Summary: Displaced in time Robin goes back to his roots and joins a circus to get by on his own, but his past returns as crime strikes the bigtop!
Plot: Wrapping up the demon Nezha arc Waid gives us a Dick Grayson focused epilogue that really brings the golden age feel as Dick solves a crime under the Big Top. And while the story itself is an absolute blast with great moments for Dick and even Batman and Superman when they showed up I couldn't help feeling a little lost as to why Dick was even sent to the past to begin with. Maybe it's just my modern sensibilities but when Dick was lost in time I thought there was going to be some important reason for sending him back, but instead Waid just gave us a one off and then quickly wrapped it up with Superman and Batman stopping by and returning to the present like it was nothing. And while there's nothing terribly wrong with that given how fun it was seeing Dick solve a low stakes crime mystery on his own it just felt anti-climatic in terms of what went on before.  Also, I might be totally wrong but I had fully thought this was announced as just a six issue miniseries...but this had a "coming next month" blurb and when I looked into it there was a tease for next issue featuring Johnny Thunder! I had no idea this was continuing and even though this ending wasn't perfect I'm pretty pumped to see what happens next.
Art: Even though Moore's style is noticeably different than Dan Mora's he has a smooth, clear style that really had a lot of warmth to it which fit this golden age feeling Dick Grayson story just perfectly.  
Grade:8/10

Summary: With the help of the entire Batfamily, the Titans and his various Superfriends, Dick sets out to take down corruption once and for all.
Plot: Like Waid's World's Finest, Taylor's run on Nightwing continues to deliver solid and entertaining, meat and potatoes super hero stories. While there's nothing earth-shattering about assembling all his superfriends and family to do a clean sweep of crime in a single night it has a wholesome, fun feel to it that makes you want to really believe it'll work. It's a comic, so when Blockbuster goes after the orphanage that Dick set up you know his plans for clearing out the city in a single bound will collapse like a deck of cards but that feeling of optimism just before that was definitely worth the price of admission in my books. Seeing the Batfamily together and not hating eachother, getting quips from the various Titans and the relationship advice from Batwoman was all just so fun that I can almost forgive the beating and identity reveal at the end. Well, almost anyway. I really don't like Blockbuster learning that Dick is Nightwing, it's just the cheap reveal that you just know won't be allowed to stick so any consequences will be short lived at best. Would it be cool if a villain really did learn a hero's identity? Absolutely, and if this were a creator owned work I'd be really interested in the drama that would create...but it's not creator owned so any surprise reveal like this just means the next guy has to come up with some convoluted story explaining why Blockbuster forgot who Nightwing was, which is just a waste of an issue. Sometimes you just gotta color in the lines, it seems boring but you can paint solid pictures that way none the less.
Art: Speaking of solid pictures, Redondo really continues to steal the show here. With the various Superfriends taking down different threats around the city Redondo gets plenty of use in showing off his usual acrobatic flair for action. On top of that his fine line work also got to shine here as well as I really appreciate the detail in up-close facial expressions this time around which really sold the tension of needing to move on Blockbuster all in one night.
Grade:7/10