Nightwing Vol. 85

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Series: Nightwing (2016 series)

Summary

This volume collects Nightwing #85, written by Tom Taylor, the second part of the three-part "Nightwing: Fear State" storyline within the larger "Fear State" event. Gotham is gripped by fear under the pressure of Scarecrow and the Magistrate's forces, and the Oracle network Barbara Gordon built has been breached and tampered with by the anti-Oracle hacker Seer, turning it into a tool for spreading disinformation and amplifying panic. For Barbara this is a personal affront: she decides to put the Batgirl suit back on and, together with Nightwing Dick Grayson and Tim Drake, track down the culprit. Told from Barbara's point of view, the story follows the two as they banter and reminisce about their teenage years while hunting for the Oracle backup system, and as she confronts the trauma of the night the Joker nearly killed her. Under the influence of fear toxin, however, Batgirl and Nightwing both fall into their deepest fear hallucinations—each seeing the other die before their eyes. When the visions fade, they confess what they saw and for the first time truly admit that what they fear most is losing each other. This is a single issue (36 pages total, 22 pages of story), with threads continuing into Batman #116.

Editor's review

《夜翼》第85期在《恐惧国度》一系列联动中属于口碑较好的一册。汤姆·泰勒最擅长的从来不只是打斗，而是人物之间那种自然、有温度的关系：这一回他把视角交给芭芭拉，让她既作为“被入侵系统的创造者”承担技术层面的挫败，也作为“曾经被当作工具伤害的人”重新面对旧伤。迪克对她的回应，不是廉价的安慰，而是把她从《致命玩笑》的阴影里重新认领回来——她早已凭自己的选择写下新的一页。罗比·罗德里格斯的作画在追车与潜入段落节奏清晰，阿德里亚诺·卢卡斯的红色调幻觉分镜颇有动感。如果你是蝙蝠女与夜翼这对情侣的读者，本册几乎是“必读”的一话：恐惧毒素没有拆散他们，反而让他们第一次把心里最怕的事说出口。收集派注意，本册只是三段式故事的中段，需要搭配第84、86期一同阅读。

Who it's for

A good fit for

追读《恐惧国度》大事件的DC漫画读者
喜欢蝙蝠女与夜翼这对搭档的粉丝
偏爱人物关系与情感刻画多于纯粹打斗的读者
希望了解芭芭拉·戈登如何面对创伤的读者

Not a good fit for

只想读完整故事、不愿追单期的读者
对蝙蝠家族背景毫无了解的新读者
偏好独立完结长篇的读者

Reading tips

建议先读第84期，再读本册，最后接第86期，才能看懂三段式完整走向。
阅读时可留意芭芭拉的旁白视角，本册的情感重心几乎全在她的内心。
若想补完支线，可顺势翻阅《蝙蝠侠》第116期，那里收束与本册相关的悬念。

FAQ

这本是长篇合集还是单期漫画？

是单期漫画，页数约36页，正篇故事22页，中文读者常把它归入“卷”来编号，实际内容对应《Nightwing》(2016)第85期。

没读过前面的期数能直接看吗？

能看懂大概情节，但会漏掉神谕网络被入侵、先知登场的铺垫，也会错过迪克与芭芭拉感情线的前情，建议至少先读第84期。

本册故事在整条故事线里是什么位置？

属于“夜翼：恐惧国度”三段式的第二部分，起承转合中的“承”，结尾有未解的悬念延至《蝙蝠侠》第116期。

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About the author

Tom Taylor Author

Tom Taylor is an author known for graphic novels and media tie-in writing, with 54 works listed in the database. Judging from the available entries, his output centers on the Nightwing series, including Nightwing volumes 81, 88, 96, 99, 105, and 109, as well as Nightwing: Leap into the Light volumes 93 and 101. These works are generally categorized under art, film and television, quality fiction, social fiction, media tie-in originals, and literature. Public information is limited, and his nationality, birth and death dates, and personal history remain unclear, so his life story cannot be described in detail. The subject matter of these works nonetheless suggests that he develops character relationships and urban daily life within established frameworks, balancing action sequences with emotional threads in a brisk, visually vivid narrative style. For readers interested in superhero comics and media adaptation source material, Tom Taylor's name is often associated with continuous storytelling around the character Nightwing, and his works offer textual reference points for understanding related screen universes.

Robbie Rodriguez Author

Robbie Rodriguez is a comics author about whom limited public information is available; eleven of his works are included in the collection. Judging from these works, his output is mainly in the field of Western superhero comics, involving characters and series such as Spider-Gwen, Spider-Verse, Nightwing and Batgirl, and is commonly grouped under categories including premium fiction, film and television tie-ins, foreign literature and comics and cartoons. His works are mostly published as serial volumes, centering on parallel-world settings for classic characters and team adventures, combining action with character relationships and appealing to young readers and comics fans. Representative works include several volumes of Spider-Gwen, Nightwing Vol. 86 and Batgirl Vol. 8, which offer Chinese readers a window into these comics series.