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DC Comics superhero

Nightwing
Publication data
Publisher	DC Comics
First advent	Superman: Superman #158 (January 1963) Dick Grayson: Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984)
Created by	Superman: Edmond Hamilton Curt Swan Dick Grayson: Marv Wolfman George Pérez
In-story data
Change ego	Dick Grayson Superman(Pre Crisis Era) Power Girl Chris Kent
Team affiliations	Teen Titans Titans Outsiders Justice League Batman Inc. Birds of Prey Young Justice Spyral[1]
Notable aliases	Robin Batman Red X Agent 37 Target Talon Gray Son of Gotham
Abilities	Genius intellect, proficient detective Main martial creative person, acrobat, and mitt-to-hand combatant Master strategist, tactician, and field leader Building loftier-tech equipment and weapons

Nightwing is a fictional graphic symbol and superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations; the identity was adopted by Dick Grayson when he left his function equally Batman's vigilante partner Robin.

Although Nightwing is commonly associated with Batman, the championship and concept have origins in classic Superman stories. The original Nightwing in DC Comics was an identity causeless by alien superhero Superman when stranded on the Kryptonian urban center of Kandor with his friend Jimmy Olsen. Drawing inspiration from Batman and Robin, the 2 protect Kandor as the superheroes Nightwing and Flamebird. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot in 1985, Nightwing was re-imagined as a legendary vigilante from Krypton whose story inspires Dick Grayson's choice of proper noun when he leaves behind his Robin identity.

Other stories set amongst the Batman family of characters have seen acquaintances and friends of Grayson briefly assume the title, including his boyfriend Robin alumnus Jason Todd. Meanwhile, Superman stories have seen Superman's adopted son Chris Kent and Power Girl take upwards the proper noun for brief turns equally Nightwing. Various other characters have taken the name in stories set outside DC's primary continuity as well.

In 2013, Nightwing placed 5th on IGN's Top 25 Heroes of DC Comics^[ii] and Grayson as Nightwing was ranked the #ane Sexiest Male Graphic symbol in Comics by ComicsAlliance in 2013.^[3]

Fictional grapheme biography [edit]

Pre-Crisis Era [edit]

Superman [edit]

Superman and Jimmy every bit Nightwing and Flamebird respectively. From Superman #158 (1963). Art by Brusk Swan.

Nightwing is first depicted in the story "Superman in Kandor" in Superman #158 (January 1963). Information technology is an alias used by Superman in pre-Crunch stories. The story is set up in Kandor, a Kryptonian city that was shrunken and preserved in a canteen by Brainiac. In Kandor, Superman has no superpowers, and is branded an outlaw in that location due to a misunderstanding.^[4]

To disguise themselves, Superman and Jimmy Olsen create vigilante identities inspired past Batman and Robin. Because neither bats nor robins lived on Krypton, Superman chooses the names of two birds endemic past his Kandorian friend Nor-Kan: Nightwing for himself, and Flamebird for Jimmy. Nightwing and Flamebird rename Nor-Kan'due south underground laboratory as the "Nightcave", and use it every bit their secret headquarters. They too catechumen Nor-Kan'southward automobile into their "Nightmobile", and employ "jet-belts" to fly into boxing.

In Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #69 (June 1963), "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor" introduces Nightwing's dog Nighthound. In "The Feud Between Batman and Superman" in World's Finest #143 (August 1964), Batman and Robin themselves visit Kandor with Superman and Olsen and the ii Dynamic Duos team upwardly.

Van-Zee [edit]

In Superman Family #183 (May/June 1977), Superman's look-alike 2nd cousin Van-Zee and his niece'due south husband Ak-Var take up the Nightwing and Flamebird identities.^[v] The vigilantes accept on criminal offence in their metropolis every bit had Superman and Olsen before them.^[6]

Dick Grayson [edit]

Cover of Nightwing #1 (September 1995). Art by Brian Stelfreeze.

After Dick Grayson gives up his Robin mantle, he wonders for a while most his new role. When the Titans are threatened with a new foe, he takes on the pall of Nightwing, in a homage to the Graysons, Batman, and Superman.^[7] This is the storyline that besides introduces Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke the Terminator.

Postal service-Crisis [edit]

Kryptonian mythological effigy [edit]

Post-Crunch, there is a different originator of the Nightwing identity. Several hundred years earlier the nativity of Kal-El, there was a Kryptonian man who was cast out from his family unit and decided to take on criminal offense equally the vigilante Nightwing.^[viii] When Superman tells Dick Grayson of this story, Dick takes the name for himself.

