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* ContinuityNod: Dick's Romani heritage is referenced when Meili Lin compares his facial features to his parents, confirming that Mary Grayson was Romani.
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** The boats that rescue the tent city kids are named after Nightwing writers Devin Grayson and Creator/TimSeeley and artist Rick Leonardi.
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* PapaWolf: Part of TheCavalry mentioned above is a ''very'' pissed off looking Batman.
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* TheOner: The series somehow manages to make this possible within the comics medium with Issue #87, which is drawn from start to finish as one ''very'' long continuous image.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Melinda Zucco's bodyguard Audré is completely bald and she's pretty tough, capable of giving Dick a good fight.
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* TheyDo: Nightwing and Batgirl get back together again after sharing a kiss before Dick's speech to the city of Blüdhaven.
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* TheyDo: Nightwing Dick and Batgirl Barbara get back together again after sharing a kiss before Dick's speech to the city of Blüdhaven.
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* TheyDo: Nightwing and Batgirl get's back together again after sharing a kiss before Dick's speech to the city of Blüdhaven.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: Melinda Zucco's bodyguard Audré is completely bald and she's pretty tough, capable of giving Dick a good fight.
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* BaldWomen: Melinda Zucco's bodyguard Audré is completely bald.
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* CreatorCameo: Editor Jessica Chen is drawn into #87, rollerblading down the streets of Bludhaven. Some fans jokingly gave her hell for not trying to rescue the dognapped Haley.
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It's been a rough few years for Dick Grayson. First, he was [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth shot in the head]] and lost his memories. Then, he was [[ComicBook/TheJokerWar manipulated by the Joker]]. But that's all behind him now -- with his memories restored, Dick is back to being Nightwing and ready to take on whatever is in front of him.
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It's been a rough few years for Dick Grayson. First, he was [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing shot in the head]] and lost his memories. Then, he was [[ComicBook/TheJokerWar manipulated by the Joker]]. But that's all behind him now -- with his memories restored, Dick is back to being Nightwing and ready to take on whatever is in front of him.
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* TheBusCameBack: After not appearing in forever, Clancy, the superintendent of Dick's first Bludhaven apartment from the first ''Nightwing'' ongoing, reappears when he needs someone to dogsit Haley.
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* AsleepForDays: After the events of the first arc, Dick collapses immediately after entering his apartment safehouse. After Tim and Barbara carry him to bed, he wakes up and sees that it's morning. He remarks to Barbara that he didn't expect to wake up that early. Barbara says that he had been asleep for two days and that Tim had been patrolling Bludhaven the past few nights.
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* SerialKiller: Heartless has a wall lined with rows upon rows of his bottled heart "trophies", indicating he's been at it for a while now, with a sizeable body count.
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* WealthyPhilanthropist: What does Dick ultimately decide to do with the vast wealth he inherited from Alfred? ''' ''Give it all away'' ''' to the city of Bludhaven by establishing the ''Alfred Pennyworth Foundation'': A self-sustaining philanthropic organization dedicated to eradicating poverty and homelessness in the city by tackling big-ticket issues such as public and affordable housing, access to employment, prisoner rehabilitation, public transportation, free renewable energy, health care, and guaranteed living wages.
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* WealthyPhilanthropist: What does Dick ultimately decide to do with the vast wealth he inherited from Alfred? ''' ''Give Give it all away'' ''' away to the city of Bludhaven by establishing the ''Alfred Alfred Pennyworth Foundation'': Foundation: A self-sustaining philanthropic organization dedicated to eradicating poverty and homelessness in the city by tackling big-ticket issues such as public and affordable housing, access to employment, prisoner rehabilitation, public transportation, free renewable energy, health care, and guaranteed living wages.
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* WealthyPhilanthropist: What does Dick ultimately decide to do with the vast wealth he inherited from Alfred? ''' ''Give it all away'' ''' to the city of Bludhaven by establishing the ''Alfred Pennyworth Foundation'': A self-sustaining philanthropic organization dedicated to eradicating poverty and homelessness in the city by tackling big-ticket issues such as public and affordable housing, access to employment, prisoner rehabilitation, public transportation, free renewable energy, health care, and guaranteed living wages.
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* AnchoredShip: Despite effectively being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series and a significant focus on the book being Barbara reconnecting with Dick, they are not actually a couple. This may be coinciding with ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', where Dick has seemingly restarted his relationship with Kory.
