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  Nightwing: A Knight in Bludhaven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Charles Dixon made Nightwing a force to be reckoned with in the eight issues of Nightwing, first published in 1996-97 and collected in 1998.
This isn't Gotham, where Batman has a staunch ally in Commissioner Gordan, nor is it Metropolis, where the crusading reporters of the Daily Planet act as a secondary police force and keep Superman on his toes.
Bludhaven is corrupt from top to bottom, and Nightwing has a big job ahead of him.
www.rambles.net /nightwing_knight.html   (301 words)

  
 COMICON.com: PALMIOTTI, GRAY, & THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN
BY JENNIFER M. The city of Bludhaven is struggling to rebuild after the devastation wrought upon it in the aftermath of events from the Infinite Crisis.
Bludhaven has been turned into a ghetto and Uncle Sam is the super in a burned out tenement building.
Inside Bludhaven, A lot of people have died and some still remain and the whole situation has gone to hell really fast.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004932   (1558 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
She mostly uses her web-gun as a swingline, preferring her small blowgun and martial arts as her main weapons ; if she loses the blowgun she is likely to wield a poison dart as a tiny knife, to scratch her opponent and have the poison knock him out.
Catalina herself tried to be a cop for a time, but the corruption within the BHPD was so appalling she went back to social work.
Still, the desire to take some action to make Bludhaven stronger and wealthier gnawed at her, and she kept a workout and martial arts regimen to become an excellent fighter and acrobat - presumably, she intended to become a vigilante for quite some time.
www.writeups.org /affiche_fiche.php?id=2614   (824 words)

  
 CBGXtra.com -- Forums
CRISIS AFTERMATH: THE BATTLE OF BLUDHAVEN [$2.99 per issue] was a six-issue series which opened on the dark days after the Society of Super-Villains dropped Chemo on the city and then, within the first few pages of the first issue, jumped ahead a year.
The destruction of Bludhaven was a major event in the DCU, so I’m all for exploring the ramifications of that murderous act.
Instead, Bludhaven has been turned into a breeding ground for government super-agents with many of the subjects for the experiments conscripted against their will.
www.cbgxtra.com /default.aspx?tabid=42&view=topic&forumid=28&postid=15889   (863 words)

  
 Here's Looking At You, Red   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bludhaven Prefect of Police Timothy Drake watched as the officers deplaned onto the tarmac in their stiff, dark uniforms.
Nights in Bludhaven, the streets are busier than during the day.
Dick had looked at the mention of the letters of transit, and now his keen gaze was examining Nyerstad as it had the game board a moment earlier.
darthyoshi.topcities.com /fics/looking.html   (6580 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The end result of eighteen years in Bludhaven's foster care system, Nite-Wing is a sociopath who believes himself to be a hero.
Once within the system, he managed to find a few good cops, such as his partner Sergeant Amy Rohrbach or detective Addad, who want to clean up their city just as badly as Dick - and was made a member of a secret cop organization struggling to build a file on corruption within the department.
In Bludhaven, Nightwing is learning to work alone - while he has always been half of a duo or the leader of a full team.
www.writeups.org /affiche_fiche.php?id=430   (6169 words)

  
 Watches-Nightwing- A Knight in Bludhaven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
"A Knight in Bludhaven" describes the transition for Dick Grayson as he becomes a crime fighter in a city that is even more corrupt than Gotham: Bludhaven.
Nightwing becomes the protector of Bludhaven as Batman is the protector of Gotham.
In fact, the secret Bludhaven crime boss is a resurrected baddie from Dick's past.
www.minihttpserver.net /z_watches/A_nightwing_a_knight_i-1563894254.htm   (1039 words)

  
 FanStory.com - A Cold night at Bludhaven by Nescher Pyscher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
But they'd sent him to Bludhaven for the rest of his life, and that was the same thing, only longer.
His third finger had been 'professionally removed' with a pair of wire cutters by a bull at Bludhaven in response to some mouthing Jimmy had done.
He walked out of Bludhaven two and a half years later, and was surprised to find a long, fl limo with darkly tinted windows waiting for him.
www.fanstory.com /displaystory.jsp?id=23890   (3222 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Only in or near Bludhaven would the mob brazenly set a helicopter down in full view of hundreds of people, but there you go, Benny thought.
In his absence Redhorn had assumed control of the Bludhaven underworld, leaving him in the unique position of running the law as well as its enemies.
Nightwing hadn't yet gotten a good feel for the major players in Bludhaven's altered mob scene, but the incident on I-60 certainly suggested trouble was ahead.
dca.bhyphen.com /nw16.html   (2425 words)

  
 Hella   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Kate Riordan was the jewel in a long line of Bludhaven cops.
Her family has upheld justice in Bludhaven since emigrating from Ireland.
Kate returned to Bludhaven for revenge on a select few who were involved in the murder of her family and the cover up that took place afterwards.
www.rapsheet.co.uk /RapSheetMain/Bizzaro.asp?UniqueId=435   (125 words)

