Richard Grayson (Ultimate Earth)

**Dick Grayson** is a vigilante in the Batman Family and the original hero known as **Robin**. Eventually, he outgrew this position and was inspired by Superman to become **Nightwing**, while Jason Todd and Tim Drake succeeded him as Robin. Currently he is the leader of Titans West, and the protector of Bludhaven.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics**: Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete and master acrobat, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. He is regarded as the greatest human acrobat in the world. He is one of three people in the world who can pull off a quadruple flip.
* **Computer Hacking**: He is skilled enough to hack into the JLA emergency override codes and hacked an alien Terminal with the use of the Tameranean Language he learned from Starfire.
* **Disguise**
* **Driving**
* **Escapology**: Due to his training with Batman, he possess extreme skill in escapology. He was able to escape a maze before the Flash could, release himself from police handcuffs in an instant before the cop could even notice, and was able to use a Tibetan Mind Technique to escape virtual reality.
* **Firearms**: Grayson is also skilled with firearms, as he was trained by Batman to do so.
* **Genius Level Intellect**: He has vast knowledge of different fields. He often shows this when in use with his Detective skills. He was intelligent enough to build his own "Nightcar", build and program a Tech Glider,  and also mentioned he can fool a polygraph.
	+ **Forensic Science**
	+ **Criminology**
* **Indomitable Will**: Like his mentor, Grayson has a very strong will. He is able to resist Scarecrow's potent fear toxins, resist and overcome mind control from Brother Blood and the Groom. He was even a candidate to succeed the Green Lantern, Abin Sur.
* **Intimidation**: He is skilled enough to get Scarecrow, who only fears Batman, to talk and, during his time as Batman, was able to contain a riot in Arkham Asylum.
* **Investigation**: Grayson is a master detective, and has been said to be second to Batman. He was able to solve a riddle by the Riddler before Batman himself even figured it out before becoming Robin and has been shown to solve mysteries and cases in a speed that even impresses his mentor. Barbara even commented that he was able to solve 4 cases in "America's Most Wanted" in a single morning and solved a homicide case that went unsolved for 14 years. He was also able to deduce clues Bruce left in the manor that suggested he was traveling through time.
* **Leadership**: He is also a brilliant and experienced leader with superlative team skills, having served as leader to the Titans, the Outsiders, and even the Justice League. Additionally, Dick's efforts to remain in contact with other heroes makes him a master at rallying, unifying, and inspiring the superhero community, a skill in which he has surpassed his mentor.
* **Meditation**
* **Martial Arts**: Grayson is a **expert hand to hand combat fighter** and a **marital arts master** due to him having mastered several martial arts after studying under Batman, Richard Dragon and Wildcat. His fighting style has an emphasis on Aikido and Eskrima. He is considered second only to Batman in fighting skill as he has been able to take down Arsenal, Ra's al Ghul, Red Hood, Shrike, and has stalemated the likes of Cassandra Cain, Cheshire, and Deathstroke. He is proficient in various martial arts such as:
	+ **Aikido**
	+ **Boxing**
	+ **Capoeira**
	+ **Eskrima**
	+ **Hapkido**
	+ **Jeet Kune D**
	+ **Judo**
	+ **Jujitsu**
	+ **Karate**
	+ **Ninjitsu**
	+ **Sambo**
	+ **Savate**
	+ **Stick Fighting**
	+ **Taekwondo**
	+ **Kung Fu**
* **Mechanical Aptitude**: Grayson built his car mostly on his own. The only help he needed was to find the most appropriate motorhead.
* **Multilingualism**: Dick is of Romany descent and was raised to speak the language. Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, Grayson speaks fluent English, Spanish, Japanese, German, Russian, Farsi, French, Swahili, Mandarin, Kikuyu, Italian, Cantonese, and is possibly fluent in other languages. He can also understand American Sign Language. He has some knowledge of the alien language of Tamaran.
* **Peak Human Condition**: Due to his training with Batman, Dick Grayson's bodily is at the peak of human condition (almost on Batman's level). He is also classified as the finest human athlete. He has displayed peak human strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and endurance because to his dedication of extensive training at a young age.
	+ **Peak Human Strength**: Nightwing possesses enough strength to break a holographic construct Bane's back, throw KGBeast through a concrete wall, throw a refrigerator with exerted effort and easily use a bed mattress as a weapon. He had even been able to damage Blockbuster. Dick can easily lift a man with one hand. His greatest feats of strength were breaking through a man legs made from titanium. Nightwing even managed to knock out Batgirl with a strong punch.
	+ **Peak Human Agility**: Dick Grayson possesses peak human agility. He can coordinate his body with equilibrium, balance, flexibility, and dexterity far above than the trained athletes and one of the world's greatest acrobat. He is one of the 3 people able to do a quadruple backflip. His agility also enables him to possess high gymnastic and acrobatic prowess, Dick also can survive at certain heights that would even concern the likes of Superman and Starfire.
	+ **Peak Human Speed**: Dick Grayson possesses peak human speed, able to keep up with and even surpass his mentor in speed. He has been said to be faster than Batman. He is capable of sprinting speeds of approximately 30 mph. Nightwing himself has said that he's fast enough to outrun a moving vehicle. He is also able to match Metahuman's in combat speed (with the exception of speedsters.) Dick even fast enough to tag a reserved Flash. He's managed to move quick enough to dodge a kick from Jesse Quick, when he was training her.
	+ **Peak Human Reflexes**: He possesses enough skill to detect a Sniper and dodge several rapid gunfire bullets at mid or point blank range.
	+ **Peak Human Stamina**: At peak capacity, Dick Grayson is highly resistant to toxins, and can exert himself for approximately an hour before beginning to slow down or tiring. He is capable of holding his breath for up to 7 minutes from training with Batman. Ever since his teenage years, he has been shown to intensely train for exceptionally lung capacity. His most prominent feat of stamina is outpacing Midnighter, who has Superhuman Stamina.
	+ **Peak Human Endurance**: Grayson can tolerate large amounts of pain than average humans. He possessed endurance similar to his mentor and is able to survive attacks from Blockbuster, who possesses Superhuman Strength, and Osiris. He continued to function despite a direct gunshot from a .32 pistol grazed to the back of his head. He also functions for up to 4 days straight without any sleep. While not enhanced level, he endure the high temperatures from the flames.
	+ **Peak Human Senses**: Due to Batman's training, Dick's senses are so acute, that he can effortless move around and even fight, while **blindfolded.**
* **Stealth**: He is capable of breaching very high-security facilities without being detected. He can even sneak up on Batman himself on occasion. Grayson is also skilled enough to even sneak away and keep hidden from Speedsters like Jesse Quick.
* **Swordsmanship**: Grayson has bested the master swordsman, Ra's al Ghul, in a sword duel.
* **Throwing**: Grayson is skilled in throwing modified Shuriken (Wing-Dings) to hit thugs at a great distance with his eyes closed, despite occasionally giving them head-starts and even disarm others with his wingdings.
* **Tracking**
* **Weaponry**: He has displayed high expertise with various weapons including Shuriken (Wing-Dings and Batarangs), throwing knives, paired staves, and swords.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Nightwing Suit**: As Nightwing, Richard Grayson's costume is tailored specifically to his unique style of crime-fighting. It is made up of sturdy but flexible material that not only suits his strength, speed and acrobatics but also is durable enough to withstand gunfire. His former costume was a stylized red "wing" across his shoulders and extending to his hands, coloring his two middle fingers, over a black torso and legs. He also has gauntlets much like Batman's suit. He also has variants of his costume with different design elements, one of which was an armored suit that sported a Bat Symbol, which has since been used by Red Hood. His suit houses various hidden compartments for his gadgetry such as smoke pellets, fire extinguishing pellets, wing-dings and small bombs. The fingertips of the suit also enable him to use lockpicks and a needle which can give chemical analysis.
	+ **Nightwing's Domino Mask**: As Nightwing, Dick's domino mask is shaped just like his wing-dings. It has various capabilities such as being able to track the GPS coordinates of a cellphone, thermal vision, detect radio waves, and is capable of giving detailed analysis of scenes and fights.
	+ **Nightwing's Gauntlets**: Hidden within secret compartments lies Nightwing's gadgetry, in which a great majority seems to be hidden. He has various gadgetry in his gauntlets such as binoculars and they are occasionally used to store his Escrima Sticks. His gauntlets can also shoot remote bombs, a sonic device with his ear dampeners and a grapple line.
	+ **Electric Shock**: Dick's entire suit is wired to deliver a 150-thousand-volt shock through the gloves of the suit, however it only has enough power for a one-time charge.
	+ **EMP Mask**: A highly advanced mask created by Lucius Fox, the mask is made of webbing that retracts light surrounding the wearer's head and artificially alters the appearance of someone's face. Richard has used it to sneak into Arkham Asylum and pose as Joker and used it again to gain information on Lady Shiva.