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* TheCavalry: After Dick is presumed captured at the end of issue 81, he calls off a rescue attempt in the preview of #82. Oracle does call off the rescue, which consists of [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the Titans]] (Donna Troy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy) as well as Bruce, piloting the Batplane. Clearly, she does NOT mess around.
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* BeatPanel: As the cops come to question Dick in regards to Heartless' latest murder victim (as he had used Dick's credit card to check into a hotel), they ask him what his relationship with Barbara Gordon is, as she had provided an alibi by saying that she had been in the apartment all night. The two stare at each other in the next panel, with Dick exhaling loudly. He then replies that he's [[ShipTease still wondering that himself]].
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* KickTheDog: The bad guys Nightwing stops in #78 aren't just kicking the dog, they are also going to ''shoot'' the dog. Nightwing stops them and ends up taking the dog in himself.
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* KickTheDog: The bad guys Nightwing stops Some punks in #78 aren't just kicking the dog, they are also going to ''shoot'' the dog. dog ForTheEvulz. Nightwing stops them and ends up taking the poor dog in himself.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: One of Dick's recent regrets is not being there for Alfred during the latter's death.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: One of Dick's recent regrets is not being there for Alfred during Alfred, since he was literally a different person when the latter's death.latter died.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dick gets pickpocketed by a couple of street kids. When he asked Barbara [[TemptingFate not to tell anyone about this]], did she reveal that she spread the whole news to the Bat Family's group chat. Dick himself lampshades that they are probably not going to let up on reminding him of that little mishap.
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* CutenessProximity: Barbara practically squees at the sight of Dick's new puppy.
* MythologyGag:
** Barbara at one point wears a T-shirt with the image of Batman slapping Robin.
** There's a mug depicting [[Film/BatmanTheMovie Batman holding a bomb over his head]].
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: One of Dick's recent regrets is not being there for Alfred during the latter's death.
* NotMeThisTime: Nightwing and Robin defend squatters from Brutale and Executioner, until the whole slums are suddenly set on fire. The villains are immediately accused of starting the fire, but they were just as surprised as the heroes were. The real culprit is new villain Heartless.
** Barbara at one point wears a T-shirt with the image of Batman slapping Robin.
** There's a mug depicting [[Film/BatmanTheMovie Batman holding a bomb over his head]].
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: One of Dick's recent regrets is not being there for Alfred during the latter's death.
* NotMeThisTime: Nightwing and Robin defend squatters from Brutale and Executioner, until the whole slums are suddenly set on fire. The villains are immediately accused of starting the fire, but they were just as surprised as the heroes were. The real culprit is new villain Heartless.
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-->'''Barbara:''' [[SarcasmMode Sure, you're ''so'' well-known for turning your back on innocent creatures in need]]. The ''second'' she came through that window, this became her forever home. Just accept you have a fur baby now, Dick Grayson.
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-->'''Barbara:''' [[SarcasmMode Sure, you're ''so'' so well-known for turning your back on innocent creatures in need]]. The ''second'' she came through that window, this became her forever home. Just accept you have a fur baby now, Dick Grayson.
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* BaldWomen: Melinda Zucco's bodyguard André is completely bald.
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* BaldWomen: Melinda Zucco's bodyguard André Audré is completely bald.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Melinda Zucco reveals to Dick that her biological father was actually John Grayson, making them siblings.]]
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* UnskilledButStrong: This is Dick's analysis of Heartless' fighting style. He's been enhanced beyond a normal human, but has no technique, which is how Nightwing balances the odds.
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But as Nightwing stops bad guys from (literally) kicking a dog, he is also confronted by the ghosts of his past when [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] shows up as the executor of Alfred Pennyworth's will. And there is also the crime boss Blockbuster, ready to crush anyone and everyone in his way. In fact, Blockbuster just killed the Mayor of Bludhaven and handed the Mayorship over to the next in line: Melinda Zucco. Daughter of ''Tony Zucco'', the man who killed Dick's parents.
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But as Nightwing stops bad guys from (literally) kicking a dog, he is also confronted by the ghosts of his past when [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] shows up as the executor of Alfred Pennyworth's will. And there is also [[ArchEnemy the crime boss Blockbuster, Blockbuster]], ready to crush anyone and everyone in his way. In fact, Blockbuster just killed the Mayor of Bludhaven and handed the Mayorship over to the next in line: Melinda Zucco. Daughter of ''Tony Zucco'', the man who killed Dick's parents.
