If I buy this, I will not buy the omni. If i do not buy this, there will be no omni.

Waiting for mine to arrive. I absolutely love this Nightwing run. I really would’ve loved to have it as an omnibus but I’ll take what they’re giving.

I really really want Azrael collected in a Compendium. Most of it never collected and gives more of a chance to see the full run finally on our shelves.

This book feels so nice to hold. I love paperback compendium, like an omibus but easy to read and half the price

Very happy they did this! Hope they do the same with post crisis Batman and Birds of Prey

Ohhh I've never ever read this, but this looks so good.

Nightwing’s been my favorite character ever since I started reading at the start of Taylor’s run. And with how much the Nightwing fandom was glazing the Dixon era I had to pick this up. I’m 8 issues in and I’m loving every second of it. So thankful that we have this since I wasn’t able to get the trades. Nightwing has been a very special character for me as well because of how optimistic he is despite seeing all of this darkness. Unlike Batman, he healed from his trauma and as a person who lost one of their parents at an early age as well, was always a hero I could look up to. This compendium as I’ve read this supports that claim with some absolutely fantastic art. I’m so happy I bought it when I did.

Wish this was an Omnibus!!!

That cake though!

The best Nightwing comic and Omar your story is really inspiring.

If this had been an omnibus, I'd have upgraded from the trades. Very happy for the fans that pick this up and are reading the material for the first time though! Hopefully we get a volume 2. Hopefully we get ANY volume 2 for a DC compendium (Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, please!), the only series I can think of that got a volume 2 is Starman, and that was a while ago.

I hope this format thrives. I absolutely love this and I wish DC had been doing these types of compendiums all along. Just huge, thick-a$$ bricks of comics. No nonsense of skinny little trades released over a decade that never even finish a series, just COMICS. Finally. (Also, sorry omnibus fans, but I do prefer the readability of the softcovers vs. hardback.)

This is the series that brought me back into comics after a few years away. I adore Scott McDaniel's artwork and Chuck Dixon is a master story teller! Don't think about it just pick it up it is absolutely excellent!

I’m really looking forward to getting my copy of this and I hope DC continues releasing future volumes very soon! 💙👍🏼

Best dc character, nuff said

Actually preordered this and the Tim Drake Compendium!! The price is really what sold me on buying it 😅 Hehe I’m not bold enough to buy an omnibus yet but this type of format seems perfect and reasonably priced for me (which is why I’m also excited for the DC Finest books)! This one came in the mail Wednesday but I still haven’t had the chance to read it but I’m super excited! Thank you for the reviews 😄

It really is a good series. And I appreciate you sharing some of your journey with us and why this particular collection holds a special place in your heart. Great review Bub 🤠

The first few covers are iconic.

Now they should do Robin Dixon compendium next! Tim Drake is so awesome in that one! Cluemaster n Stephanie stuff was tight! Oh wait its coming out in July! Wow

In for this and Robin but will have to hold off a couple of weeks, between X-Men and Excalibur I've picked up 9 Epics this month and the first four Sandman thickies.

Bought it as i always wanted to read this run, hopefully the spine hold and it wont explode on me like the Irredeemable omni/compendium

This is sweet. So wish it was an omni though.

I'm beyond excited for this.

Obviously practice makes perfect for DC. Finally cracked that spelling of compendium

Issue 18 was the first Nightwing book I read and was instantly hooked. Can't go wrong with Deathstoke and manbat. Scott McDaniels became one of my favorite artists and big reason why Nightwing is my favorite character.

Love that they included "Brotherhood of the Fist" and hope they continue the Compendium's to finally collect the Devin Grayson run!

Thought it would've been collected in hard cover format. Love Nightwing. Keep up the good work for us fans, Omar.👍👍👍

Any word on Sandman Mystery Theater compendium 2??

are you going to do an overview of Zatanna by Paul dini? would love that!

Mine should be here any day now. I can't wait for vol. 2.

Sticking with my trades. Ill buy new material.

Great series. I have all the”old” trades. So I think I will hold out for an Omni . . . someday . . .

The Dixon/McDaniel run is sooo much fun! 5 stars! Highly recommended.

I hope this one does well enough that we'll see a vol 2! The only Nightwing books we've ever seen in non-tp form were the Tim Seeley Rebirth run. There's the New 52 omnibus, but that's been OOP for forever!

