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[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Kyle Higgins
ARTIST: Trevor McCarthy
COLORS: Dean White
LETTERS: Clayton Cowles
COVER: Trevor McCarthy
VARIANT COVER: Paul Pope with with Lovern Kindzierski
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (October 2017)
Rated “T+” for “Teen Plus”
Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger; Nightwing created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez
Chapter One
DC Comics character, Dick Grayson, first appeared as Batman's kid sidekick, Robin, in Detective Comics #38 (cover dated: April 1940). Decades later, writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez transformed Grayson from Robin into the adult character, Nightwing, first appearing in Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (cover dated: July 1984).
Nightwing has been appearing in his own comic books since a 1995 one-shot and miniseries and an ongoing series that began in 1996. A new Nightwing six-issue comic book miniseries, entitled by Nightwing: The New Order, looks at the future of the character. It is written by Kyle Higgins; drawn by Trevor McCarthy; colored by Dean White; and lettered by Clayton Cowles.
Nightwing: The New Order #1 opens in Gotham City in the year 2040. Dick Grayson is the leader of a government task force called “the Crusaders,” which hunts people with superpowers. Since the year 2028, superpowers have been eliminated and outlawed. However, Grayson is about to face the Crusaders' wrath, the same way he has directed it at so many others.
The allure of Nightwing: The New Order for me is that it features Nightwing, my favorite Robin. It is kind of thrilling to see that he has evolved into the kind of authoritarian monster that it is plausible to believe Batman would become. Irony is not dead, and the direction of the series is telegraphed early in the series. I think Nightwing: The New Order could end up being dark and tragic, or writer Kyle Higgins could surprise us. I hope he surprises us.
The art by Trevor McCarthy shows flourishes here and there, some nice page design, stylish figure drawing, and solid composition, although that is somewhat crowded. That makes the storytelling a bit tight, and this story seems to need to explode, which it may do later.
Still, I think that Nightwing: The New Order is a Batman-related title to watch. It has potential, and does not seem like cynical sales exploitation.
7 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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