Richard Grayson II (Earth 427-1071)

Dick Grayson in his uniform as Robin

Harriet Cooper (aunt),

Bruce Wayne (husband),

Jason Todd (adopted son),

Tim Drake (adopted son),

Cassandra Wayne (adopted daughter),

Damian Wayne (stepson),

Batfamily,

Teen Titans

Richard "Dick" Grayson is the first Robin and Nightwing and the husband of Bruce Wayne. Due to the nature of Earth 1071, he has gone through several histories, most of which he remembers.

## 1st Iteration

In his initial incarnation, Dick Grayson was 15 years younger than Bruce Wayne and was adopted as his ward after his parents were killed by mobster Tony Zucco. This version of Dick's history mirrors that of Earth N-2.

## 2nd Iteration (Golden)

In the second version of Earth 1071, Dick Grayson was 7 years younger than Bruce Wayne. He was born Richard Graesinke in Berlin in 1925 to Jewish parents. In 1938 he and his parents Miri and Jan joined Haly's Circus under the assumed name of Grayson in order to escape Nazi Germany. Four years after they left, Miri and Jan died were killed by Tony Zucco. Dick initially despaired, as he had no way of contacting his remaining family, and was now tied to Gotham, a city he had barely lived in. However, at the funeral, Dick was visited by Batman, who informed him that Miri and Jan were murdered, and offered Dick a way to fight back, not only against his family's murderer, but also against the growing faction of white nationalists in Gotham.

Dick accepted Batman's offer and took up the callsign Robin, working with Batman to break up meetings of white nationalists, as well as prevent and punish crime throughout the city. After World War ii, Robin remained with Batman, fighting the corruption and organized crime that plagued Gotham.

For awhile, Dick lived with Bruce out of convenience, as he had no other place to live in Gotham, but the two eventually fell in love. To avoid suspicion, Dick would often go out on dates with Betty Kane, who was Batgirl, just as Bruce pretended to date Betty's lover, Kathy Finger. However, Batman would often call Robin for help in the middle of these outings, forcing Dick to abandon Betty.

Poison Ivy, not knowing about Batman and Robin's relationship, would often attempt to trick them by giving one of them a poison which could only be cured by a kiss or by the other. Despite this Batman and Robin were eventually able to befriend Ivy.

In September of 1971 Dick lost his job as a social worker when his boss found out he was gay. This led to Bruce making the decision to come out.

## 3rd Iteration (Silver)

In the third version of Earth 1071, Dick Grayson was 3 years younger than Bruce Wayne. When he was 20 his parents Mary and John Grayson appeared to be killed by the mobster Tony Zucco during the final show before their retirement. Feeling empathy for a man in a similar position to one he had been in, Bruce offered Dick a place to stay and support during the trial. The two became close, and after Dick rejoined Haly's Circus Bruce would often make a habit of visiting other cities to see his performances and spend time with him.

Three years after his parents' death, Dick retired from performing as he realized that he wanted to have a family and didn't want to raise his children with Haly's. Shortly after he moved to Gotham, he joined Batman in fighting crime and corruption under the callsign Robin.

An unknown amount of time after living with Bruce and working as Robin, the couple decided to start a family and Bruce adopted Jason Todd. Dick gave the callsign Robin to his son, and began going by the moniker of Nightwing.

## Current Canon (4th Iteration)

Dick Grayson's history in the 4th version of Earth 1071 greatly resembles his history in the third, but he and Bruce Wayne were married in 2004 and renewed their vows in 2015.

## Powers and Abilities

**Abilities**

* Acrobatics
* Multilingualism: Dick is fluent in English, German, Yiddish, Spanish, French, and Romanes. He has some Russian, Mandarin and Chinese.
* Martial arts
* Investigation
* Leadership

## Trivia

* Bruce's nickname for Dick, 'eromenos' is an ancient Greek term for the younger partner in a homosexual relationship
* Dick's callsign Robin is a translation of his Romani name, Cochgam, which is from Welsh
* Dick hasn't aged since he turned 35 and currently claims to have been born in 1940
* Due to his Golden backstory, Dick is fluent in Yiddish