Nightwing

by Dan Jurgens

I stopped reading Nightwing after he got shot and lost his memories because I heard how bad the Ric stories were. After reading Joker War and the Nightwing tie-ins and seeing the story line of Ric finally ending, I am now working my way backwards in reading the volumes. I have not read issues 50-62 yet. I wasn't going to wait 2 years for Dick to go back to normal and possible rage after each issue or volume I read.

With that said, this volume is good. In the beginning it was easy to pick up who these people were and since I read Joker War, I know what Bea means to Ric. We get to see the events of what happened after Nightwing was shot. We get to see people's reaction to it like Bruce, Damien, Barbara, and Alfred's. I enjoyed the hospital scenes and seeing how hard it was for Bruce to see the aftermath of Dick losing the memories of him and everybody around him.

We find out more about Dick as a young child, how he's been since his memories have not returned. We even learn in this issue, why his memories did not come back. We see the owls again, especially Talon, Dick's Great-Great Grandfather. I enjoyed Dick and Talon's interactions.

I liked the story and the art was great. It did include a little bit of the Year of the Villain event.

Time to read the previous volumes, which I've heard are not great. But I like to find out for myself since I don't always agree with people's opinions. The great thing about this volumes is I get to read about 7 months worth of single issues at a time.

Overall, for a Ric story, I liked it. At the end is a little tease for the start of Joker War.