Nightwing: Nightwing Must Die Review

Finished reading Nightwing: Nightwing Must Die, continuing writer Tim Seeley’s time with the character, Dick finds his superhero and personal lives clashing with one another. The book opens with Dick and his girlfriend Shawn having a moment when Dick gets notices a call on the police scanner of a robbery. Meanwhile in San Francisco current Robin, Damian Wayne is noticing an online trend that Nightwing is the better Robin and a better candidate to continues Batman's legacy which the Teen Titans agree with. This leads to Damian to head to Blüdhaven to meet with Dick and discuss about the Batman legacy, however things don't go according to plan when Dick gets a call from Shawn thinking that she maybe pregnant which makes Dick race straight to her apartment where he finds out that Shawn has been kidnapped with evidence of Shawn's location with coordinates to France where Dick and Damian find themselves against a familiar foe. The second story of the book sees Wally West, Flash coming to Blüdhaven as Dick and Wally spend some time catching up when they find themselves being robbed in the streets by a criminal using a device that allows him to stop time which leads to Dick and Wally to team up and get the stolen items back. Overall this was a great book as it sees Dick working with Damian Wayne again as the two find themselves fighting against villains from Dick's time as Batman which is paralleled by the reason of Damian being jealous of the fact that people see Dick as a better successor of Batman then himself. There's a great amount of character development within the book as Dick and Shawn's relationship is placed as the main driving force of the book while the addition of Damian help to show how Dick could easily step into the role of a father if he ever had a child, while also give Damian the ability to grow as a character and gives some great interactions with Dick thanks to the two's relationship and the situations they find themselves in. The addition of the team up story of Dick and Wally written by Michael McMillian continues to build Blüdhaven's as a city while also give Dick and Wally time to develop their friendship by dealing with a simple villain the helps to set up future story's as well. The art through of the book is great as Blüdhaven continues to have its own unique aesthetic that separates from other cities in the DC universe while the art team's style continues through the multiple locations that Dick goes to throughout the book. 8.5/10.