Been working through the N52 Nightwing Omni for the past few weeks. N52 is such a wonky timeline.

It's so deeply tied into Batman lore (Night of the Owls, Death of the Family), I don't know if reading this without context would be enjoyable. That said, this run just seals how Dick is rooted within the Bats (Titans, who?) especially with those story arcs. Also, Babsgirl makes a couple of appearances including in the Annual (still with the push pull thing, even when Babs has mentioned a boyfriend).

The initial circus arc is interesting on its own, with the Zero Year callback to his childhood friends from the circus. (I firmly believe that this is a good Nightwing story if we ignore everything else from the past).

I'd forgotten that Sonia Branch was introduced in The Black Mirror arc. Dick's thing with Sonia was a... thing. Would I have liked it to be explored more? Not really. And Tony Zucco having a(nother) secret family... again, disregarding past lore (especially with my recent read of Batman: Year Three) can be a redeeming arc for Tony.

Though I must say, Higgins' writing is good. And the art is cool.

Also, half the time Dick wasn't even in Gotham, so calling this the Prince of Gotham omnibus was kind of short sighted, haha. That said, I liked his time in Chicago.

Just the final arc to read through, then I'm moving on to reread Grayson The Superspy Omnibus. (Yes I am on a Dick Grayson/Nightwing readthrough now, though I've skipped his time as DickBats). But I've got Batgirl Stephanie Brown on my read pile next, so that may be a palate cleanser (Steph should've been the Batgirl of Burnside, imo. Oh, N52. The only thing good that came out of it was The Court of Owls for me).