History ComicBook / NightwingInfiniteFrontier

* TheCavalry: After Dick is presumed captured at the end of issue 81, he calls off a rescue attempt in the preview of #82. Oracle does call off the rescue, which consists of [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the Titans]] (Donna Troy, Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy) as well as Bruce, piloting the Batplane. Clearly, she does NOT mess around.
* ChekhovsGun: In issue #96, we learn of Bludhaven Private Prison. It becomes the center of attention in issue #100 as Heartless initiates a breakout to try to destroy the city and what Dick's done [[spoiler:only for that plan to fail and the damaged jail becoming the new Titans Tower]].

* FlippingTheBird: [[spoiler: Electrocutioner does this to Blockbuster when he learns that Blockbuster owns Bludhaven Private Prison, a hellhole where he spent two years. His middle fingers are covered by a [[PaintingTheMedium facsimile of the Comics Code Authority seal]].]]

** The boats that rescue the tent city kids are named after Nightwing writers Devin Grayson and Creator/TimSeeley and artist Rick Leonardi.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Heartless leading a breakout of Bludhaven Private Prison to try and destroy everything Dick had built up since his return to the city leads to [[spoiler:the Titans repurposing the prison as the new Titans Tower, meaning Nightwing is no longer the sole hero operating in the city]].

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The 2022 Annual reveals Heartless [[spoiler: actually first appeared way back in the flashback opening of ''Nightwing'' #78. He was one of the bullies attacking the kid who the then-teen Dick and Barbara intervened to protect.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: When Brutale and Electrocutioner find out that Blockbuster owned Bludhaven Private Prison, reputed to be one of the worst prisons in the country, they opt to leave a defeated Blockbuster high and dry.]]

-->'''Dick:''' Why would a billionaire make me sandwiches and do my washing?
-->'''Barbara:''' For the same reason a billionaire would fight crime in Gotham. It's what he ''wanted'' to do.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Averted as of issue #100 - [[spoiler:the Titans decide to base the new Titans Tower in Bludhaven]].

* MeaningfulRename [[spoiler: In issue #99, Melinda Zucco legally changed her name to Melinda Grayson-Lin, to honor her birth parents and make sure the name Zucco becomes forgotten.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** A superhero comic book about a street-level vigilante who owns an entire block of apartments and starts off by saving a dog and taking it in. Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' or Creator/MattFraction's ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''?
** Also to Taylor's own run of ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man''.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: The 2022 Annual reveals Heartless [[spoiler: actually first appeared way back in ''Nightwing'' #78. He was one of the bullies attacking the kid who the then-teen Dick and Barbara tried to stop.]]

* CorruptCop: It's ''Bludhaven'', what do you ''think''? In this case, they go so far as [[spoiler:attempt to vandalize Haven so they can overrun it]]. In issue #95, [[spoiler:there are still so many corrupt cops after Sawyer joined the force that they're able to kill the former Commissioner and protect the evidence she needs to take down Blockbuster]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: When Brutale and Electrocutioner find out that Blockbuster owned Bludhaven Private Prison, reputed to be one of the worst prisons in the country, they opted to leave a defeated Blockbuster high and dry.]]

* ItsNotMeItsMyEnemies: Averted. [[spoiler:After Dick reveals to Barbara that Blockbuster knows who he is and that they can't be together anymore, Barbara laughs it off, tells him that he deserves to be happy, no matter what someone like Bruce suggests and that things could go wrong with any sort of supervillains appearing, they both deserve to be happy. Dick understands and agrees with her, deciding to keep going with their relationship]].

* ContinuityNod: Dick's Romani heritage is referenced when Meili Lin compares his facial features to his parents, confirming that Mary Grayson was Romani.
* CorruptCop: It's ''Bludhaven'', what do you ''think''? In this case, they go so far as [[spoiler:attempt to vandalize Haven so they can overrun it]].

* TakeThat: Tom Taylor includes a not-so-subtle jab at the "Ric Grayson" era, where Dick had lost his memories and worked as a cab driver:

* DestinationDefenstration: Blockbuster does this to Heartless in issue #93, knocking him out of a high rise building by throwing his desk at him.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Melinda Zucco reveals to Dick that her biological father was actually John Grayson, making them siblings.]]

* SerialKiller: Heartless has a wall lined with rows upon rows of his bottled heart "trophies", indicating he's been at it for a while now, with a sizeable body count.

* ItsPersonal: As stated under BewareTheNiceOnes, Anatoli Knyazev earned himself a ''very'' special place on the Titans' shit list for what he did to Dick during Tom King's ''Batman'. Wally in particular has been itching for a shot at K.G.Beast given his close friendship with Dick.

* ItsPersonal: As stated under BewareTheNiceOnes, Anatoli Knyazev earned himself a ''very'' special place on the Titans' shit list for what he did to Dick during Tom King's ''Batman'. Wally can't help taking ''great'' satisfaction at kicking the merc's ass.

* ItsPersonal: As stated under BewareTheNiceOnes, Anatoli Knyazev earned himself a ''very'' special place on the Titans' shit list for what he did to Dick during Tom King's ''Batman'' -- and Wally is all too happy to finally make him pay the piper.
During ''Nightwing'' #90, Wally West takes ''great'' pleasure in going after KGBeast when he and Dick realize he's among the assassins working for Blockbuster. After all, Anatoli Knyazev has had a ''very'' special place on the Titans' shit list for what he did to Dick during Tom King's ''Batman''.

* ItsPersonal: During ''Nightwing'' #90, Wally West takes ''great'' pleasure in going after KGBeast when he and Dick realize he's among the assassins working for Blockbuster. After all, Anatoli Knyazev has had a ''very'' special place on the Titans' shit list for what he did to Dick during Tom King's ''Batman''.

* TheBusCameBack: After not appearing in forever, Clancy, the superintendent of Dick's first Bludhaven apartment from the first ''Nightwing'' ongoing, reappears when he needs someone to dogsit Haley.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dick gets pickpocketed by a couple of street kids. When he asked Barbara [[TemptingFate not to tell anyone about this]], she reveals that she spread the whole news to the Bat Family's group chat. Dick himself lampshades that they are probably not going to let up on reminding him of that little mishap.

* CreatorCameo: Editor Jessica Chen is drawn into #87, rollerblading down the streets of Bludhaven. Some fans jokingly gave her hell for not trying to rescue the dog-napped Haley.

* CListFodder: [[spoiler: In issue #89, Risk of Dan Jurgens' ''Teen Titans'' run becomes a victim of the Rising.]]

* CreatorCameo: Editor Jessica Chen is drawn into #87, rollerblading down the streets of Bludhaven. Some fans jokingly gave her hell for not trying to rescue the dognapped Haley.

* NotMeThisTime: Nightwing and Robin defend squatters from Brutale and Executioner, until the whole slums are suddenly set on fire. The villains are immediately accused of starting the fire, but they were just as surprised as the heroes were. The real culprit is new villain Heartless.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Dick gets pickpocketed by a couple of street kids. When he asked Barbara [[TemptingFate not to tell anyone about this]], did she reveal that she spread the whole news to the Bat Family's group chat. Dick himself lampshades that they are probably not going to let up on reminding him of that little mishap.