Nightwing, Vol. 1: Better than Batman

Oh 90s comic book art. Overly detailed and sexualized. You'll know a comic is from the 90s once you see it.

I've heard that Nightwing was supposed to be a superior hero to Batman. After reading this, I still don't see it. I'm willing to attribute the lackluster quality to its age however as it falls into many familiar tropes that I'm tired of seeing, but made worse by trying to make this seem like the most cool and dangerous thing as the 90s loves to exemplify.

However, I am interested in seeing more of the setting. There are many things that in concept could work really well, just here were not executed as well as it should have been. It goes out of its way to distinguish itself from the Batman mythos by only having small appearances from Drake (Robin III) and Wayne as an integral part of the story without overstaying their welcome. If I do have to commend this for something, I appreciate it trying to be its own thing without resorting to needless fanservice. Maybe it improves later on - but I'm not interested in continuing this series specifically. Perhaps I will become a Nightwing fan later on in my life.

This is the best Nightwing story I've read in years! Heard a lot about how great this run has been by Tom Taylor so I finally got around to picking it up.

The story is small enough and I love that he's back in Bludhaven. The new villain is interesting and the art is great.

My issue is the sister they introduced. Stuff like that is always weak. No reason to always change up character histories.