Richard John "Dick" Grayson (Earth 1)

Richard John "Dick" Grayson was a former member of the Flying Graysons acrobatic act, vigilante known as Robin, and a former protégé of Batman. But years go by as Dick left Batman and became Nightwing and became leader of The Teen Titans.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Dick Grayson grew up in Haley's Circus, becoming a member of the Flying Graysons acrobatic act, along with his parents, John and Mary.
==== Adopted by Bruce Wayne ====
However, one day, both of his parents were killed mid-act in fall before a packed crowd, and the devastated Dick would be promptly adopted by Bruce Wayne. Grayson was later trained by Wayne to become the vigilante "Robin" and fight crime by his side as Batman, forming "the Dynamic Duo."
=== The Hangman Murders ===
At the Batcave, Dick correctly translates the clues left behind that they refer to protecting the Falcone crime family, and Batman scrambles to leave.
=== The Attack ===
At his hideout, Two-Face is attacked when several explosions rip through his lair; the criminals attempt to escape when Two-Face is attacked. Finally, the Hangman killer is revealed as Sofia Falcone. She had killed everyone who had helped Harvey to become the District Attorney and further his career, and left clues to make it look like it was him all along. Her final ploy was to pretend to be paraplegic, leaving her as the last suspect. During the ensuing fight, Sofia is shot by Two-Face and Batman gives chase.
=== Becoming Robin ===
Dick intervenes, now wearing a uniform as "Robin", and he assists Batman in the recapture of the criminals. Joker shoots Two-Face, and he falls presumably to his death. Mario Falcone, now a broken man, torches his family's estate, leaving his family destroyed.
=== Batman and Robin ===
Dick takes an oath with Batman in the Batcave to help him in his crusade against crime.
=== Robin: Year One ===
A year after The Hangman Murders. Dick Grayson continues his career as Robin, The Boy Wonder as Batman trains him in crime-fighting, against the judgment of Alfred.
=== Kidnappings ===
Batman and Robin are informed of the disappearances of eight girls by Captain Gordon and begin searching Gotham City for clues. After encountering difficulties in their search, Robin identifies one of the missing girls as Jennifer, a school acquaintance. While searching his school for leads at Batman's request, Robin discovers that the Mad Hatter is behind the kidnappings. Jason attempts to solve the case on his own.
=== Follow The Hatter ===
After school, Dick saw The Mad Hatter is disguised, who has mind control a girl named Sofia. The Boy Wonder follows The Mad Hatter to his hideout and defeated his goons and interrogated of them and learned that Hatter is a yacht.
=== Defeating The Mad Hatter ===
Robin decides to stop the villain on his own. With a little support by Alfred, Dick finds out that the Mad Hatter is delivering the girls to the Generalissimo on his yacht. Robin enters the yacht, fights through a horde of goons, rescues the girls and exposes the Mad Hatter's plot. Robin defeated Hatter and Shrike as the cops arrived and take them to Arkham.
=== Proud ===
Back At The Batcave, Bruce is at first angry with Dick for going at the Mad Hatter alone, but he still is proud of his accomplishments as Dick smiled.
=== Robin Continues ===
Dick aids Bruce in his war on crime, Alfred fears that the boy may not be able to balance a normal teenage life with vigilantism. Dick Grayson continues to prove his worth as Batman's aid by single-handedly defeating criminals like Killer Moth and The Penguin.
=== Two-Face's Plan ===
Meanwhile, Two-Face, who feels that Batman is to blame for his disfigurement, plans revenge against Batman by plotting to kill his sidekick. To carry out his plan, Two-Face kidnaps Judge Lawrence Watkins in order to lure the Dynamic Duo into his trap.
=== Finding Two-Face ===
When Captain Gordon meets with Batman and Robin to inform them of the kidnapping, he expresses concerns about Robin's young age and reminds Batman of the danger of the mission.
