Say it isn't so. The final issue of Nightwing? Damn I hate to see this book go. Especially when Peter J Tomasi has been doing such a good job of writing his character. I know Dick isn't going away. There's an awful lot of stuff that's coming up in the Bat-books, and a lot of stuff that needs to be resolved. Dick is right in the center of all of that. And I agree that it's probably best that his character focus on the events of those books . . and not mess with the continuity by having these outside stories going on. Actually . . I really think that's the best way to go. But . . did we have to cancel the title? Can't we just go on hiatus for a little while? But then . . . depending on the outcome of those Bat-stories . . there may not be a Nightwing anymore. Hmmm! Something to think about there. Anyways, the book does go out on a good note. Don Kramer does the pencils for this issue, and he's really been turning in some good stuff lately. He also does the cover. And . . . I really liked the story this issue. Dick leaves his new home in New York, and the Cloisters and moves back into the Manor with Alfred and Tim. And in the following days he comes to realize the Gotham really is his home. As he tells Wally . . "It's in my bones." And of course he comes back on the anniversary of Bruce's death. He goes to crime-alley, as Bruce often did, and lights a candle in remembrance. Really, this is kind of an 'ending' and 'beginning' issue. There's a lot of stuff that's going to be happening in the Bat-family in the next couple of months. This may be the last moments of sanity that they can take in for quite a while. And . . it may be one of the final times that Dick actually has the freedom to focus on himself. Hmmm! Think about that.
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