Best products from r/Nightwing

I'm actually doing my first cosplay ever this weekend for Boston Comic Con, and in doing Nightwing because he's my favorite character!!

I didn't go all out for this one, for financial reasons, so mine is pretty basic: no armor. However, at one point, when I was researching for the cosplay, I did come across some cool stuff like this:

Forearm Guards

Shin Guards

Tactical Gloves

As for the emblem, I just painted it onto the chest of the under armor I'm going to wear using light blue fabric paint. And to get a nice cut look to my body I worked out like crazy hahaha

Sounds like yours is gonna look way better than mine! And you're gonna do a great job, man. Good luck. Hope this helped

I recommend Chuck Dixon's run on Nightwing, starting with the reprinted Nightwing Vol. 1: Bludhaven. The second volume will be reprinted in June.
 

Also being reprinted is the Wolfman and Perez run of New Teen Titans, starting with New Teen Titans Vol. 1.
 

For a modernized origin story, there's Loeb and Sale's Batman: Dark Victory.
 

For his early years as Robin, there's Dixon and Beatty's Batgirl/Robin Year One. Dixon and Beatty also wrote Nightwing Year One, which is currently out-of-print, but may be reprinted.
 

After Chuck Dixon's run, you'll want to skip ahead and read Peter Tomasi's Freefall and The Great Leap story arcs. Most of the stuff in-between Tomasi and Dixon is... best left forgotten. The Nightwing/Huntress mini-series was decent, but I'd advise you to avoid her run on Nightwing itself.
 

For Dick as Batman, the main essentials are Scott Snyder's Batman: The Black Mirror, and Grant Morrison's run on Batman and Robin, starting with Batman and Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn. I also recommend Scott Snyder's Batman: Gates of Gotham, as well as Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen's Batman: Streets of Gotham, starting with Batman: Streets of Gotham, Vol. 1: Hush Money.
 

For New 52, the Nightwing series by Kyle Higgins is generally good, and starts with Nightwing Vol. 1: Traps and Trapezes. The ongoing Grayson series by Tim Seeley and Tom King, however, is outstanding.

Here's some (modern?) recommendations for Dick Grayson's intro as Robin, he's my favourite comicbook character so this may be more info that you've asked for. This is a list I previously suggested to someone else.

• Batman: Dark Victory - This is my favourite version of Dick Grayson's introduction to the Batman universe. It's a sequel to The Long Halloween, which you really should read first even though there's no Dick.
  
  
• Batman: The Gauntlet - Dick's final test to become Robin. It's basically just one issue sized but it's worth reading if you can track it down for a decent price.
  
  
• Batgirl/Robin: Year One - If you're only going to read one Robin book, this is the one you should read. It's actually two books in one, and if you want to see more Dick/Babs action, this is for you.
  
  
• Batman: Two-Face and Scarecrow Year One - This is a more recently published story, but the Scarecrow portion has a really great dynamic between Batman and Robin. I wish they'd published more stories like this before the reboot.
  
  
• Teen Titans: Year One - This is kind of a modern retelling of how the Teen Titans got together. Cool story and beautiful artwork. A shame there's no volume 2.
  
  
• Nightwing: Year One - This is a perfect introduction to Dick's transition from Robin to Nightwing. It's written by Chuck Dixon, who did the earlier Batgirl/Robin: Year One, so there are some references. If you're not sure about the Nightwing era, I'd check this out.
  

This might be a good place to start. Basically, the entire Chuck Dixon run is very good, as are the stories written by Peter Tomasi (Freefall, The Great Leap). You may also want to check out The Judas Contract arc from New Teen Titans, as that's where Dick first adopts the Nightwing persona.


Also, Dick Grayson's stint as Batman is very good as well. Check out Batman & Robin by Grant Morrision and The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder for some more great reads.

• If you're buying from Amazon, then the volumes (trades) will be a better deal.
  
• There are usually around 7 issues per volume.
  
• The second volume for Nightwing (Night of the Owls) is about to come out (July 30th). The first volume (Taps & Trapezes) has been out since last October.
  
• That's the problem with volumes, if you're not a top tier character like Batman or Green Lantern, you won't get a hardcover volume, which are usually released sooner than the trades a.k.a. softcovers. Nightwing as of now gets released in trade. The wait for the recent trade (Night of the Owls) was about 9 months since the end of that books last collected issue.
  
• Nightwing #1 does a good job of letting you know what's up with Dick Grayson so you won't be confused at all from reading from issue 1. It's very new reader friendly. But just for some reminders: Right before the New 52 reboot, Nightwing was Batman for a little bit with Damian Wayne (Bruce's son) as his Robin. For the reason Dick left Robin, there have been many different versions of that interesting story. The best book that tells it is Nightwing: Year One, but it's stupid expensive in trade, so just use wikipedia.
  
• I enjoy Batman. Green Lantern just finished a HUGE 9 year run so now's a good a time as any to jump in.
  
  Hope I helped!

Nice!

I have this one, which I am in love with. (though I wish I had it in blue as well)

Kotobukiya DC Comics Nightwing New 52 ArtFX+ Statue https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FFQCG6U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_XDwkzbH8PJGG3

My sister bought my stepdad the artfx Nightwing along with Batgirl. It was actually going to be my next purchase for myself but they ended getting me the Aquaman and Flash ones to finish out my Justice League set.

Found it on amazon

If you want to buy it specifically from a comic shop though I respect that

It depends on whether or not you're trying to catch up with the current stuff. My immediate recommendation would be Chuck Dixon's original run, which DC is currently collecting in trades. Really solid Nightwing stories that don't require a lot of background knowledge other than a basic understanding of the Bat-Family. But if you want to get caught up with the current Rebirth run follow /u/DarkCrusade25's advice

Check this:
http://www.amazon.com/Nightwing-Vol-Bludhaven-Dennis-ONeil/dp/1401251447/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412247421&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=knight+in+bludhaven

Reprint comes out on December 9th and actually includes the 4 Issue Nightwing mini series

no the 96 series starts after Knightfall...actually it starts shortly after the Batman: Prodigal arc...the series ends at the beginning of Battle for the Cowl

there is a trade coming out in December that collects the first Nightwing mini and the first 8 issues of his ongoing...it's labeled as Volume One so hopefully they'll release more after that

http://www.amazon.com/Nightwing-Vol-Bludhaven-Dennis-ONeil/dp/1401251447/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1408159735&sr=8-9&keywords=Nightwing