=== It's A TRAP! ===
With this new realization, Batman orders Robin to sit out during the hunt for Two-Face; however, Robin secretly follows him during his search. Soon thereafter, Batman finds Two-Face in the act of kidnapping twin infants and tries to prevent their death. Although Robin shows up to help, the abduction of the infants turns out to be a trap and both Batman and Robin are taken hostage.
Two-Face carries out his revenge by making Robin choose between Judge Watkin's life and Batman's. While attempting to save the judge and Batman from Two-Face, Robin is badly beaten.
=== Robin To Take Care ===
Bruce takes Dick to Dr. Leslie Thompkins for treatment, as Dick wokes up, Bruce decides to end Dick's career as Robin. This causes Robin to run away from Wayne Manor.
=== The League of Assassins ===
While on the streets, Robin foils Mr. Freeze's plot to hold Gotham General Hospital's blood bank reserves for ransom, and is then enlisted by a martial artist named Shrike into a junior League of Assassins. Shortly after Dick's recruitment into the league, Shrike is hired by a crime boss to murder Two-Face, who has recently escaped from jail.
=== Ninja Dick ===
While in the League of Assassins, Dick uses the name "Freddy Loyd" in order to conceal his identity. However, Shrike grows suspicious of "Freddy" and orders the other league members not to trust him. The junior League of Assassins quickly find Two-Face's hideout and attempt to murder him. Dick nearly kills Two-Face for all the pain that he has caused him, but instead he flees with the others. During his involvement with the group, Dick serves as an unofficial spy for Batman by sending letters containing information about the junior League of Assassins and Two-Face, but refuses to return home out of guilt.
=== The Final Fight Against Two-Face ===
After returning to the League's hideout, Shrike demands the truth about "Freddy's" identity. Meanwhile, Two-Face learns of Shrike's plan, hunts him down, and tracks him to his hideout. At the same time, Batman finds Dick. The two take down Shrike, but Two-Face escapes.
=== Robin Again ===
Afterwards, Batman allows Dick to be Robin again, as long as he agrees to follow Batman's orders. The team later captures Two-Face and were on the rooftop of The GCPD meeting Gordon and his daughter, Barbara, who is now under Captain Gordon's care.
=== The Birth of The Bat Family ===
After Barbara Gordon AKA Bargirl defeated Firefly, Barbara meet with Batman and Robin on the rooftop and talk about teaming up and Batman and Robin revealed their identity to Batgirl, Batman tells Batgirl, "Welcome to The Bat Team" Batman, Robin, and Batgirl flew into the night to fight crime.
=== Fighting Joseph Minette ===
Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne came across Joseph Minette, a rising crime boss in Gotham who would kidnap the homeless and sell them for profit. Dick Grayson managed to stop Minette and lock him away.
=== Leaving Batman ===
Dick Grayson is now a laid-back young man in his twenties. A confident, charming and empathic man with an unwavering need to do the right thing. He spent years under Batman's wing as Robin, eventually growing out of that persona. After moving out of Gotham and cutting off Bruce's money, Dick has recently got a job as a rookie cop at the Blüdhaven Police Department.
=== Becoming Nightwing ===
Dick heard about a thug named Tyler Hackett, who is robbing a bank with a group of thugs and decided to dons Robin but Dick takes to his roots and in secret, has rebranded himself as a new hero -- Nightwing and defeated Hackett and his thugs and send them to jail.
=== Need Help ===
Dick Grayson finds himself in a scheme ran by Minette to build a solider strong enough to kill Batman, being funded by Francis Redhorn, his complicit partner-in-crime who happens to be the Chief of Police. He's able to keep a lid on these nefarious activities with a number of corrupt officers, politicians and gang lords in his corner. He'll have to partner up with Amy Rohrbach, a honest cops within Blüdhaven's force and the only one willing to trust Dick Grayson, to put a stop to Minette and Redhorn's schemes. Dick defeated Gizmo, who was transported to Bludhaven.
=== Meeting Minette At The Club ===
Dick sneaks into Minette's club and sneaks into his office to meet him in person. Minette tells Nightwing about to build a strong solider to kill Batman for good and shows him Blockbuster. Dick tried to beat Blockbuster but gets ended up beaten by him but was rescued by Amy and the two escaped.
