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Nightwing: Alfred's Return
Nightwing: Alfred's Return #1 (July 1995)
Based on Nightwing's increasing popularity, DC decided to test the character's possibilities with this one-shot, followed by a mini-series (Nightwing, Vol. 1; see below).
In Nightwing: Alfred's Return #1 (July 1995), Dick Grayson travels to England to find Alfred, who resigned from Bruce Wayne's service following the events of Batman: Knightfall.
In Nightwing: Alfred's Return #1 (July 1995), Dick Grayson travels to England to find Alfred, who resigned from Bruce Wayne's service following the events of Batman: Knightfall.
Mini-Series (Nightwing, Vol. 1)
Nightwing (Vol. 1) #1 (September 1995)
In this 4-issue mini-series (September-December 1995), Dick briefly considers retiring from being Nightwing for good, before family papers uncovered by Alfred reveal a possible link between the murder of his parents and the Crown Prince of Kravia.
Nightwing: Ties That Bind (TPB)
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Nightwing: Alfred's Return #1 & Nightwing (Vol. 1) #1-4 have been collected in Nightwing: Ties That Bind.
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Ongoing Series (Nightwing, Vol. 2)
DC promo for the Nightwing ongoing series (Nightwing, Vol. 2)
In 1996, following the success of the mini-series, DC Comics launched a monthly solo series featuring Nightwing in which he patrols Gotham City's neighboring municipality of Blüdhaven.
A hit from the start, Nightwing (Vol. 2) ran from October 1996 to April 2009 for 153 regular issues, plus:
During the series, the following one-shots and specials were also published:
A hit from the start, Nightwing (Vol. 2) ran from October 1996 to April 2009 for 153 regular issues, plus:
- #0;
- #1,000,000;
- 2 Annuals;
- #1/2 (from Wizard magazine).
During the series, the following one-shots and specials were also published:
- Nightwing: 80-Page Giant #1;
- Nightwing: The Target;
- Nightwing Secret Files & Origins #1;
- Nightwing: Our World's At War #1;
- Nightwing/Huntress #1-4 (also collected in trade paperback);
- Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne;
- Flash Plus+ Nightwing #1.
Nightwing (Vol. 2) #1 (October 1996)
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Nightwing #153 (April 2009) (Final issue)
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Collected Editions
Note: Yellow = Collected in Batman trade paperback.
- Nightwing: A Knight In Blüdhaven (#1-8);
- Nightwing: Rough Justice (#9-18);
- Batman: Cataclysm (#19-20);
- Nightwing: Love And Bullets (#1/2, 19, 21-22, 24-29);
- 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, Secret Files & Origins #1, 80-Page Giant #1);
- Nightwing: On The Razor's Edge (#52, 54-60);
- Batman: Officer Down (#53);
- Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (#65-66);
- Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Vol. 1 (#68-69);
- Batman: War Games (#96-98);
- 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);
- Batman: Resurrection Of Ra's Al Ghul (#138-139);
- Nightwing: Freefall (#140-146);
- Nightwing: The Great Leap (#147-153).
''Modern'' Reprints
In 2014, DC started publishing a new series of trade paperbacks collecting Nightwing (Vol. 1-2).
- Nightwing Vol. 1: Blüdhaven (2014) collects Nightwing (Vol. 1) #1-4 and Nightwing (Vol. 2) #1-8, so it combines the older collections Nightwing: Ties That Bind (omitting the one-shot Nightwing: Alfred's Return) and Nightwing: A Knight In Blüdhaven.
- Nightwing Vol. 2: Rough Justice (2015) collects Nightwing (Vol. 2) #9-18 (like the old edition titled Rough Justice), but adds Nightwing Annual #1 (previously NOT collected).
- Nightwing Vol. 3: False Starts (2015) collects Nightwing (Vol. 2) #19-25, #1,000,000, Nightwing/Huntress #1-4 (mini-series).
- Nightwing Vol. 4: Love & Bullets (2016) collects Nightwing (Vol. 2) #26-34, #1,000,000, and a story from Nightwing: Secret Files #1.
Nightwing, Vol. 3
Nightwing (Vol. 3) #1 (2011)
In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched Nightwing with a brand-new #1, where Dick Grayson, with a different costume design, resumes the role of Nightwing (following the return of Bruce Wayne as Batman).
This run of Nightwing ended with #30 (April 2014) and also includes:
This run of Nightwing ended with #30 (April 2014) and also includes:
- #0;
- Annual #1.
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Nightwing (Vol. 3) #30 (Final issue)
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Collected Editions
- Vol. 1: Traps and Trapezes (#1-7);
- Vol. 2: Night of the Owls (#8-12, #0);
- Batman: Night Of The Owls (#8-9);
- The Joker: Death of the Family (#15-16);
- Vol. 3: Death of the Family (#13-18);
- Vol. 4: Second City (#19-24);
- DC Comics Zero Year (#25);
- Vol. 5: Setting Son (#25-30).
Grayson
Following his public reveal as Nightwing at the hands of the Crime Syndicate during Forever Evil, Dick Grayson fakes his death and becomes an agent of the espionage agency Spyral.
The series Grayson ran for 20 issues (from July 2014 to July 2016).
This run also includes:
The series Grayson ran for 20 issues (from July 2014 to July 2016).
This run also includes:
- Annual #1-3;
- Futures End: Grayson #1.
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Grayson #1 (September 2014)
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Grayson #20 (Final issue, July 2016)
Collected Editions
- Grayson: Agents of Spyral (#1-4, Futures End: Grayson #1, Secret Origins #8);
- Grayson: We All Die At Dawn (#5-8, Annual #1);
- Grayson: Nemesis (#9-12);
- Robin War (#15);
- Grayson: A Ghost in the Tomb (#13-16);
- Grayson: Spiral's End (#17-20).
Nightwing, Vol. 4
Dick Grayson returns to his role as Nightwing as part of DC's Rebirth relaunch.
Nightwing: Rebirth #1 (July 2016)
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Nightwing #1 (July 2016)
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