I think the most touching thing is that Bruce (Yes, I know he was in his Batman attire when he called Dick at the end) CALLED Dick to let him know he did right by Alfred. Considering how Dick told Superman that he didn't want to talk to Bruce because he'd probably talk him out of his plan. Heck, he received a call instead of a text from his 'dad' after his announcement. I loved these issues so much! From the group of heroes...FRIENDS coming to his aid once his coms went off to the Batfamily group text at the end...LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH!!!!
He skiped the part with superman telling him what a good good role model he can for his son when he told that he might leave so is son will need a friend like grayson that can be a role model too
I absolutely love the cavalry coming to rescue him. I love in a later issue that we see the whole bat family is on a group text too. This run of Nightwing is a favorite of mine
@@davidmclaren3620 nightwing is one of the most respected heros in the DC universe. I wouldn't be surprised if a few villians went looking to see if he was okay 😹
"Not that it's a competition, but you win" - Damian Wayne "Nice work Before you give it all away, don't forget you owe me twenty buck" - Jason Todd "Wow" - Stephanie brown
"🍾🎉🎉🎉🥳👏👏👏🥂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾🥳👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥" - Cassandra Kane
Ngl I would have loved to see an alternate reality where Bruce never gets to Richard in time(after the death) and he becomes this opposite of him where he lost his parents but is now a court of owl.
This is a bad retcon. Because it clashes with pre-existing established lore. Nightwing's parents were married when they got into Haley's circus. So saying that he was with somebody else before he met his wife yet he was in the circus directly contradicts the story as a whole.
And then you put all that aside all of it Bruce had prior knowledge of the flying graysons therefore would know that did Grayson's father had another child because he's Batman. Yet Bruce never once told Grayson that he had a sister? It's a bad retconned that's easily contradicted when you use the slightest bit of in World lore and logic.
I like how Nightwing is using Alfred's money And I also love how he named the company Alfred pennyworth Foundation ....And I like heartless the villain can wait to find out who he really is
I’ve been loving this Nightwing run….love Nightwing’s relationship wit Superman, pple forget Bruce isnt the only member of the bat family that’s close to Clark, Dick and Alfred are too, maybe Damian?? I mean Clark is his best friend’s dad so….btw I can’t wait till Alfred comes bacc to life
The moment between Bruce and Dick was so poignant. Bruce has always been sort of a anti-social person in the comics and the fact that HE felt the need to CALL Dick and go out of his way to tell him how proud of him he was speaks volume about what Dick did and Alfred as a father to bruce
That moment when the troops were about to come in and the Batman moment... instant classic!!! I'm loving this story and waiting for the eventual twist...
This is why Dick Grayson is my favorite Superhero. Doesn’t matter what storyline or multiverse, Dick is always such a kind genuine hero inside and out. In some storylines he even dies a hero. I cannot express how much I appreciate DC for never changing him and for this Recent love in the Arkham games, Lego games, Titans show and young justice show all doing him justice 💙
This is why writers need to respect nightwing he’s been shafted so many times it’s good like things are going well for him but unfortunately we know that doesn’t goes well for long.
Taylor’s Nightwing is great. To your point it’s adding to his backstory and it feels organic and not forced. Dick is the true definition of what a hero is ….glad to see it coming to life in the series.
After rewatching all three videos on the series, it seems to make Heartless identity pretty clear but such an insanely good series so far. Can’t wait for more
Excellent they retconned him a sister without completely botching his origin story or leaving absurdly obvious plot holes. Within the handful of panels you just paraphrased, this is already better than the Black Widow movie🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The pothole is they never had a child ever aside from Dick Grayson it was never set up it was never hinted at and Batman of all people did not know. It's trash writing they did not do a good retcon this is bad writing.
@@madambutterfly1997 I mean bruce has 500 different villains to deal with so why would he go back & try to find dirt on grayson's family when he needs to do it for his villains & new heroes (to check their trustworthy).
Tom Taylor's writing is so good -that he can make us just read Nightwing and Superman talking rather than punching aliens... hahaha... Really satisfied with this arc as well as Bruno Redondo's art!
This series makes it seem like Dick use Nightwing as a tool that eventually needs to end. The idea of being a superhero is necessary but not fun or enjoyable. The idea of fixing the city through various social programs shows how he's trying to deal with core issues and not create new ones like in Gotham. I like that because he can be Batman but it doesn't make it seem like Batman is the best option, but there are better options to stop crime. He is being a more effective Batman and Wayne.........himself
I am truly loving this Nightwing storyline! I feel like DC has been reading many of the fanfiction on Tumblr where any and or all of the Robins are given a biological sibling. Giving Dick an older sister is truly awesome! I think it's also a beautiful idea that Dick created a way to honor Alfred in the foundation. It's something I would definitely do, if I ever won the lottery.