  
 [No title]
Savage is in Bludhaven so the two of them should be able to quickly capture him before he goes after Lian.
After they'd gone down to offer their account of what had happened to the Bludhaven police, the two had decided they should go to Titans Tower to let the Titans in on the real story, so that they'd play along and not accidentally uncover and reveal the truth.
He was on a pier in Bludhaven with three of the original Titans, Troia, Tempest and the Flash.
www.the-family-archives.com /stories/rrobin.txt   (23136 words)

  
 Fanzing 38 - September 2001 - Nightwing: A Matter of Vengeance
Even with a police force that actually cared about doing their jobs, Bludhaven would be almost impossible to keep under control, and if there was one thing Bludhaven didn't have, it's a police force that cared.
Willy The Finger was a well known Bludhaven criminal, in and out of jail since he was sixteen, Willy was often a lookout or getaway man in many of Bludhaven's most famous robberies.
Being the oldest section of Bludhaven and tucked snugly into the coastline, The Baily Church area was a maze of narrow one way streets and interconnecting alleys that a person could easily get lost in.
www.fanzing.com /mag/fanzing38/fiction3.shtml   (9065 words)

  
 HH Skewed Perspectives - THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN #1
In the wake of the Infinite Crisis, the city of Bludhaven’s been reduced to a chemically poisonous hot zone.
Outside the city, Bludhaven’s former inhabitants are running low on supplies and growing anxious to return to their homes.
The plight of the Bludhaven’s former inhabitants evokes that of New Orleans’ displaced population.
www.happyharborcomics.com /reviews/skewed-perspectives/page_battle_bludhaven_1.htm   (800 words)

  
 The Comics Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This was the case with Villains United and it is unfortunately the case with The Battle for Bludhaven.
A wall was constructed around the city and now people live in makeshift government housing, and are on the verge of rebellion because they want to return to their homes.
The security within the walls of Bludhaven is being handled by the Freedom's Ring formery the Force of July(uggh,as if that was a better name!) who are working for the mysterious Father Time who is conducting questionable experiences on possible meta-humans and is also keeping a secret source of radiation.
www.thecomicsreview.com /temper.php?id=380   (419 words)

  
 Criminal Justice Policy Foundation: Books: Nightwing: A Knight in Bludhaven
"A Knight in Bludhaven" describes the transition for Dick Grayson as he becomes a crime fighter in a city that is even more corrupt than Gotham: Bludhaven.
Nightwing becomes the protector of Bludhaven as Batman is the protector of Gotham.
In fact, the secret Bludhaven crime boss is a resurrected baddie from Dick's past.
www.cjpf.org /shop.php?mode=Books&item=1563894254   (950 words)

  
 The ComicBloc - Comic Book Reviews, News, Interviews and More - Review: Battle for Bludhaven #1
However, the government was also quick to respond and sent in their own heroes to keep everyone out of the city or be arrested.
Bludhaven is now a wasteland and the government has erected walls around the city to keep everyone out.
Battle for Bludhaven was one of the Post-Infinite Crisis titles that I was looking forward to the most and I really enjoyed the first issue a lot.
www.comicbloc.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=57   (1003 words)

  
 Welcome to Bludhaven Photographic Studios
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www.accountingforsmallbusiness.net   (152 words)

  
 COMICON.com: DAN JURGENS & THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN
He told us what it was like penciling this series and gave us a few teasers about his other upcoming 52 projects.
In this case though, all the redesigns for the characters in Battle for Bludhaven were done by others.
The first few parts of The Battle For Bludhaven are due in stores this month.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=36;t=005064   (894 words)

  
 PALMIOTTI & GRAY ON THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN - NEWSARAMA
Newsarama: Okay, guys, so far all we know about The Battle for Bludhaven is what the April solicitation detailed, and what Dan Didio told us last month, which is the Secret Society of Supervillains drop in on Bludhaven in Infinite Crisis and Battle for Bludhaven deals with the aftermath of that attack...
Let’s just say that Bludhaven is being fought over and many battlegrounds develop, but in the end, they are all jockeying for the same thing.
Bludhaven becomes a crosspoint across the various realities of the multiverse and people have to fight for control of the nexus.
forum.newsarama.com /showthread.php?s=9beaf2b92add2165195816fce6e5e59c&threadid=55974   (3364 words)

  
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They at least sent his file through." "Well, at least that improves the chances of the case being solved by at least a factor of five." Gordon smiled mirthlessly, then looked down at the desk again and his face became stony again.
If ever a town needed a Batman more than Gotham City, Bludhaven would top my list." "Mine too, but I have too much to do here to worry about other cities.
He thought I was whoever it was that killed Nicky coming to do the same to him.
lubakmetyk.infinology.net /others/briandoyle/seeing01.txt   (1015 words)

