Not a single complaint from this reader. Tim Seeley, Travis Moore, Otto Scmidt, Tamra Bonvillain and wonder wordsmith Dave Sharpe ("SUNNN" "KATHOOM" FWOOSSH") have just killed it. Hush is not a nice guy, but I felt for him" rocket-launcher notwithstanding. Comics don't always have to be thought provoking essays dissecting the human condition. Sometimes all they need to do is give us great characters, and entertainment. Sometimes all they have to be" is fun. Read Full Review

Batmans happiness can definitely be because hes getting married to the woman he loves, which makes these prelude issues showing both Selina and Bruces joy even more enjoyable. But as with most Batman stories, theres always a villain looming in the shadows and no matter how great of a time the Caped Crusader and his family may have, the good times may not last for long. Part Three needs to get here fast! Read Full Review

A solid, incredible issue you'll want to read over and over again. Read Full Review

One more time Im left with a warm fuzzy feeling inside, mixed with the apprehension of the clear party poopers that are going to crash the wedding, as shown in the epilogue. Seeing the relationships between the Bat-family and adjacent members towards the bride and groom to be is fanservice enough to last me a lifetime, and all the action peppered in between its just as awesome and enough to satiate my thirst for blood. Read Full Review

Prelude to the Wedding is an emotionally resonating story that focuses on not just the action between Nightwing and Hush, but on the consequences the news of the upcoming Batrimony is having around Gotham. How will Batman's greatest villains react to hearing about his nuptials? With a startling reveal from Hush, Dick is forced to open his eyes and take a closer look at the things that matter most to him. Read Full Review

This team delivered a great issue here. It's all about friendship and we get several points of views on it throughout the book. Through both Nightwing and Hush, we learn a lot about both Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. I really hope that we get anotherSuperfriendsstyle of arc between these two down the road as that friendship deserves some TLC. Read Full Review

This is turning out to be a great arc, if I'm being honest with spoiling. What's coming to the family is something old but with a very new take on things. Its geared up to be one of the higher quality Gotham stories we've seen lately the next one in two weeks should be awesome as well. Read Full Review

A fun story with quite a few references and great artwork! Read Full Review

Although some moments were a bit confusing and unnecessary, the real stars of BATMAN: PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING - NIGHTWING VS HUSH #1 are the characters. The bond between Batman and Nightwing is the focal point of this issue. Tim Seeley brings the character relationships into the spotlight. Also, the artwork by Travis Moore is eye-catching and vibrant. RSVP to this wedding invitation, because BATMAN: PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING - NIGHTWING VS HUSH #1 is a must read! Read Full Review

Nightwing vs. Hush is an even stronger entry than the previous Batman: Prelude to the Wedding issue, though I will admit being a fan for both Nightwing and Hush. The story is strange and interesting, the action beats are solid, and the artwork is excellent. Read Full Review

There are some interesting questions brought up about both characters' identities, although the big plot doesn't feel like it had enough set up or time to breath before quickly moving to the next plot point. Yet, Seeley's playing the long con and helping Tom King out with this fascinating parallel story telling, so I'm willing to forgive a little bit of pacing hiccups as the wedding bells grow louder. Read Full Review

This is still decent enough entertainment. The character moments are what makes it work best. I hope the rest of these side stories are as good as this one is. Read Full Review

While the bulk of the issue is just kinda there, Seeley's focused character work on Nightwing, Batman and Superman makes this worth getting for Batman and Superman fans. Read Full Review

Seeley pumps out another awesome and satisfying wedding prelude comic. This comic answers some fan questions about the Bat-wedding and also gives a good insight into the Nightwing and Hush dynamic. Only the strange alternate reality plot and epilogue drags the issue down a bit. Read Full Review

Unfortunately, there's a lot of weird details going on in this issue that pretty much kneecap the story from the start. Read Full Review

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding " Nightwing vs Hush #1 was a solid tie-in issue that builds momentum to the wedding of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. Tim Seeley did a lot of great job using the idea of who Batman's best friend is to provide positive character development for Nightwing and Hush. If you are a fan who is looking forward to the wedding of Bruce and Selina then I recommend checking out Batman: Prelude to the Wedding " Nightwing vs Hush #1. Read Full Review

