tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post7959207881093458736..comments2024-03-28T04:12:13.398-04:00Comments on Weird Science DC Comics: Nightwing #42 ReviewJim Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-62393575136922292042018-04-09T20:55:55.397-04:002018-04-09T20:55:55.397-04:00lol...Carny Wisdom!!! Thought this was surface le...lol...Carny Wisdom!!! Thought this was surface level brother story and why would they kidnap a Robin in costume and think he is an orphan???? I did like the art, but the whole thing was a one-shot and read like one...one that meant nothing. Lanzing & Kelly are better than they show, i just think they get thrown into odd situations constantly.Jim Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12307419602315578911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557726951171561616.post-56768067112414893752018-04-06T11:05:24.261-04:002018-04-06T11:05:24.261-04:00Sorry to be contrarian Jim, but I loved this issue...Sorry to be contrarian Jim, but I loved this issue for what it was, a one shot! Great hop on spot for newbies to the title.<br />Also, It's a fun little tribute to the Dick and Damian brotherhood file, and maintains the thru-line of my favorite kind of Nightwing; namely the "I've been eating Ninja's for breakfast since I was 10 years old" Nightwing, which almost EVERY writer since the new 52 seems to forget.<br />The art is brilliantly kinetic, and I feel far greater comfort about the attitude and direction of this aimless Dick in Japan (er...sorry?) , than I did about the entire "Constantly frustrated and eternally woeful" Dick in Bludhaven for the past dozen issues.<br />I think it's hard for writers to nail Nightwing's role/motivation in the current DC. I think they assume he's just Mr. quips and flips, or motivated constantly by vengeance and guilt. The truth is,neither. Nightwing is the swashbuckling hero of the bat-family, he's the Bloody Dread Pirate Roberts; Charming, bewilderingly skillful, clever, and relentless, despite the tragic backstory. No one's gotten that for a long time.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry for the rant, but you know I'm always looking out for my favorites!<br />Also, I want to give kudos to Lanzing and Kelly, who I scourged relentlessly after they took over the ending arc of Grayson. Two years later, and I'm actually seeing their talent, and take, on the character they probably wanted to write in the first place. <br />But I'm taking away a point because of the circus mention. I swear , if one more writer references that he was raised in a circus, or tries to evoke some "Carny" wisdom, I'm gonna lose my $H!t<br />7.5 out of 10 for me!!<br />Rock on!<br />-Fall/AscentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com