the corollary to him being Nightwing's Joker is fun but we see the menace he is with cyber attacks and exposing politicians secrets but when after a confrontation he leaks Zucco's secret then Nightwing has to team up with his enemy to save the mayor's life and also stop Prankster plus new room-mates and the challenge of a city which doesn't want caped heroes!
Its an epic volume and I love how fast paced it is and this new villain was so much fun, you get why he does in the end and his connection to the whole thing and feel bad for him and kinda changes your POV for him and then seeing Dick trying to stop this while working with his arch-villain in Zuco certainly something and whatever the people who freed him in the end are, there are a lot of plot points set up here and the future volumes seem exciting in that regard plus the art of Booth is so good and filled with dynamic energy and makes for a great reading experience!
So the story takes place in Chicago after Nightwing moves there to find Tony Zucco and what he discovers is a mad city and that he maybe working for the mayor and also a new villain in "Prankster' and what his motives are, and yeah the corollary to him being Nightwing's Joker is fun but we see the menace he is with cyber attacks and exposing politicians secrets but when after a confrontation he leaks Zucco's secret then Nightwing has to team up with his enemy to save the mayor's life and also stop Prankster plus new room-mates and the challenge of a city which doesn't want caped heroes!
Its an epic volume and I love how fast paced it is and this new villain was so much fun, you get why he does in the end and his connection to the whole thing and feel bad for him and kinda changes your POV for him and then seeing Dick trying to stop this while working with his arch-villain in Zuco certainly something and whatever the people who freed him in the end are, there are a lot of plot points set up here and the future volumes seem exciting in that regard plus the art of Booth is so good and filled with dynamic energy and makes for a great reading experience!
October 4, 2015
This was fine. Nightwing in Chicago (I guess Gotham was too crowded).
November 14, 2021
After finding out that the killer of his parent "The Flying Graysons" Nightwing aka Dick Grayson heads out to Chicago to find Tony Zucco their killer.
An action packed story that has a strong dialog and moves smoothly. As Nightwing breaks all the rules to find the killer of his parents, he ponders the age old question "does the end justify the means".
Excellent characters, both hero and villains fill the story with an underlying theme of right and wrong.
Nightwing Vol 4 "Second City" includes issues #19-24 of Nightwing's New 52.
An action packed story that has a strong dialog and moves smoothly. As Nightwing breaks all the rules to find the killer of his parents, he ponders the age old question "does the end justify the means".
Excellent characters, both hero and villains fill the story with an underlying theme of right and wrong.
Nightwing Vol 4 "Second City" includes issues #19-24 of Nightwing's New 52.
July 12, 2020
3.5⭐️ an ok series for Nighwing but I miss the blue.
August 21, 2021
Dull would probably be the word that comes to mind for this run.
It's not horrible, or truly bad, or crappy, or ruining my childhood. It's just okay. And maybe in itself that's sad, seeing as Dick is one of the better characters in the DC Universe.
This is just okay. So Dick is trying to fit into Chicago life. He even moves into a new place and gets a roommate, with ex-roommate almost killing him and potentially being a romance option down the line, because of course. Then this volume really focuses on Nightwing verses Prankster. Because that sounds so fun, right? Wrong.
Between the boring villain, the side stories of most of these lame supporting cast, and the sluggish pacing I barely wanted to finish this volume. Save for some solid art and great chase scenes this series is turning into a chore to finish. Debating even reading volume 5 (Which would end Higgins run on the character).
A 2 out of 5.
It's not horrible, or truly bad, or crappy, or ruining my childhood. It's just okay. And maybe in itself that's sad, seeing as Dick is one of the better characters in the DC Universe.
This is just okay. So Dick is trying to fit into Chicago life. He even moves into a new place and gets a roommate, with ex-roommate almost killing him and potentially being a romance option down the line, because of course. Then this volume really focuses on Nightwing verses Prankster. Because that sounds so fun, right? Wrong.
Between the boring villain, the side stories of most of these lame supporting cast, and the sluggish pacing I barely wanted to finish this volume. Save for some solid art and great chase scenes this series is turning into a chore to finish. Debating even reading volume 5 (Which would end Higgins run on the character).
A 2 out of 5.
May 12, 2019
Nightwing relocates to from Gotham to Chicago in search of Tony Zucco, the man who killed his parents. But he gets more than he bargained for, when he must fact new villain the Prankster and a city up in arms against vigilantes.
April 24, 2022
A really good comic book. I wonder what will happen with Tony Zucco. Who is Maxwell, the man that Michael was talking to? Was he the one that killed the other superheroes?
June 10, 2022
Tony Zucco is somehow, alive, and Dick goes to the Windy City (?) to pursue him and bring him to justice again.
