Nightwing #129 for Sale - First Appearance of Nightwing-Prime - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Nightwing (DC, 2016 series)
Issue: #129
Publication date: October 2025
Key date: 2025-10-00
On-sale date: 2025-08-20
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $4.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 76194134174312911
Rating: Ages 13+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Nightwing-Prime - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Night-Hare - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Deathwing - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	There's a New Hero in Town	cover	1	pencils: Dexter Soy; inks: Dexter Soy; colors: Adriano Lucas	Dick Grayson, Nightwing, Bryce Moran, Nightwing-Prime First
1	Other Finale	comic story	26	script: Dan Watters; pencils: Dexter Soy; inks: Dexter Soy; colors: Veronica Gandini; letters: Wes Abbott	Dyxl, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Haley, Nightwing, Nightwing, Nite-Mite, Oracle, Alfred Pennyworth, Van-Zee, Deathwing First, Bryce Moran, Night-Hare First, Nightwing-Prime First

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Jorge Fornés Cardstock Variant Cover	price 5.99 USD; barcode 76194134174312921
Serg Acuña Cardstock Variant Cover	price [none]; barcode 76194134174312941
Juan Ferreyra Cardstock Variant Cover	price 5.99 USD; barcode 76194134174312931

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Death Traps ISBN 978-1-79950-254-8	2026	On eBay ›
Death Traps ISBN 978-1-79950-256-2	2026	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #128129 of 141#130 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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