This prelude is all about getting everyone up to speed on who Hush is...until he's gone.  Maybe we will see him at the wedding, but this ended up feeling like an unnecessary diversion...though I still had some fun with it.  It looked good and ended in a nice way, but once again, I was left wondering why this couldn't have been told in the regular Batman book if it really needed to be told at all. Read Full Review

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs Hush is ok, but barely. The plot and threat from Hush are anything but satisfying. Thankfully, we are treated to an incredible intro to the story, and an equally strong conclusion! The best part of the script is easily Dick's characterization, but the highlight of the issue itself is the incredible art. Read Full Review

The promise of what this issue could have done is wasted on moments that go nowhere, a villain that has no purchase and an overall plot that seemed thin at best. It took until the end of this issue to get to the real threat that is looming over this wedding. Something that is much more interesting than this story could hope to be. Had it spent more time on the relationship between Bruce and Dick, it would have been more compelling a prelude. Read Full Review

This book feels like it wanted to do something original and explore Nightwings connection to Batman in a new and interesting way, but got tangled up in its own themes and as a result, falls flat on whatever face Hush happens to be wearing. Read Full Review

This was a very enjoyable and touching read that really focused on Dick and Bruce's relationship. I think it's great that we are seeing how Bruce's upcoming nuptials are impacting his children(something that seems glossed over in the main stories). The ending conversation with Dick and Bruce was beautifully done and showed a lot of promise for their relationship moving forward. The story ended with the spiral of Joker which is a connecting factor in all of the stories.

this was an alright issue with some nice moments.
i'm still very perplexed as to why the public is being made aware to Batman marrying Catwoman instead of Bruce Wayne marrying Selina Kyle.
they could say it's because everyone knows Selina is a notorious thief, but Dick Grayson was recently outed as Nightwing and the entire world's mind was wiped of this info via a Super McGuffin mind-erasing Satellite.
an idea created in a series by Tom King and Tim Seeley. so why not apply this to Selina as well.

the alternate universe Nightwing and Hush went to was creepy.

there was some great moments between Batman, Supes, and Nightwing.
even a nice heartfelt conversation between Bruce and Dick at the end.

i'm enjoying this series a lot more than the main Batman book. more

This was really strange... but I liked the heart to heart between Bruce and Dick.

I wasn't impressed with Robin vs. Ra's al Ghul comic - it felt quite shallow and meaningless, ending aside. Nightwing's adventure is on the other hand very well crafted, and gives both Dick and Tommy a lot of depth, room to grow as characters, who share some genuine similarities.
It's fun to read, and the tension is always present. I really enjoyed, and wait for the next issue, with Batgirl in the limelight.

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten.

I have mixed opinions on this issue. On one hand, we get some pretty good art and a couple answers to some questions that we needed about this wedding. For example, why isn’t Dick the best man? Why has it seemed like Dick and Fam were the last ones to know about the marriage? Is Bruce Wayne marrying Selena Kyle too? These were questions we all had wondered without an answer for months. However, on the other hand, this story was kind of silly. Who would go on a bachelor party in their costume to Batburger? And I know I haven’t read comics my entire life, but where has Superman been keeping this lightning door and why didn’t he use it in Metal to you know.... escape? The set up as to why they were in this situation was honestly just dumb too. Now why don’t we “hush” for a minute so I can “gray”s-us with a play by play of this issue.

Dick and Clark plan a bachelor party in Gotham at Batburger and decide to exclude everyone else who knows Batman. Somehow, Dick rented out the place as a costume party for the night so they could all show up wearing their costumes too. It didn’t totally make sense how he set that part up BUT we got the explanation early on as to “who” is actually getting married.. Batman and Catwoman. I know you’re thinking, duh you idiot. But that’s not what I mean. Bruce and Selena are not getting married on their alter egos are getting married.

Bruce and Selena have nothing to do with this which tells me personally that this marriage isn’t even real! Two pseudo people can’t get married AND who would marry them? It won’t be official anyway. So, this marriage has an out before it starts. I get it. How would it look for Bruce and Selena to get married? Red flags would be drawn left and right. But I honestly thought somehow Bruce and Selena were going to get married secretly so this entire thing would be legit. Wrong again!

