Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs. Hush #1

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding #2

by Tim Seeley, Rafael Albuquerque (Cover Art), Dave McCaig (Cover Art)

Dick Grayson has a lot of responsibility. Being the original partner to Batman, he’s the natural choice to be Bruce Wayne’s best man. So if anyone has to get to the wedding, it’s going to be him. Too bad Hush has other plans-and maybe Bruce Wayne does, too!

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman, Comics Manga, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Superman

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2018

About the author

Tim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

[Etienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good enough as a part of the prelude to the wedding series, but in itself, it didn't happen so much important stuff. Good but not great!

[Siona Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the interaction between Nightwing and Batman in the end, but over all this wasn’t that interesting.

[Jocelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was kinda creepy!
You. You. You. You.
You. You. You.
You. You.
You.


You.

[Simeon Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't know what Seeley was going for here, but this issue felt really off the mark. The writing style almost entirely reminded me of Silver Age batman and not in a charming throw back way, more of a "This feels out of place" kind of way. Especially after the Robin one shot Seeley did under this banner which I praised for feeling so close to the voice of King's Batman which these are supposed to tie into. There's a handful of ok moments in here but for the most part it was just one wired thing after another, especially in that last scene where Bruce is talking to Dick like a sitcom mom and he smiles after they agree to hang out more and says "I'd like that". Sorry, I don't care how you view his relationship with any character, Batman smiling and saying "I'd like that" in response to something will always come off as creepy to me.

Also, someone must be really out of step with Kings stuff, ether Seeley or the marketing department because saying Batman and Catwoman are getting married but not Bruce and Selina when the wedding invitation/checklist add that I've seen everywhere for the last couple months specifically says it's in invitation to Bruce and Selina's wedding so I assumed it would be for both identities till this came along.

[Veronika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Komplett self indulgent Kurzgeschichte. Clark und Dick richten Bruces Junggesellenabschied aus - irrwitzigerweise als Superman und Nightwing. Aber okay.

Nightwing wird von Hush angegriffen und in eine Parallelwelt voller... idk Zombies? geschleppt. Hushs Grund? Er ist eifersüchtig auf Dick weil... er Bruces große Liebe ist, weil er Bruce so wichtig und einfach sein Lieblingsmensch ist. Und Hush möchte Bruce endlich für sich selbst haben. Aber er entführt nicht die Braut, die Batman vorhat zu heiraten sondern... Nightwing. Seinen favorite. Sein golden child. Sein Herz.
(Es is so gay und in dem versuch es weniger gay zu machen, haben Tim Seeley und co es nur noch MEHR gay gemacht. Ich liebe alles daran.)
Nightwing und er kämpfen gegen Zombies und gegeneinander - Nightwing versucht ihn zu retten, cause he's sweet like that, wird dabei schwer verletzt und schließlich von Batman gerettet und sinkt bewusstlos in seine Arme. Es ist SO ROMANTISCH, YOU GUYS.
Und am Ende reden Bruce und Dick über ihre Gefühle und wie lieb sie sich haben.
HAB ICH ERWÄHNT WIE ROMANTISCH DAS ALLES IST??
Es ist so romantisch.

[Liz (Quirky Cat) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I knew that this being a prelude to the wedding (what will likely be the second biggest event for DC in the past year) meant that there probably wasn’t going to be much groundbreaking happening here. I expected it to be fun and interesting, but realistically we know they’re holding all of the big revelations for later.
There is one small revelation that occurs here, which is ironic. This issue reveals who the best man will be for Batman. You’d think that would happen in the ‘Best Man’ issue of Batman, but you’d be wrong (actually, you couldn’t be more wrong, considering how that issue was focused on the Joker).
This was fun and a little bit of a blast from the past, what with Hush here and all. I don’t think it really will end up having any major impact on the world, but hey, you never know.

[Hannah · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really hated this version of Hush. “I’m jealous of you so I stole your face!” The whole thing felt incredibly silly. Nothing really worthwhile happened. It’s all exposition about wedding details drawn out around a little Dr. Who-style fight and Tommy having a midlife crisis in the middle. None of the characters felt like themselves. It could have been any 3 generic guys going out on a Friday night doing generic things in the most generic way possible. Ironic that the villains’ whole gimmick was lacking personality. Just awful.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So bachelor party, right? Superhero burgers? Its really funny. And then going fishing like 3 blocks who are just friends since forever. Also Dick vs jealous Tommy. Who wasn't never really Bruce's friends. And the promise Dick will be around more! Really like this prelude wedding arc. To be continued!

[Cait · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazingly fun read. It was also great to see Batman accepting and relishing in the fact that he has good friends. Hush had a great story and it will lead to a great conclusion when the wedding kicks off.

[Marisa Carpico · Rating 3 out of 5]

Takes a bit to figure out where this is going, but quite strong when it does. Still, I admit, the next issue is the one I’m really waiting for—though I thought there might be a different villain in the mix.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superman and Nightwing give Batman a bachelor party. And it's absolutely perfect.

And then fighting happens, because we gotta pUNCH THINGS but it's a pretty cool and cerebral type of fight.

Out of all the Batling fights, this is probably my favorite.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bloated story to get to two tiny plot points...

But I didn't really notice how empty it was until I was done reading it, so it must have done its job.

[Astoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

How could you Bats?

[Aly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is Nightwing too pretty? LOL.

[Ion Fani · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5*

[Derek Neveu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know how these cash cows go, extend the minuscule moments leading up to a major event and bleed the consumer dry. Yet, here I am again!

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the heart to heart between Dick and Bruce at the end. I think it would've been fine for Dick to be the best man, though.

[Amelia ML · Rating 5 out of 5]

W sumie to przeczytałam totalnie bez kontekstu, ale było bardzo przyjemne i do tego Travis Moore ahhh śliczne rysunki, Nightwing w jego wykonaniu cudo.