The end reveal of an old Morrison villain is fitting in a story that so clearly plays off that heritage. Shawn is captured by a monster, hostage to the grotesque creations of the villain, her identity and sense of self at ultimate risk. And for Dick Grayson, never has the mantle of Nightwing felt so heavy, lost in the maze of another's evil. Read Full Review

After a slightly shaky start this issue comes together as one of my favorite in the new Nightwing run. It's exciting and action-packed, well-illustrated with enough good character work to give it an emotional core. Seeley twisting Dick's “identity crisis” on its head and bringing in ideas from the Multiverse was a great surprise, and I love the almost non-issue of who the Deathwing character is. The relationship with Shawn still isn't all there, but seeing it simply as “Dick needs to save somebody in danger” gives him more than enough of a clear motive. Nightwing has been consistently entertaining since day one, and when it's good it's really good. This issue? It's really good. Read Full Review

Nightwing Must Die has delivered the goods so far and this was another winner. Read Full Review

I really enjoyed the book because anytime a superhero is facing himself in a scenario and is evenly matched, it makes for some great drama. Read Full Review

The villain is revealed and Robin has Nightwing's back as the story jumps up a notch. Now that we know what the plan is, it will be interesting to see what the cost is of Shawn being kidnapped and its ultimate effect on Nightwing. Read Full Review

This is a very good issue, and it may even have some broader implications for the DC Rebirth storyline. Read Full Review

What's not to love? We got Nightwing and Robin on a mission and they go up against evil clones of themselves. I'm very interested to find out what all this is about since it all seems so personal. The art was well done for the most part. Some more attention to detail in the backgrounds would make it better though. Read Full Review

Prepare for an awesome battle as Nightwing and Damian see themselves in more ways than one! Read Full Review

Deathwing is back in the DCU, well not really, but a take on him. In Nightwing #17 we see Nightwing and Damian picking up on their hunt for Shawn, Nightwings potentially pregnant girlfriend. Which leads them down memory lane back to a story from the original Batman and Robin back in 2009. Where Dick Grayson was Batman and Damian Wayne was his Robin. Read Full Review

If you enjoy Batman characters overall, or just want an overall fun book to read, this is it. This book doesnt try too hard to be cerebral, it knows who the core audience of the book is, and within those limits it succeeds greatly! Besides its always great to see Damian/Dick squabbles! Read Full Review

In Nightwing #17, Seeley and Fernandez combine like the dynamic duo they've become. There's a magic in this arc that's undeniable and I hope DC's taking note. What do you think about the possibility of an ongoing Nightwing and Robin series? You'll find the first buyer right here. Read Full Review

Overall, it's a good book for Nightwing fans and fans of the Damian/Dick relationship, but others might not get as much out of it. Read Full Review

While we do find out the true mastermind of everything in this issue, we also have a shit ton of things thrown at us without any explanation about what the hell is going on and if that wasn't bad enough, the art is really a hindrance to this title.  Ultimately, I still care about where this story is going and found somethings to enjoy here, but overall this issue was a bit of a letdown. Read Full Review

The other Dynamic Duo continue to help strengthen a great arc in Nightwing, with the villain being very deranged and twisted. I hope that the ending will not be depressing, but who knows how Seeley will deal wit the issues he had brought up for Dick.

I love Damian. He's such a little $#@%, but pair him with Grayson and you've got the best dynamic duo that leaves Bruce Wayne out of the equation.

Thrilling and full of action with nice choreography. Can't wait for the next issue which is going to be grim knowing what Prof. Pyg is capable of doing. In addition, this issue also contains some teases about the main DC Rebirth arc.

A good issue. To be honest,though, I scored it a little higher than it deserved. First, I'm just such a big fan of the Dick/Damian dynamic (I prefer them over Bruce and Damian...in fact, I wouldn't mind seeing "Nightwing and Robin" become the norm). Second, the villian of the piece (I'll avoid spoilers and his name) is, perhaps, my favorite modern Bat-Villian. If you don't share my opinions you may want to deduct (up to) one (1) point from my score.
SCORE: 7.8

This books has definitely gotten better with each issue. Not the biggest fan of the art though.

(Spoilers) I don't want Professor Pyg to just be like any other villain, which is the way it seemed at the end of the issue with his little cliffhanger. I wish writers would stop with the "villain mission statement" thing because it puts them into a box for at least the rest of the arc if not the next few years of stories. Pyg was vibrant, unique, and actually frightening when he first appeared. Then the callbacks to Nightwing history are pretty cool, and a lot of the DC comics seem to be doing that lately, like in Batman 15(?) when Catwoman and Batman have a minor dispute over the way they first met. I really hope these kind of things lead up to something, a major statement and doesn't fizzle out.