full name. Richard John Grayson
commonly used name. Dick Grayson
main alias. Nightwing & Robin
main affilations. Titans, Batman Family, Justice League Unlimited
gender. male
height. 5' 10"
weight. 175 lbs
eyes. blue
hair. black

Richard, Dick, Nightwing, Robin - this man is certainly known by many names and loved in each of them. He certainly is a fan favourite. Dick is mostly known as the first person to take on the Robin name, as Bruce Wayne's very own sidekick. Bruce took him in after Dick's own parents passed away and together, they started training. As Batman and Robin, but later Dick stood on his own lengs. Becoming the superhero Nightwing - and even Batman for a little while. And that all despite not having any actual superpowers!

‣ Nightwing's History

To focus on the origins of Richard Grayson, a start needs to be made by his parents, with whom he travelled as part of Haly's Circus. Three acrobats known as the Flying Grayson. Without being aware of it, this is where Nightwing's involvement with the dark world of Gotham already started. When villains came to watch his show and Dick was selected to work for the Court of Owls. But that changed when his parents were taken away from him and he was left as an orphan, unable to work as an acrobat.

This was how Dick ended up at the Wayne Care Center, having Bruce regularely check up on him. What Bruce didn't know (or probably he did, to be honest, because Dick ran into Batman several times) was that Dick regularely sneaked out, to find the monster responsible for the death of his parents. This lead to Batman taking Dick to the Batcave and reaviling his real identity. Leading to Dick Grayson becoming the first Robin - a reference to a bird his mother had rather adored.

It didn't take long before Dick had his first firing - after six month of training out on his first patrol. Why? Disobeying of Batman's orders. Dick came to Batman with some tips on where they could find the villain, but Batman ignored them and told Dick not to go. Nightwing went anyway, getting himself captured - but still being able to knock Tusk (the villain) in the ocean. Which made Batman take him back as his sidekick. Although, with a ban on driving the Batmobile which Dick had crashed earlier.

Together with Batman, Dick faught many villains, but also soon enough with another teenager who Batman had taken under his wing; Batgirl, Barbara Gordon. In this time, he also joined the Teen Titans with several other teenage superheroes (mostly sidekicks like Dick still was at the time).

It was only after years that Dick fully left the role of Robin. This happened due to an argument Dick had with Bruce. Dick left and took up his new identity as Nightwing. This name came from conversation he had with Superman (doubt that Batman would have been happy with that). Nightwing left Gotham, but as he was still a part of the Batfamily, he never truly left; coming back many times to train the new generations of Robins.

‣ Nightwing's Relationships

Many characters within the DC Universe have reached out to Nightwing in one way or another. Whether it was because of his time with Batman, as Robin, or when he started to work for himself. Thus, Nigthwing is obviously a part of the Batfamily (Batman Family), which includes (but is not limited to): Batman, Alfred, and all of the Robins after Dick.

As for Superhero teams, Dick has been a part of a lot of those as well. The most famous one, most likely being the (Teen) Titans, which he led. Within the DC Comic Book Universe, there are different members of this team based on each different version - but they usually include Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg.

The people who Nightwing is usually very close with, are people who he has thus been part of a team with. In the sense of friendship, as well as romantic relationships. The one who Nightwing is usually romantically portrayed with is Starfire, the Tamarean Titan team member. However, Dick's first love, in basically every version, is Barbara Gordon, also known as Batgirl. Who he still remains friends with, even after their break-up.

‣ Nightwing's Abilities

As said before, Nightwing does not have any special superpowers. However, that has never hold him back. He still is a formidable fighter. Dick is clever and quick, smarter than people usually give him credit for due to his tendency to be more laid back and funny than Batman which makes him all the more amazing. Having been trained in combat from an early age, he is enormously skilled in a fight. Besides this, Nightwing's acrobatic skills set him apart from other heroes. As a child, Dick was an acrobat, something which never seemed to have left his body and proved to be quite useful in fighting, as well. Besides having abilities which can physically help him in his superhero job, Nightwing also has a genius level intellect. This, as well, due to the training he went through with Batman. He has a rather good understanding of forensics, as well as tactinal analysis. And, to end, Dick can speak a total of twelve languages.