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Nightwing (2016) #1-6
Nightwing: Rebirth Omnibus
Dick Grayson returns to Gotham to reclaim his mantle as part of DC's 2016 initiative DC Rebirth.
Dick Grayson has taken on many identities. Batman's Robin, a spy, a ghost, now Dick Grayson gets back to his roots in the beginning of the DC Rebirth Era. A new evil has returned to Gotham to threaten everything that Nightwing holds dear to him. While rekindling a former romance with Barbara Gordon, now a superstar crime-fighter in Gotham, Dick will have to embrace his destiny or watch his life be destroyed forever.
Collects: Nightwing: Rebirth #1; Nightwing #1-43.
Dick Grayson has taken on many identities. Batman's Robin, a spy, a ghost, now Dick Grayson gets back to his roots in the beginning of the DC Rebirth Era. A new evil has returned to Gotham to threaten everything that Nightwing holds dear to him. While rekindling a former romance with Barbara Gordon, now a superstar crime-fighter in Gotham, Dick will have to embrace his destiny or watch his life be destroyed forever.
Collects: Nightwing: Rebirth #1; Nightwing #1-43.
1496 pages, Hardcover
Published April 22, 2025
About the author
Tim Seeley
1,717 books625 followersTim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
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May 25, 2025
This run has the entirety of the Rebirth era of our beloved Dick Grayson. Additionally, you'll find more in this omnibus than the three Deluxe Editions of this era. There are some great snippets from Batgirl, Redhood, and more that widen the scope of the Haley's Circus star. In summary, this run is the DEFINITIVE tale of Nightwing; it's got the drama, action, romance, and most certainly has the intrigue.
September 20, 2025
This is a beast of an omnibus pushing 1500 pages. This run picks up from the end of Grayson and overall is a very underrated run. Chuck Dixon, Tom King and Tom Taylor get all the love when it comes to Nightwing. Tim Seeley writes the majority of this run with a good arc from Sam Humphries and Benjamin Percy filling out the omnibus. I really enjoyed this entire omnibus and loved the one shot stories that pop up during the last arc. This omnibus is worth a read and should not be skipped over to jump to Tom Taylor.
August 15, 2026
8/10
I strongly recommend reading my individual reviews of the main story arcs. I cover them there in much more detail and you can see my full thoughts rather than brief summaries.
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
In 2014, Dick Grayson died. Well, sort of. His death was faked, and used as an opportunity to infiltrate a secret spy organization that was collecting the secrets of heroes. His life was totally flipped upside-down. Honestly, it was kind of hellish. For us readers though, Tim Seeley and Tom King's Grayson was a blast that made the absolute most of the status-quo shakeup.
Then comes 2016. DC wants a new jumping point that brings its characters back to their Pre-52 basics. King departs Grayson to write Batman, but Seeley stays. Seeley is the first writer on the reborn Nightwing series, and he does a great job. Over the five books he writes, Seeley shows how important of a character Dick is -- he nails his personality, his perfectionism, and his drive to protect those close to him. He brings back Bludhaven after a decade, reimagining it as a gilded city dependent on gambling and tourism, ignorant of crime. There's frequent, well-executed commentary (foreshadowing) regarding the uber-rich and the ways the less fortunate are harmed. New characters like Shawn Tsang, Raptor, and Detective Svoboda emphasize the blurred lines of morality that Dick has seen over the years, especially during his stint as a spy. While Seeley's plot can frequently be lackluster, his character writing is impeccable, and he successfully reestablishes Nightwing's world.
Sam Humphries kills it on his single arc called The Untouchable. He expands Dick's history while respecting what Seeley and the writers before them had done, writing a compelling villain with an incredible plot. He continues the focus on Dick's character and highlights his flaws in a show-don't-tell manner.
If Humphries is the high, Benjamin Percy is the lowest point of the series and the omnibus; his story is incompetent and incoherent. It abandons the character-driven storytelling in favor for terribly-executed social commentary and the worst prose I've seen in a comic book all year.
There's two events with Nightwing involved. The first, Night of the Monster Men, is a poor attempt at examining Batman's psyche. It's poorly paced and overall a disappointment. The second, Gotham Resistance, is nothing to write home about. It's pure action and team-ups that works as a fun break from the more plot-driven stuff.
There's various team-up issues that are enjoyable that truly show how amazing of a character Dick is. They're often focused on his teamwork, and his ability to bring out the best in others. Some standouts include his appearance in Red Hood and the Outlaws and Batgirl.
There's many artists on the series, so I'll talk about my favorites. Javier Fernandez does most of the work. He uses various textures and rendering techniques, such as light shafts, cell-shading, and scratchy pencils. This gives him a truly unique style that gives this series its visual identity. Miguel Mendonça draws the most dynamic panels there are, fully capturing the essence and energy of Nightwing. Marcus To's relaxed style is still full of motion and works well for character drama. Similarly, Minkyu Jung is an unsung hero that works on nearly every story. The art is good for 90% of the omnibus, and it only suffers during tie-ins (and Percy's run).
Before I get into my ultimate conclusion and verdict, let's talk about the omnibus itself. It's goddamn huge, and heavy too. The paper is really high quality, and you'll only see through pages when individually lifted up and held into the light. There's no foreword like in many omnibuses, and after all the collected issues, there's about a dozen (take this with a grain of salt, it could be anywhere from 8-18) pages of concept art. Every issue shows its main variant cover, and no other variants are displayed in the end. If you're looking for loads of bonus content and behind the scenes work (like an issue 1 script), you'll be disappointed. However, the book is 1496 pages so I feel like it might have fallen apart had DC added any more to it. $125 is quite expensive, but I'd say it's more than worth it at the $75 price point Instocktrades offers. (They are so good. Use them.)
