Nightwing #63 is a gem of a comic. DC are producing pure gold all across their line of titles right now, and this series is one of the most consistent, but hugely overlooked and underrated series. William Cobb's appearance and actions in this issue are real incentives to read what comes next, particularly the way that the issue ends. Read Full Review

And if they bring back "Dick" Grayson, well, all the better. Read Full Review

Dan Jurgens is a name that brings a lot of expectations with it, the man is a legend. With Nightwing #63, he turns a mediocre at best book to something truly worth diving into with just a handful of pages. Any Nightwing fan who's been waiting for the other foot to fall has finally got what they've been waiting for. Read Full Review

Now that "The Offer"'s on the table, this series is really picking up because while we've seen villains since Nightwing became Ric Grayson, none have seemed as dangerous as William Cobb and I'm excited.  We've got decent art this issue and a lot of character moments that drove the story along in a fun way that really brought a nervousness by the end as the tension built. Read Full Review

Looking ahead to Nightwing #64, if Talon seriously harms Be a, I wonder what direction Dan Jurgens will take with Ric. Read Full Review

There's good stuff in this comic, but it still feels like a raw product slowly being refined into something. Read Full Review

Final Thoughts: Good read. Not as good as the last issue, but miles better than the past few. Read Full Review

Nightwing is missing a spark these days. Hopefully, Jurgens can get the book back on track soon as his run with these four Nightwings has been better than I expected. He just needs something to continue validating the title as a group book instead of Batman's protege handling crime on his own. Read Full Review

This issue continues to suffer from unnecessarily slow pacing due to extensive exposition and scenes that drag on far too long. There's too much narration that distracts from the action and far too much recap of a story that many fans just want to end. Read Full Review

If you've read Nightwing once in the past six months, you've read the same exact issue and little has changed along the way. Read Full Review

The Good:
Talon. Damn does he feel like an actual threat in this instead of the jobber he's been in the past. Gathering intel so close to our heroes and later easily dispatching a Nightwing in what is can barely qualify as a fight. This is what a Talon should be, not the mooks that are there for our heroes to easily beat up.

The art. Whilst maybe not something that I would mention normally, I'm a bit desperate to find something good. Ronan Cliquet's art really sells the book, understanding the dynamics of the Wings and Cobb.

The Bad:
Ric. Why is this still a thing? I'm actively rooting for Cobb to win this fight just so we can get Dick back. I think ultimately that's where my issue with this current series lies. Nightwing training a group so that they can do good and they go under threat from Talon who shows them how brutal this can be? Sign me up! But having Ric completely changes the story to the worst degree. Can we just be done with this and move on?

Conclusion:
A great showcase of the villain and art gets cruelly tainted by Ric. I just want this chapter of Nightwing's life to be over and quickly forgotten. more

Idk. William Cobb hunting down the fakes is fun.

I hope this was all his dying dream after being shot in the head. I would honestly rather he die than see him like this.

God, I was so happy when I thought one of The 'Wings was dead. But of course they aren't. I wonder if the writer ever gets bored writing this series? Especially when every issue starts with the same tired explanation we get every issue about who Ric is. It's so repetitive and it just adds to the problems this book has.

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Darkseid24 - Aug 24, 2019

I also hoped he was dead ( would have been more dramatic)& I totally agree, that the explanations are annoying, but overall I liked this issue. Maybe it’s because it’s still so much better than Kings Batman& Im quite annoyed by it.

Amazing Psycamorean - Aug 24, 2019

I find them both bad for very different reasons.

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This series has gotten really repetitive and isn't interesting at all.

Please give us back the real Nightwing and Dick Grayson.

THE GOOD:

-The art was fine. Adequate. It's sad that's the standout of this issue.

THE BAD:

-This has gone from bizarrely bad to incredibly bland so quickly. I have no idea what to think. At least I could laugh at this when Lodbell wrote it.

-Good god, these characters are incredibly bland and unlikable.