That has absolutely nothing to do with politics. And just because somebody does something that's altruistic that gives them the spotlight doesn't mean that they're doing it for political reasons. What you did is called donation and what that is is called philanthropy. It's not politics
@@Aames32 socialism or a mixed socialist/capitalist system since no one talked about a lack of property or capital, just social ssfety nets for the least fortunate. Dick's actions are super political since he is creating social programs and not donations (oniy done by rich guys to avoid taxes). He is implementing many progressive programs that poll highly with a majority of the people and poorly with rich elites.
I've been up since 5:30. My 3-year-old has puked twice this morning. And he just unleashed his 3rd poopy diaper. I finally get a chance to hop on the computer and watch some TH-cam and browse comics on Amazon and what do I find...a new Variant video about Nightwing. Instantly, I'm happy and less tired. Thank you for your awesome videos.
The idea of Dick using the money to fix Bludhaven is a noble idea but we see in real life that rarely happens. This is nothing more than a wish list. Instead he should be finding way to rehabilitate the city, try to make it another Metropolis. This means trying to remove the evil, clean up the neighborhoods, etc. It's almost he needs to have a full scale cleaning of all the known criminals and corruption in the city. But this comics, so they can write this fanfic any way they want.
I disagree. Whilst it can only be a good thing to take out the criminal topdogs, in order to make lasting change you need to give ordinary people an opportunity to make a decent life , otherwise desparation becomes their driver. Bludhaven and Gotham, are full of people who turn to crime, drugs, prostitution etc. because they see no other way to survive, the criminal kingpins feed off those people. Nightwing's purpose is to take out the crime bosses, Dick Grayson's/ the Foundation's purpose is to give people a good enough life to keep them on the straight and narrow.
This really ties tony zucco into the Grayson family tragedy instead of making him some some punk here it show why he chosen the Graysons instead of just killing a circus animal.
Can you do history of the Elementals, Cyclone and Sandman along with Kurt Conners the Lizard, Electro, Rhino, Kraven the Hunter, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with Morbius, Alistair Smythe the Ultimate Spider Slayer and Loxias_Crown AKA Hunger?
Nightwing is more Batman than people give him credit for. Nightwing is everything Batman is and isn’t. All of his pros and few of his cons. A Batman that didn’t choose to use fear as his primary weapon, a Batman that shows compassion and openly trust his friends. A Batman with a sense of humor lol.
How long do you think it would take for us to see Nightwing in the DCEU? Do you think he should get his own movie and which actor do you think should play him?
Nightwing deserves his own movie,animated series or solo live action series and most importantly he deserves a game which is at the same level as Batman Arkham and Spider-Man
The Batfamily having a group chat is honestly the best lore addition I’ve needed
Ikr!!! I literally gushed when that panel showed up
my favorite part of that is that Cassandra uses only emoticons
@@SPDRM you deadass
@@SPDRM you wack lol
The question is was it Bruce's idea or did they force him to join it? Are there two groups one with and one without Bruce
I think the most touching thing is that Bruce (Yes, I know he was in his Batman attire when he called Dick at the end) CALLED Dick to let him know he did right by Alfred. Considering how Dick told Superman that he didn't want to talk to Bruce because he'd probably talk him out of his plan. Heck, he received a call instead of a text from his 'dad' after his announcement. I loved these issues so much!
From the group of heroes...FRIENDS coming to his aid once his coms went off to the Batfamily group text at the end...LOVE IT ALL SO MUCH!!!!
Batman flying immediately made me happy for some reason compared to the others
Ah man. Such good stuff
@@uchihabomber1296 YES!!
@@professoreinstein6 if the local comic store didn't close over four years ago, I'd happily buy these issues in their physical copies
He skiped the part with superman telling him what a good good role model he can for his son when he told that he might leave so is son will need a friend like grayson that can be a role model too
I absolutely love the cavalry coming to rescue him. I love in a later issue that we see the whole bat family is on a group text too. This run of Nightwing is a favorite of mine
I personally loved Damian's message!
