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| Dick Grayson | |
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 Various incarnations of Dick Grayson from variant cover of Nightwing #118 (September 2024). Art by Nicola Scott. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | As Robin: Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) As Nightwing: Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) As Batman: Robin #0 (October 1994) As Target: Nightwing: The Target #1 (September 2001) As Agent 37: Grayson #1 (July 2014) |
| Created by | Bill Finger (writer) Bob Kane (artist) Jerry Robinson (illustrator) Nightwing: Marv Wolfman George Pérez |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Richard John Grayson |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Justice League Teen Titans Outsiders Batman Incorporated Bat-Family Spyral[1] Justice League Task Force |
| Partnerships | Bruce Wayne (adoptive father) Barbara Gordon Donna Troy Jason Todd (adoptive brother) Damian Wayne (adoptive brother) Koriand'r Roy Harper Helena Bertinelli Tim Drake (adoptive brother) Wally West Jesse Chambers Kara Zor-El Rose Wilson Joseph Wilson Cassandra Cain (adoptive sister) |
| Notable aliases | Robin Nightwing Batman Target Agent 37 Renegade Red Robin Talon Deadman Aerial Avenger The Boy Wonder Ric Grayson[2] |
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Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman, Teen Titans and Justice League. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940, Dick is the original and most popular incarnation of Robin, Batman's crime-fighting partner – together known as the Dynamic Duo. In Robin's origin story, he is the orphaned son of master acrobats the Flying Graysons who is later adopted by Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne.[3]
Dick Grayson has undergone significant character development since originally introduced in 1940. In 1984, he graduated from the role of Robin to become the adult superhero Nightwing, protector of the city of Blüdhaven,[4] Gotham City's economically troubled neighbouring city. Since then, as Bruce's eldest son, Dick has taken on an older brother figure to his male successors as Robin – tearaway Jason Todd, teenage prodigy Tim Drake, and trained assassin Damian Wayne, who is also Batman's biological child. Among other members of the Batman Family, his closest relationships are with Batman's loyal butler and father figure Alfred Pennyworth, and with his enduring romantic interest Barbara Gordon, who served as Batgirl alongside Dick as Robin, and who later supports Nightwing's work as Oracle. Dick has also taken up the mantle of Batman himself on a number of occasions when Bruce was missing, incapacitated, or believed dead.[5]
As well as his significant role in Batman-related stories, Dick is well-connected to other characters across the fictional DC Universe, particularly in his role from 1964 onwards as a founding member of the Teen Titans superhero group alongside other sidekicks of the Justice League. Teen Titans establishes many of the character's most significant partnerships, including with his best friends Wally West (Kid Flash), Donna Troy (Wonder Girl), and Roy Harper (Speedy), and his other primary romantic interest, the alien princess Starfire. Dick is widely recognised as one of the superhero community's greatest strategists, leading the adult Titans team, the Outsiders, and even the Justice League at various times. Dick also has connections to the Superman franchise, with Superman providing the original inspiration for him to become Nightwing and take on a different style of superheroism from Batman,[6] with Nightwing later mentoring Superman's son Jon Kent.[7][8]
Grayson has appeared as Robin in many Batman adaptations over the years, including the 1943 serial played by Douglas Croft, the 1949 serial played by Johnny Duncan, the 1966–68 live action Batman TV series and its motion picture portrayed by Burt Ward, and played by Chris O'Donnell in the 1995 film Batman Forever and its sequel, Batman & Robin, and in the 2018 TV series Titans, portrayed by Brenton Thwaites. In animation, Loren Lester voiced Robin in Batman: The Animated Series and Nightwing's first screen adaptation in The New Batman Adventures, Jesse McCartney voiced Grayson as Robin and Nightwing in Young Justice: The Animated Series, Sean Maher voiced Nightwing in the DC Animated Movie Universe series of animated films, while Michael Cera voiced Robin in The Lego Batman Movie.
- ^ Grayson #1
- ^ "Nightwing: How the DC Hero Turned into Ric Grayson". 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Batman and Robin 25 Preview". CBR. 2011-07-05. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ Blüdhaven was introduced in the second volume of Nightwing. The character has also been associated with Gotham City, New York City, and Chicago in different runs.
- ^ Grayson has taken on the identity of Batman several times. In the aftermath of Batman: Knightfall, he was not offered the role while Wayne was recovering from a broken back, because he felt Nightwing was a hero in his own right and not an understudy. But after the events of the Zero Hour miniseries, Grayson fills-in as Batman, beginning in Robin (Vol. 2) #0 (1994) and extending through the Batman: Prodigal storyline in 1995. Grayson assumes the mantle following "Batman R.I.P." (2008) and Final Crisis (2008–2009), when Bruce is presumed dead and led the Justice League. Following Wayne's return, both simultaneously maintain the Batman identity until 2011.
- ^ "Superman and Nightwing's Friendship, Explained". CBR. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Why Clark Kent Chose Nightwing to Mentor the New Superman". CBR. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Nightwing & Superman's Friendship Just Got Its Most Heartbreaking Moment of All Time". Screenrant. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.