Nightwing Vol. 2: Night of the Owls (#8-#12, #0)

5/5

Kyle Higgins and Eddy Barrows continue their run on Nightwing with this second volume, which I found to be even better than the first!

This volume contains 3 story arcs: The first of which ties up the Court of Owls event (which actually still works in this series without crudely interrupting the main story), the second has Dick Grayson facing off the anti-Gotham group that framed him for murder, and the third is issue #0, which gives us Dick Grayson's origin story.

All-in-all, I absolutely loved this volume. The Court of Owls tie-in is used masterfully to create a deeper lore of Nightwing's ancestry. The second solo story, much like the first volume, had twist and turns that kept me hooked from beginning to end. Then, with the origin story, we get a much deeper look into not only Dick Grayson's character, but Bruce Wayne's as well.

The art still has some botchy moments here and there, but the writing heroically saves the whole ordeal in style. Highly recommend.

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