=== The Final Fight Against Minette and Blockbuster ===
Amy took Dick to his apartment to heal up but Dick has a plan to take down Minette and Blockbuster. After getting healed, Dick suits up as Nightwing and sneaks into Minette's factory and destroy all of the venom but Minette and Blockbuster came in. Blockbuster attacks Dick but Nightwing defeated him and defeated Minette too. The cops arrived and arrest Minette and Blockbuster as Dick became Bludhaven's hero with Amy as Dick's partner.
=== Visit by Bruce ===
Bruce coming to apologize to Dick and Dick forgives him.
=== Meeting Jason Todd ===
Dick meets Bruce's new sidekick, Jason Todd during his visit to Gotham.
=== A Death in The Family ===
After Joker kiss Jason, Batman takes Jason's remains to Gotham and holds a burial with Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Commissioner James Gordon, and Barbara Gordon.
=== Creating A Team ===
Dick Grayson AKA Nightwing defeated criminals who robbed a bank. At his apartment, Dick heard about an alien, who is on the run. Dick decided to form a team of his own and as Nightwing goes find the alien.
=== Starfire ===
The Alien rans from the police, she hid in an alleyway but was found by Dick, she kissed him in order to learn English. Dick introduce himself to the alien, who is named Koriand'r or Kory who was send to Earth by her evil older sister Blackfire who had staged a coup and forcibly taken the throne. As she is no longer able to return to her world of Tamaran. Dick let Kory stay and took her to his apartment. Dick tells Kory about a team, he is creating and want Kory to be in his team, Kory agrees but first to find other members.
=== Raven ===
Dick and Kory went to apartment and went inside a room but get attack by a girl with dark magic. Dick told the girl to stop and don't wanna fight and introduce himself and Kory to the girl, who is named Rachel Roth, who had escape to Earth from her demon father and hides in Jump City. Dick and Kory told Rachel about a team and Rachel agrees.
=== Speedy ===
Dick recruits Roy Harper AKA Speedy, who is Green Arrow's sidekick.
=== Beast Boy ===
Dick went to Jump City Game Store to find someone but saw a rat, who is running away with a game book. He caught the rat and return the game to the owner, the rat turns back into a boy, the boy is named Garfield Mark Logan, a kid who was injected by green serum and can turn to any animal and once a member to The Doom Patrol but quit after. Dick told about a team that he can join as Gar agrees.
=== The Training ===
Dick and his team start their training at a gym who was used by a friend of Dick's. Roy and Gar trained together and got along as Kory and Rachel train also, Dick and Kory trained together as Dick fell in love with her. Dick pick team names for his team, Roy is Speedy, Rachel is Raven, Gar is Beast Boy, and Kory is Starfire. They heard that a bank has been robbed and the team raced off to stop crime for good.
=== The First Encounter With CinderBlock ===
The Team arrived at a bank and encountered a living monolithic stone idol with limited intelligence, but near-unstoppable strength, who is robbing the bank and is called CinderBlock, The Team attack CinderBlock, they almost got him but CinderBlock beat them one by one but Nightwing used his birdarangs to blow CinderBlock up. CinderBlock got up and escape without the money.
=== More Training ===
Back at the gym, The Team train some more and Dick gave a speech about never giving up and work together and keep trying, The Team decided to try again and train to fight CinderBlock soon.
=== The Final Fight With CinderBlock ===
CinderBlock robbed another bank but The Team arrived an fight him, Speedy uses his arrows to blast CinderBlock's right arm as Beast Boy turned into a Gorilla and ribbed off CinderBlock's left arm. Starfire blast CinderBlock's chest with her heat blasters as Raven used her magic to hold CinderBlock tightly as Nightwing used his birdarangs to blow CinderBlock up and fell on the road. After CinderBlock's defeat, The Cops took him to Bludhaven Prison, the people cheered for The Team.
=== The Teen Titans ===
The Team uses Dick's apartment as their own HQ, they have their own room and use color for them as well. The Team wanted a name for their team as Dick calls themselves, "The Teen Titans" Bludhaven's Finest Super Hero Team.
