Nightwing Flies to the Big Apple (...to visit bigbird I guess)
Written by: Bruce "Footloose" Jones
Pencils by: "Not so Average" Joe Dodd
Cover by: Javier "I'm probably a Relative of Omar" Rodriguez Studios
Before I get into the review it might help you to know where I stand on the whole “Crisis” issue (or Revamp if we want to be honest with ourselves): Prelude = good, Countdown mini’s = alright, Infinite Crisis = taking it one issue at a time right now at alright status, 52 = still in debate with myself, OYL = Before I read Nightwing OYL I was kicking and screaming at what I had read so far, that’s how good this book is! Man is this book good. I will not be doing a spoiler review; only spoiler free, because to give anything away would ruin a lot of this books substance. Even if you Comic Veterans can decipher the meaning of the cover and thus know all about the book… YOUR WRONG AND YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT!
Seriously, what lies within the cover of this book is something great. I honestly think that OYL titles have been weird and annoyingly vague. Come on, we know we don’t know what happened in between the year but there is no reason to have all the writers smack us in the face with it at the turn of every page (or book to say the least). This book has it though, it took the fact that it is OYL and it turned it into something hilarious. Omar and I cracked up over some of the scenes. Oh and there is a bonus, I don’t pull out my hair with questions that I know will be solved in 52! I have questions at the end of this book but it does such a good job delivering it I finish satisfied like Nightwing on page 8!
All right now the complaints, the only things I got against the book is the pictures packed into the page on some occasions, not all just some. For instance there I a scene where a character has been squeezed in at the ass end of the page, he has dialogue and everything, if you look at the top though there is a nice picture of a sky. Fuck the sky and have more then a little Willy Wonka “How do ya do” at the end of your damn page. I don’t know whom to blame so everyone is at fault! The only other thing is the villain or villains. This won’t give anything away, they are shown throughout the book, but twins dressed all in white have been driven into the fucking ground. I don’t care if these twins were the first, I’ve seen it a lot and it sucks.
So that is that. I hustled my ass to get this review out there so that you smart people that read this web page will be able to beat all the other latecomers and you can get this book without having to slit someone’s throat for it! This baby gets an A-
have these OYL later books served as good jump-on points for new readers? None of my regular DC books have gone OYL yet, but I've been thinking about picking up a few new monthlies.
I don't think any of us can answer your question with a blanket yes or no, Andrew. The best thing to do is take each of your monthly titles as they come and judge the past issues with the OYL and see how they compare if you agree with whats been done then just keep goin' strong. Some are more changed then others though.
This issue of Nightwing was pretty good, though the whole what happened with Barbara Gordon thing, drove me a little nuts. So far the OYLs I haven't been overly impressed with, this issue might be the turning point.
Fucking neck cutting action. I loved it.