I will say this the cavalry was a little excessive I mean I like nightwing but thats a bit much
@@davidmclaren3620 nightwing is one of the most respected heros in the DC universe. I wouldn't be surprised if a few villians went looking to see if he was okay 😹
@@yomicry-ed3697 I'm just saying all of the titans seems excessive batman definitely makes sense just not every titan
@@davidmclaren3620 nightwing was a titan and is a close friend of all of them, so of course theyd come quick
"Not that it's a competition, but you win"
- Damian Wayne
"Nice work Before you give it all away, don't forget you owe me twenty buck"
- Jason Todd
"Wow"
- Stephanie brown
"🍾🎉🎉🎉🥳👏👏👏🥂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾🥳👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥"
- Cassandra Kane
You forgot about Tim Drake's message.
@@mangathecomicgeek9450 Cain*
Nightwing might be the only character that gets decent retcons. This plus the court of owls stuff is really some top tier stuff.
Yeah it all really just adds to his character.
Ngl I would have loved to see an alternate reality where Bruce never gets to Richard in time(after the death) and he becomes this opposite of him where he lost his parents but is now a court of owl.
@@AtomicOwl so the Grey-Son?
This is a bad retcon. Because it clashes with pre-existing established lore. Nightwing's parents were married when they got into Haley's circus. So saying that he was with somebody else before he met his wife yet he was in the circus directly contradicts the story as a whole.
And then you put all that aside all of it Bruce had prior knowledge of the flying graysons therefore would know that did Grayson's father had another child because he's Batman. Yet Bruce never once told Grayson that he had a sister? It's a bad retconned that's easily contradicted when you use the slightest bit of in World lore and logic.
Nightwings chemistry with people is awesome
So true, it can be such a random person but he'll have such good chemistry with em
He is one of the most respected in the DC universe
@@devinchester8804 except in the animated movies
@@johnlawful2272 oof true, he's the guy who gets stabbed no matter who he fights like he lost to Deathstroke but Damien won from Deathstroke like bruh
Both Nightwing by Tom Taylor and The Flash by Jeremy Adams have both been 10/10 runs so far. Dick Grayson and Wally West fans rejoice!
I like how Nightwing is using Alfred's money And I also love how he named the company Alfred pennyworth Foundation ....And I like heartless the villain can wait to find out who he really is
This makes me love nightwing even more than i already do
I’ve been loving this Nightwing run….love Nightwing’s relationship wit Superman, pple forget Bruce isnt the only member of the bat family that’s close to Clark, Dick and Alfred are too, maybe Damian?? I mean Clark is his best friend’s dad so….btw I can’t wait till Alfred comes bacc to life
Clark is the uncle of the Bat-family.
The moment between Bruce and Dick was so poignant. Bruce has always been sort of a anti-social person in the comics and the fact that HE felt the need to CALL Dick and go out of his way to tell him how proud of him he was speaks volume about what Dick did and Alfred as a father to bruce
That moment when the troops were about to come in and the Batman moment... instant classic!!! I'm loving this story and waiting for the eventual twist...
I love that in the first issue Barbara mentioned that Cass has no self control with emojis, and at 11:07 we see what she means 😂
I love how they made the batfamily groupchat cannon in this series.
This is why Dick Grayson is my favorite Superhero. Doesn’t matter what storyline or multiverse, Dick is always such a kind genuine hero inside and out. In some storylines he even dies a hero. I cannot express how much I appreciate DC for never changing him and for this Recent love in the Arkham games, Lego games, Titans show and young justice show all doing him justice 💙
Agreed
Except dcau
This is why writers need to respect nightwing he’s been shafted so many times it’s good like things are going well for him but unfortunately we know that doesn’t goes well for long.
Taylor’s Nightwing is great. To your point it’s adding to his backstory and it feels organic and not forced. Dick is the true definition of what a hero is ….glad to see it coming to life in the series.
After rewatching all three videos on the series, it seems to make Heartless identity pretty clear but such an insanely good series so far. Can’t wait for more
Man when he said the "Alfred Pennyworth Foundation" a tear appeared in my eye. Damn good stuff
"Nice work Before you give it all away, don't forget you owe me $20" -Jason 💀💀💀 my kind of guy
😂
Now this is a Nightwing run that reminds of some good writing and art from the best 90’s era.
Excellent they retconned him a sister without completely botching his origin story or leaving absurdly obvious plot holes.
Within the handful of panels you just paraphrased, this is already better than the Black Widow movie🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The pothole is they never had a child ever aside from Dick Grayson it was never set up it was never hinted at and Batman of all people did not know. It's trash writing they did not do a good retcon this is bad writing.
