Nightwing's emotions run the gamut in this collection, which makes me think that volume 4 will have him squarely seated in a therapist's chaise lounge.... But I guess I will have to wait and see if my predictions come true.Sadly, it's mostly girl trouble. I can't help but think that with the Joker running around, Batman deceptively watching from the shadows, investing in a circus (a circus!!), a brother that is in serious need of guidance, and, IDK, years of not dealing with the death of his par...

A very sad comic book. Lots of death. I would have to say that the Joker still creeps me out. What?! Tony Zucco is still alive? Interesting to see what will happen in the next comic.

OHMYGOD THAT ENDING WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY :((((( I loved it so much omg my feels

The first half of the book was really good -- a lot of Nightwing in action on the rooftops of Gotham, and continuing the Vol. 1 circus acquisition story-line -- and that was great after a lackluster Vol. 2. But just after Joker's initial appearance things started to get disjointed for me. From other GR reviews (thanks, everyone, for the info) I gather its related to 'Death of the Family.' Luckily, Vol. 3 somewhat regains its clarity with an irrelevant but semi-dark comedic short 'Another Saturda...

Every time I read Nightwing I am pleasantly surprised. I should just remember that I like it and put it on top of my list. Two things make it a good fit for me: lots of talking and lots of action. Nightwing is a wordy guy; he talks a lot, especially to himself. Also, because he's an acrobat, the action jumps off the page. He is always in motion. It's fun to watch. Put these together and Nightwing talks while fighting and jumping. It's great. The story here is good too. Dick has his own life and

Ok, guys. Im pretty done with the death in the family storyline. Please don't have anymore. Please.

As in the previous volumes the story in itself is ground-solid but the execution underwhelming. Especially the start is weak but it ends on a surprisingly good note.

More reviews (and no fluff) on the blog http://surrealtalvi.wordpress.com/ Nightwing Volume 3: Death in the Family continues the interweaving of one story arc across several characters. Each book in Death of the Family has a convergent point (Joker capturing each of Batman's "family" (Nightwing, Damian/Robin, Batgirl, Red Robin/Tim Drake)) and then each diverge either before, during, or after that point. It's a great concept and fleshes out each of the characters nicely. But what keeps that

(B) 75% | More than SatisfactoryNotes: A repeatedly defeated, dispirited hero, and a story that stagnates, dismally dull, in monotonous enlargements of lore.

Another Nightwing volume, another okay volume. The thing is the nightwing run here isn't bad but it isn't pushing anything new. The first part is all about Shiva, and I'll be honest, besides are arc with Cass, she is always boring as hell. The next arc is death of the family and we find out how Joker got Dick and brought him into the fold to torture Batman. Last is Dick dealing with the aftermath of death of the family, and if that's not bad enough, dealing with Damien's death as well. The endin...

This is probably the best volume of Nightwing yet. We see all kinds of terrible things happen to him, the loss of two friends, of his circus and of his brother, Damien (well...I'll explain that in a bit) and he still remains to be kind hearted and trusting. This is particularly important to the story because Joker thinks this is his biggest weakness while everyone else, including Damien, think it's his biggest strength and what makes him Dick Grayson. ( I sort of think it's his acrobatic, smack-...

“The Hunter” and “Die for Me” (DeFalco/Guinaldo) – Good art (almost as good as Barrows’). The storyline may have a little too much going on. There’s a super assassin called Lady Shiva, who’s pretty cool despite being a mercenary causing the good guys trouble. There’s flirtation with Sonia Branch (the daughter of the guy who killed Richard Grayson’s parents) mixed with the Amusement Mile/Haly’s Circus project. There’s bickering between Nightwing and Batgirl. Through it all, Richard’s trying to do...

It’s Nightwing’s turn for a Death of the Family tie-in - and it might be the worst of the bunch (though I’m betting Ann Nocenti’s Catwoman ultimately scoops that prize)! As all of these tie-in books seem to be, Nightwing Volume 3 is a mish-mash of unconnected short stories thrown together haphazardly. Tom DeFalco writes what can only be described as a two-part filler storyline featuring someone called Lady Shiva. She and Nightwing fight and that’s it - totally pointless. I did like Andres Guinal...

Cool to See Another Perspective of Joker's Death of the Family ArcOVERALL RATING: 4.5 starsArt: 4.5 starsProse: 4.5 starsPlot: 4.5 starsPacing: 4.5 starsCharacter Development: 5 starsWorld Building: 4.25 starsThe way each Bat character is woven into the New 52 is really solid. That touching moment between Dick and Damien was top shelf stuff. Real magic.

This is far from a ringing endorsement, but this series is... consistent. While I don't actively look forward to reading each volume of Nightwing, when I actually pick it up, I find myself breezing through it fairly easily without any major frustrations. This is really saying something for a New 52 series, since I find myself constantly frustrated with those.The thing Higgins does very nicely here is focus on the character of Dick Grayson. It's not all Nightwing flipping around kicking people. H...

Not as impressed with Nightwing as I initially was, but this didn't stink.The beginning with Lady Shiva, and Dick's (maybe) budding romance with Sonia was fairly boring.The Death of the Family story was decent, but it didn't blow my mind.The only part I really enjoyed was at the end, with Damien and Nightwing interacting, and Dick trying to come to terms with his loss.Recommended to hardcore fans of Nightwing, and Death of the Family completionists.

Well, it's not bad. Not a big fan of the Death of the Family stuff. This is one time when I really felt like the regular writer of the book got kind of railroaded into an event, because it didn't really feel like it was a natural continuation. That said, the stuff with Damian at the end was really fantastic. It's that kind of thing that will keep me reading this book, and hoping that maybe Nightwing can get through one lousy volume without getting upstaged by an event outside the book.

The first two issues are awful. They are horribly written, giant eye rolling material of doom. They are almost as bad as the new Batgirl writer. Nightwing acted like a teenage boy who thought every girl he meet was into him, and Batgirl was being a insensitive jerk. Luckily the Death in the Family story line brought the volume to a three star or I would have given this a one.

As part of Sidekicks week among the Shallow Comics Readers, I'm diving headlong into four volumes of Nightwing - the one, true sidekick of our warm and fuzzy pal The Batman.Just how many gabled skylights does Gotham have for Bat-heroes to crash through before some contractor goes, "Y'know sir, I think you'll save a lot of money on future repairs if you go with a cheaper design"? It's really quite disturbing how much historical property damage these heroes are willing to perform in the name of be...

3.5? There were a lot of ups and downs in this book for me. I liked the art at the beginning (it went down some later on when artists changed, multiple times, as always), and yes I recognize it was art I mentioned disliking last volume, I'm a fickle person, what can I say?The storytelling felt pretty weak at first. I was annoyed that the same Amusement Mile explanation was given in back to back issues and I wasn't feeling the circus stuff anyway since I knew it was all doomed.Batgirl was terribl...