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A review by captwinghead
Grayson, Volume 1: Agents of Spyral by Juan Castro, Stephen Mooney, Tom King, Guillermo Ortego, Jonathan Glapion, Carlos M. Mangual, Mikel Janín, Jeremy Cox, Tim Seeley, Andrew Robinson
5.0
Is it weird that I've developed a crush on a comic character?
I was first introduced to Dick Grayson in Robin Year One. (Okay, that's not true; it was actually Chris O'Donnell in 1997's Batman & Robin but we don't speak of that film. Plus, we don't ever call him Robin). He was this adorable kid with a penchant for terrible puns. Then he became Nightwing and became more of a leader. Now, he looks after the Batfam and he's extremely attractive!
Mikel Janin is probably my favorite artist for Dick now. He gives so many details and so much life to Dick's expressions. He's coy, cocky, charming, challenging and even combative. The panel where he tells Mr. Minos that Agent 37 is not his name was freaking gorgeous.
I normally never spend this much time on art but it was that good!
Now the plot: I'll admit I didn't know what to expect from this. I picked it up for Dick and got Helena as an unexpected bonus. Essentially, Dick was unmasked and "murdered" on TV. So, he can't be Nightwing anymore but he still wants to be a hero in some form. So, he and Batman come up with the plan to work with Spyral and spy on them at the same time.
Dick is terrible at taking orders. He disobeys every time they tell him to kill someone because it's been ingrained in him that murder is wrong. He'll do anything he can to avoid doing that and it was heartbreaking to see him work so hard to save Tanner and see him shot down in front of his son. Yet another case of the art breaking my heart.
The point is Dick can work with just about anyone but he'll always be Dick. He'll never lose his values or his drive to help people. He gets a bad rap for the lame jokes ("Now make like James Brown and get down" I cried laughing) and being "boring" but Dick Grayson truly is one of my favorite comic book characters.
Anyway, a surprisingly fun part was the college girls trying to chase him a round campus because Dick had so much fun getting to lead the chase. Helena didn't really get any character development.
There's a weird Russia flash forward in which they're suddenly doing the do and I was confused. Did I miss that? Also, she slaps him for not wanting to execute someone and that was not cool with me. That issue starts in the future and goes backwards the entire issue. It was a little confusing but heartbreaking to see the Grayson's die again.
Anyway, if you love Nightwing, you'll probably enjoy this. If you're looking for more of a team book, this may not be your cup of tea. But it's a recommend for me.
I was first introduced to Dick Grayson in Robin Year One. (Okay, that's not true; it was actually Chris O'Donnell in 1997's Batman & Robin but we don't speak of that film. Plus, we don't ever call him Robin). He was this adorable kid with a penchant for terrible puns. Then he became Nightwing and became more of a leader. Now, he looks after the Batfam and he's extremely attractive!
Mikel Janin is probably my favorite artist for Dick now. He gives so many details and so much life to Dick's expressions. He's coy, cocky, charming, challenging and even combative. The panel where he tells Mr. Minos that Agent 37 is not his name was freaking gorgeous.
I normally never spend this much time on art but it was that good!
Now the plot: I'll admit I didn't know what to expect from this. I picked it up for Dick and got Helena as an unexpected bonus. Essentially, Dick was unmasked and "murdered" on TV. So, he can't be Nightwing anymore but he still wants to be a hero in some form. So, he and Batman come up with the plan to work with Spyral and spy on them at the same time.
Dick is terrible at taking orders. He disobeys every time they tell him to kill someone because it's been ingrained in him that murder is wrong. He'll do anything he can to avoid doing that and it was heartbreaking to see him work so hard to save Tanner and see him shot down in front of his son. Yet another case of the art breaking my heart.
The point is Dick can work with just about anyone but he'll always be Dick. He'll never lose his values or his drive to help people. He gets a bad rap for the lame jokes ("Now make like James Brown and get down" I cried laughing) and being "boring" but Dick Grayson truly is one of my favorite comic book characters.
Anyway, a surprisingly fun part was the college girls trying to chase him a round campus because Dick had so much fun getting to lead the chase. Helena didn't really get any character development.
There's a weird Russia flash forward in which they're suddenly doing the do and I was confused. Did I miss that? Also, she slaps him for not wanting to execute someone and that was not cool with me. That issue starts in the future and goes backwards the entire issue. It was a little confusing but heartbreaking to see the Grayson's die again.
Anyway, if you love Nightwing, you'll probably enjoy this. If you're looking for more of a team book, this may not be your cup of tea. But it's a recommend for me.