Nightwing: Better Than Batman Review

Finished reading Nightwing: Better Than Batman, bringing Dick Grayson back into the role of Nightwing as writer Tim Seeley give Dick a new mission to bring an end to the Court of Owls organisation. The book opens with Dick Grayson finally returning home to Gotham after his time as a super spy for the organisation Spyral as Dick saids his goodbyes to his old coworkers before heading home to Gotham where he meets up with Batman and Damian as he makes his new mission to hopefully bring down the Court of Owls who have renamed themselves the Parliament of Owls. The book then continue with Nightwing doing jobs for the Owls to help consolidate their influence over the world, and while Dick is in Russia he meets with a new partner in the form of Raptor the the Owls have hired to work with Dick while the two decide to go behind the back of the Owls to find a way to bring an end to the organisation. The next story has Dick working with his old coworkers at Spyral in a bust up of a group of Owls in Sidney only to discover that they've were late as a member of the Kobra organisation has killed all the Owls in the building leading to Dick coming to the conclusion that Raptor has sold the information on the Owls to villainous organisation leading to a confrontation between the two. Overall this was a good book as it deals with the ramifications of Dick joining the Court of Owls at the end of the Robin War story which leads to him going on another round the world adventure with new character Raptor who has been hired work with Nightwing by the Owls. The introduction of new character Raptor is a great addition into Dick's life as not only does the two play of each other really well, the reveal of his true origin and the way that it links to Dick's family makes Raptor's motives more personal to Dick. The art by Javier Fernández is great as it brings to life some great character designs in the form of the set location form the multiple mazes and countries that are on display to some of the higher members of the Parliament of Owls with their clothing choices and even one member who becomes a monster in the middle of the book. While the addition of Yanick Paquette art at the beginning of the book works perfectly for the aesthetic of Gotham and the Batcave with colourist Nathan Fairbairn bring a nice choice of a brighter colour palette to Gotham which works for Nightwing's story. 7.5/10.