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Nightwing
Nightwing Vol. 2: Death Traps (Nightwing
The critically acclaimed run continues, pushing Dick Grayson to his limits as he faces the ever-present dangers lurking in the shadows of Blüdhaven! Following the explosive events of On with the Show, Blüdhaven remains a city on the edge, where crime never sleeps and trust is a luxury few can afford. As tensions rise between Nightwing and Commissioner Maggie Sawyer, a shocking murder investi gation forces them both to question everything they thought they knew. Acclaimed writer Dan Watters (Lucifer, Arkham The Order of the World) contin ues his gripping take on the beloved hero, with stunning artwork by Dexter Soy (Batman and the Outsiders, Captain Marvel) and Francesco Francavilla (The Joker, Afterlife with Archie) that brings Blüdhaven’s dark underbelly to life. Collects Nightwing #125-129 and Nightwing 2025 Annual.
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Published January 20, 2026
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About the author
Dan Watters
422 books142 followersDan Watters is a UK based comic book writer. His first book, LIMBO, was released through Image Comics in 2016. He has since written THE SHADOW at Dynamite Comics, and ASSASSIN’S CREED and WOLFENSTEIN for Titan Comics.
Currently he is writing the relaunch of LUCIFER for Vertigo’s Sandman Universe, as well as DEEP ROOTS for Vault Comics. Deeply rooted in London Town, and firmly of the Devil's party.
Currently he is writing the relaunch of LUCIFER for Vertigo’s Sandman Universe, as well as DEEP ROOTS for Vault Comics. Deeply rooted in London Town, and firmly of the Devil's party.
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November 29, 2025
mediocre y además lo salva el annual (que me ha encantado) porque los demás capítulos me han parecido mediocres y encima copaganda. La gente en Twitter lo hypea demasiado y a mí me gustó más el volumen anterior, pero bueno a ver si los 3 siguientes números del próximo volumen sí son tan buenos cómo dicen.
El Zanni y la metanarrativa siguen siendo INCREÍBLE y por eso me ha gustado muchísimo más el annual que el resto de números.
El Zanni y la metanarrativa siguen siendo INCREÍBLE y por eso me ha gustado muchísimo más el annual que el resto de números.
Review of advance copy
hell yeah
September 15, 2025
This was legit so good and probably one of the best things I have read this year!!
I love how this run is just taking the meta elements of comics and weaving is so effortlessly into Nightwings world and its awesome showing him in stories both realistic and fantastical and its amazing! Like the first story is a cop gets murdered and we follow Maggie Sawyer whose investigating who it could be and she is hesitant about taking Nightwing's help and over the course of her investigation we find its CAPTAIN HALLOW, an urban BPD myth and then the reveal of who it is...that was just amazing showing it from the POV of Maggie and like showing the tension between the heroes and the police and whether the latter can trust the former.
Also love how the next 3 issues are basically a horror story where Bat-mite takes over the tower and gets changed by ZANNI whose like the big over arching threat of this run and its amazing seeing it like how Nightwing goes to the tower which has been taken over and going through it fighting death wings and other traps like whatever memories from Dicks past Nite-mite conjured up and its awesome and its so unique and props to the artist for having done so and then finally towards the end you see Nightwing-Prime aka Van-zee the kandorian Superman gave the identity to and going back and pulling from various eras of DC continuity and its so awesome seeing it all! Like I said Dan is on fire with this run and then how he solves the case!!
And who he turns out to be ultimately and how Dick solves the case like it was just amazing. I loved this story its just 3 issues but it was so much fun reading through it!
And then the annual which is handsdown the best annual maybe or something like I am at a loss of words of how good it was and it tells you the backstory of Olivia Pearce aka Colombina and connecting that to the lawsuit where they banned gruesome storytelling in comics and Comics code authority.. just wow and this story is so deep and filled with metaphors like Dan's best issue so far which I think I say about everything he writes now! WOAH! And also we learn of the ZAANI's origin of sorts with this one!
I am just in love with this run its perfect on so many levels and Dan is cooking with this run and the art by Dexter soy continues to be awesome!!
