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Nightwing (2016) (Single Issues)
Nightwing (2016-) #100
Come join us with big smiles and even bigger celebrations as Nightwing hits its milestone issue #100! Cheer how far we’ve come by looking through the decades at what has made Nightwing a beloved hero. What better way to celebrate than with familiar friends and artists? Then, with Heartless creating a lair in the heart of Blüdhaven to take Blockbuster’s throne, Nightwing will follow suit, setting up a headquarters of his own…with the help of some friends who helped make him who he is now, of course!
53 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 17, 2023
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Tom Taylor
1,286 books1,075 followersOnce a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.
Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.
He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.
He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.
Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.
He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.
He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.
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January 24, 2023
"i love you, dad." aaaand im gonna walk straight into the ocean, clothes and all.
January 17, 2023
So, I am going to start on a eehh I didn't like the art changes, but I liked the story.
I like the commentary on the private prisons, personally, but that's going to make some people angry.
I loved the moments between Bruce and Dick interspersed throughout the comic and the faith of the trinity in Dick, and how he handles himself.
And I'm excited to see more of the Titans. I love that they come when he calls, and I don't want to pass out spoilers but I really did enjoy this issue and enjoy that father/son bond and that they're honoring who and what Alfred was.
I like the commentary on the private prisons, personally, but that's going to make some people angry.
I loved the moments between Bruce and Dick interspersed throughout the comic and the faith of the trinity in Dick, and how he handles himself.
And I'm excited to see more of the Titans. I love that they come when he calls, and I don't want to pass out spoilers but I really did enjoy this issue and enjoy that father/son bond and that they're honoring who and what Alfred was.
February 18, 2023
A solid celebration issue.
Basically you have different artist even though it's one big story so the different art styles feel really out of place at times. I just didn't love that.
Also heartless big plan just seems kind of similar to Bane. Which is a let down.
But the moment with Dick and Bruce is amazing, and this is basically setting up The Titans new series in a lot of ways. A 3 out of 5.
Basically you have different artist even though it's one big story so the different art styles feel really out of place at times. I just didn't love that.
Also heartless big plan just seems kind of similar to Bane. Which is a let down.
But the moment with Dick and Bruce is amazing, and this is basically setting up The Titans new series in a lot of ways. A 3 out of 5.
February 6, 2023
All the aws. Excellent. I can't really say that I love this run any more than I have before. It has proven that Nightwing is the best of all of us. (Also not crazy about the art changes. Why, in issue 100, would the art not be 100% stellar?)
March 9, 2023
Damn this was good.
I mean, I've definitely seen this plot before, but I'm still here for it.
This is a story-driven issue, so the action exists but isn't the focus. There's a lot of love between Dick and Bruce and that's pretty much the glue of this issue.
I'm discovering a soft spot for Dick Grayson. I like that he branched out from Robin and did his own thing, and now he's legit out there doing things his own way as a leader in his own right.
Plus I've been a Teen Titans fan since I watched the cartoon all those years ago. So. I guess a Nightwing phase was inevitable.
I mean, I've definitely seen this plot before, but I'm still here for it.
This is a story-driven issue, so the action exists but isn't the focus. There's a lot of love between Dick and Bruce and that's pretty much the glue of this issue.
I'm discovering a soft spot for Dick Grayson. I like that he branched out from Robin and did his own thing, and now he's legit out there doing things his own way as a leader in his own right.
Plus I've been a Teen Titans fan since I watched the cartoon all those years ago. So. I guess a Nightwing phase was inevitable.
January 27, 2023
Nightwing is the best character ever. Leader of the titans and being asked to lead the justice league. This issue was just amazing. The part when he speaks to bruce was so heartwarming as well.
September 19, 2025
"I love you, Dad." Instant sobbing.
March 4, 2026
What the hell is Harley Quinn doing on the cover? And isn’t Ted Kord still dead?
“Power Vacuum Part 4 The Leap” starts with Batman and Nightwing talking over Alfred Pennyworth’s grave.
Bludhaven prison is broken into by Heartless.
Ugh. I hope they’re not doing that ‘different artist for every page’ thing. It produces some really ugly books.