-My eyes were rolled so far back through pretty much the whole taxi scene with Cobb.

-I hate Bea. I hope Cobb kills her. He won't, but it'd be nice.

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Darkseid24 - Oct 2, 2019

Why do You hate Bea? I think shes fine.

ohhaimark - Oct 2, 2019

Eh. She's just an uninteresting cliche character and the dialogue between her and Ric is really cringeworthy in my opinion.

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I hope when “ric” ends this phase of Nightwing’s history is fully redacted or excised completely. The cosmic shitheel that is ric deserves nothing less than a talon’s blade to the brain, this needs to end already.

Oh no irrelevant female character might die, I am truly concerned, cue facepalm. Please, everyone involved in this arc from her to the ineffectual “generics” should fade into obscurity. Next issue get a few points if Talon can deliver in cleaning up the board.

Okay WOW I never thought I would ever rate a Nightwing or really any comic a 1 but that is what this comic is to me.

Here's why.....

1. EVERY issue is half filled with the same narrative and recap of who the new "Nightwings' are and how Ric cares nothing about who he was or knew. Because of this it feels like each month your reading the same comic only with a new backdrop each time. I once heard a joke about how long daytime soap operas drag out their story lines and how you could watch an episode one day and not watch the show again for 10 years and time wise on that show it would only be later that same day. Having watched soaps in my younger years I can say that was pretty much true. It's also similar to how reading this comic feels these days.

2. Ric is simply not all that likable. Yes he saves lives BUT he doesn't really care about people anymore. I know some people will get upset over my saying that but I just went back and read from issue 50 up to this issue because I'm trying to decide if I want to continue getting it. Which I am still on the fence about. Anyway doing that did not change my opinion about Ric at all. He's selfish, uncaring and just all around an ass. He has no respect for anyone. He blows off the Bat family and former friends because he doesn't remember them. He breaks into peoples homes and stays there with no thought to how it may impact how safe they will feel in their homes after finding out someone had stayed there. Because of all that the character feels more like a danger junkie then an hero. Dick was fun, witty, smart, funny, sweet, courageous and to say loyal just doesn't begin to cover how faithful he was to those he cared for.

3. I've said it before and I'll say it again.... the Nightwings are just not interesting. Maybe if we knew more of who they were they might become interesting. But as they are now I just want them gone. The only one that is a little bit interesting is Nightwing Prime. If built upon he could become a good character the rest however NO. I am seriously hoping that at least the brother and sister team gets killed off by Talon. Weed out some dead weight.

4. Another thing that bugs me is Ric saying he's not sure about the other Nightwings being Nightwings. Yet he thinks he should be out there because his body remembers the moves even if he doesn't. How does that even make any sense at all. It's like saying just because you learned how to land on your feet when jumping off a chair as a child that your body knows how to jump off the Golden Gate bridge and land on your feet.

5. The business about saying he's not a superhero is stupid. Hello !!! You go out wearing your version of a mask and costume to fight crime. So is that like normal behavior and dress for everyone in Budhaven? Or does that I don't know.... make you a superhero? This character is so stupid!!!! And lets talk about that "mask". Really what amounts to a dirty face hides your identity? I'm sorry but if that was the case parents across the world would be asking " who the hell are you" every time their child comes in from playing outside.

6. The art was mediocre at best. Most of the time the faces were done with the least amount of detail as possible. And what was with all the supposed looting and the fires in the background yet in the daylight the city looked just fine?


Okay now to be fair I'll list the good things about this issue........

1. Talon taking out one of the Nightwings. It would be cool if the character dies or leaves the group because of this. Him and his sister are the weakest links in the group.

2. Ummmmm....... yeah I got nothing.



All I can say now is I hope this story ends soon and we get Nightwing back. He has always been a favorite character of mine so to have the character ruined like this really is just wrong. I think it would have been better if they had just killed the character off instead of doing this to him. more