Finished reading Grayson: Nemesis, continuing Dick Grayson's adventures as an agent of the spy organisation Spyral, writers Tim Seeley and Tom King takes Dick back home to see his friends since the events of Forever Evil, but first he must find someone killing spies while using Dick's own face. The book opens up with Dick Grayson on a mission with is new partner at Spyral Tiger as the two try to save Hal Jordan, Green Lantern's nephew for a hostage situation. The next story opens with Dick and Tiger infuriating a party in Madrid as a duchess attending the party is in possession of a necklace with a Kryptonite crystal, as the two have been tasked to steal the crystal for Lex Luthor. While at Spyral news has come through that Dick is being set up as a doppelgänger is running about killing other spies. The last part of the book sees Dick returning home to Gotham to meet with the his friends in the Bat family with an additional story where Dick teams up with the slightly depowered Superman as the two come face to face with the first villain they fought together against, Blockbuster. Overall this was a great book as it continues the series greatly as writers Tim Seeley and Tom King do a great job in the different character interactions and showing how Dick's life as a spy is beginning to take its toll on him. The fight against Dick's doppelgänger is great as it's executed extremely well by artist Mikel Janín while also being written greatly as the doppelgänger deconstructs Dick as a person during the fight. The later part of the book where Dick meets with the rest of the Batman family of characters and Superman is great and its not for being the first time Dick has seen these characters since the end of Forever Evil where only Batman knew he was alive and undercover. These interactions also bring a great amount of emotion that has been put into these scenes and how the art also accompanies them helps to give a stronger effect to the story. 8/10.
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