Nightwing hears the explosion at the prison and goes to check it out.
Heartless opens all the cells and offers jobs and guns to all who want it. He tells them to cause chaos and kill people.
He releases the KGBeast and another super-beast to cause more mayhem.
I think it’s the Elephant from
Invincible.
Nightwing calls Oracle.
Next we get four ‘poster’ pages of Nightwing’s different costumes. Most bad.
On the street Nightwing tries to get some of the prisoners to give up. Some do. He sends them into the streets to help.
Then the Titans break in and ask how they can help.
Who is Donna Troy?!?
Nightwing ‘leaders’ them into appropriate tasks while he heads back to the prison to find Heartless.
Heartless is meeting his idol Tony Zucco who killed the Flying Graysons.
Before Nightwing can get to the two of them the KGBeast attacks, taking Nightwing’s arm out of his socket.
Before KGBeast can bring the rest of the released prisoners to attack the Titans arrive.
Superman and Wonder Woman show up and ask if they can help. Nightwing says ‘nah’. They ask him to talk with them. They want him to form a new Justice League.
Back at Alfred’s grave, Batman and Nightwing talk about the job. Bruce and Dick talk about their relationship.
It’s a good talk.
Later Dick buys the remains of Bludhaven prison.
Well, it was interesting. I wish the prisoners wouldn’t have been swept up so quickly. That could have lead to more stories. How Nightwing handled it was pretty nice though.
Heartless and Zucco could make a good team.
Not sure transforming Bludhaven so completely is the best place for Nightwing stories. I like the gritty-but-nice dark avenger.
The art was inconsistent and in some places simply horrible. The regular art can be bland, but it’s at least good! This drops the book a point.
But the talk with Batman raises it a point. As long as it doesn’t happen too often.
So I’d say this is a 3 star story. You probably shouldn’t miss it, but truthfully you’ll figure out what happened if you do.
January 19, 2023
Hey, let’s check in on good old Dick Grayson and see what he’s up to!
If there’s a meme of someone slowly backing out of a room, and if I knew how to use memes here, you’d be looking at it. This is terrible stuff.
Have you ever wanted Dick Grayson to bear hug Bruce Wayne and say “I love you, Dad?” Of course not. That’s ridiculous. Why do comics writers have such trouble writing grown men? Don’t they at least know of any? And is this the first time Nightwing has called Batman “Dad?” (I have seen him call him Daddy but those comics aren’t exactly canon.) Bruce and Alfred have always pseudo been Dick’s “My Two Dads” but this is another instance of modern writers moronically favoring explicitness over implicitness and watering down their sauce. The whole idea loses power once you explicate and formalize it like that. Do they not read??? Comics storytelling shouldn’t always take a backseat to “moments” that will get the social media herd all a-twatter.
The current state of DC comics is so blah. It’s like a kid making a “picture” using everything all at once: crayons, markers, macaroni, play dough, glitter, etc, etc. Talk about super-connected, Nightwing is, apparently, so amazing and just the best-est that he’s being put in charge of the Justice League. It’s very “you go, girl.” Care Bears, stare! So lame.
The art is just as uninspired, and a little girly too, except for a few pages that look interesting. Otherwise it’s what they call a “jam issue,” a lot of mismatched art James together and spun as a positive instead of the negative that it is. What a crappy book! How dumb to take a monumental issue like this, something non-buyers might dip their toes in, and work so hard to not show them what they’re missing. What’s the book going to be like now? Who’s in it? What’s the art going to look like?
I wish they would just release the old Nightwing stuff from his early days when he was a more three-dimensional character and the stories were on the appropriate scale. Next!
If there’s a meme of someone slowly backing out of a room, and if I knew how to use memes here, you’d be looking at it. This is terrible stuff.
