Written by: Dan Watters
Art by: Dexter Soy
Colors by: Veronica Gandini
Letters by: Wes Abbott
Cover art by: Dexter Soy, Veronica Gandini (cover A)
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: February 19, 2024
Nightwing #123, by DC Comics on 2/19/25, sends Nightwing to investigate a distress call from the Flyboiz, and he finds monsters waiting.
Is Nightwing #123 Good?
Recap
When we last left the world's greatest Robin in Nightwing #122, Nightwing pleaded his case to the Mayor that the simmering gang war was orchestrated by Olivia Pearce. Why? Olivia Pearce was a member of a crime circus that Batman and Robin broke up many years ago. Pearce's motivations aren't clear, but revenge is a good candidate. The issue ended with Nightwing leaping into action to get proof from a nearby explosion and one of the Flyboiz activating a distress call.
Plot Synopsis
First Impressions
Generally, Nightwing #123 is fine for what it is, but Dan Watters has dragged the series so far off the main path that the plot has gotten lost in the background. In isolation, this issue is fine. The lack of focus in the arc is the killing flaw.
How’s the Art?
What’s great about Nightwing #123?
What’s not great about Nightwing #123?
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Final Thoughts
Nightwing #123 is a perfectly good Batman story without the Batman. Dan Watters uses a quality of action and detective work to present a solid DC tale, and Dexter Soy's artwork is excellent. That said, Watters has lost focus on where this arc is headed, so readers may lose interest.
6.2/10
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I don't mind the focus shifting, what I do mind however is the fact that almost every single character here gets a "nuanced" take unless they are a cop (with the exception of maggie sawyer for reasons) at which point then there is nothing more to dig deeper about or understand about them and they are just corrupt plain and simple and you shouldn't expect anything more comolex because "hey it's bludhaven, the police were always horrible and Nightwing dragging them alongside a highway and injuring them is no big deal and actually cool ( to be clear, said tense relationship and downright antagonistic actions toward the police always made more sense for Batman than Nightwing and was always an interesting difference between them where you could see where both were coming from, my issue is that I feel like Nightwing would have a looot more to say about the police force than shown here by just beating them up or berating them cause he used to BE a cop) no no don't look at certain police officers that were good guys within the force in the previous runs or the fact that the main character was a cop for a long time nopeeee nothing to see here do you even read comics?". I wouldn't mind it much if they didn't keep distancing Grayson from his past as a cop as if it was sth to be ashamed of and to atone for. It's just boring at this point, I would have much preferred the conflict of interests if Nightwing was a cop still. ( the force, the vigilantes, Barbara, Bruce, the city officials and here the mafia, just imagine how much more complex it would have been if Nightwing was still working as a police by day and by night trying to help the more layered parts of the city like these certain gang members who might want to get clean and how that would conflict his loyalties and the line he is willing to cross. He would have to grapple wih the morality of being both a cop and a vigilante and whether he is going too far or not etc)
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