Last year I started reading back issues of Nightwing comics and the character quickly became one of my favorites. The main thing I like about the character is that in the comic book medium, where characters are only allowed to develop and mature to a certain point, Nightwing was born out of Dick Grayson "outgrowing" his persona as Robin. To go from a teenage sidekick to becoming an independent adult hero isn't something that really happens in comics, or taken seriously. Instead of it just being a ploy to sell a few more issues, then revert back (like 'deaths' in comics), this was a change that has stuck for over 20 years.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Nightwing
Last year I started reading back issues of Nightwing comics and the character quickly became one of my favorites. The main thing I like about the character is that in the comic book medium, where characters are only allowed to develop and mature to a certain point, Nightwing was born out of Dick Grayson "outgrowing" his persona as Robin. To go from a teenage sidekick to becoming an independent adult hero isn't something that really happens in comics, or taken seriously. Instead of it just being a ploy to sell a few more issues, then revert back (like 'deaths' in comics), this was a change that has stuck for over 20 years.
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