Dick Grayson [edit]

Dick Grayson became Nightwing after Batman fired him from his own pall of Robin for getting shot past Joker. Grayson'southward Flamebird was Bette Kane. Afterwards The New Teen Titans, Nightwing teamed up with old friend Speedy in Action Comics #613-618 & #627-634 later collected in New Friends One-time Enemies. He featured in his own solo Nightwing series from 1995 to 2009; after Wayne's apparent death, Dick became the new Batman, retiring his Nightwing mantle temporarily.

Grayson'due south Nightwing costume was a high-tech suit specially designed for his high-flying acrobatic manner. His gauntlets and boots each contained 8 compartments in which he could store items. They had a self-destruct feature built into them, similar to the ones in Batman'south utility belt, and, every bit another security measure, the suit contained a one-utilise-merely taser charge, which automatically emitted a high-voltage electrical shock when someone attempted to tamper with either the boots or gauntlets.

Each gauntlet's sections could comprise a wide array of equipment, such as sonic or smoke pellets, modified batarangs ("Wing-Dings"), knockout gas capsules, throwable tracers, and a sedative-tipped dart launcher. The right gauntlet was too equipped with a 100,000-volt stun gun. Like the gauntlets, his boot compartments could carry vital equipment such as flares, a rebreather as protection against any airborne non-contact toxins, a mini-reckoner equipped with fax, modem, GPS, and a minidisk re-writable bulldoze. Other items were lock picks, a start-aid kit, a mini-cellphone, flexi-cuffs, antidote assortment, wireless listening devices, and a minor flashlight. After coming to New York, Dick added a black utility belt to his costume, eliminating the need for his boots and gauntlets.

Held in spring-loaded pouches in the back of his costume, Dick carried a pair of eskrima clubs made from an unbreakable polymer that were wielded as both offensive and defensive weapons. Some depictions display these tools with the mechanism to shoot a grappling hook attached to a swing line, while, in other instances, they can act as "line guns" similar to the ones Batman uses. The clubs could also be thrown with such skill by Grayson (and possibly due to their design) that they would ricochet off walls and objects to hit multiple targets, so return to his hands. These clubs also have the capability to be linked together equally well as grow in size to make a staff, as depicted in many serial, such as Teen Titans and Young Justice (Robin uses these weapons).

Superman [edit]

In 2001's Superman: The Man of Steel #111, Superman and Lois Lane travel to a version of Krypton later revealed to have been created by the villainous Brainiac 13 and based on Jor-El'due south favorite period in Kryptonian history.^[9] Labeled equally criminals, Superman and Lois become fugitives, adopting the Nightwing and Flamebird identities to survive, just every bit had Superman and Olsen in Superman #158.^[10]

Tad Ryerstad [edit]

In Blüdhaven, a sociopath named Tad Ryerstad becomes a superhero, inspired by the retired hero Tarantula. He takes his name, "Nite-Wing", from an all-night cafeteria specializing in chicken wings. Unstable, Nite-Wing beats people for pocket-size offenses. Nite-Fly is shot on his first night out and Dick Grayson, as Blüdhaven's protector Nightwing, defends him from Blockbuster's gang, who think it is Nightwing who has been injured. Later on Nite-Wing is released from the hospital, he kills the gang who put him at that place. Non realizing how violent Ryerstad is, Grayson agrees to train him. The ii assault Blockbuster's organization, but are captured and separated. Later an undercover FBI amanuensis frees Nite-Fly, Ryerstad beats him to expiry, and when Grayson realizes what he has done, Ryerstad flees.^[eleven] Nightwing subsequently tracks down and has Nite-Wing arrested past the police.^[12] In prison, Ryerstad is cell-mates with Torque (Dudley Soames), but the two escape by drugging the prison guard Amygdala.

Jason Todd [edit]

Nightwing #118-122^[13] run features Jason Todd wearing Dick's costume and killing in New York City which led to a police manhunt confronting Nightwing.

Cheyenne Freemont [edit]

The "One Twelvemonth After" storyline features a metahuman way designer named Cheyenne Freemont donning a modified Nightwing costume to help Grayson.^[fourteen]

Cheyenne get-go met Dick when they had a one-night stand together. They only exchanged first names the adjacent morn, Cheyenne stating she'south superstitious. The two had breakfast together and so he left. When he left another man walked into her apartment. When he assaulted her, she hit him with a telekinetic boom.

Dick found out Cheyenne was a mode designer from a friend of his from Bludhaven. She ran into Dick over again later he accidentally became a model for her. After seeing paper clippings of Nightwing (Jason Todd) she started creating superhero themed designs. Cheyenne wore a Nightwing costume to help Dick and Jason from a metahuman monster named Jakob. He ate her, but she used her powers to blow him upward from the within. Due to contempo events she was left broke and soon left New York City.^[15]

Power Girl [edit]

In Supergirl (vol. five) #6 (April 2006), Power Girl and Supergirl assume the identities of Nightwing and Flamebird in a story set in Kandor, but as in the original pre-Crisis stories featuring Superman.

