Comics! Nightwing #19

Nightwing #19

Kyle Higgins: writer
Brett Booth: penciller
Norm Rapmund: inker

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Review
Speaking of fresh starts, much like Red Hood, Nightwing finds the hero in a new city with a new artist. Brett Booth, formerly of Teen Titans, takes over the art duties in what seems like a decent start to the new direction for the book.

Booth's Nightwing definitely gives you a feel for a younger Dick Grayson than a beefed up superhero that you would be expecting. This is somewhat problematic for me, because this is a guy who took over as Batman for awhile and still looks like an early 20s kid.

Aside from that, what does Nightwing doing in Chicago mean for the hero? New supporting cast, new enemies, new everything. But then again, he does give the Batman-lite feel when the cops start chasing after him and shooting him down. Isn't that essentially what Batman was like during his early years? The more things change....

I'm not too big of a fan of taking the killer of Nightwing's parents and suddenly having him alive. I'm also thinking that the whole idea behind Bludhaven in pre-reboot was essentially the same thing that Chicago is now. Realistically, once you've proven that you can play the role of Batman, where else is there to go for the character? I know I can't be the only one asking that question, because it seems like that is something the creators are struggling with too. But that could be an assumption on my part, but repeating story lines are a telltale sign of that.

Grades
Words: 6/10
Pictures: 6/10
General Feeling After Reading: Interested, but not convinced.
Buy Next Issue: In store decision when I see it on the comic rack.