I never read much Nightwing in the past, so I had essentially no baggage going into the New 52 version. Of course, being a Bat book, very little, if anything, was changed. I wish Higgins had spent maybe a few more pages dealing with Grayson's adjustment from Batman back to Nightwing. Is it a demotion? Dick doesn't seem to think so, and I get his point. At this point, being Batman would essentially require doing a fairly convincing Bruce-as-Batman impression on top of fighting crime, and as Night...

First, I have something to say to get it out of my system.Dick talks too damn much. I know it's a diversion, but my goodness! In my head, he sounds just like he does in Under the Red Hood (as voiced by Neil Patrick Harris), and it’s just nonstop, aggravating chatter in my head. It’s somewhat funny in a way that I say that, though. I remember thinking the exact same thing about him during the Batman R.I.P. story. On the next couple of pages in that comic, Dick says that he knows he talks too much...

Dick is back in bed but with who, starfire? No, babs? No, actually some chick from his old circus Traps and trapezes - nightwing is done being Batman and is back to being nightwing and the circus he grew up in named halys circus is back in Gotham and dick feels nostalgic and starts screwing the girl he knew when he was young. Aside from that he is being hunted by a murderer named saiko for revenge reasons.My thoughts - I was skeptical at first about dicks new suit with the black and red but afte...

I know a lot of N52 books are a toss up for some fans but this series is a great introduction to Dick Grayson. It's not the overall best series for Dick but it goes over his origin and how he came to work with Batman. Dick's pretty well characterized and it features enough action and excitement to keep my attention. I recommend it to anyone that wants an easy introduction to Nightwing.

I knew I always liked Robin 'The Boy Wonder'/Nightwing. This comic was great. I really liked Dick Grayson from when I first saw him in Haly's Circus in the Batman Chronicles to now. I don't really connect with superheroes who have the closest thing to a perfect life. Grayson had it rough and those are the characters most of us relate to. I liked how Grayson learned from his misfortunes and didn't let them drag him down but learned from them and used them to help himself grow stronger. "I used to...

(B+) 77% | GoodNotes: Plot proficient but charm deficient, it lacks the patina of idiosyncrasy that enlivens characters and details personality.

This is a pleasant surprise. I keep discovering small hidden pockets of storytelling talent buried under the dung heap that is the New 52. Nightwing is a reasonably fun book with a too-optimistic-for-his-own-good lead character, and a backstory that just seems to flow together like it wasn't just shat out between lunch and a martini.I really enjoy how natural and not terribly forced the circus backstory feels, that this is deeply convinced these are the most important details to learn about Dick...

Was closer to 4 than 3. Enjoyed the story but felt at times it was a little predictable.

Probably more like 3.5 stars, though I'm interested enough to want to read Vol. 2.Dick Grayson runs away and (re)joins the circus . . .Well, not exactly like that, but we get to experience Grayson a.k.a. Nightwing temporarily leaving his Gotham beat and traveling to a few different southern locales (via circus train) for his adventures. And like a train, the book is a little slow-moving at first but eventually picks up speed as he pursues a mysterious assassin.

NIghtwing joins the circus looking for some sort of closure about his mom and dad getting blown up and instead is subjected to this freak show of a storyline. Nightwing (formerly, Robin, the Boy Wonder) is supposed to be the light-hearted, quippy member of the Bats family, but even he’s worn down by this loose tie-in to the “Owls” storyline from the Batman titles.Why do a majority of DC’s New 52 titles get plotted with storylines that would seem quaint and dated back in 1990? One reason: Accordi...

Very Slow in the Beginning But Ramps Up AfterOVERALL RATING: 4 starsArt: 4.5 starsProse: 4 starsPlot: 4.25 starsPacing: 3.5 starsCharacter Development: 4.25 starsWorld Building: 4.25 starsThe tying in of Grayson around a major Batman related event was really well done.

Dick Grayson sheds Batman's cowl and slips back into the cape-less, newly re-coloured Nightwing outfit. Dick's old stomping ground, Haly's Circus, is back in town and the past comes crowding back as familiar faces bring haunted memories of the night he lost his parents - The Flying Graysons - in an acrobatic disaster. But mystery shrouds everything as a vicious figure with claws - talons? - is hunting Nightwing, enigmatically labelling Grayson "Gotham's fiercest killer". And Dick's about to find...

Second time reading. Rating around 2.5.Art isn't great. I didn't enjoy the art by Eddy Barrow or Trevor McCarthy. Raya and Babs have the same face (in South Beach Connection drawn by Trevor McCarthy). They are even wearing the same green eyeshadow. Writing-wise, Raya's relationship with Dick reads lazy. There just isn't any work put into making them a believable couple. I didn't feel any attraction in the writing or see it in the art. Dick and Raya just get together and we're supposed to believe...

Traps and Trapezes didn't blow me away, but it is definitely a really solid story.This is not a Nightwing origin story, even though this is part of the re-boot. No, it's just Dick going back to being Nightwing after his stint as Batman, which is interesting enough in it's own right.Halys circus comes back to Gotham, and with it comes a forgotten part of Grayson's past.Well, we all know the poor guy can't resist a redhead.It all ties into Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls. So if you haven't read

written by Kyle Higgins & art by Eddy BarrowsOf all the characters -- villains and heroes -- within Batman's sphere of influence, it is Dick Grayson, specifically Dick Grayson as Nightwing, who is the most important to our reading of Batman himself.Many, if not most, would argue that the pride of this place goes to Joker. He is often seen as Batman's opposite: the dark to Batman's light, the crazy to batman's sane, the chaos to Batman's order. But that's not the case, as many great comic book wr...

Okay, so I’d read Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls before this, which means I had some idea of where the story was headed. Nightwing is by far one of the better New 52 titles; It’s right up there with Aquaman, Vol. 1: The Trench.First of all, the Nightwing story isn’t a reboot. There is mention of his tenure as Batman, and how it changed (matured) him; he’s in terrific crime-fighting shape here. Which brings me to Saiko: the fighting scenes in here are nothing short of spectacular. Much like Th...

This was an interesting read!We see Nighwting reunite with his Haly's circus people particularly Raya and then we follow what happens to Mr Haly the owner and Dick having to fight this new enemy Saiko whose after him for reasons unknown and we follow the mystery and various goings on until finding the reasons for it and its such a great motive and leads to Court of Owls story arc really well and its personal and full of action and challenges Nightwing unlike anything and I loved it plus lots of

Pretty good start but the whole old friend turned villain thing has been done to death in my opinion. That said I did like how they tied it all together with Snyder's court of owls arc (which I read a lifetime ago so the details are a bit fuzzy).

Kyle Higgins did a great job writing nightwing.But i wish it focused more on nightwing than his love life.Basically this volume is the beginning of the court of owls.But i wish they included more members of the batfam, would've been more interesting.I hope in the next volume they focus more on the hero than the guy under the mask.Other than these small flaws it was a great solid story.

An interesting and decently-executed bit of superhero mystery, but still feels deeply familiar the entire time. Higgins crafts a solid narrative that unfolds at a thrilling pace, trickling out new information exactly when you need it, managing to avoid colliding too much with the events going on in the larger Batman-iverse at this time, while still remaining tied to them in a way that surprised even me, a true comics grump. I really appreciated aspects of this book.Unfortunately, it just didn't