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* AnchoredShip: Despite effectively being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series and a significant focus on the book being Barbara reconnecting with Dick, they are not aactually a couple. This may be coinciding with ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', where Dick has seemingly restarted his relationship with Kory.
* AttackOnTheHeart: Someone is killing people and taking their hearts. At the end of issue #79, Nightwing even finds a tent city full of kids who ask him he's "the man without a heart."
* AttackOnTheHeart: Someone is killing people and taking their hearts. At the end of issue #79, Nightwing even finds a tent city full of kids who ask him he's "the man without a heart."
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* AnchoredShip: Despite effectively being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series and a significant focus on the book being Barbara reconnecting with Dick, they are not aactually actually a couple. This may be coinciding with ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', where Dick has seemingly restarted his relationship with Kory.
* AttackOnTheHeart: Someone is killing people and taking their hearts. At the end of issue #79, Nightwing even finds a tent city full of kids who ask him if he's "the man without a heart."
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* DramaticIrony: In the opening flashback of #78, Barbara and Dick stop a group of bullies from beating up a kid. When the police arrive, the main bully gloats that now they are in trouble because his father "''owns'' the police." As both the audience and Barbara know, however, that isn't going to happen, because ''her'' father is the ''police commissioner''.
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* DramaticIrony: In the opening flashback of #78, Barbara and Dick stop a group of bullies from beating up a kid. When the police arrive, the main bully gloats that now they are in trouble because his father "''owns'' the police." As both the audience and Barbara know, however, that isn't going to happen, because ''her'' father is the ''police ''the police commissioner''.
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-->'''Barbara:''' [[SarcasmMode Sure, you're ''so'' well-known for turning your back on innocent creatures in need.need]]. The ''second'' she came through that window, this became her forever home. Just accept you have a fur baby now, Dick Grayson.
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* AnchoredShip: Despite effectively being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the series and a significant focus on the book being Barbara reconnecting with Dick, they are not aactually a couple. This may be coinciding with ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', where Dick has seemingly restarted his relationship with Kory.
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* SecretlyWealthy: Alfred. Due to the Wayne Industries stocks he received and a lot of well made investments, Alfred was actually a ''billionaire'' himself. Dick asks the obvious question:
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* BullyHunter: As the opening flashback shows, both Dick and Barbara disliked bullies.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
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* SpiritualSuccessor: SpiritualSuccessor:
** A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
** A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
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* SignatureStyle: As with many of Taylor's works, this book focuses on positive familial and romantic relationships, quippy dialogue, and a cute adopted animal.
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-->''Master Bruce may feel you should only be a hero when wearing a costume. But '''I'm''' glad '''Dick Grayson''' steps up when someone is needed. It takes a different hero to help without a mask.''
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-->''Master Bruce may feel you should only be a hero when wearing a costume. But '''I'm''' glad '''Dick Grayson''' steps up when someone is needed. It takes a different hero to help without a mask.''
-->-- '''Alfred Pennyworth'''
'''''Nightwing''''' is a 2021 [[Creator/DCComics DC]] {{superhero}} comic book. It was relaunched at issue #78 as part of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, and is written by Creator/TomTaylor, with art by Bruno Redondo.
It's been a rough few years for Dick Grayson. First, he was [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth shot in the head]] and lost his memories. Then, he was [[ComicBook/TheJokerWar manipulated by the Joker]]. But that's all behind him now -- with his memories restored, Dick is back to being Nightwing and ready to take on whatever is in front of him.
Even if that happens to be a poor, abused little puppy in need of saving.
But as Nightwing stops bad guys from (literally) kicking a dog, he is also confronted by the ghosts of his past when [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] shows up as the executor of Alfred Pennyworth's will. And there is also the crime boss Blockbuster, ready to crush anyone and everyone in his way. In fact, Blockbuster just killed the Mayor of Bludhaven and handed the Mayorship over to the next in line: Melinda Zucco. Daughter of ''Tony Zucco'', the man who killed Dick's parents.
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* AudienceParticipation: After it was revealed that Dick was getting a puppy, the readers were invited to vote for the puppy's name on Twitter. The winner was [[ContinuityNod Haley]].
* BullyHunter: As the opening flashback shows, both Dick and Barbara disliked bullies.
* DramaticIrony: In the opening flashback of #78, Barbara and Dick stop a group of bullies from beating up a kid. When the police arrive, the main bully gloats that now they are in trouble because his father "''owns'' the police." As both the audience and Barbara know, however, that isn't going to happen, because ''her'' father is the ''police commissioner''.