### Weapons

* **Escrima Sticks**: Personalized by Richard himself, his escrima sticks are dual fighting baton-like sticks. He also later upgraded them so they could shoot a grappling line, and even hold some smoke bombs.
	+ **Electro-Blast**: Dick's Escrima sticks are capable of emitting high voltages of electricity.
* **Wing Dings**

## Trivia

* Batman admits that Nightwing is the best and *only* person he picked to lead the JLA.
* Black Canary admits she likes the idea of Nightwing naked.
* Superboy stated that he thinks that Nightwing **totally rules.**
* The Flash is welcoming of the idea of learning combat skills from Nightwing and identifies Dick as a **detective.**
* Dick actually met his Robin successor Tim Drake at a very young age during the *Year Three* storyline. Tim greatly admired the Flying Graysons as a child and idolized Dick, even posing together in a picture with him at one point. Drake would later use his knowledge of Grayson's acrobatic style to independently deduce Batman's secret identity during *A Lonely Place of Dying*.
* Dick's parents left him a trust fund that Bruce Wayne's business partner Lucius Fox later turned into a small fortune. Although it is not comparable with Bruce Wayne's wealth, it has been enough for maintaining his Nightwing equipment; for purchasing the rights to Haly's Circus, saving Dick's former home from financial troubles; and for secretly buying the apartment building at 1013 Parkthorne Avenue in Blüdhaven. This address was also the home of the retired hero Tarantula (Jonathan Law).
* Dick has an admitted weakness for redheads. Both his big loves, Barbara Gordon, and Starfire, are redheads.
* Dick's birthday has been alternatively given as late October (roughly a week before Halloween), the first day of spring and sometime during the summer.
* Dick has called Alfred Pennyworth his "best friend" on multiple occasions.
* Dick is best friends with Wally West, Johnny Storm and Peter Parker.
* Dick's parents were killed on June 27th. However, the book *The Batman Files*, lists his parents death date as May 2nd.
* Dick's favorite breakfast is buckwheat pancakes.
* During his time as Robin in the Teen Titans, Dick was asked "are you religious?". He was quoted as saying: "I haven't thought about it much.