Sunday, October 12, 2008

Nightwing 32-34

Story- Two sister acrobat extraordinaries, going by the name Double Dare, have begun to rip off money, jewels and anything else they can from the Bludhaven mafia. Needless to say, Blockbuster is not pleased, and dispatches the dirty Police Commissioner to have his officers deal with the situation. The cops, thinking Nightwing is to blame because of the acrobatic nature of the crimes and escapes, target him, but he deduces who the true culprits are. Naturally, one of the girls is infatuated with Nightwing, what else is new, and is reluctant to allow her sister to harm Dick when he comes by to bust them. While Dick battles the sisters and they fight each other, Blockbuster sends some of his men to kill all three of the acrobats. Dick gets the girls to agree to help him subdue Blockbuster's muscle, since they want to kill them as well as him. The girls however ditch Nightwing at the first chance they get(heh heh) leaving him to fend for himself, which he manages to, barely. The girls manage to remain at large, while Nightwing licks his wounds.

Overall- Is there any woman in the DC universe who isn't attracted to Nightwing? Really, anybody? Even the bad guys can't seem to resist him. Anyway, the story was alright, with it showing just how corrupt a city Bludhaven is. Blockbuster seems to have his hands into practically everything, which is kind of funny, considering in the early Nightwing's, he was still consolidating his power base. Boy, Dick sure allowed Blockbuster to dig his roots deep into Bludhaven. I guess the point the writer (Chuck Dixon) is trying to make is that the corruption is so extensive in Bludhaven, it might be more than Dick can handle. Anyway, the story was OK, but nothing spectacular.

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