Though he might be iconic , Nightwingdoesn’t have many placeable villains , which might be explained by the fact one of his good villains only appeared once . Nightwing has fought hard for his independency from Batman , but despite give his own city , Dick Grayson often has to fall down back on using Batman ’s rascal ’s gallery , which should n’t be the causa , considering in his own series he has had fantastic villains that should come back .

Bludhaven is a Ithiel Town work almost exclusively by casinos , which lends itself to depravity and criminal activity . Despite this , Nightwing really never got his own knave ' gallery , at least not with any staying power . There have been attempts to give him unique villains , in the original Chuck Dixon run away ofNightwingreaders were introduced to characters such as Lady Vic , Brutale , Nitewing , and Torque , but the first two were mere bravo only in it for the money and the afterward two were not terribly intimidating . Even Blockbuster , arguably the most reliable Nightwing villain was originally a Batman scoundrel , first appearing inDetective Comics . Even the character most the great unwashed believe to be Nightwing ’s slap-up baddie , Deathstroke , is actually more of a general villainor a Titans villain , he ’s also , ironically , gotten so popular and so prominent that with his own comic Bible , he ca n’t really be relegated to just being Nightwing ’s curse . There ’s a reason Slade does n’t make many appearance in Nightwing ’s solo title .

concern : Nightwing Has Failed Bludhaven Worse Than Fans Ever realise

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But InNightwing # 35by Sean Humpries and Bernard Chang the character reference The Judge is introduced as a baddie that Nightwing has encountered many times over his career , first as Robin , then just after his time in the Titans , and a third and unfortunately , final sentence , as Nightwing . Nightwing is wracked with guilt trip over the fact he flush it to capture The Judge the first two times they run into , which allowed The Judge to go on and polish off 32 individuals , a number that haunts Dick throughout the story . The Judge is the only original Nightwing scoundrel to beframed as having been there throughout his calling , something that The Judge is even mindful of , mocking Nightwing over his failure to discontinue him . This contribute the personal dynamic that generic assassin villains , like Lady Vic or Brutale are neglect .

Nightwing often drop the majority of his time deal with worldwide gangster or mafia - type villains , like Blockbuster . The Judge brings a wild card element to Nightwing ’s scallywag ’s gallery , much like Joker does for Batman . see that The Judge ’s powers are based on the power to compel masses to behave on the corruption in their hearts , this opens a rather large amount of account factor , The Judge can literally turn any other character in the story into his pawns , which could really push Nightwing ’s tendency to trust people or believe the best in masses .

The Judge ’s presence also help ground and bring home the bacon chronicle to Bludhaven , everyone recognize the history of Gotham , with the five founding families , and how the metropolis works . But Bludhaven has very little personal account shown , which is why it ’s a huge plenty that The Judge is revealed to have been Jacob De Witt , one of the original judge for Bludhaven , over 200 years ago . This naturally grain Jacob into the city whereNightwing is , providing a very solid founding for him as a baddie , whereas with a scoundrel like Blockbuster , who could just go to another city . The last timeNightwingsaw the Judge , he was locked up in prison but hopefully , one day , this baddie can make his take .

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Nightwing facing off against his villain The Judge.

Robin fighting the future Nightwing villain, The Judge.

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