Chris Kent [edit]

Chris Kent, son of General Zod, was Nightwing during Superman: New Krypton. In that storyline, Superman was coming to terms with the decease of his adoptive father; he was also dealing with 100,000 Kryptonians now living on Earth, which he had released from the bottled cities on Brainiac's ship (the same send that contained the lost Kryptonian city of Kandor). At the stop of the fourth issue of the arc, a new Nightwing and Flamebird appear in Superman's Fortress of Solitude to stop two of Zod'southward followers (who were living in Kandor) from releasing the Kryptonian Full general from his Phantom Zone imprisonment. While guarding the projector in order to prevent any Zod loyalists from freeing him from the Phantom Zone, both Flamebird and Nightwing exhibit powers that are not inherent to normal Kryptonians. Flamebird projects flames from her hands, and Nightwing uses "natural tactile telekinesis".

The pair seems to exist stronger than normal Kryptonians: they knock out the two Zod loyalists with one blow apiece. In a later appearance, the duo is seen in Gotham Urban center. Unlike previous portrayals, information technology seems Flamebird believes herself to be the dominant partner. When the Kryptonians led by Zod and Alura flee to a new Krypton orbiting the Sun, Nightwing and Flamebird stay in Gotham. In Action Comics #875, that Nightwing is revealed every bit the son of Zod and Ursa, Chris Kent. The "Nightwing" identity is revealed to be based on a mythical Kryptonian creature, whose existence is intertwined with that of its partner beast, the Flamebird. Inside the Phantom Zone Chris' heed interfaced with a piece of Brainiac technology, awakening a long-dormant connection to the Nightwing, and linking his mind to that of Thara Ak-Var, who had a connection to the Flamebird.^[16]

Alternative versions [edit]

• Terry McGinnis briefly moonlights equally Nightwing in Batman Beyond #4, afterward Detective Ben Singleton claims to know Dick Grayson'southward past every bit Nightwing, which turns into a media fiasco.

Other uses in DC comics [edit]

• In the DC Comics Tangent Comics series, "Nightwing" is a secret regime organization which appears throughout the serial. Headed past Marcus Moore and Francis "Black Lightning" Powell, who act to protect the US and also conceal the true nature of The Atom's involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Ongoing series [edit]

Story arcs [edit]

Based on Nightwing's increasing popularity, DC Comics decided to examination the graphic symbol's possibilities with a one-shot book and then a miniseries.

Kickoff, in Nightwing: Alfred's Return #ane (1995), Grayson travels to England to discover Alfred, who resigns from Bruce Wayne's service following the events of KnightSaga. Before returning to Gotham City together, they foreclose a plot by British terrorists to destroy the undersea "Channel Tunnel" in the English Channel.

Afterwards, with the Nightwing miniseries (September 1995 to December 1995, written by Dennis O'Neil with Greg Country as creative person), Dick briefly considers retiring from being Nightwing forever earlier family papers uncovered by Alfred reveal a possible link betwixt the murder of the Flying Graysons and the Crown Prince of Kravia. Journeying to Kravia, Nightwing (in his 3rd costume) helps to topple the murderous Kravian leader and foreclose an ethnic cleansing, while learning his parents' true connection to the Prince.

Blüdhaven [edit]

In 1996, following the success of the miniseries, DC Comics launched a monthly solo series featuring Nightwing (written past Chuck Dixon, with art past Scott McDaniel), in which he patrols Gotham's neighboring municipality of Blüdhaven.

At Batman's asking, Dick journeys to this sometime whaling boondocks-turned-industrial eye to investigate a number of murders linked to Gotham City gangster Black Mask. Instead, he finds a urban center racked by police corruption and in the grips of organized law-breaking consolidated by Roland Desmond, the gargantuan genius Blockbuster.

With a caught urban center to call his own, Nightwing decides to remain in Blüdhaven until Blockbuster's cartel is cleaved. This allows him to be close enough to Gotham to still be part of the Batman family unit, and far enough too to accept his own metropolis, adventures and enemies. He takes a task as a bartender to keep his ear to the ground and worked closely with Oracle (Barbara Gordon) in an effort to clean up the town. Blockbuster places a sizable contract on Nightwing'south head shortly thereafter, while Grayson plies the unscrupulous Blüdhaven Police Inspector Dudley Soames for information on the kingpin's dealings. Also during his time in Blüdhaven, Nightwing helps train a vehement but enthusiastic street fighter chosen Nite-wing, who afterward kills an undercover FBI agent.

Last Laugh and killing the Joker [edit]

When the Joker is told he is dying past his doctor, he unleashes Joker juice on the inmates at the Slab, causing a breakout. At the stop of the arc, Joker tries to kill Tim Drake. When Nightwing finds them, Joker gloats that he has killed this Robin and the other one. In rage and despair, Nightwing (who thinks Tim is dead) beats Joker to death. However, Batman manages to revive the Joker.