* KickTheDog: The bad guys Nightwing stops in #78 aren't just kicking the dog, they are also going to ''shoot'' the dog. Nightwing stops them and ends up taking the dog in himself.
* PreciousPuppy: Nightwing saves a puppy. He doesn't mean to keep it, but Barbara knows him better than that:
-->'''Barbara:''' Sure, you're ''so'' well-known for turning your back on innocent creatures in need. The ''second'' she came through that window, this became her forever home. Just accept you have a fur baby now, Dick Grayson.
* SecretlyWealthy: Alfred. Due to the Wayne Enterprise stocks he received and a lot of well made investments, Alfred was actually a ''billionaire'' himself. Dick asks the obvious question:
-->'''Dick:''' Why would a billionaire make me sandwiches and do my washing?
-->'''Barbara:''' For the same reason a billionaire would fight crime in Gotham. It's what he ''wanted'' to do.
* SpiritualSuccessor: A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
* TakeThat: Tom Taylor includes a not-so-subtle jab at the "Ric Grayson" era, where Dick had lost his memories and worked as a cab driver:
-->'''Nightwing:''' I'm not letting you shoot a ''puppy'' in the ''head''--in my experience, the next thing you know, the dog will have lost its memory and be driving a cab. And with or without amnesia, a dog shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car.
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-->''Master Bruce may feel you should only be a hero when wearing a costume. But '''I'm''' glad '''Dick Grayson''' steps up when someone is needed. It takes a different hero to help without a mask.''
-->-- '''Alfred Pennyworth'''
'''''Nightwing''''' is a 2021 [[Creator/DCComics DC]] {{superhero}} comic book. It was relaunched at issue #78 as part of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, and is written by Creator/TomTaylor, with art by Bruno Redondo.
It's been a rough few years for Dick Grayson. First, he was [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth shot in the head]] and lost his memories. Then, he was [[ComicBook/TheJokerWar manipulated by the Joker]]. But that's all behind him now -- with his memories restored, Dick is back to being Nightwing and ready to take on whatever is in front of him.
Even if that happens to be a poor, abused little puppy in need of saving.
But as Nightwing stops bad guys from (literally) kicking a dog, he is also confronted by the ghosts of his past when [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] shows up as the executor of Alfred Pennyworth's will. And there is also the crime boss Blockbuster, ready to crush anyone and everyone in his way. In fact, Blockbuster just killed the Mayor of Bludhaven and handed the Mayorship over to the next in line: Melinda Zucco. Daughter of ''Tony Zucco'', the man who killed Dick's parents.
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!Tropes in ''Nightwing (Infinite Frontier)'':
* AudienceParticipation: After it was revealed that Dick was getting a puppy, the readers were invited to vote for the puppy's name on Twitter. The winner was [[ContinuityNod Haley]].
* BullyHunter: As the opening flashback shows, both Dick and Barbara disliked bullies.
* DramaticIrony: In the opening flashback of #78, Barbara and Dick stop a group of bullies from beating up a kid. When the police arrive, the main bully gloats that now they are in trouble because his father "''owns'' the police." As both the audience and Barbara know, however, that isn't going to happen, because ''her'' father is the ''police commissioner''.
* KickTheDog: The bad guys Nightwing stops in #78 aren't just kicking the dog, they are also going to ''shoot'' the dog. Nightwing stops them and ends up taking the dog in himself.
* PreciousPuppy: Nightwing saves a puppy. He doesn't mean to keep it, but Barbara knows him better than that:
-->'''Barbara:''' Sure, you're ''so'' well-known for turning your back on innocent creatures in need. The ''second'' she came through that window, this became her forever home. Just accept you have a fur baby now, Dick Grayson.
* SecretlyWealthy: Alfred. Due to the Wayne Enterprise stocks he received and a lot of well made investments, Alfred was actually a ''billionaire'' himself. Dick asks the obvious question:
-->'''Dick:''' Why would a billionaire make me sandwiches and do my washing?
-->'''Barbara:''' For the same reason a billionaire would fight crime in Gotham. It's what he ''wanted'' to do.
* SpiritualSuccessor: A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
* TakeThat: Tom Taylor includes a not-so-subtle jab at the "Ric Grayson" era, where Dick had lost his memories and worked as a cab driver:
-->'''Nightwing:''' I'm not letting you shoot a ''puppy'' in the ''head''--in my experience, the next thing you know, the dog will have lost its memory and be driving a cab. And with or without amnesia, a dog shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car.
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