Just a normal story, with Dick being exxagerated fun on the middle of it, and the last chapter being really nice. The Prankster doing that to the mayor was a nice touch for a villain. And we got Will Conrad on the art on the end as well, which is cool. Guy is a close friend of Mike Deodato. Jr., so i guess it made sense that his art is very much alike of his.
But, on the beggining of the arc and in some covers, we got the just terrible and awful Brett Booth's pen on it. Jesus, guy's terrible. Like, he's really is stuck on the 90's, and probably learned zero new stuff 'til today. I really don't know how he got this kind of gig. Anyway, on to the last one.
Just a normal story, with Dick being exxagerated fun on the middle of it, and the last chapter being really nice. The Prankster doing that to the mayor was a nice touch for a villain. And we got Will Conrad on the art on the end as well, which is cool. Guy is a close friend of Mike Deodato. Jr., so i guess it made sense that his art is very much alike of his.
But, on the beggining of the arc and in some covers, we got the just terrible and awful Brett Booth's pen on it. Jesus, guy's terrible. Like, he's really is stuck on the 90's, and probably learned zero new stuff 'til today. I really don't know how he got this kind of gig. Anyway, on to the last one.
July 24, 2014
I’m a huge fan of Chicago (as a former native) and Nightwing is one of my favorite characters to follow from the Bat family----which obviously helps in combining all the right ingredients to make up a fast-pace, exciting, crime-adventure-and amazing-art-because-grayson-can’t-be-drawn-any-other-way! I’m not going to lie, there’s a post in a forum about women Nightwing has kissed:
I don’t mind asking to be added to that list. If Nightwing ever swooped in to save me---you can guarantee I would pucker up and be on him like white on rice...
I couldn’t even concentrate on some of those Dick (in his hugging muscle-upon-muscle costume) shots, I was more than ready to say, yes,
The whole seen where the roommate tries to pulverize him for sneaking into her bed? I’m sure, I would say, I would do the same thing---especially in the Windy City, but if I did think I gave him that big of a bruise, I would show hop on the band wagon to make him feel better. ;) This volume isn’t nearly as dark and gritty as some of Nightwing’s previous arcs as it mostly focuses on him trying to catch his father’s killer. (Of course) the said killer has a ‘slightly sympathetic now story’ and as you think he won’t get away...it seems he may *Cue TBC music*
Lordy, the main villain wasn’t much better either. I thought Nightwing would have learned by now, that if you leave someone for the cops (unless you’re Batman) 99.9% of the time the cops will NOT make it in time...
and of course you can predict that there will be a showdown---some friends may be caught in the middle---and of course Nightwing comes to term with the killer.
I enjoyed every last minute of it. I think it will take a lot for me to ever NOT read a Dick Grayson book.
Thanks for the ARC NetGalley
I don’t mind asking to be added to that list. If Nightwing ever swooped in to save me---you can guarantee I would pucker up and be on him like white on rice...
I couldn’t even concentrate on some of those Dick (in his hugging muscle-upon-muscle costume) shots, I was more than ready to say, yes,
The whole seen where the roommate tries to pulverize him for sneaking into her bed? I’m sure, I would say, I would do the same thing---especially in the Windy City, but if I did think I gave him that big of a bruise, I would show hop on the band wagon to make him feel better. ;) This volume isn’t nearly as dark and gritty as some of Nightwing’s previous arcs as it mostly focuses on him trying to catch his father’s killer. (Of course) the said killer has a ‘slightly sympathetic now story’ and as you think he won’t get away...it seems he may *Cue TBC music*
Lordy, the main villain wasn’t much better either. I thought Nightwing would have learned by now, that if you leave someone for the cops (unless you’re Batman) 99.9% of the time the cops will NOT make it in time...
and of course you can predict that there will be a showdown---some friends may be caught in the middle---and of course Nightwing comes to term with the killer.
I enjoyed every last minute of it. I think it will take a lot for me to ever NOT read a Dick Grayson book.
Thanks for the ARC NetGalley
March 22, 2018
Not only would i DIE for Dick Grayson but I would die for the graphics here too
January 15, 2014
The Prankster is kind of a boring bad guy. I'm betting everyone guessed that he wasn't actually going to be a new caped crusader. I saw it a mile away. So you're asking why I gave it a four out of five stars? I had no idea that Tony Zucco, the guy that murdered Nightwing's parents, was going to turn out to be a good guy. At least mostly...I really enjoyed seeing his progress from murdering gangster to reformed-ish parent. I liked it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 8, 2014
I am not a fan of authors who take a main character and tear down everything around their ears. Anyone can destroy, but it takes a great author to create, and sadly, Kyle Higgins did not do the latter.
