Issue Nightwing 39
Subtitle By Force of Arms - Ballistic Romance: 2 (part of the No Man's Land storyline)
Date January 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Scott McDaniel, Karl Story
storyline Dick and Barbara escaped Pettit's bunch into a different section of the building. Pettit began destroying Oracle's equipment. Huntress helped Nightwing and Oracle escape.

 


Issue Nightwing 40
Subtitle The Devil Dies at Dawn
Date February 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Scott McDaniel, Hector Collazo
storyline John Law, formerly the Tarantula, worried about old Nazi enemies who were being released from German prisons. When they arrived in Bludhaven and attacked him, Nightwing saved his neighbor.

 


Issue Nightwing 41
Subtitle Hero of the City
Date March 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land, Drew Garaci
storyline Nite-Wing continued his escapades and Dick returned to the police academy. Ricky Noone reported to Blockbuster that Nightwing killed two of his men. Desmond knew about the imposter NW. Dick graduated from the academy.

 


Issue Nightwing 42
Subtitle Tonight's the Nite
Date April 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land, Patrick Zircher, Mark McKenna
storyline Hogan threw a party for Dick; Clancy and the recent graduate began getting closer. Nite-Wing attacked Ricky Noone, killing him and some of his men in a "car accident." Dick was turned down for a job with Bludhaven PD, though one of his classmates, Mac Arnot, got in as inspector. Nightwing met Nite-Wing again - they were cornered by Soames/Torque. 

 


Issue Nightwing 43
Subtitle Improper Angels
Date May 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Patrick Zircher; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline The two NWs escaped Torque's explosion. Desmond prepared to travel to Africa to find an ape to donate him a heart. Arnot became Chief Redhorn's right-hand man. Dick decided to train Nite-Wing since he appeared serious about the hero gig. 

 


Issue Nightwing 44
Subtitle The Stalkers
Date June 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Patrick Zircher; Jose Marzan, Jr. 
storyline Tad (Nite-Wing) shook down Redhorn and demanded files on Roland Desmond. Blockbuster began searching for "Oracle," a hacker who'd been siphoning moneys from him for years. Redhorn left town after giving the files to Tad, who gave the files to Nightwing. They broke in on Blockbuster and were captured.

 


Issue Nightwing 45
Subtitle To the Slaughter - The Hunt for Oracle part 1
Date July 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline Blockbuster's people began torturing Dick and Tad, trying to get Oracle's identity. Lady Vic and Brutale trailed and attacked the Black Canary. Desmond also hired the team of Mouse and Giz to track Oracle. Nightwing's car was destroyed and the computer taken to Blockbuster's hackers. Cicso Blane turned out to be FBI and freed Nightwing. 
(continued in Birds of Prey 20)

 


Issue Nightwing 46
Subtitle The Dying Hours - The Hunt for Oracle part 3
Date August 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline (continued from Birds of Prey 20) 
Tad ran away after learning that Blane was FBI. Grim (a talking gorilla) attacked Nightwing. Robin and Alfred showed up and rescued him. They went for Barbara. Canary broke free from Lady Vic and Brutale, then parachuted from their plane. Blockbuster, Mouse, and Giz zeroed in on their target. 
(continued in Birds of Prey 21)

 


Issue Nightwing 47
Subtitle The Quarry
Date September 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline Nightwing shook down some cops and learned about Redhorn's departure. Dick attended Blane's (real name Ronnie Houston) funeral. Bludhaven appointed a new Chief of Police - Wallace T. Ebersol. Nightwing took down Tad.

 


Issue Nightwing 48
Subtitle The Sylph - Slender Thread
Date October 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline While out on patrol, Nightwing saw what appeared to be a suicide jumper, but he was followed by another who landed on her feed from 30+ floors up. She was aided by a strange synthetic textile fabric. Dick was hired on by Bludhaven PD. Nightwing tracked down the lady with the fabric, who'd just killed her second millionaire.  

 


Issue Nightwing 49
Subtitle Dangled
Date November 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.
storyline Dick took a fabric sample to Lucious Fox as a potential "investment" to be tested. Officer Grayson was assigned to Sgt. Amy Rohrbach for training. As Nightwing, he learned the truth about the fabric lady - she was Sylvan Scofield. Her father had committed suicide after his fabric invention (Achilloran) was stolen. Trying to escape Nightwing, she hung herself in it and was killed. Dudley Soames took a hostage, Inspector Arnot, and blew up the police HQ.

 


Issue Nightwing 50
Subtitle Big Guns
Date December 2000
Writer(s) Chuck Dixon
Artist(s) Greg Land; Jose Marzan, Jr.; Drew Geraci
storyline When the coroner arrived for Sylph (Sylvan Scofield), there was no body. Dick ditched his cop gear and went after Soames as Nightwing. Blockbuster's new heart seemed to be taking well, but he learned that his mother had died. Nightwing saved Arnot and the cops got to Soames. He was locked up in the same cell as Tad.