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If there was anything good about Infinite Crisis, it was that Dick Grayson finally got some respect in the DC Universe. He was Batman's best sidekick and he's constantly proven himself to be a great team leader during his stints with the Titans and the Outsiders. (Dick's also a stud, after having bedded Starfire, Huntress, and Barbara Gordon.) Batman chose Nightwing to lead the assault on Alexander Luthor's multiuniverse prick of doom and he's standing there alongside the big DC troika. Yeah, Nightwing's arrived, he's a superstar! 
So what happens One Year Later? DC rewards Dick Grayson by giving him Bruce Jones as a writer. Jones promptly moves Nightwing to New York City and makes Dick a Himbo. We first see Dick giving a redhead multiple orgasms, which is a way to build your main character's respect if this is a Playboy short story, but not for a superhero. The redhead is no ordinary bimbo, she's a paranormal who flash-fries any man who gets too rough. Later she gets Dick to actually become a male model and dresses him in a Tarzan costume. Is it just me, or did Jones once again throw out the baby with the bath water? Maybe DC's editors forced him to abandon Bludhaven in order to squeeze out "The Battle for Bludhaven", which rates right up there with The OMAC Project special. I couldn't understand a single thing going on in the Bludhaven mini. Except that I always liked the idea of Dick getting his own corrupt city to run around in and try to reform. That damned Chemo! Let's not mention Jason Todd running around as the faux Nightwing, killing criminals and living the good life, except that it proves Dick must be on drugs. Dick Grayson could take out Jason Todd in a few minutes, because he doesn't carry the baggage of guilt that Bruce Wayne has concerning his former protege. The artwork by Joe Dodd just seems horribly amatuerish to me. Can you tell that I really hate Nightwing OYL? I'm rubbing my little statue of Roy Rogers and Trigger daily, just hopin' that Chuck Dixon comes back.
Dick's not doing any better in the Outsiders, where he's leading the team in a bid to bring down an African nation. I don't know about you, but corrupt African governments don't seem all that exciting in a superhero comic. I do like them when they appear in an episode of ALIAS for about ten minutes and Sydney blows up a building and flies back to LA for a quickie with Vaughn. I kinda think that maybe Judd Winick got all caught up in the Bono-thing and decided to create this Outsiders arc. Don't make no sense otherwise. I do wanna know who that speedster was on the last page. Poor Dick. Nuff said.
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