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Nightwing is a Batman-inspired superhero/vigilante alias in the DC universe which is most-notably used by Dick Grayson, the patron-vigilante of Blüdhaven and the original Robin. The name Nightwing is inspired by Superman's stories. In Superman #158 (1963) the moniker of Nightwing was first used...
Nightwing, fictional superhero. DC Comics ’ Nightwing—formerly Robin the Boy Wonder—toiled for forty years under the shadow of the Batman as comics’ premier sidekick. First appearing in April 1940 in Detective Comics #38, Dick Grayson, the junior member of the Flying Graysons circus family, witnesses his parents’ deaths in a sabotaged ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Thursday, February 15th, 2024. "We wanted to show how high this flying Grayson could soar. Now, it's time for him to fall." On May 21, within the pages of DC’s Nightwing comic book series, the Eisner Award-winning duo of Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo reunite to tell Nightwing’s greatest story yet.
The Nightwing title concluded in April 2014 at issue #30, and was replaced with a new title, Grayson, which depicts Dick having given up his life as Nightwing at age 22 and going undercover as an agent of the Spyral organization where the former Batwoman Kathy Kane works.
After the defeat of Otto Netz and the usage of the Somnus Thought-Suppression Satilite Network to wipe out all known records and memory of Dick Grayson save for those on an exception list, Dick is able to resume his life as Nightwing.
Dec 15, 2021 · In many ways Dick Grayson has always been about legacy. When he became Nightwing in Tales of the Teen Titans #44, he spoke about how his new identity was chosen as a tribute to Batman and Superman. As the original Boy Wonder and founder of the Teen Titans, Dick seems to be leaving multiple legacies wherever he goes.
Dick is a former member of the Flying Graysons acrobatic family in Haley's Circus. He and his parents performed nightly with their death-defying high wire acts. When the circus came to Gotham City, the gangster, Tony Zucco tried to extort protection money out of the owner Mr. Haley, but he refused to cooperate.
