Issue Description

The first issue of the ongoing begins with Dick Grayson cuffed to what looks like a fridge, drowning in a unknown body of water. He tries to escape, but the cuff is too tight and then he flashbacks to why how he got to this in this situation in the first place. He recalls that him and Batman were together investigating a group of twenty-one men that floated upstream into the south harbor of Gotham City. He takes a bus to Bludhaven and runs into a pair of men that are forcing themselves onto a woman. He deals with them and then offers the woman money for a ride back and a job at Waynecorp.

He then dons his costume and goes into the house of a famous Asian mob and soon runs into the False Face society, Black Mask's men, who are stealing a fridge from the wife of the Mob leader containing her "children". Nightwing manages to catch up with them on their getaway ride, and tries to contain them, but the fridge soon finds itself is escaping from the back of the pick-up truck.

He manages to fight them off successfully while keeping the fridge safe, but soon finds out that there is apparently nothing in the fridge and his surprise takes hte best of him in such a manner that the one of the False Faces knocks him out with the butt of the gun.

When Nightwing wakes up he finds that he has been cuffed to the fridge and been thrown into the river, which is where the book first started off. He then uses a Magnesium Flare from his arsenal and uses it to heat the handle of the fridge so he can go back up to the surface. He then climbs up to land, commenting that he'd have to "extend his vacation in Bludhaven".

Then a scene with Black Mask and the leader of the False Face Society is seen, where the leader reports that they got Minh's (the Asian Mob leader's) attention, which isn't what Black Mask wants, as the latter wants full control over Bludhaven.

Later a scene with Chief Redhorn is seen, where he tells Inspector Dudely Soames that there's a vigilante that was at the scene in Minh's mansion and tells the latter he doesn't want him in his city. This is before Nightwing makes an appearance, still wet from his escape, Chief Redhorn fakes delight at seeing him, pretending to shake his hand so he can cuff him telling him "He'd wish he was being arrested".

Nightwing (1996)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Starring: Dick Grayson as Nightwing.

Promo

Following his solo starring roles in Nightwing: Alfred's Return and the September Nightwing 1995 mini-series launched after Grayson's turn under the Batman cowl in Batman: Prodigal, Dick Grayson was rewarded for years of heroic service with his own ongoing series, written by Chuck Dixon and with art by Scott McDaniel, coming off the success of Dixon's Robin (1993) series.

Setting up camp in Bludhaven, a city close to his Gotham City home and twice as corrupt, Nightwing quickly acquired quite a rogues gallery. From underworld boss Blockbuster to the acrobatic Lady Vic to the twisted former cop Torque, Nightwing battled his way to respect in his new town, and the fans took notice.

A hit from the start, Nightwing lasted 153 regular issues, a #1000000 issue, 2 annuals and a special #0.5 issue from Wizard magazine.

As the series came to an end in 2009 with the Death of Bruce Wayne story line running throughout the Bat-family titles, Dick Grayson went on to star as Batman in Batman, Detective Comics, Batman & Robin among others.

Annuals & SpecialsNightwing Annual (#1-2)Nightwing 80 page Giant (#1)Nightwing: The Target (#1)Nightwing Secret Files & Origins (#1)Nightwing: Our World's At War (#1)Nightwing and Huntress (#1-4)Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne. (#1)Collected EditionsNightwing: A Knight in Bludhaven (#1-8)Nightwing: Blüdhaven (#1-8)Nightwing: Rough Justice (#9-18)Nightwing: Rough Justice (New Edition) (#9-18)Nightwing: Love and Bullets (#0.5, 19, 21-22, 24-29)Nightwing: False Starts (#19-25 & 1,000,000)Nightwing: Love and Bullets (#26-34 & 1,000,000)Nightwing: A Darker Shade of Justice (#30-39, Nightwing: Secret Files & Origins #1)Nightwing: The Hunt for Oracle (#41-46, Birds of Prey #20-21)Nightwing: Big Guns (#47-50, Nightwing: Secret Files & Origins #1, Nightwing: 80-Page Giant #1)Nightwing: On the Razor's Edge (#52, 54-60)Batman: War Games Book One (New Edition) (#96)Nightwing: Year One (#101-106)Nightwing: Mobbed Up (#107-111)Nightwing: Renegade (#112-117)Nightwing: Brothers in Blood (#118-124)Nightwing: Love and War (#125-132)Nightwing: The Lost Year (#133-137, Nightwing Annual #2)Nightwing: Freefall (#140-146)Nightwing: The Great Leap (#147-153)Other Collected EditionsBatman: Cataclysm (#19-20)Batman: No Man's LandVolume 2 (#35-37)Volume 4 (#38-39)Batman: Officer Down (#53)Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (2011 Edition) (#65-69)Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive: Volume 1 - (#68-69)Robin: The Teen Wonder (#101)Batman: War GamesVolume 1: Outbreak (#96)Volume 2: Tides (#97)Volume 3: End Game (#98)Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (#138-139)DC Comics Presents: Robin War 100-Page Spectacular (#139)DC One Million Omnibus (#1000000)

Note: Issues #23, 40, 51, 61-64, 67, 70-95, 99-100 are not collected.

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