The trade paperbacks from 2017? Hah! I've still got my original "Darker shade of Justice" trade from 2001! My first introduction to comic-Nightwing, and still one of my favorites....Scott McDaniel is a treat. It takes some time to get used to the fish-eye perspective, but the acrobatic-sequences he draws are just great! If this were an omnibus it would be an automatic-buy. But, as it is, I don't think a giant paperback is better than my more standard sized paperbacks, even if it does have a little bit of new material...

The best era for Nightwing. This needs an omnibus really bad.

Good overview Omar. Although don't 100% agree with ur assessment. Imo the Nightwing Compendium cover isn't that flimsy at all. At least compared to a epic, I've had a lot worse from Marvel. It could be because it does not have that glossy finish which makes it feel thinner to yourself but not to me. Either way I am really pleased it was collected in a thick trade. Honestly if it was a omni I probably wouldn't have picked it up at all. This is all new material for me.😁

Hey, what happened to your monthly hidden gem videos? I love those!

Thanks vor the review! This sounds really great, but I'm still somewhat concerned about a 1000+ page paperback. IMHO this really should be an omni.

I’ve always wanted to read this so made an order of it, Superman war world and the new transformers trade. Question Omar. Is this run probably going to be just two compendiums?

There’s more than 3 nightwing trades. I believe everything in this compendium has been previously collected.

If this is solid, am I sleeping on the Robin Compendium?

Will the compendium be completed if DC is moving forward with DC Finest?

Whats the difference between omnibus and compendiums other than one being softcover? This one looks tempting and I think there’s another compendium coming from Dixon’s Tim Drake run. Great video as always!

Has Blockbuster ever teamed up with Multiplex?

Omar - so this doesn't double dip on material in the Nightwing omnibus?

chuck did a great job building nigtwing's rogue gallery. im not sure why the new writers dont use them

Thank you for sharing ur experience Omar. Its cool to hear comics helped you out of a dark spot in life. Talking about the tough times is hard but necessary to show people struggling they're not alone. It really isn't done enough. Its why I am a bit more open then I used to be.

I want an omnibus ❤

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Never cared for Robin, Nightwing, or sidekicks in general. Then Oma comes along recommending Berserk, East of West, JSA, IDW TMNT, Annihilation, and Mutant Massacre....so if he says Nightwing is awesome....then the vyKING is going to read Nightwing

Great book! Could have done without the minis at the beginning though. This is terrible early Greg Land art. Must've been before he discovered the light box. Scott McDanials art is superb though! Very underrated artist. His run here on Nightwing and his run on Daredevil over at Marvel are standouts. I haven't read any comics for a bit now, just wondering if he's still working in the industry?

This should have been a been an Omni :(

For you it was Nightwing. For me it was Superman and Batman. 😢😊

whats the difference between an omnibus and a compendium

how many years to read 1 million comic issues?

Is there someone who can turn this into a custom HC version?

Why not a omnibus? Why they being cheap!!

Compendiums are basically "should-have-been-an-omnibus" books.

It deserved the omnibus treatment with hardcover.

How do you guys handle reading these? Seems awkward no matter how you do it. Sitting in a recliner, at a table, on the pot. Just dosent seem comfortable either way.

🤔 love Nightwing w The Titans though. I hate they used glued binding & It's NOT an HC. Idk, there's some DC 80's/90's books that kinda of lost my interest compared to Marvel at that time. I'm probably gonna skip this

Glued binding. So won't last long then

Curse it not being a Hardcover 😭

DC is so damn weird with their collected editions. Why was this not an omnibus? Or Man of Steel by John Byrne? At least those got hardcovers. This seems like a cheap, lazy way to put out this material. I'm also reminded of Absolute Killing Joke not having the John Higgins colored pages on the same quality paper as Brian Bolland's recolored pages. They put Higgins' on crappy newsprint paper. Just such a strange decision to relegate the objectively superior coloring on cheap newsprint.

Sarcasm alert. Love a table of contents that indicate the page number for each issue but don’t display any page numbers as they relate to the overall volume. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I never cared for the artwork when it was on shelves all those years ago. Still don't.

It’s an absolute travesty this is not in omnibus format. All kinds of old and obscure series getting omnis but not Nightwing? WTH, DC? Same story with the upcoming Robin compendium. Compendiums should not be a thing in my opinion. It’s just too many pages to have only a paperback cover. Sadly, I’m going to have to pass.

Bof!

Honestly, at the 1000+ page mark, compendiums become impractical. Hardcovers can at least handle that kind of weight.