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Later writers will have Babs act like Dick was too flirty with other women or something, but that wasn't the case. Helena kissed Dick here without his consent, and Babs shoots a glare at her, not him.

Dixon does this thing where he implies a history between Dick and Babs that just wasn't ever there. He had a crush on her in the 70s when he was in college. She didn't feel the same way due to the age gap. They certainly weren't a thing around the time she was shot.

Petit and the division of former GCPD SWAT he took with him when he left the rest of the force get into the Clocktower, and Dick gets protective.

This is why I don't get why some modern writers act as if DickBabs was full of Dick being a difficult or bad boyfriend, or the relationship was a "war" for Babs, or have her act like he always disappoints her.

That's just now how their relationship was written in the 90s.

Next issue is mostly Dick recovering from his ordeal while Babs takes care of him. It's a bit fan-servicey, and certainly the foundation for a lot of pre-2011 Nightwing fanfiction, but not necessarily in a bad way. It's built on 30+ issues of characterization.

There's this nice balance between Nightwing being a guy that most villains absolutely hate, and being a guy that can actually get them to work together and listen to him in the right circumstances. Just takes the right application of pressure, sometimes literally:

Nightwing gets stuck in the pit in Blackgate with the worst of the worst. Ventriloquist and Scarecrow convince the others not to kill him since he could help them all escape. As luck would have it, they're in what used to be a gunpowder and ammo magazine.

Taser charge in the suit. It's not just a spandex onesie, it's an insulated kevlar/nomex suit with some fun tricks.

I guess he was still mad about Nightwing rag-dolling him.

Another thing this run does well to showcase that Dick is an actual human is have him get sore from all the beatings he takes every night, and catch a cold when he stays out in the rain and cold at night.