[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I only know Blockbuster from the original Nightwing run. Apparently they're bringing him back for the current Nightwing title, which feels awfully retread...

I'd read on Wikipedia that he was really Blockbuster II, but never came across the old stuff or the first brother in any of my reading.

I copy and pasted the first Blockbuster's list of chronological appearances

Spoiler:

Detective Comics #345 (November 1965): "The Blockbuster Invasion of Gotham City"
Detective Comics #349 (March 1966): "The Blockbuster Breaks Loose"
Justice League of America #46 (August 1966): "Crisis Between Earth-One and Earth-Two!"
Justice League of America #47 (September 1966): "The Bridge Between Earths"
Batman #194 (August 1967): "The Blockbuster Goes Bat-Mad"
Batgirl: Year One #8 (September 2003): "Chapter Eight: Seasoned Crime-Fighter"
Justice League of America #135 (October 1976): "Crisis in Eternity!"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #12 (January 197: "The Plunder Plan!"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #13 (March 197: "One Earth Too Many"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #14 (April-May 197: "Crisis on Earth-3 (Reprise)"
Secret Society of Super-Villains #15 (June-July 197: "The Wizard's War of the Worlds"
Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2/11 (fall 197: "Murder Times Seven"
Justice League of America #166 (May 1979): "The Long Way Home"
Justice League of America #167 (June 1979): "The League That Defeated Itself"
Justice League of America #168 (July 1979): "The Last Great Switcheroo"
Batman #308 (February 1979): "There'll be a Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight" (Cameo only)
Batman #309 (March 1979): "Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas"
Detective Comics #498 (January 1981): "Night of the Savage"
Detective Comics #499 (February 1981): "Allies in the Shadows"
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #294 (August 1982): "Rampage"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
Legends #3 (January 1987): "Send For... the Suicide Squad!"-Death

Of the appearances I would recommend Detective Comics#345 which he debuts in and Batman#309. He is an interesting character in small doses. I just read the SSoV title appearances and Detective Comics#498/499 story. He is not a favorite,but a character that can be sympathetic and viewed as not inherently evil.

The one you know from the Nightwing run, his older brother and successor of the name,first appeared alongside Blockbuster in Detective Comics#345. I do hope Roland Desmond's revival will not be a retread of the Nightwing ongoing arc from 1996 through 2004 but it adds to what I have been saying about Dick Grayson having no solid direction as Nightwing. I would prefer to see Mark Desmond,the first one used again. New 52 teased it but never did anything with it.