November 18, 2015
An interesting move to take Dick Grayson out of Gotham and to Chicago, especially with Chicago being full of a citizenship tired of vigilantes. For what was an obvious setup for a revenge story this went some pretty creative directions. Writing and art continue to be great in this series!
November 5, 2014
In this book Nightwing discovers Tony Zucco is still alive.He follows his trial to Chicago.Its very fun and great drawing are good they are drawed by Teen Ttians drawer
November 19, 2014
Chicago can fuck off and die, but its nice to see Nightwing move out from under Batman's figurative shadow in Bludhaven.
December 31, 2019
3.5*
So far the best -- or rather best functioning -- installment in this run. It's fast-paced and focuses on the action which probably works best for Higgins's writing style.
So far the best -- or rather best functioning -- installment in this run. It's fast-paced and focuses on the action which probably works best for Higgins's writing style.
December 2, 2019
I liked the premise for this, but not the execution - there's a ton of new characters introduced and the story is too much for one volume. I think this highlights my main problem with this run: that the stories by themselves are fine, but they're just a bunch of stories pushed together. I really wish this had more for Dick as an overall theme, rather than just following him over a period of time.
June 29, 2021
I enjoyed reading this one. The story of Nightwing finding Tony Zuco in Chicago (the 2nd city) doesn’t go as once thought it would be. Things aren’t just black and white here and this is portrayed so well from both Dick’s and Tony’s viewpoint!
June 1, 2018
Okay: Nightwing in Chicago is plausible, and the script passes muster. The two artists contribute about equally, and if I prefer Will Conrad to Brett Booth, you may feel otherwise.
June 5, 2019
Ok, kinda boring...expected it to be more fun
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September 25, 2018
Nightwing heads to Chicago to track down his parents' killer, ultimately landing in a muddled mess of a plotline that toys with a lot of great ideas but doesn't spend adequate time with any one of them. Almost as soon as he gets there he's drawn into a tangential storyline involving a crazed, murderous hacker who seems to basically be the epitome of Anonymous if it went fully bad.
This story completely does not work for me, though it starts off on a decent foot. We see at first that this villain, The Prankster, seems to be a man fighting back against corruption and societal injustice, only perhaps in ways that aren't as productive as he believes them to be. This is a potentially relevant, interesting commentary on the state of politics as they exist online, but it rapidly loses any of its narrative weight in favor of making The Prankster blatantly evil and despicable. Also, this dude hijacks all the TVs in Chicago (because of course he does) and tells everyone he's going to keep murdering their families until an allegedly corrupt politician gives their money back. Why ON EARTH would the populace be on his side? He is literally admitting to murdering people, while the politician only supposedly embezzled money. And yet, the people of Chicago are like "We love this guy who keeps killing us." It's unbelievable and insane.
Probably the biggest problem with the Prankster story is, by forcing Nightwing into this fairly random battle, we lose a lot of the personal stakes that come from him attempting to avenge his parents. The most interesting thing going on in this book is the revelation that Tony Zucco, a man Nightwing has been trying to track down for years, has turned over a new leaf, providing for a family he genuinely cares for. This is another potentially great storyline, raising questions of what is "justice" vs. simply "revenge," and whether or not Nightwing is even right to be so ruthless in his attempts to defeat Zucco. However, this gets derailed as well pretty fast, instead going in the most obvious routes possible and undermining every theme it sets up in favor of a "yeah I guess this guy's just bad" wrap-up.
There's also a third kind of C-plot going on in this book, involving the murder of Chicago's superheroes, which doesn't quite get rolling in this book (and seems to contradict itself here and there). I'm interested to see where it's going, but it doesn't look promising.
Oh, and this is example number 1000 of Dick Grayson showing up in the same non-Gotham city as Nightwing, but having no one put two and two together. To make matters worse, he's publicly searching for Tony Zucco both as Grayson and as Nightwing, but still not a soul seems to think he might be the same guy. He must be magic.
This story completely does not work for me, though it starts off on a decent foot. We see at first that this villain, The Prankster, seems to be a man fighting back against corruption and societal injustice, only perhaps in ways that aren't as productive as he believes them to be. This is a potentially relevant, interesting commentary on the state of politics as they exist online, but it rapidly loses any of its narrative weight in favor of making The Prankster blatantly evil and despicable. Also, this dude hijacks all the TVs in Chicago (because of course he does) and tells everyone he's going to keep murdering their families until an allegedly corrupt politician gives their money back. Why ON EARTH would the populace be on his side? He is literally admitting to murdering people, while the politician only supposedly embezzled money. And yet, the people of Chicago are like "We love this guy who keeps killing us." It's unbelievable and insane.