Yeah I agree it was a good retcon it didn’t ruin anything either for the character so it fits in
@@Aames32 yeah The idea of something getting passed Batman‘s knowledge is a bit weird
@@Aames32 objectively this retcon is better than the black widow movie retcon
@@madambutterfly1997 I mean bruce has 500 different villains to deal with so why would he go back & try to find dirt on grayson's family when he needs to do it for his villains & new heroes (to check their trustworthy).
" nice work, before you give it all away don't forget you owe me 20 bucks "
- Jason todd
Anti hero at worst he only kills villains he’s dcs punisher
Terry: Even in this time beyond, that was a baller move
Ps- your name and costume's the most kickass
He is becoming one of my favorite hero
Damien saying not that it's a competition but you win in the group chat is amazing
Tom Taylor's writing is so good -that he can make us just read Nightwing and Superman talking rather than punching aliens... hahaha... Really satisfied with this arc as well as Bruno Redondo's art!
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Am loving the new take on Nightwing, everyone was shocked to learn that Bruce Wayne/Batman wasn't the only richest man in Bat-family.
I just finished a video of yours and the notification popped up. Perfect timing
This series makes it seem like Dick use Nightwing as a tool that eventually needs to end. The idea of being a superhero is necessary but not fun or enjoyable. The idea of fixing the city through various social programs shows how he's trying to deal with core issues and not create new ones like in Gotham. I like that because he can be Batman but it doesn't make it seem like Batman is the best option, but there are better options to stop crime. He is being a more effective Batman and Wayne.........himself
I would love to see more Superman-nightwing interaction
I am truly loving this Nightwing storyline! I feel like DC has been reading many of the fanfiction on Tumblr where any and or all of the Robins are given a biological sibling. Giving Dick an older sister is truly awesome! I think it's also a beautiful idea that Dick created a way to honor Alfred in the foundation. It's something I would definitely do, if I ever won the lottery.
I love Dick's speech here 10:10
Shows that Tom Taylor isn't just a great writer, he also has great politics.
Interestingly, in the Rebirth Batman Beyond series Dick Grayson became the mayor of Blüdhaven.
That has absolutely nothing to do with politics. And just because somebody does something that's altruistic that gives them the spotlight doesn't mean that they're doing it for political reasons. What you did is called donation and what that is is called philanthropy. It's not politics
And what you're talking about is just communism.
@@Aames32 socialism or a mixed socialist/capitalist system since no one talked about a lack of property or capital, just social ssfety nets for the least fortunate.
Dick's actions are super political since he is creating social programs and not donations (oniy done by rich guys to avoid taxes).
He is implementing many progressive programs that poll highly with a majority of the people and poorly with rich elites.
The Batfamily chat group is something I never knew I wanted to see
It’s perfect
You should read the Batfamily webcomic, it's literally like the group chat made into a comic 😂😂
@@uchihabomber1296 imagine kirby as robin
"Nice work, but before you give it all away, don't forget you owe me $20"
Man for a violent guy Jason can be such a goof.
"The Alfred Pennyworth Foundation" I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!
Man this writer makes every character feel real
What would happen if Flame_Bird was the partner of Nightwing in this comic book issue? Can you do history of Flame_Bird?
I would also like to see this Bette Kane
I look forward to these Nightwing recaps definitely worthwhile.
I actually cried a little, that hadn't happened for me in comics since Kingdom Come.
If Alfred could see the boy he raised right now, he'll be so proud-- as we do. For Alfred
Nightwing is one of my favorite characters
I loved the strike force that was prepared to enter the fray. Dick Grayson is basically a nuclear power with the heroes ready to come to his aid.
@warwik Xio That makes sense. I wasn't reading at that time.
Tom Taylor has written the best version of Nightwing/Dick Grayson since Marv Wolfman. I'm so loving this run
LMAO BATFAMILY WAS READY SHIT WAS ON SIGHT BOUT NIGHTWING!
Bruce thanking Dick for honoring Alfred was a beautiful moment
Freaking awesome.. always loved Nightwing and this issue is making me appreciate him more and more.
Thank you for covering this.
I've been up since 5:30. My 3-year-old has puked twice this morning. And he just unleashed his 3rd poopy diaper. I finally get a chance to hop on the computer and watch some TH-cam and browse comics on Amazon and what do I find...a new Variant video about Nightwing. Instantly, I'm happy and less tired. Thank you for your awesome videos.
YES I was waiting for this!
8:12 Really!? Not gonna address that comic panel? It's too funny.
"Just handcuff me and take the chopper"
I'm love how Batman represents Justice in a Family and NightWing represents de heart of that Family.