Have you ever wanted Dick Grayson to bear hug Bruce Wayne and say “I love you, Dad?” Of course not. That’s ridiculous. Why do comics writers have such trouble writing grown men? Don’t they at least know of any? And is this the first time Nightwing has called Batman “Dad?” (I have seen him call him Daddy but those comics aren’t exactly canon.) Bruce and Alfred have always pseudo been Dick’s “My Two Dads” but this is another instance of modern writers moronically favoring explicitness over implicitness and watering down their sauce. The whole idea loses power once you explicate and formalize it like that. Do they not read??? Comics storytelling shouldn’t always take a backseat to “moments” that will get the social media herd all a-twatter.
The current state of DC comics is so blah. It’s like a kid making a “picture” using everything all at once: crayons, markers, macaroni, play dough, glitter, etc, etc. Talk about super-connected, Nightwing is, apparently, so amazing and just the best-est that he’s being put in charge of the Justice League. It’s very “you go, girl.” Care Bears, stare! So lame.
The art is just as uninspired, and a little girly too, except for a few pages that look interesting. Otherwise it’s what they call a “jam issue,” a lot of mismatched art James together and spun as a positive instead of the negative that it is. What a crappy book! How dumb to take a monumental issue like this, something non-buyers might dip their toes in, and work so hard to not show them what they’re missing. What’s the book going to be like now? Who’s in it? What’s the art going to look like?
I wish they would just release the old Nightwing stuff from his early days when he was a more three-dimensional character and the stories were on the appropriate scale. Next!
October 24, 2023
Regardless of their merits in a vacuum, the art styles changing so often is pretty jarring. And when this comic has had such a striking look for so long, it's hard not to be disappointed that the look is all over the place here.
Furthermore, I'm very nervous about where this is going.
I'm new to DC comics. Like, I've known about Batman forever like anybody else, but I'm largely pretty new to reading this stuff.
I've been loving Nightwing. Like, changed-my-whole-concept-of-comic-books level loving the series and the character.
I've been kind of disappointed that so much of Dick Grayson's story is bound up with the Titans, because I...
I don't think I like the Titans. I think I have an aversion to team-ups and I think Nightwing has a Batman-in-Justice-League problem of "okay, all of these other people are extraordinarily gifted with superhuman abilities... and I guess you're also there?"
I like the groundedness of Bat-family stories in general. Yes, weird stuff happens, but weird is not the norm and it's easy to buy into.
And while I increasingly love Wonder Woman comics and Jon Kent as Superman... I think that comics that dilute the focus on any one hero really lose me, as a rule.
Plus, I liked the extremely well-contained stakes of what Nightwing (the comic) has been, generally speaking. I don't like stories that have stakes so high that the whole proposition becomes extremely unrelatable.
So, Nightwing as the protector of the whole world? I don't know, man...
And isn't that Superman's deal anyway?
I want Nightwing to protect Bludhaven. And Haley.
I like how small his stories have been, and I'm very apprehensive about what this issue is gesturing towards.
Furthermore, I'm very nervous about where this is going.
I'm new to DC comics. Like, I've known about Batman forever like anybody else, but I'm largely pretty new to reading this stuff.
I've been loving Nightwing. Like, changed-my-whole-concept-of-comic-books level loving the series and the character.
I've been kind of disappointed that so much of Dick Grayson's story is bound up with the Titans, because I...
I don't think I like the Titans. I think I have an aversion to team-ups and I think Nightwing has a Batman-in-Justice-League problem of "okay, all of these other people are extraordinarily gifted with superhuman abilities... and I guess you're also there?"
I like the groundedness of Bat-family stories in general. Yes, weird stuff happens, but weird is not the norm and it's easy to buy into.
And while I increasingly love Wonder Woman comics and Jon Kent as Superman... I think that comics that dilute the focus on any one hero really lose me, as a rule.
Plus, I liked the extremely well-contained stakes of what Nightwing (the comic) has been, generally speaking. I don't like stories that have stakes so high that the whole proposition becomes extremely unrelatable.
So, Nightwing as the protector of the whole world? I don't know, man...
And isn't that Superman's deal anyway?
I want Nightwing to protect Bludhaven. And Haley.
I like how small his stories have been, and I'm very apprehensive about what this issue is gesturing towards.
