Nightwing #119 has the shadows and villains of Batman but with slightly more lightness and a more hopeful hero at the helm, and this creative team has embraced that beautifully. Read Full Review

Nightwing #119 is a great start to the new era of Nightwing, I can't wait to see the trials and tribulations the grown up Boy Wonder faces next! Read Full Review

Watters has done quite a bit of work on the Bat-line, but this is his first extended character run, and it's off to a strong start. Read Full Review

A strong opening to a new arc that leans into mystery and suspense, with a villain that immediately raises the stakes for Nightwing. Watters, Soy, Gandoni, and Abbott work together to create a story that promises intense conflict and moral dilemmas, even if some moments are a bit predictable. It's a gripping start that leaves you wanting more. Read Full Review

This was a very solid start for the new direction of Nightwing, which wisely isnt such a massive departure from their popular predecessors. Read Full Review

Nightwing #119is another strong start in a week of strong starts for DC Comics. Dan Watters takes the criticism of Taylor's run to heart by starting the arc with action, intrigue, and impactful drama. Further, the new art team brings heaps of mood and energy to the story. This week's All In offerings are turning out to be (mostly) All Good.8/10 Read Full Review

As a die-hard fan of Taylor and Redondo's Nightwing I was nervous coming in to this issue. But I needn't have worried. Dan Watters has, in one issue, laid out plans for an ambitious, street-level tale which looks set to cement Bldhaven even more as on of the DCU's most interesting and story-worthy cities. This is Nightwing reinvigorated. Read Full Review

Nightwing #119 is a very good start for Dan Watters and Dexter Soy. It doesn't try too hard, but what it does works extremely well in continuing what's been working for the character. There's some throwback to the Bronze Age and to other eras of Nightwing without feeling derivative. Refreshingly, this issue is a solid "comic booky tale that doesn't forget what it is or why people like Dick Grayson (and Barbara Gordon!). Read Full Review

Watter's Nightwing isn't breaking new ground yet, but it has made the first of hopefully many good moves forward. Watters equally writes good dialogue like “Putting my foot down, don't let it be on your neck” and cringe like “Anywho, time for jail.” Partwise, the artwork is sometimes fascinating and others wildly distorted. I like Watters letting Grayson get his hands dirty with the gangs and taking a different route from what Batman would have done. Although, I'm not buying the Joker-like “Nightwing is too serious” thesis the new antagonist is trying to sell. Overall, I think Nightwing #119 is a strong start with mixed dialogue, artwork, and generic plot details. Read Full Review

Though the obvious twists at the end of this issue does put into question what the actual payoff will be after the big villain reveal takes away any sort of level of suspense for what we could expect. Read Full Review

Dan Watters blends his dark, moody style with the warm, sweet personality of Dick Grayson, and the result is quite enjoyable, especially when penciled by the veteran Dexter Soy. Read Full Review

Great start! Taylor’s run was going to be hard to follow and I’m glad it wasn’t thrown in the trash and there seems to be some continuity going on here.

Art and colors were solid, but the scenes in the dark were outstanding. I’m looking forward to seeing where this run goes.

Different atmosphere, different customs.
It's a successful introduction. We're immediately involved. I like the way Dan Watters moves quickly from one scene to the next, with no dead time. We're in the story and not here to dawdle. He keeps his supporting characters and uses them intelligently. Well done. Babs is here, so much the better. I hope he spices up their relationship. However intimate it may be in the writers' minds, it always appears platonically in the comics or very watered down. They deserve better, and so do we. Well, we already know who the big bad is, and I'm okay with that. A strange circus that wants what exactly? I can't wait to find out. Come on, it's off to a good start. One small regret. The book that brings the Tom Taylor era to a close had barely been released a week before. Hard to have time to enjoy them both. In my opinion, a slightly later release would have been better.

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I'm really surprised they didn't start over at a new #1. Kudos DC. The story and art are both solid so I think Dick may be in talented hands.....hee hee.

I did not expect a new run so soon after Tom Taylor's run. But so far it is a VERY strong start and I am digging it. The art is good and the action hits hard. I had low expectations but Dan Watters exceeded them

This was a subtle reminder that this is turning the page with a new creative team. I was a fan of Tom Taylor, but found myself really enjoying Dan Watters go around. I'm looking forward to where this story is going to go. The dialog felt witty just like I love from my Dick Grayson. The banter between him and Oracle was great! I would continue to collect Nightwing anyway, but this issue was great enough for me to sign up on comic book round up, write my first review, make a tiktok about the book, and upload it to my podcast! Tom Taylor couldn't do that!

Readable, and Watters has a grasp on Nightwing, but instantly forgettable.