  
 Faux DC! - Titles - Elseworlds - Batman: Beyond #9
He'd tapped into the Bludhaven Police Department radio frequency, and overheard, in a somewhat more vulgar and less professional manner than he was used to, that the second Metron had been stolen from the Bludhaven Institute.
The man known to his friends only as Jimbo pulled his coat tighter about him as he stepped out of the foyer of the soup kitchen.
From here, he could survey the entire waterfront, which was deserted besides a few drunken stragglers at this hour.
www.fauxdc.com /Titles/elseworlds/batmanbeyond/batbey-9.htm   (2338 words)

  
 TheBatSquad.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
As Bludhaven crime bosses met to determine the new overboss, Blockbuster crashed their party.
He planned to go to Bludhaven with his stepmother, while she received therapy.
In Bludhaven, the police found a note with a dead body saying the killings would stop when Batgirl and Robin were delivered.
www.thebatsquad.net /robin/robin2005.htm   (1315 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Nightwing: A Knight in Bludhaven: Books: Chuck Dixon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Nightwing: A Knight in Bludhaven by Chuck Dixon
Nightwing takes to Bludhaven, a city with no spandex-clad, super heroes of its own, and quickly discovers that he likes having his own turf to patrol.
"A Knight in Bludhaven" is the first story arc of the NIGHTWING regular series, featuring the story of Nightwing's adoption of the dismal, blighted city of Bludhaven and the discovery of the nasty villain who holds sway over the city.
www.amazon.com /Nightwing-Knight-Bludhaven-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1563894254   (1704 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Officer Tim Fencik finished dressing in to his uniform, it felt good to be back, he had been on leave until a formal inquiry into the death’s of Morretti and Jansen had concluded, but now Tim was back on the job.
As Bludhaven’s resident vigilante Nightwing he felt like he was accomplishing as much at night as he was during the day as Officer Dick Grayson of the Bludhaven Police Department.
Blockbuster was smart enough to cover his trail legally in all his dealings, Nightwing could probably deliver Blockbuster wrapped in a bow string to the police headquarters and they would press his suit and arrange a ride home for him rather than prosecute.
dca.bhyphen.com /nw04.html   (1900 words)

  
 Nightwing #80 Review - Silver Bullet Comics
The book opens with Dick Grayson stunned by the fact that Deathstroke, one of the deadliest assassins in the DCU is waiting for him in his apartment.
We then join Dick the next day as he wearily stumbles into his day job, as an officer on the Bludhaven police force, and we see an investigative reporter is busy making noise in the station house with her attempts to learn more about Bludhaven's resident vigilante, Nightwing.
Nightwing versus Deathstroke is a pairing where one would have to pretty hard not to deliver a fan pleasing issue, and for her part Devin Grayson does manage to offer up an enjoyable enough taste of hopefully what's to come.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /reviews/105161959670103.htm   (839 words)

  
 Titans Tower: Nightwing: Wizard 1998 Batman Special
As written by Dixon and drawn by penciller Scott McDaniel, Bludhaven is more than a setting-it's become a character in and of itself.
Modeled by Dixon after Personville from Dashiel Hammett's Red Harvest, Bludhaven is an 18th-century Germanic town that fell on hard times when the whaling and asbestos industries died.
Law's seen Bludhaven's steady decline over the past 20 years, and provides Dick with a window into the city's history.
www.titanstower.com /source/libtitans/wizdix.html   (2718 words)

  
 Bludhaven Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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brandonroland.com /bludhaven.html   (243 words)

  
 A Knight in Bludhaven (Nightwing) - RadioDirectory.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bludhaven, Gotham's ugly little brother, so to speak.
The best thing about this story, imo at least, is that it doesn't fall into the trap of becoming one big hero vs. villain mega battle.
A brilliant detective story, it explores the curropt police system of Bludhaven and the shake up's of the underworld perfectly.
www.radiodirectory.com /ukstoreproducts1563894254.html   (354 words)

  
 Mars Import - Comic
Now, one year later, Bludhaven is still a no man's land, shut off from the refugees seeking to get back to their homes and even more from the superheroes who seek to protect them.
Conflict between the mysterious Atomic Knights and the sinister government forces that have a hidden and deadly agenda in the city.
When the battle is over, only one side will be able to lay claim to the city - if there's anything to left to lay claim to.
www.marsimport.com /display_comic.php?ID=11965   (293 words)

  
 CBUB Fights: Nightwing vs. Daredevil
Bludhaven's nothing compared to Hell's Kitchen away - it's just full of two bit losers and queers.
Nightwing isn't just the Knight of Bludhaven, he is also the leader of the Titans and the former leader of the Teen Titans.
Sure, Dick's been around longer as Robin, but in his current Bludhaven Nightwing incarnation, he's been around for much less, and it's obvious how much his current incarnation is similar to Daredevil.
www.electricferret.com /fights/fightJump.cgi?106~/fights/rooftop.htm   (4329 words)

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