Well, back to the story. Batburger lasts two minutes before they go back to the limo and see a lightening door created by Superman. He uses them to get to other universes and across space and time super fast. And can I again say that this is the first I’m hearing about these doors. I’m not saying they don’t exist but they do seem rather convenient and useful for situations like... getting across the universe in time to stop Omega Titans... just saying. Well, this lightning door takes them to a pond that is a universe that’s totally just a pond to fish. It was honestly a sweet idea. Something calm and quiet for Batman to do. But Hush has different plans.

Hush draws Superman away and then shoots a rocket launcher into the limo messing with the lightning door indirectly. It wasn’t his intent to mess with the door. Hush was just trying to blow them up. Well, Nightwing jumps into action and knocks himself and Hush through the lightening door. The thing is; they don’t land in a pond. They land in the inbetween/ kind of the bleed. It’s the place between realities. And in the inbetween, these faceless ghost creatures are trying to suck out their souls.... I think. Basically, it’s a world of Slender men.

So, Dick saves Hush and takes him to Wayne Manor, since the inbetween is literally a backwards Gotham. Dick was told by some rando, I’ll call him Slendo, that runs the inbetween that they could possibly beat these ghouls in a place that was meaningful to both of them. Well, since Hush (Tommy childhood friend of Bruce) and Dick both spent tons of time with Bruce at Wayne manor, Dick figured this would be the best place to go.

Tommy takes off Dicks mask to see who his secret identity really was and we get my favorite part of the issue. We see that Tommy is not obsessed with being Batman or Bruce Wayne anymore. He just wants to be close to him. So, he’s altered his face to become Bruce’s ward Dick Grayson. Side thought: do we still have wards? Anyway, I thought that was an interesting twist if they decide to stick with it. But that idea was short lived anyway because Batman reaches into the inbetween, saves Dick just in time, and Tommy gets taken away by the weird soul suckers.

At the end, Dick has a heart to heart with Bruce basically telling him he understands why he’s not the best man. And to be honest, I buy it. It makes sense. Dick is never around and is always doing his own thing. He has forcefully been trying to leave Batman’s shadow for ages. And again, he’s busy with his own city and his own team. Clark may be in a different city, but they see each other so much more and work together so much more. I personally can buy this reasoning and it cleared up that part of this entire wedding thing for me. However, I leave the issue a bit pissed that Hush was left in the inbetween AND I bet we will never see how he got out. He will just show up some day.

I’m also upset about the marriage not happening between actual people. There is nothing to hold this together now. And I’m not stupid. I know the two actual people couldn’t have a big wedding due to her checkered past BUT if more time would have been spent clearing Selena of some of these wrong-doings, oh I don’t know like being a mass murderer for example, some of this stuff may be easy to wrap our heads around for a wedding now. But since two alter egos are the ones truly getting married, then in my opinion, this marriage is doomed before it started.

Lois and Clark legitimately are married. Batman and Catwoman cannot be legitimately married since they have no birth records stating who they are... I don’t know it just doesn’t sit right for me. But we will have to see how the Riddler is effected by all of this with Batgirl. And, will she be in the wedding? Inquiring minds want to know!!! Because we also found out that the Joker is going around sharing with everyone that Batman is getting married. So who else is going to show up in these next issues?

The issue was ok. I more enjoyed getting to see Hush than anything else. I also enjoyed getting some of the burning questions about the wedding cleared up. But unless you are a huge fan of the wedding and King’s Batman run, it seems pointless for you to read any of these. If you are a fan, then you totally need to grab all of these wedding issues. Otherwise, your good without them.

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Man, this issue started out SO strong. It fell flat a short ways in and didn't really recover but these tie-ins are not typical tie-ins. So far, two issues in, they each have something special to say. Here the most important, moving beats were about Clark Kent as best man rather than Dick Grayson. Well done that, but not much new on Hush and that's a shame.

So far with Prelude to the Wedding I'm enjoying Seeley's writing much more than I typically do. Moore's art is strong and the writing is fairly strong too. Suffers a bit by comparison to part 1 (Robin v. Ra's) as the Selina/Damian dynamic took a wonderful leap forward. That one was possibly my favorite thing Seeley has written.

I never enjoy tie-ins as much as I am so far with Prelude to the Wedding. more