Nightwing #149 - DC

I think Dick Grayson is one of, if not the strongest character in the Batman Family. Except for Bruce, of course. I think he definitely has the most potential. Recently Two-face hired Nightwing to protect an Attorney from harm. As it turns out at the end of this issue, it was actually Harvey that wanted him to protect Carol from . . . Two-Face. Yes he knew that someone had hired Two-Face to take her out, because of a pending mob trial, but Harvey had history with her. So he told Nightwing what was going to happen so that he could protect her from him. Make sense? Trust me . . it does. So next issue Two-Face is coming after Dick with a serious hard-on for not protecting her, which lead to her death. The part I really liked though was when Dick got back to the safe-house where Carol was, at the end of last issue, and finds Two-Face and a whole hoard of Batman's rogue's waiting for him. It turns out that it was Two-Face who shot him, and he had the bullet laced with the Scarecrow's fear venom. So even though he knows that the villains aren't real . . just his fears given shape . . he still tears through the crowd like a man on a mission. When he finally takes them all down, except for Two-Face, who's holding Carol, Two-Face makes the observation . . "Nice job. A true man on fire. To say you seemed a bit possessed as you tore through my hired help would be an understatement . . made me think I was watching Bats dishing out a helping of the ol' ultra-violence." It seems that Harvey is really going over the edge because at the end when he finds out that Carol died, he doesn't seem to remember that he's the one who shot her. And all of his anger is directed at Nightwing because he failed to protect her . . from himself. I've thoroughly enjoyed the stories that Peter J Tomasi has brought to this series. I really think he's doing a terrific job. I've also enjoyed the various artists that have been on this series in the last year or so. This issue was done by regular Don Kramer. His stuff looks really good, and he gave this issue a great feel. You could truly feel the frustration that Dick had running through his head. Next issue should be . . spectacular.