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"SON OF THE JOKER!"

The Joker knows Dick Grayson is Nightwing — and the plans the Joker has set in motion in this summer’s event “Joker War” will haunt Batman forever. Under the control of The Joker’s new henchperson, Punchline, Nightwing must battle the people he once loved most: Batgirl, the Robins, and… himself.

THE JOKER WAR: COLLATERAL DAMAGE TIE-IN

32 page Comic · UCS20060459 · 76194134174307311 · $3.99
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Dan Jurgens

Writer

Ryan Benjamin

Penciller

Richard Friend

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Rain Beredo

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AndWorld Design

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Travis Moore

Cover Artist

Alejandro Sanchez

Cover Artist

Alan Quah

Variant Cover Artist

Ben Meares

Assistant Editor

Jessica Chen

Editor

Ben Abernathy

Group Editor

Marie Javins

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Batgirl

Barbara Gordon

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Bruce Wayne

Drake

Tim Drake

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Punchline

Alexis Kaye

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Jason Todd

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ObsessedNerd reviewed Nightwing #73

2 weeks ago

When will this Ric nightmare end? Its been almost 2 years since one of the worst changes in direction ever to be inflicted on a character was so badly handled and its been stretched out too far. I'm only picking...

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- KingKrypton
  
  Dick Grayson returns in Nightwing #75 in October
  
  2 weeks ago
- ObsessedNerd
  
  Roll on 75 then.
  
  2 weeks ago
- Wheezy1892
  
  I believe @kingKrypton is correct, this is the arc that will bring dick back. Chalk up another character that Tom King screwed up. Its stunts like these that are forcing dc to downsize.
  
  2 weeks ago
- ObsessedNerd
  
  Actually i dont think King gets all the blame on this one. He obviously started the storyline in Batman. But it was only meant to run for a handful of issues in Nightwing before Dick recovered. Apparently it was Lobdell who was writing Nightwing that lobbied for it to be an ongoing long term storyline. Then proceeded to produce some absolutely trash writing which turned what was meant to be a short term shock to the readers that sparked a sales boost into a slow decline for the book. Thats why Jurgens was brought on board. Probably told to bring Dick back but make it look like they didnt actually regret it.
  
  2 weeks ago
- Wheezy1892
  
  @ObsessedNerd I am not saying its entirely his fault but the I thought grayson was largely forgettable as well, which he also wrote. I believe the shooting of nightwing forced the writer at the time to quit, you could argue who was to blame but it was another way to 'break' the batman and further mistreatment of one of dc's popular characters. I guess my point is that their main ip's have suffered greatly in the past couple of years, batman had been a horror show, they left superman in the care of bendis, rightly or wrongly they gave him both books as superman was getting back on track, and even rucka couldn't manage wonder woman well. These are the biggest ip's in comics and they lowered the quality enough so at and t had pull the plug on nearly the entire line.
  
  2 weeks ago
- ObsessedNerd
  
  Yeah its a very strange situation. Any decent writer, and probably a stronger editor, would have recognised the impact and likely reaction this would have from the fans. If they were forced to do it they would have probably stuck to the 2 or 3 issue plan. Moved passed it and taken the character in a new direction. Not surprised the previous writer quit and I don't blame them. That must have been a real kick in the teeth to have something another writer wanted forced into your own work. It was also a slap in the face to the fans that such a big change to the character happened in another book as well. I understand why DC did this. Nightwing hadn't been a great comic for a while. A lot of Nightwing fans I know, including myself, had dropped the book. But this wasn't how you tempt people back. Just one of the many mistakes DC have made in the last few years. As far as I'm concerned King and Lobdell both deserve a kick to the head for this Ric crap. But Lobdell gets a kick in the nuts as well.
  
  2 weeks ago
- Foozman
  
  @obsessednerd, that was was really funny summation.
  
  2 weeks ago

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LemonadeMan

lol henchperson

Reply · 6 months ago
Pubestache

Suggesting non-binary they/them pronouns.

Reply · 6 months ago
LemonadeMan

Ive never heard that before

Reply · 6 months ago
OogaBooga

Not this again.... we literally just had him controlled by the court of owls and like 4 issues later he's being controlled again, I cannot wait until this is over and Nightwing is actually Nightwing again. They did the exact same shit with Wally in Heroes in Crisis and it's so dumb they have ruined two good characters now. Titans was ruined by this as well DC have good comics and then just ruin them so annoying.

Reply · 5 months ago
Lamas1999

DC, show some respect to Dick Grayson. He literally was mind controlled by Talon one issue ago, and now by the Joker/Punchline? So, he is going to be on jokers team on this batman: endgame copycat? He is the only character, besides batman and superman, whose series has continously sold at least 20k copies monthly for more than two decades now, respect your own characters.

No wonder Marvel is more succesful.

Reply · 4 months ago
ObsessedNerd

This really is an unending nightmare for a lot of Nightwing fans.

Reply · 4 months ago

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Nightwing #73

Released August 18th, 2020 by DC Comics

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