Nightwing #18 - Slow Burn

LOL, hey! I'm not the one who drew it! Just the one who drew your attention to it. ;)

@cbishop: hadn't noticed until you mentioned it!! Damn you!!

Haha "I always envision Dick as more on the slender side and some panels had him a bit too solid." That is just to funny lol

Really excited for the new direction. I love that while you read Kyle Higgins' Nightwing you can tell how big of a fan of the character he is.

@Fantasgasmic said:

On the cover, that starfish that Nightwing has for a right hand was just too much. How much space does he have between his fingers for crying out loud? He needs two or three more fingers on that hand, to fill the ginormous gaps between his fingers.

Oh god! It can't be unseen! It's like a fat little man made out of Play-Doh.

Right? I just knew I'd be looking at hands the entire issue, to see if he did it again. I just couldn't do it. lol

I just recently fell off Nightwing in an attempt to buy more creator owned titles. Seeing Juan Jose Ryp on art made it tough not to pick this issue up.

I didnt liked this.

This crying over Damian kind of reminds me of Tim Drake when they killed his dad and all his friends and then he turn into miny bruce

And is so underwhelming, I was really enjoying Nightwing up to this point, now it feels that is heading to a very boring direction and in addition to that everything that was done in the last 16 issues just accomplished absolutely nothing.

and I absolutely HATED the ending, I dont have that much experience with Higgins writing but I know he is not that hack of a writer.

I know that the Tony Zucco Is Alive! is not his idea, It had to be the editor who mandated this piece of crap, is just such a mediocre plot, its such and overdramatic piece of bad writing that i cant believe that DC is actually expecting us to eat it

This issue knocked it out of the park for me. When I saw the covers for the Requiem issues here, this is what I thought they were all going to be like. And then about 5 seconds later I realized without Steph, Cass, or the REAL Tim Drake (not that pale imitation Lobdell has been crapping out), Nightwing was the only character who had any meaningful interaction with Damian, and most of that wasn't really cemented until mere pages before his death. At the time I was reading it, the art didn't bother me, but looking back it is a bit janky at times. I was hoping for the other side of the phone call we saw in Batgirl #18, because without that I have no idea why she's on the cover.

4/5

@bob808said:

I can't believe that Dick Grayson wasted money on a video game for someone that is dead.

DIAF!

@cbishop said:

On the cover, that starfish that Nightwing has for a right hand was just too much. How much space does he have between his fingers for crying out loud? He needs two or three more fingers on that hand, to fill the ginormous gaps between his fingers.

Oh god! It can't be unseen! It's like a fat little man made out of Play-Doh.

I hated this art. It all just looked so weird, especially everyone's lips. Can't wait for Brett Booth. AND, I can't wait for Nightwing to go to CHICAGO!

Higgins said Brett Booth is taking over the art next issue, so I'll pick Nightwing back up with issue 19.

@Rixec: He should have kept it instead of putting it on Robin's grave.

@bob808 said:

I can't believe that Dick Grayson wasted money on a video game for someone that is dead.

I think he got ripped off too. I don't know anyone that owns an X-Bax480. What an idiot.

I still don't understand why Batgirl is on the cover

@bob808 said:

I can't believe that Dick Grayson wasted money on a video game for someone that is dead.

I think he might have ordered it before Damien died.

I enjoyed this issue.I think it was quite good,the twist at the end was a little bit of a surprise,but it really makes me question Nightwing's motives for being a crimefighter.Even after the events that were to too long before it.I'm quite intrigued about what booth will do on art duties coming up,i hope they at least explain the suit redesign,i'd find it weird otherwise.

I think the Death of the Family and Damien is too much too soon for these stories. They should have been spaced out it seems like. It seems awkward that the family would be so mad at Batman even after the events with Joker. I would think the death of Damien would overshadow all of that and bring a family together no mater how dysfunctional. I think Dick came off a a little self centered here, and I liked the issue, but Bat-man just lost his son and Dicks worried about whether Bruce is keeping something from him. That just seem a little more about previous story arches that happen than what the character would do in the moment I could be wrong.

Art is not normally an issue for me, but I had this issue in my hand today, and had to put it back. On the cover, that starfish that Nightwing has for a right hand was just too much. How much space does he have between his fingers for crying out loud? He needs two or three more fingers on that hand, to fill the ginormous gaps between his fingers.

I can't believe that Dick Grayson wasted money on a video game for someone that is dead.

@G-Man I agree with almost everything in this review - the only difference being the art. It didn't bother me that much, but that's largely because I was expecting Ryp's style this month. It totally threw me for a loop last month though. That said, I'm excited to see what Brett Booth brings to this book. Overall, I really did love this issue - especially the twist at the end.