Dates
- Cover date
- [October] 2023
- On sale
- August 15, 2023
- Pages
- 252
Editions and covers
Story arc: Journey to Joker War
This is part 4 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Nightwing (2016) #70
- Nightwing (2016) #71
- Nightwing (2016) #72
- Nightwing: The Joker War (2023) #nn
Also part of: Joker War Collateral Damage
Creators
Stories
- Wings Up · 38 pages
After Condor Red's clash with a "Talon", Jacqueline Hale determines that the Talon was in fact Nightwing, whom her Condors had joined forces with 18 months prior to stop the Blood Knights and Blockbuster, and whom she had offered a place in her organization.
- From the Darkness · 20 pages
After throwing off the manipulation of the Court of Owls, Nightwing struggles to reconcile his conflicting memories. Meanwhile after Zak's injuries, Colleen, Zak, and Hutch discuss giving up their roles as Nightwings, while Sap strikes out on his own as Nightwing to track down Talon, but unfortunately he encounters the Joker instead, who is upset that others are trying to fill Nightwing's role.
- War for the Mind! · 20 pages
While Nightwing is fighting Tusk, he is unaware that Tusk is a distraction so that the Joker can confront Bea. Meanwhile, Colleen learns that Sap has suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of being attacked by the Joker.
- Welcome to the New Family! · 20 pages
Bea reaches out to Batgirl because Ric has been acting strangely, and Barbara Gordon responds. When Batgirl tracks down Nightwing, she is attacked by Punchline, and the Joker arrives to reveal that Nightwing is now under his control.
- Son of the Joker! · 20 pages
Batgirl awakes to find herself bound to a metal pole inside a chain-link fence cage with the Joker acting as the fight MC promoting a deathmatch against Dickyboy [Ric Grayson]. Meanwhile, Punchline and her henchmen lure other Gotham heroes into a trap at the Alfred Pennyworth Children's Hospital.
- Crystal Cleared · 20 pages
Still under the control of the Joker, Nightwing attacks Jason and Tim, leading to Batgirl showing up to confront Dick. But when Dick gets the drop on Batgirl, only Bea can stop Dick from killing Barbara.
- Who Is Dick Grayson? · 38 pages
Donna and Garth welcome the return of Dick's memories and set a reunion at Titan's Tower, while KGBeast gets into a bar fight in Moscow. Members of the Bat-family take turns to talk with Dick while out on Joker acolyte clean-up patrols to see if he will return to action as Nightwing. KGBeast returns to US soil and is set on rectifying his mistake by killing Nightwing up close and personal this time.
- The Problem with Napkin Man · 20 pages
KGBeast returns, determined to kill Nightwing for real this time, and places Bea in jeopardy.
- Abstract Holidays · 20 pages
On Christmas Eve, Dick investigates when a corporation gets victimized by a hacker, but is surprised as to where the trail leads him.