Don't let the title fool you. DC's Young Romance: New 52 Valentine's Day Special contains precious little actual romance. Four of the six stories included in the issue feature a rejection of some kind, and of the remaining two, one ends on a decidedly tragic note. While it's true that the dating game must be difficult when one spends their nights gallivanting about town fighting crime in skintight spandex, it's a curious ratio of failure to success for a compilation that bills itself as a Valentine's Day special.
One of the strongest additions to Young Romance is Kyle Higgins and Sanford Greene's "Another Saturday Night," starring a down-on-his-luck Nightwing. Love isn't easy for a costumed vigilante and Nightwing finds that out the hard way after being unceremoniously dumped after he puts the job first. Luckily for him, he finds a kindred spirit in Ursa Major but love, as we know, is a notoriously fickle mistress. Higgins drives home the highs and lows of Nightwing's rooftop romance and the end result is equal parts sweet and sad.
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