Nightwing (Dick Grayson)

Dick Grayson
Dick as Nightwing. Cover of Nightwing vol. 2, #150 (January 2009); art by Don Kramer.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	As Robin: Detective Comics #38 (April 1940) As Nightwing: Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) As Batman: Robin #0 (October 1992) As Agent 37: Grayson #1 (July 2014)
Created by	Bill Finger Bob Kane
In-story information
Full name	Richard John "Dick" Grayson
Team affiliations	Batman Family Teen Titans Outsiders Batman Incorporated Justice League Spyral Court of Owls
Partnerships	Bruce Wayne Barbara Gordon Jason Todd Tim Drake Damian Wayne Donna Troy Arsenal The Flash (Wally West) Starfire
Notable aliases	Robin, Boy Wonder, Nightwing, Batman, Agent 37
Abilities	Master acrobat and aerialist Highly skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand combatant Expert detective Utilizes high tech weapons and gadgets

Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940 as the original incarnation of Robin. In Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984) the character retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing, created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez.

The youngest in a family of acrobats known as the "Flying Graysons", Dick watches a mafia boss kill his parents in order to extort money from the circus that employed them. Batman (Bruce Wayne) takes him in as a legal ward (retconned as an adopted son in some cases) and the crime-fighting partner Robin. He is written by many authors as the first son of Batman. As well as being Batman's crime-fighting partner, Dick establishes himself as the leader of the Teen Titans, a team of teenage superheroes. As a young man, he retires as Robin and takes on his own superhero identity to assert his independence, becoming Nightwing. As Nightwing, he continues to lead the Teen Titans and later the Outsiders. In the first volume of his eponymous series (1996–2009), he becomes the protector of Blüdhaven, Gotham's economically troubled neighboring city, the locale the character is most closely associated with. He has also served stints protecting the streets of New York, Chicago and Gotham in other runs over the years.