=== Gizmo ===
The Titans face Mikron O'Jeneus AKA Gizmo, who robs a lab and defeated him and send him to prison.
=== The Attack of The Death Bots ===
The Titans watch a movie called The Terminator but were interrupted by a crime alert about an attack on Bludhaven. The Titans arrived and saw an army of Death Bots, The Team engaged into a fight with them. After defeating them, more came and The Titans discovered that a building is a H.I.V.E base that is making more Death Bots and The Titans decided to invade to shut it down for good.
=== H.I.V.E Base Invade ===
The Titans invade the base of The H.I.V.E, they split up to shut the base down but ran into trouble like Death Bots and H.I.V.E Soldiers but they tried to find the machine.
=== Speedy and Beast Boy ===
Speedy and Beast Boy teamed up to find a generator to shut down the bots but were stopped by H.I.V.E Soldiers and Death Bots and found the first generator and destroy it.
=== Raven and Starfire ===
Raven and Starfire teamed up to find a generator to shut down the bots but were stopped by H.I.V.E Soldiers and Death Bots and found the second generator and destroy it.
=== The Final Fight With The Death Bots ===
Nightwing came into a large room and found a factory, where The Death Bots were created as The Titans came, they face The Death Bots and took down the factor for good and destroy it all.
=== The First Encounter With Deathstroke ===
The Titans went on the rooftop and decided to celebrate but they hear in a booming voice, "Your skills are impressive...but they will not save you." And Deathstroke then appears!!! Deathstroke then faces the Titans one by one, and he takes them all down in single combat. Nightwing then smashes his staff over Deathstroke's mask, but this only breaks the staff in two!! Desperately, Beast Boy transforms into a spider to tangle Deathstroks's arm and is actually able to hang him over the side of the building. However, Deathstroke is not intimidated by this and rapidly frees himself by slicing off an absolutely huge chunk of the a building sign, which, in turns, lands on Raven but doesn't maim her that much. As the other Titans weakly free Raven, Deathstroke gets ready for even more, and he defeats every single one of them in shocking mid-air combat.
As Deathstroke puts his sword to Nightwing's throat, but he gives Speedy the signal and blasted Deathstroke with his arrows Deathstroke landed on the ground and was confronted by The Titans but used a smoke bomb to escape and will return to challenge The Titans again soon.
=== Titans At War ===
At Titans Tower, The Titans are bruised, battered, broken and humbled. Nightwing says that they are truly lucky to have faced Deathstroke and survived. Roy says that he was right about them being overconfident and faced villains like Deathstroke. Dick says that that no longer matters. He then tells his team to prepare themselves physically and mentally, because as of this moment, they are at war...
=== Death Bots Attack ===
The Titans split up to fight crime.
Dick saw an attack at the bank and saw Death Bots and decided to fight them. After defeating them, Dick learned that Slade is creating an army of Death Bots to attack Bludhaven for good and need to take out A H.I.V.E Base alone.
=== Stopping The Death Bots ===
Nightwing came into a large room and found a factory, where The Death Bots were created, they face The Death Bots and took down the factor for good and destroy it all and left the base.
=== Titans Tower Visitor ===
Dick returns to Titans Tower but is dark, he heard something or someone, he turn on the lights and it was Deathstroke, Robin told Slade, why he is here? Deathstroke told Dick about The Titans were divided and know that Jump City is his now and will kill everyone in his way.
=== Nightwing Vs. Deathstroke ===
Nightwing and Deathstroke fought as The T-Computer called The Titans for help. overmatched, Deathstroke defeated Dick as his Death Bots came in and tie him up.
=== The End of Nightwing ===
Deathstroke told Nightwing about his plan to take over Bludhaven and now one can't stop him now. Slade destroys the entire Titans Tower and left Dick to die, but Dick safely manages to escape the exploding building. Dick made it out but gets knocked out, before knocking out, Dick only sees his Titans came to the rescue and his eyes closes.
