Story: "Hero of the City" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Greg Land (pencils)
Drew Geraci (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Patricia Mulvihill (colors)
Jamison (color seperations)
Darren Vincenzo (edits)

Feature Character:

Nightwing

Supporting Characters:

Bridget Clancy
Detective Phil Addad (first appearance; an officer of the Bludhaven Police Dept.; next in issue #43)

Villains:

Blockbuster II
Ricky Noone
Dominguez
Lake (first appearance of both; Noone's henchmen; both die)
Mitch (first appearance; a smalltime crook; dies)
Delmore Redhorn
Nite-Wing
Mac Arnot (last in issue #33)

Other Characters:

Crystal (an officer of the Bludhaven Police Dept.)
Officer Johansen (head of the Haven County Police Academy)

Synopsis:

Nightwing revels in being back in Bludhaven, where he is one-hundred percent his own man, unconnected to the Batman. Mitch, who owes mob boss Ricky Noone a lot of money is kidnapped by Dominguez and Lake and bundled into a car boot. Dominguez and Lake are in turn attacked by Nite-Wing who ties them to the back of the car and takes it for a spin, leaving the police a rather messy double-homicide to deal with.

Meanwhile, Dick Grayson resumes his training at police academy, explaining that he has been absent due to a sudden illness. He graduates solidly at the end of the course. Mitch, the only potential witness to the murder, is offed by Ricky Noone, and Nite-Wing gets angry about the lack of publicity the case has had, promising Chief Redhorn to do better when he tackles Ricky Noone himself.