Probably the biggest problem with the Prankster story is, by forcing Nightwing into this fairly random battle, we lose a lot of the personal stakes that come from him attempting to avenge his parents. The most interesting thing going on in this book is the revelation that Tony Zucco, a man Nightwing has been trying to track down for years, has turned over a new leaf, providing for a family he genuinely cares for. This is another potentially great storyline, raising questions of what is "justice" vs. simply "revenge," and whether or not Nightwing is even right to be so ruthless in his attempts to defeat Zucco. However, this gets derailed as well pretty fast, instead going in the most obvious routes possible and undermining every theme it sets up in favor of a "yeah I guess this guy's just bad" wrap-up.
There's also a third kind of C-plot going on in this book, involving the murder of Chicago's superheroes, which doesn't quite get rolling in this book (and seems to contradict itself here and there). I'm interested to see where it's going, but it doesn't look promising.
Oh, and this is example number 1000 of Dick Grayson showing up in the same non-Gotham city as Nightwing, but having no one put two and two together. To make matters worse, he's publicly searching for Tony Zucco both as Grayson and as Nightwing, but still not a soul seems to think he might be the same guy. He must be magic.
July 28, 2014
I continue to be pleasantly surprise by a lot of the series in the DC Comics universe reboot or aka the New 52. The Nightwing series has continuously been good under the writing of Kyle Higgins. Even though Nightwing is in a since a Batman clone, I think that Dick Grayson has become a great hero in his own right. To be honest Dick is a little better than his teacher Batman because he fights crime without the vehicles Bruce has, without the money and the many allies Bruce has as well.
The story in this volume is quite good. Nightwing comes to the real life city of Chicago to hunt down the man who killed his parents, Tony Zucco. While in Chi-town our hero has to confront a killing spree of masked heroes, an vigilant police force chasing him and a dangerous adversary, The Prankster. What's great about this story is the twists and turns it takes. First you want Dick to catch Zucco but than Zucco turns out to have a family and the Prankster seemed like a nobody but towards the end becomes quite the supervillain. There is a lot of action in this story and the artwork is pretty good as well. The Batman books are still the best but this little series is a chip of the old block. I am very excited to see where Nightwing's next case will take him.
The story in this volume is quite good. Nightwing comes to the real life city of Chicago to hunt down the man who killed his parents, Tony Zucco. While in Chi-town our hero has to confront a killing spree of masked heroes, an vigilant police force chasing him and a dangerous adversary, The Prankster. What's great about this story is the twists and turns it takes. First you want Dick to catch Zucco but than Zucco turns out to have a family and the Prankster seemed like a nobody but towards the end becomes quite the supervillain. There is a lot of action in this story and the artwork is pretty good as well. The Batman books are still the best but this little series is a chip of the old block. I am very excited to see where Nightwing's next case will take him.
September 16, 2015
Second City has been the best volume I've read in this Nightwing series since volume 1!!! I especially loved that it took place in Chicago(being a Windy City native myself) and there were some awesome battles in recognizable places such as the John Hancock observation deck and the Museum of Science and Industry. This aspect just made the story that much more realistic for me. Plus, I love how Nightwing still won't rest until Zucco gets justice for his crimes. The way this volume ended leaves me very hopeful for the final chapter in this series as well. I can't wait to start reading volume 5!!!!!
January 17, 2015
Not a bad volume, and I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record, but I still don't like the "retconning" in the New 52 books. So Tony Zucco is still alive and living in Chicago under an assumed name. Hm. Just doesn't work for me. The art is really good and fits the story, and if you can get past the Zucco thing, it's actually not a bad story. Main villain in The Prankster, although perhaps an "all new, all different" prankster.
Overall a decent read, partiicularly for Nightwing and Batman fans, but nothing great. To keep it simple, if you think you'll like it you probably will, if you think you won't, you're probably right there too.
Overall a decent read, partiicularly for Nightwing and Batman fans, but nothing great. To keep it simple, if you think you'll like it you probably will, if you think you won't, you're probably right there too.
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September 16, 2017
Much better than the previous ones, this goes back to more the heart of superheroes. No strange demons or outer space aliens or anything like that, not even any metas. Just normal people who have honed their skills to the point of appearing super. And, a bonus, this whole book was one arc for once.
The art was also better in this volume and consistent throughout. The only thing that lost the star was that I did not feel like I really connected to any of the characters. That's kinda a problem in most comics I read anymore it seams.
The art was also better in this volume and consistent throughout. The only thing that lost the star was that I did not feel like I really connected to any of the characters. That's kinda a problem in most comics I read anymore it seams.
January 23, 2015
The story just keeps getting better and better. Great art work and a great new villan made this book awesome. I know what happens to him coming up and it stinks a little. Hopefully Grayson keeps up the pace.
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