=== Wake Up ===
In the aftermath of the wreckage, Dick woke up in a hotel with his fellow Titans, he apologizes to them, who make peace with him but they need to stop Slade for good.
=== The Plan ===
The Team make a plan to defeat Slade for good is to attack his last base of H.I.V.E, where he is.
=== The Final H.I.V.E Base Invade ===
The Titans invade the final base of The H.I.V.E, they split up to shut the base down and beat Death Bots and H.I.V.E Soldiers but they tried to find the machine and Deathstroke.
=== Titans Forever ===
The Rest of The Titans found and destroy the generators as Slade heard about The Titans returning and decided to take them down for good.
=== The End of The Death Bots ===
The Rest of The Titans came into the large room and found a factory, where The Death Bots were created, they face The Death Bots and took down the factory for good and destroy it all.
=== The Final Stand Against Deathstroke ===
Nightwing and The Titans face Deathstroke in the control room. During the fight, the tower's support beams collapse. The Titans try to keep it from falling and infecting the city, Nightwing fought Deathstroke on the rooftop. In the struggle, the tower collapses and it explosed into flames. The Titans join Nightwing for the final stand against Deathstroke. The Titans said, who they are... "We Are The Teen Titans!" They fought Deathstroke and punched him off the rooftop of the base and fell into the ground. The Titans stand to Slade, who has been defeated and was finished.
=== We Are The Teen Titans ===
In The Aftermath, Slade was taken to Bludhaven Prison as The Titans celebrate with pizza but hope that Slade will be back soon but the crime alert said that Doctor Light is robbing the bank, The Titans raced off to save Bludhaven once again.
=== Meeting Tim Drake ===
Dick meets Bruce's new sidekick, Tim Drake during his visit to Gotham.
=== Meeting Damian Wayne ===
Dick meets Bruce's new sidekick and son, Damian Wayne during his visit to Gotham.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
* Flying Graysons
* Wayne family - adoptive family
** Bruce Wayne/Batman - adoptive father, mentor and vigilante partner
** Alfred Pennyworth - surrogate grandfather
* Batman Vigilante Family
** Barbara Gordon / Batgirl / Oracle - partner
** Jason Todd / Robin ll - second partner †
** Tim Drake / Robin lll - third partner
** Damian Wayne / Robin lV - fourth partner
=== Allies ===
* Gotham City Police Department
** Commissioner James Gordon
** Harvey Bullock
** Renee Montoya
** Janice Porter †
* Selina Kyle/Catwoman
* Justice League
** Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
** Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
** Barry Allen/Flash
** Arthur Curry/Aquaman
** Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
** J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
** Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
** Billy Batson / SHAZAM / Captain Marvel
** Red Tornado
** Victor Stone / Cyborg
** Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen
** Rex Mason / Metamorpho
** Dr. Raymond Palmer / The Atom
* Teen Titans
* Koriand'r / Kory Anders / Starfire
* Rachel Roth / Raven
* Gar Logan / Beast Boy
* Roy Harper / Speedy
=== Enemies ===
* Slade Wilson / Deathstroke - Archenemy
* Dr. Arthur Light
* Julian Day / Calendar Man - Enemy
* Joker - enemy
* Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter - Enemy
* Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin - Enemy
* Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy - Enemy
* Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow - Enemy
* Harvey Dent / Two-Face - enemy
* Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - Enemy
* Waylon Jones / Killer Croc - Enemy
* Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy - Enemy
* Edward Nashton / Riddler - Enemy
* Joe Chill - Enemy
* Kirt Langstrom / Man-Bat - Enemy
* Alberto Falcone/Holiday † - Enemy
* Sofia Falcone/Hangman † - Enemy
* Mickey Chen † - Enemy
* Garfield Lynns / Firefly - Enemy
* Drury Walker / Killer Moth - Enemy
* Shrike - Enemy
* Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn - Enemy
* Ra's Al Ghul - enemy
* Talia Al Ghul - enemy
* Floyd Lawton / Deadshot - enemy
* Anatoli Knyazev / KGBeast † - enemy
== Gallery ==
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