Story: "Tonight's the Nite" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Chuck Dixon (plot, script)
Greg Land and Patrick Zircher (pencils)
Mark McKenna (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Patricia Mulvihill (colors)
Jamison (color seperations)
Darren Vincenzo (edits)

Feature Character:

Nightwing

Supporting Characters:

Bridget Clancy
Jonathan Law (in between issue #40 and #48)
Hank Hogan
Michael "Mutt" Hogan

Villains:

Blockbuster II
Mrs. Desmond (next in Birds of Prey #23)
Torque
Delmore Redhorn
Nite-Wing
Mac Arnot
Ricky Noone (dies)
Leo (Noone's accountant)
Peppy (Noone's chauffeur; first appearance of both)
Alistair Bendel-White (behind the scenes; a fixer for Intergang)

Synopses:

Clancy throws a party to celebrate Dick's graduation (and her own success in gaining a place at medical school). Eleswhere, Nite-Wing accomplishes his goal and causes a car crash in which Ricky Noone is killed.

Dick is unable to gain a position in the Bludhaven police force, which he is determined to change from the inside out, and Chief Redhorn gives fellow graduate Mac Arnot an instant promotion to inspector, filling a position last held by Dudley Soames. Dick discovers yet more 'encouraging' news when he discovers, via Oracle, that Alistair Bendel-White of Intergang has set up offices in Bludhaven; investigating these he runs into both Nite-Wing and Torque (the former Inspector Soames).