thaboiinblue (The Boy In Blue)

After I did that meta, I was hoping for a question like this. I love both ships, so bottom line, of course!

(Gotham Knights #36)

Helloooo. In general, if you stick to the Nightwing solo series, the first Birds of Prey Volume, and Batgirl: Year One, you’ll be hitting their core stuff. I’m staring at this DickBabs word document that I made a year ago, but I’m not sure how much I trust it since I made it a year ago. 

I recommend reading Batgirl: Year One first because it’s the retcon that establishes the early DickBabs relationship. It’s the miniseries that the rest of their modern relationship is based off of. If you enjoy reading 1970′s comics, then you might be interested in The Batman Family Vol 1 #1-20.

Either way, before you read anything else, I recommend Birds of Prey Vol 1 #8 because it establishes the modern status quo for Dick and Babs. #8 is where we begin to see what they mean to each other as adults, which preludes all the development they go through in the Nightwing series.

Nightwing Vol 2: #½, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22-24, 27-28, 34-35, 37-39, 42, 44-47, 53, 55-58, 60, 62-63, 65-66

Stop there for now, because their relationship is in a nice place. Dick and Babs only ‘officially’ get together around #56.

Birds of Prey Vol 1: #15, 19-22, 27, 37

You also have…

Titans Vol 1: #9, 28, 39

Gotham Knights: #35-36

Dick and Babs appear in other Gotham Knights issues, but they’re mostly written by Devin Grayson, which blah blah Devin Grayson. If you want to look at them anyway, they’ll be issues #1, 17-18, 20-21, 25-26, 30, 32-34.

The Last Laugh: #1-6

This is where Dick ‘kills’ the Joker. I’m sure there’s other random issues with moments between them, but it would be nitpicking if I continue much further, so we’ll hop back over to the Nightwing series.

Nightwing Vol 2: [[71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 96, 97, 98, 104, 105, 106, 114, 117]], 150, 153 

The issues listed in brackets were written by Devin Grayson, which I guess you can read if you want to know how she ruined the DickBabs relationship. I don’t personally recommend it (when do I ever recommend Devin Grayson), but the quick recap is that she undid all the character development that Dixon spent over 50 issues building up. I sound bitter; moving on

Every comic that comes after Devin Grayson’s Nightwing run is basically Dick and Babs being in a relationship limbo where they care about each other but can’t bring themselves to be a couple again. You see this sporadically throughout

Birds of Prey Vol 1: #43, 54, 61, 76, 79, 83-84, 86, 100, 108-109, 127 

Although I think it’s mainly highlighted in Dick’s Batman era.

Batgirl Vol 3: #1, 5-7, 15

Detective Comics Vol 1: #871-881 (The Black Mirror)

Compilation of Lois Lane being terrible at spelling.

Bonus:

some batwomen week 2 of supes in suits with @plastic-pipes

Anthony Recker and his giant, hungry ass