Travis Moore's writing is fine, perfectly acceptable, but his art as always is the star. At the very least, we can say that no one is going to think of Bea as irrelevant anymore. Read Full Review

Nightwing Annual 2024 achieves its goal of making Bea Bennet a fully realized character. The way Travis Moore told Bea's origin story gave her character a lot of layers. With where this story concludes this annual leaves Bea's character in a spot where she can appear in other DC Comics titles. Breaking the chain of being a Nightwing supporting character makes this annual a big success. Read Full Review

Nightwing Annual 2024 is a beautiful story that gives depth to a new character. Applause to Travis Moore. Not many can hold up to Tom Taylor on Nightwing but this was a great start. Read Full Review

Nightwing Annual 2024 is a mostly positive issue that centers on a doomed romance that tries to grapple with recent DC history to mixed effect. At its best, the annual is a brisk, story of people coming together and apart like ships passing in the night. At the worst end, the scripting tries too hard to sew elements of continuity into a tapestry while maintaining a complex spy narrative. Moores artwork elevates the mixed story by putting a heavy emphasis on Bea and Ric/Dick as people, ensuring their fleeting connection hits hard. The coloring from Plascencia and Guimares is similarly consistent, offering a familiar series of palettes without reaching the heights of the main issues. In essence, Nightwing Annual 2024 is a fun, uneven addition to the current Nightwing story that connects dots for better or worse. Read Full Review

Whether a one-off or an aperitif for future storytelling, Travis Moore's Nightwing 2024 Annual #1 does a strong job of exploring one of the series recurring characters. Though I'm unsure about some of the logistical choices in centring Bea so close to Dick throughout history, there's no denying this book harkens back to the days of the Grayson title and it's joyous espionage. Read Full Review

Nightwing 2024 Annual #1 is an interesting exploration into one of the most important additions to Nightwing's supporting cast, Bea Bennett, that provides depth to her character as an independent agent. Read Full Review

While Nightwing 2024 Annual has some interesting ideas, the pacing of the story and amount of twists make it difficult to create the right connection with Bea. The idea of giving her her own story is solid, but it would've been stronger if the tale had been centered around her and the Quartermaster instead of turning her into a near super-spy. The story is unbalanced with too much plot and not enough of Bea herself. The art is strong and Moore's effort on the project is clear. Read Full Review

Best efforts are on display from writer-artist Travis Moore, but the deluge of plot twists might baffle even the most die-hard Nightwing readers. Read Full Review

Overall, this annual could either improve or ruin the reader's feelings about Nightwing lore. While the story promises to shed light on a mysterious supporting character, personally, it complicates things for no reason. Turning a bartender into a swashbuckling avenger is one thing, but implying she is in the shadows manipulating things is a bridge too far. Some readers won't mind, but I believe these new retcons do both Bea and Dick a disservice. Yet, I don't believe this is a particularly bad comic, just disappointing and annoying. I appreciate exploring these old stories again, but not the expense of these characters. Read Full Review

If not for the art, this review might be far, far worse. This isn't entirely on Moore, but the treatment of Bea since her break-up with Dick after he regained his memories has just been terrible. Read Full Review

Retcon or reveal, not sure. As a stand-alone book it was good, but a “this character has been there the whole time” angle is almost never good. I appreciate Taylor trying to redeem the good parts of the Ric era, but I’d be even happier if Ric is never mentioned again.

Not sure why this exists beyond explaining why Bea was such a terrible character, which I'm not sure was necessary to explain. Especially cuz now she's kind of a terrible person. You lie to your partner, who you have sex with, the entire time, and never have to come clean because DC went, "Oops, all Bendis!". The implication is not great. It's called *informed* consent for a reason, Bea! Also, the ending was so hacky that it dropped the score at least a point.

DC has a HUGE editorial problem and this story is a perfect example.

A) Why do we need an issue on a D list side character from one of the most hated Nightwing runs of all time? Why does Tom keep trying to make her relevant?
B) This was just a bad issue. At this point what isnt she? This is just like 'ah yes this character actually has a tragic past, secretly awesome and shoots rainbows, love her!' This is exact opposite of what you should do if you want to make it a character that becomes beloved. With this in place this almost certainly cemetes her as a character in the background for all time. Shame. She could have been something or redeemed with some good character work. This is character work that a small child would write.
C) Art not terrible not good?

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DChimp - Apr 30, 2024

Are you delusional or sth? It's one of the most acclaimed run on the character, Taylor managed to expand and build on Nightwing almost like no other before.

Tempra16v2.0Turbo - Apr 30, 2024

when ResearchReader says "the most hated Nightwing runs of all time" he's talking about Ric Grayson, Taylor is just boring.

ResearchReader - May 1, 2024 (edited)

Yes thank you @Tempra16v2.0Turbo. I was referring to the infamous 'Ric Grayson' era. As for this run. I find it quite funny @DChimp you call it one of the most acclaimed unless you mean its in the top 5. It started off ok, dont get me wrong and it doesnt ruin the characttter in anyway, but this run has no flare. It will not be remember 10 years from now unless its about how hilarious it was that Nightwing wouldn't remove Heartless allowing the person to kill so many more people.

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Ridiculous and unnecessary. Taylor and Moore destroyed the character that Jurgens made interesting.