Given what all I've said, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a 6 or 7 out of 10 omnibus. In fact, I started this review by giving it a 7. But as I wrote it, I thought about how well it establishes Nightwing -- "the Great Rebuilder" and "catalyst of change", as he is called in the first page of the first issue. Then I thought about how much fun I had reading Seeley and Humphries's stories, or the Summer of Lies teamup from Becky Cloonan's Batgirl. At the end of the day, fun is the most important thing when you're reading. So take the leap and read this. Take the risk of it falling short of your expectations, because it could very well fly.
I strongly recommend reading my individual reviews of the main story arcs. I cover them there in much more detail and you can see my full thoughts rather than brief summaries.
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5
Volume 6
Volume 7
In 2014, Dick Grayson died. Well, sort of. His death was faked, and used as an opportunity to infiltrate a secret spy organization that was collecting the secrets of heroes. His life was totally flipped upside-down. Honestly, it was kind of hellish. For us readers though, Tim Seeley and Tom King's Grayson was a blast that made the absolute most of the status-quo shakeup.
Then comes 2016. DC wants a new jumping point that brings its characters back to their Pre-52 basics. King departs Grayson to write Batman, but Seeley stays. Seeley is the first writer on the reborn Nightwing series, and he does a great job. Over the five books he writes, Seeley shows how important of a character Dick is -- he nails his personality, his perfectionism, and his drive to protect those close to him. He brings back Bludhaven after a decade, reimagining it as a gilded city dependent on gambling and tourism, ignorant of crime. There's frequent, well-executed commentary (foreshadowing) regarding the uber-rich and the ways the less fortunate are harmed. New characters like Shawn Tsang, Raptor, and Detective Svoboda emphasize the blurred lines of morality that Dick has seen over the years, especially during his stint as a spy. While Seeley's plot can frequently be lackluster, his character writing is impeccable, and he successfully reestablishes Nightwing's world.
Sam Humphries kills it on his single arc called The Untouchable. He expands Dick's history while respecting what Seeley and the writers before them had done, writing a compelling villain with an incredible plot. He continues the focus on Dick's character and highlights his flaws in a show-don't-tell manner.
If Humphries is the high, Benjamin Percy is the lowest point of the series and the omnibus; his story is incompetent and incoherent. It abandons the character-driven storytelling in favor for terribly-executed social commentary and the worst prose I've seen in a comic book all year.
There's two events with Nightwing involved. The first, Night of the Monster Men, is a poor attempt at examining Batman's psyche. It's poorly paced and overall a disappointment. The second, Gotham Resistance, is nothing to write home about. It's pure action and team-ups that works as a fun break from the more plot-driven stuff.
There's various team-up issues that are enjoyable that truly show how amazing of a character Dick is. They're often focused on his teamwork, and his ability to bring out the best in others. Some standouts include his appearance in Red Hood and the Outlaws and Batgirl.
There's many artists on the series, so I'll talk about my favorites. Javier Fernandez does most of the work. He uses various textures and rendering techniques, such as light shafts, cell-shading, and scratchy pencils. This gives him a truly unique style that gives this series its visual identity. Miguel Mendonça draws the most dynamic panels there are, fully capturing the essence and energy of Nightwing. Marcus To's relaxed style is still full of motion and works well for character drama. Similarly, Minkyu Jung is an unsung hero that works on nearly every story. The art is good for 90% of the omnibus, and it only suffers during tie-ins (and Percy's run).
Before I get into my ultimate conclusion and verdict, let's talk about the omnibus itself. It's goddamn huge, and heavy too. The paper is really high quality, and you'll only see through pages when individually lifted up and held into the light. There's no foreword like in many omnibuses, and after all the collected issues, there's about a dozen (take this with a grain of salt, it could be anywhere from 8-18) pages of concept art. Every issue shows its main variant cover, and no other variants are displayed in the end. If you're looking for loads of bonus content and behind the scenes work (like an issue 1 script), you'll be disappointed. However, the book is 1496 pages so I feel like it might have fallen apart had DC added any more to it. $125 is quite expensive, but I'd say it's more than worth it at the $75 price point Instocktrades offers. (They are so good. Use them.)
Given what all I've said, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a 6 or 7 out of 10 omnibus. In fact, I started this review by giving it a 7. But as I wrote it, I thought about how well it establishes Nightwing -- "the Great Rebuilder" and "catalyst of change", as he is called in the first page of the first issue. Then I thought about how much fun I had reading Seeley and Humphries's stories, or the Summer of Lies teamup from Becky Cloonan's Batgirl. At the end of the day, fun is the most important thing when you're reading. So take the leap and read this. Take the risk of it falling short of your expectations, because it could very well fly.
July 10, 2025
This book has everything what great Nightwing book needs to have. It introduces new foes, new friends and even new romantic elemnt for Dick witch I liked how it was handled here. Nightwing finally after New 52 reboot returns to Blüdhaven whitch is, in my opinion, city that suits him best. Majority of this run is written by Tim Seeley who in my opinion really understands both Nightwing and Dick and managers to get maximum from both worlds. Book ends with Benjamin Percy and this part is in my opinion weakest point of the book mainly because that arc just doesn't feel like story for Nightwing, and it felt unfinished. So yes, it definitely isn't perfect and it has its flaws, but I would give it solid 4,5/5.
January 30, 2026
2.5. Meh
February 3, 2026
DNF on issue 31. it's just boring tbh
April 7, 2026
I like the Seeley stuff, am throughly underwhelmed with the rest.
March 29, 2026
Now this is what I was looking for in a post-Grant Morrison Gotham. Great action, good sense of humor, always great stakes.
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