About this item
The definitive NIGHTWING creative team of Chuck Dixon, Scott McDaniel, and Karl Story are joined by an all-star cast of guest comics creators for NIGHTWING VOL. 4: LOVE AND BULLETS. . For months, Nightwing has been waging war against the criminal cartel that runs everything from street corners to the mayors office in the city of Bludhaven. After discovering that super-villain turned mob boss Blockbuster is the brains and brawn of the citys corruption, Dick Grayson decides to take the fight directly to him. But what happens when his former lover and current vigilante, the Huntress, joins him to take down Blockbuster? Now these two veteran crime-fighters must not only battle for the heart of Bludhaven but also their own feelings toward each other. . After all this, Nightwing faces the return of the imposter superhero Nite-Wing and the all-new threat of the deadly duo known as Double Dare. Maybe a visit by the Man of Steel and the Batman from the 853rd century will boost his confidence! Plus, an untold tale of Dick as Robin with his teammates in the Teen Titans and profiles of all his friends and foes make this a collection not to miss. . Collects NIGHTWING #26-34, NIGHTWING #1,000,000, and NIGHTWING: SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS #1!
About the Author
Charles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on titles in the 1990s. His earliest comics work was writing first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series) , on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing in June 1989. His (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly (and later, more monthly and occasional titles) , and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - (1991) and (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics) , and to Dixon working on from #644-738 through the major Batman stories (for which he helped create the key character of Bane) , and . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan. He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing
