Dick Grayson

## Nightwing

* Civilian
* Nightwing

### Aliases

Robin, Nightwing, Dickie, Nightstick, Master Schlong, Master Dick, Stupid Boy, Stupid Boy #1

### Family

Koriand'r (wife), Bruce Wayne (adoptive father), Jason Todd (adoptive brother, deceased), Tim Drake (adoptive brother), Damian Wayne (adoptive brother), Komand'r (sister-in-law)

### Voiced by

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"*You feel that? Yeah, I don’t mean the glass, I’m talking about the gap between us. See, I don’t care how well you’ve been trained, I’ve been trained better and for way longer. You can’t just pretend that gap isn’t there because that’s insane. You want people to respect you? Earn it!*"
—Nightwing to Robin

**Richard "Dick" Grayson** aka **Nightwing** is a superhero and was the original Robin, Batman's first sidekick. He is a founding member and the former leader of the Teen Titans.

## Physical appearance

Dick has a tall and muscular physique, though still lean enough to perform acrobatic feats. His hair is long and hangs past his ears.

As Nightwing, his uniform is comprised of a black unitard, black shoulder pads, boots, and gloves. The chest area of his uniform is emblazoned with a blue bird with its wings expanded. He wears a black utility belt and carries his escrima sticks in a holster on the side of his right leg.

## History

### Origins

Dick Grayson was born into a family of acrobats called the Flying Graysons who worked in Haly's Circus. When his parents were killed in a sabotaged trapeze accident, he was adopted by Bruce Wayne. His new adoptive father eventually revealed his identity as Batman to Dick, and by 2002, the young boy became the hero's sidekick as Robin.

### The Amazo Incident

Robin called Nightwing and asked him to assist Batman with the recovery of Amazo's mechanical body parts. The android had already been reassembled by the time they found it, and after a fierce battle, Batman disabled the machine by blowing off its head.

### Red Hood

Nightwing tracked the movements of the player who'd been messing in Black Mask's criminal operations, revealing it to be someone named Red Hood. After hunting the antihero down, Nightwing and Batman discovered that it was none other than Jason Todd, the second Robin who had died five years earlier, somehow alive.

Batman and Nightwing went to interrogate Joker for information on the Red Hood, knowing that the new antihero was somehow the resurrected Jason Todd, who Joker had murdered. The villain dared Batman to kill him, but the hero refused, even after everything the Clown Prince of Crime had done to him. With the criminal giving them nothing, the two left.

Nightwing somehow broke his leg and was injured for Batman's final confrontation with Red Hood, where Jason ultimately killed himself and the Joker in an explosion. He mourned the loss with his father.

### Damian Wayne

Bruce's new son proved to display very violent and erratic behavior due to his training with the League of Shadows. When the boy asked to be the new Robin, Batman said he had to get Dick's approval first. After training with the boy, Nightwing ultimately accepted him, knowing he needed the mantle to work through his past and grow into a hero of his own.

### Court of Owls

Nightwing and Batman discovered that an assassin called Talon had been trying to seduce Robin to the dark side. The villain constantly urged the Boy Wonder to kill his enemies. Batman eventually learned that Talon was the assassin for a mysterious group of Gotham's elite called the Court of Owls. Upon further investigation, he discovered that the leader of the group was none other than his girlfriend Samantha Vanaver. The Court used Scarecrow's fear toxin on Batman. Nightwing managed to save him and bring him back to his senses.

Nightwing and Batman discovered that Talon had turned on the Court and was coming to Wayne Manor to have his revenge on the Dark Knight. He brought with him an army of undead soldiers, which meant the heroes could finally kill their enemies since they weren't people. The villain revealed that he was in fact Bruce's younger brother Thomas Wayne Jr., who Alfred had given up when the Waynes died. Together with Nightwing and Robin, Batman fought his brother to the end. Thomas impaled himself on Damian's dagger in the hopes that it would plague the boy with guilt, but the heroes instead laughed it off and bonded as a family.

Nightwing later convinced Robin to join the Teen Titans.

### The Judas Contract

Nightwing served as a mentor to Starfire's new Teen Titans. They gained a new addition to their ranks with Terra, a metahuman with geokinetic abilities. One night, the Titans raided a compound home to H.I.V.E., a cultist terrorist organization the team had fought many times. The leader of the cult was Brother Blood, who was constantly trying to take over his home country of Markovia. After completing the mission, Nightwing proposed to Starfire. She accepted, much to the joy of the rest of the team.

Terra suffered from nightmares of her troubled past, which caused her to accidentally use her abilities during her sleep, plunging Titans Tower into an earthquake. Raven was able to use her emotion-based powers to stop her teammate's tremors. Terra ended up betraying the team to her true masters, Deathstroke, who rounded up all the Titans save Nightwing, who was left for dead. Ultimately, Terra was betrayed by Deathstroke and given to Brother Blood with the rest of the Titans, as the terrorist leader wanted to sap the young heroes of their powers. Nightwing arrived and disabled the cultists' machine, freeing the Titans, but not before Blood was able to steal all of their powers. By working together, the team managed to defeat the villain. Furious at her mentor's betrayal, Terra activated the full scope of her powers to kill Deathstroke. She gave a tearful goodbye to Beast Boy and thanked him for being her friend, then brought the roof down on her and Slade as the other heroes escaped. The Titans paid their respects to Terra, with Beast Boy noting that she would always be a Titan.

Dick and Koriand'r were married by Alfred Pennyworth.

### Future

By 2016, Nightwing had become the leader of the Young Justice team.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Acrobatics:** Dick's career as an acrobatic gives him increased agility.
* **Conditioning:** Dick has above-average conditioning and endurance in his agility, speed, and strength.
* **Detective skills:** Dick is a skilled detective.
* **Leadership:** Dick has demonstrated incredible leadership skills with the Teen Titans.
* **Marksmanship:** Dick can easily hit his targets with his escrima sticks.
* **Martial arts:** Dick is skilled in different martial arts, making him an excellent fighter.
* **Stealth:** Dick knows how to keep to the shadows.
* **Strategic planning:** Dick is an expert strategist.

### Equipment

* **Escrima sticks:** Dick uses his escrima sticks when fighting.
* **Utility belt:** Dick possesses a large variety of gadgets and weapons in his utility belt.

## Appearances

* *Throne of Atlantis Abridged* (no lines)
* *Justice League Doom Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck* (mentioned)
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Reservoir Heroes"
	+ "Shadow Boxing"
	+ "Unusual Suspects"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards" (flash-forward; no lines)
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
* *Court of Owls Abridged*
* *The Judas Contract Abridged* (unproduced)
* *Batman Hush Abridged* (unproduced)