Sunday, October 19, 2008

Nightwing 48

Story- We start with a mysterious woman in red tossing a millionaire out the 62nd window of his apartment. Dick sees the scene from a distance and figures it to be a suicide, until he sees the woman in red glide out the window swinging away thanks to the strange red material she's covered in. After some quick research back at home, Dick realizes this isn't the first millionaire to die mysteriously lately.
The feds come to pick up Nite-Wing from the Bludhaven PD, since he killed one of them.
Dick finally gets his wish, and is hired by the Bludhaven PD, thanks to crooked Inspector Mac Arnot pulling strings to get him hired.
Meanwhile, It seems Blockbuster's condition has taken a turn for the worse, and he is being kept alive by various machinery. Torque comes by to finish him off, but decides to leave him alive, figuring that a slow painful death was better then a quick kill.
The issue closes with Dick deducing who the lady in red was going after next, and arriving to stop her. Unfortunately, he's too late to stop the murder, but the woman is still there. Dick tries to prevent her escape, but the bizarre material her outfit is made up of winds up snaring Dick and he takes a pretty long drop into the street below. As he staggers to his feet, a large truck speeds at him. Holy Cliffhanger Batman!!!(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

Overall- Another perfectly acceptable comic. I'll be interested as to why Inspector Arnot wanted Dick on the Bludhaven PD. It should also be interesting as to what kind of a relationship he develops with his commanding officer, Sgt. Amy Rohrbach, who happens to be a woman, which makes sense since her first name is Amy... Boy am I a master of the obvious or what? Hey, I only mention that fact because it is Dick Grayson we're talking about and females just can't seem to stay away from him. I'm just saying...
Anyway, I liked the twist with Torque not killing Blockbuster(get it, TWIST and TORQUE! I'm a comedy genius! I bet nobody else gets that...).
I can't comment too much on the main story with the lady in red, because I'm not real sure as to what she's up to, well besides killing rich dudes.
All the back story stuff is coming together exceptionally well though. I better rush to read the next issue! Does Dick get squashed by that truck?!?! The suspense is killing me!

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