January 21, 2023
I really like this issue - it’s got the heartfelt story, gorgeous artwork (with Redondo’s pages the clean through line that connects the fun slate of guest artists), and true-to-character dialogue that have made the best issues of this run sparkle. But this is also a clear transition point in the title, with the focus shifting to bigger DCU concerns and the Titans becoming the center point of the story. Every issue that’s just been Taylor, Redondo, and Lucas telling a story with Dick and Babs at the center has been incredible, but I’m worried that those are going to be few and far between now…
September 25, 2023
What this milestone issue lacks in much finality, it makes up for with very promising and hopeful setups and one of the most emotionally satisfying moments I’ve ever read in a comic. Some folks don’t seem to love the shuffling of all of Nightwing’s most definitive artists, but I thought it fit just fine for the occasion. Funnily enough, this read a lot like Daredevil #20 from Chip Zdarsky, in that it acts as a pretty clean “end of act 1” for this Tom Taylor Nightwing saga. I’m glad that Heartless wasn’t just easily dispatched here, as I feel the character has enough staying power to be a convincing final boss for this run.
May 29, 2024
Este número coincide con el número 100 de la edición americana original, así que... NUMERO EXTRA GRANDE
Uno pensaría muchas historias, varios arcos y demases, pero tenemos solo una historia y dos arcos
Por un lado, Sin Corazon decide hacer su gran movimiento, atacando la carcel privada de Bludhaven, pero Nightwing no esta solo
Por otro lado, la Trinidad le pide a Nightwing que tome responsabilidades mayores (parece que voy a tener que leer el bendito evento que me salté, porque poco estoy entendiendo)
Uno pensaría muchas historias, varios arcos y demases, pero tenemos solo una historia y dos arcos
Por un lado, Sin Corazon decide hacer su gran movimiento, atacando la carcel privada de Bludhaven, pero Nightwing no esta solo
Por otro lado, la Trinidad le pide a Nightwing que tome responsabilidades mayores (parece que voy a tener que leer el bendito evento que me salté, porque poco estoy entendiendo)
November 2, 2025
this was a great issue? i’m not sure how to describe but it was a very enjoyable read even though it didn’t feel like it do a lot or was really out there? i’m thinking it was just a solid execution of a character and the story. i’ve never read a nightwing comic but this was throughly engaging and very emotional provocative, to tears even. Hmm, im considering how if i should add this to my long list of characters to learn about. I’m impressed and moved emotionally, a rare combo.
January 20, 2023
Heroic Optimism
Well written and surprisingly optimistic without being sappy. Was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this! Batman and Nightwing written and drawn in a great new way.
Well written and surprisingly optimistic without being sappy. Was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this! Batman and Nightwing written and drawn in a great new way.
January 29, 2023
I don’t normally read Nightwing for the plot, but this shit hit nice. Batman sharing a tender moment and the writing making the Bat-Family and Titans treat each other like a family always brings the best out in comics.
July 18, 2023
5
How is this title so great every month?
It occurred to me Nightwing is very Spider-Man-like. He's who Spider-Man should be if he was allowed to mature and change, not stay stuck as a adolescent fool repeating the same mistakes over and over.
How is this title so great every month?
It occurred to me Nightwing is very Spider-Man-like. He's who Spider-Man should be if he was allowed to mature and change, not stay stuck as a adolescent fool repeating the same mistakes over and over.
January 17, 2023
Leading the Justice League? The Titans? Bludhaven? Batman? What’s next? An exciting new direction for Nightwing. Hope he survives.
January 18, 2023
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS ISSUE!
January 27, 2023
Hell yeah, man
January 28, 2023
Dick Grayson you will always be famous
February 27, 2023
titanssss
June 1, 2024
nightwing is the only person that could make me like batman
August 24, 2024
this was awesome, showing dick's relationship with bruce and the titans going to more active in haven...
August 8, 2025
4,5🌟
Patati
Patati
December 21, 2025
bruce being a good dad <3333
January 21, 2023
Superb
Why I love Nightwing is all right here. Thanks for this reminder. You pulled it all together for the Nightwing fandom.
Why I love Nightwing is all right here. Thanks for this reminder. You pulled it all together for the Nightwing fandom.
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