THE FINAL ISSUE OF TOM TAYLOR AND BRUNO REDONDO'S AWARD-WINNING RUN! Embark on an exhilarating journey through the streets of Blüdhaven as we bid a heartfelt farewell to the dynamic duo of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo in the epic conclusion to their award-winning run. With Nightwing's fear of heights overcome, he returns to Bludhaven for one final face-off with Heartless and Tony Zucco. It's the battle you've all been waiting for! And if we've learned anything from Nightwing these last couple of years, we know he never has to do it alone. One thing's for certain though, Bludhaven will never be the same after this!
It's a little disheartening (pun intended) to know that this spectacular run is over, but it's a run that the creative team should be immensely proud of and every Nightwing fan can appreciate for bringing out the absolute best in Dick Grayson with the ideal send off with Nightwing #118. Read Full Review
Nightwing #118 is the finest of fine farewells. Read it, read the entire run. Laughs, tears and joy. Next issue, different creative team, different threats, Same Nightwing! See you then folks! Read Full Review
The problem with corporate comics these days is that it is rare for any established character to see an end to their adventures. Yet if Nightwing #118 were to be the final Dick Grayson story ever, it would be a worthy one. If you haven't been reading the series, go grab the first volume, Leaping Into the Light. You are in for a treat. And if you have been reading it, get ready for a happy ending. Or the closest thing we can get in modern comics. Read Full Review
This run is going to be one for the ages. Read Full Review
Nightwing #118 is an excellent conclusion to Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's incredible creative run on this series. The way Dick Grayson defeated Heartless how the trust he has in others and others have in him is what makes Nightwing a top-tier superhero. This will certainly go down as one of the most memorable creative runs from DC Comics. Read Full Review
Nightwing #118 is a very strong final issue to close the book on Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's tenure on the series, and does so by successfuly putting the character in a better place than he was. Read Full Review
A nice, pleasant, very awesome looking final issue to a very awesome comic book run, though there are a few nitpicks I'd like to dig at. Read Full Review
Even if Nightwing #118 is a bit of a fast ending to "Fallen Grayson, like the rest of the run there's a lot of heart (no pun, again!) and character work that remains the strength of Taylor's writing on the series. This is a story arc you'll want to reread in one sitting, and it will assuredly assert your own desire to see Dick and Babs get married and start their own family together. Hopefully, Dan Watters got the memo and the tone and emotional center of the series continues with issue #119. Read Full Review
This issue is far from the series' best, but it's floor-level of quality only speaks to the highs it rose to, and holds above many that came before it. Here's to the future. Read Full Review
For all of its flaws, Nightwing #118 and the run in general is a safe story. To its detriment, it introduces and resolves its ideas with overly simple conveniences or contrivances. I gave Fallen Grayson the benefit of the doubt, hoping to see the son of Batman rise to the challenge, but in the end he shrugs it all off. Maybe that's a strength of the character. During the totality of this era, the character has become a somewhat sickeningly positive role model and family friendly hero. Perhaps what bothers me about it is how, even when he's on the run for homicide, it strips away any sense of conflict. Overall, Taylor made a fun, comforting book, at the cost of smoothing over his depth of potential. Read Full Review
Nightwing #118 brings the Heartless "saga" and Tom Taylor's run to a close with a weak, lackluster finale that shows how much of this run involving Heartless was filler to cover for the lack of story. Everything about Heartless, from start to finish, turned out to be a forgettable waste of time against a low-level bully that should have been handled inside of three issues.4/10 Read Full Review
It’s hard to finish a run right and tie everything together. This wasn’t perfect, but it did a really good job. It was a page turner for me, for the right reasons.
Hopefully the next run doesn’t take a lead from the Wells run on ASM.
This took forever but Dick ended Heartless like a boss.
While the ending was not as intense as expected, but I am glad Tom Taylor ended this run on a high note. It was very satisfying, and this is the best rightwing run in my opinion. any fan should try reading this, even though it feels very cotton candy.
It's good but feels very rushed in almost every aspect. This whole final arc was. Art was amazing.
This issue was pretty revealing to how dragged out this run has been and how hollow some of these plotlines really were. This conclusion to the story felt rushed for a series that spun it's wheels on the Heartless plot with some cheesy moments. Still a decent issue but just disappointing for a writer I I used to love. His latest stuff hasn't been up to form to what he did in Injustice and the side stories for DCeased. Hopefully he gets back to his best on Detective with high stake stories with emotional weight.
This was, how can I say, soulless.
Heartless in the end is another pathetic villain who was defeated in the same pathetic way as Blockbuster. At least Taylor recognizes that no one will remember this "big" villain.
Nightwing #118 ends with a showdown between Nightwing and Heartless. Nightwing’s growth is clear, and his families' support is strong. However, the story feels a bit predictable, and the ending is rushed. Haley adds a nice touch, and I let out huge OH NO! when the pup was shot but couldn't fully save the climax. It's decent but doesn’t match the high points of earlier issue for me. Although I am very excited that this will lead to the new All In initiative!