The art style of this comic is amazing. The slightly modernized classic outfits look so good
Boy you did your thing with this 1! One of my favorite comics I’ve seen thank you man , love the content your the goat🐐🐐🐐
11:08 the messages killed me especially that of Jason
Don't forget to buy unicorns and calorie free pizza since he wants to do the impossible
The commissioner looks a lot like Liam Hemsworth @6:00
I love Damian's comment "It's not a competition, but you win."
Bloody hell, Jason's response to it. "Before you give it away, don't forget you owe me 20"
Blockbuster from the old days of the JSA and JLA?
Nightwing continues to be GOATED 🖤💙
"Nice work Before you give it all away, don't forget you owe me twenty bucks" Oh Jason, please never change
“Go get them boy wonder.” Now why does this sounds so familiar?
The young Bruce looks like David Mazouz from gotham
No Batman looked like that for decades even before that child was cast in Gotham
Aside from how being divisive run on Injustice and son of kal el, I think tom taylor is doing a good job with Nightwing
The call from Bruce almost made me cry.....I miss Alfred...
I already loved Nightwing to begin. These comics though are doing absolute justice! I am definitely entertained and want soooo much more of this!
I am really loving this series as we can able to see more of bat family .
I was skeptical but I am loving the story
I almost fuckin cried. 😭
What a great story. Thank you for sharing.
This is amazing.
The idea of Dick using the money to fix Bludhaven is a noble idea but we see in real life that rarely happens. This is nothing more than a wish list. Instead he should be finding way to rehabilitate the city, try to make it another Metropolis. This means trying to remove the evil, clean up the neighborhoods, etc. It's almost he needs to have a full scale cleaning of all the known criminals and corruption in the city.
But this comics, so they can write this fanfic any way they want.
I disagree. Whilst it can only be a good thing to take out the criminal topdogs, in order to make lasting change you need to give ordinary people an opportunity to make a decent life , otherwise desparation becomes their driver. Bludhaven and Gotham, are full of people who turn to crime, drugs, prostitution etc. because they see no other way to survive, the criminal kingpins feed off those people. Nightwing's purpose is to take out the crime bosses, Dick Grayson's/ the Foundation's purpose is to give people a good enough life to keep them on the straight and narrow.
I'm loving this the lore n back story is just perfect
That’s actually really awesome!!!
Cyborg is a Teen Titan again. Nice
Awesome video as always
The artwork in these comics is really dope
Why couldn’t more comics be like this, DC??
I like how the story is headed and I hope it would become a reality some day..
IMO this is an awesome idea and naming his foundation after Alfred- total boss move.
When are you going to do a history of Blockbuster?
Damn I'm just too happy this series is great
I have to say I think Damian and Jason's responses are the best
This really ties tony zucco into the Grayson family tragedy instead of making him some some punk here it show why he chosen the Graysons instead of just killing a circus animal.
I find it adorable that they have a Batfam group chat. XD
Nice one!
Was it really shocking for Dick_Grayson to find out that the she has a half sister who has the same last name as the guy who killed his parents?
❤️ man this is good
Wasn’t his family recruiting ground for Court of Owls’ Talon Corp?
Interesting can't wait for more
History of Superboy also great vid
I absolutely love Tom Taylor!!! I love all of the new DC books. Genius! Best writing in years.
do more videos on knightwing please im very interested
Can you do history of the Elementals, Cyclone and Sandman along with Kurt Conners the Lizard, Electro, Rhino, Kraven the Hunter, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with Morbius, Alistair Smythe the Ultimate Spider Slayer and Loxias_Crown AKA Hunger?
I started crying at "Alfred Foundation"
Great story.
Nightwing is more Batman than people give him credit for. Nightwing is everything Batman is and isn’t. All of his pros and few of his cons. A Batman that didn’t choose to use fear as his primary weapon, a Batman that shows compassion and openly trust his friends. A Batman with a sense of humor lol.
so basically Spider-Man
@@kelnhide 😂 I guess so
How long do you think it would take for us to see Nightwing in the DCEU? Do you think he should get his own movie and which actor do you think should play him?
I heard that Warner already a Nightwing film in production behind the scenes. It was never officially announced tho, so who knows.
Nightwing deserves his own movie,animated series or solo live action series and most importantly he deserves a game which is at the same level as Batman Arkham and Spider-Man
thats actually a pretty decent retcon, im not mad at it
You gotta give it to Jason. He won't let that 20 bucks slide that easily.
The idea of a bat family group chat is very cute