I love how this run is just taking the meta elements of comics and weaving is so effortlessly into Nightwings world and its awesome showing him in stories both realistic and fantastical and its amazing! Like the first story is a cop gets murdered and we follow Maggie Sawyer whose investigating who it could be and she is hesitant about taking Nightwing's help and over the course of her investigation we find its CAPTAIN HALLOW, an urban BPD myth and then the reveal of who it is...that was just amazing showing it from the POV of Maggie and like showing the tension between the heroes and the police and whether the latter can trust the former.
Also love how the next 3 issues are basically a horror story where Bat-mite takes over the tower and gets changed by ZANNI whose like the big over arching threat of this run and its amazing seeing it like how Nightwing goes to the tower which has been taken over and going through it fighting death wings and other traps like whatever memories from Dicks past Nite-mite conjured up and its awesome and its so unique and props to the artist for having done so and then finally towards the end you see Nightwing-Prime aka Van-zee the kandorian Superman gave the identity to and going back and pulling from various eras of DC continuity and its so awesome seeing it all! Like I said Dan is on fire with this run and then how he solves the case!!
And who he turns out to be ultimately and how Dick solves the case like it was just amazing. I loved this story its just 3 issues but it was so much fun reading through it!
And then the annual which is handsdown the best annual maybe or something like I am at a loss of words of how good it was and it tells you the backstory of Olivia Pearce aka Colombina and connecting that to the lawsuit where they banned gruesome storytelling in comics and Comics code authority.. just wow and this story is so deep and filled with metaphors like Dan's best issue so far which I think I say about everything he writes now! WOAH! And also we learn of the ZAANI's origin of sorts with this one!
I am just in love with this run its perfect on so many levels and Dan is cooking with this run and the art by Dexter soy continues to be awesome!!
Review of advance copy
Dan Watters's first arc of Nightwing was fairly safe in that it was another gang war type Bat-story, but this collection branches out a little more.
The opening arc is part ghost story, part bad cop story, and then the following arc leans into the insanity of comics as Nitemite finds himself possessing the old Titans Tower and keeping Babs hostage. Both of these are a little different to what we're used to for Nightwing, but they work very well as a result, as well as feeding into the larger story that Watters is telling with the Cirque Du Sin and Spheric Solutions moving into Bludhaven.
The best issue of an already good collection however is the Annual, which gives some backstory about the Zanni, while also being a meta commentary on the power of comic books as a whole.
Artwise, we've got Dexter Soy from the previous volume, as well as Francesco Francavilla for the ghost story arc, which is always a good time.
I knew Tom Taylor's Nightwing run would be a hard act to follow, but Watters is definitely making his own mark so far.
The opening arc is part ghost story, part bad cop story, and then the following arc leans into the insanity of comics as Nitemite finds himself possessing the old Titans Tower and keeping Babs hostage. Both of these are a little different to what we're used to for Nightwing, but they work very well as a result, as well as feeding into the larger story that Watters is telling with the Cirque Du Sin and Spheric Solutions moving into Bludhaven.
The best issue of an already good collection however is the Annual, which gives some backstory about the Zanni, while also being a meta commentary on the power of comic books as a whole.
Artwise, we've got Dexter Soy from the previous volume, as well as Francesco Francavilla for the ghost story arc, which is always a good time.
I knew Tom Taylor's Nightwing run would be a hard act to follow, but Watters is definitely making his own mark so far.
January 26, 2026
**Slight Spoiler** I'm not going to lie Francesco Francavilla's art is really hard for me to look at. It personally just isn't my taste of comic book art but that's fine. I also feel like the "cop killer" guy was like a Scooby-Doo villain and I really didn't like that. It felt totally out of place with the last volume from this squad. After the "cop killer" arc it went back to Dexter Soy's art which was amazing just like the last volume. But it's too bad that the story line that went with it didn't help much. I thought it was too goofy and kind of undoes what the last volume did with a certain ex-teddy. I did enjoy the backstory on the main villain of the run in the annual issue but I wish Soy's art would have been there to help tell that story.
December 10, 2025
i love you dan watters
Review of advance copy
Watters is hitting his stride now on this run
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Good but not great. Doesn’t quite manage to balance the quirkiness, horror, and grit.
Review of advance copy
Nightwing cooks again and is back in a great mystery style story with issues that hit.
January 26, 2026
Maggie Sawyer was the star of at least half this volume. We also have a Nite-mite. The annual takes a bit of a punch at the old comic book code authority, but doesn't even feature Nightwing.
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