Leader of the League [edit]

Sometime after "No Human'southward Land" ends, the JLA disappears on a mission to locate Aquaman and Atlantis (The Obsidian Age). Before they vanish, Batman instigates a contingency plan, in which a scattering of heroes would be assembled to create a new JLA, consisting of Nightwing, Dark-green Arrow, the Cantlet, Hawkgirl, Major Disaster, Organized religion, Firestorm and Jason Claret. Nightwing is chosen to be leader until the original JLA are establish, leading the group against the powerful Atlantean sorceress Gamemnae and helping to revive Aquaman to ask for his help in sinking Atlantis, simply afterwards returns to the reserve list.

Graduation Twenty-four hour period [edit]

For several years, Nightwing leads various incarnations of the Titans and becomes the near respected old sidekick in the DC Universe. However, in the Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day crossover, a rogue Superman android kills Lilith and Troia, an effect that tears apart both Young Justice and the Titans. At Troia'south funeral, Dick declares he is tired of seeing friends die and disbands the squad, officially ending the Titans. A few months subsequently, Arsenal persuades Nightwing to bring together a new pro-agile crime-fighting team: the Outsiders, who would hunt villains, acting as co-workers rather than an extended family. He reluctantly accepts.

Death of Blockbuster [edit]

Dick plays a key role in exposing the corruption in the Blüdhaven Police Section. Despite reaching his original goals, Dick continues every bit a police officer during the day while spending nights as Nightwing, pushing himself to his limits and straining his relationships. The line betwixt his police work and his vigilantism began to blur, and ultimately Amy Rohrbach (his friend and superior officer, who knew his secret identity) fires him rather than let him continue using questionable methods.

Wrongfully blaming Nightwing for the death of his mother, the mob dominate Blockbuster bombs Dick Grayson's apartment circuitous and promises to kill anyone in Dick's life. When the vigilante Tarantula arrives, Nightwing chooses non to cease her when she shoots the villain dead.^[17] He enters in a catatonic state after this action, and Tarantula takes reward of his emotional trauma to rape him. At length, Nightwing shakes himself from his depression and takes responsibility for his inaction. He captures Tarantula and turns her and himself in to the police force. Amy, still, feels the world needs Nightwing free and then prevents him from being charged.

Dick has destroyed the police corruption and removed the greater part of organized offense from this urban center, but his role in Blockbuster's death is still a source of tremendous guilt for him. He retires from crime fighting, with Tim Drake and Cassandra Cain as his replacements.

Grayson moves to New York, where he works closely with the Outsiders. Subsequently "insiders" threaten both the Outsiders and the newest incarnation of Teen Titans, however, Nightwing realizes that the squad has gotten "besides personal" and quits.

Infinite Crisis and 52 [edit]

Due to a crisis of conscience, Dick adopts the new villainous persona of Renegade in society to infiltrate Lex Luthor'southward Secret Club of Super-Villains. This ruse includes Nightwing aligning himself with his long-time enemy Deathstroke in order to rails the manufacturing and distribution of Bane's venom serum and to keep tabs on the Guild'due south activities in Gotham and Blüdhaven. He also begins grooming (and subtly converting) Deathstroke's daughter, Ravager.

Deathstroke takes revenge on Nightwing when Blüdhaven is destroyed past the Society. The Society drops the super villain Chemo on the city, killing 100,000 people. Dick tries to rescue survivors but is overcome by radiation poisoning; only to exist rescued himself by Batman. Nightwing confides that he let Blockbuster dice and asks Batman to forgive him. Batman tells him that his forgiveness doesn't thing; Dick has to move beyond Blockbuster's death. Inspired past his mentor, he proposes to Barbara Gordon, who accepts his proposal with a kiss.

Batman then entrusts Nightwing to alert other heroes nigh the danger that the Crisis poses. Dick flies to Titans Tower, only due to the chaos resulting from the Blüdhaven disaster, the OMAC onslaught and other Crisis related events, the just hero who answers his phone call is Conner Kent. Together, they locate and attack Alexander Luthor's belfry, the center of the Crisis, just to be repelled by Superboy-Prime. Prime is prepare to kill Nightwing when Conner intervenes, sacrificing himself to destroy the belfry, ending the destruction of the Universe.

During the Battle of Metropolis, Nightwing suffers a virtually-fatal injury from Alexander Luthor when he attempts to salvage Batman's life. Originally, the editors at DC intended to have Dick Grayson killed in Infinite Crisis as Newsarama revealed from the DC Panel at WizardWorld Philiadelphia:^[18]

Information technology was again explained that Nightwing was originally intended to dice in Infinite Crisis, and that you lot can see the arc that was supposed to end with his tragic death in the series. After long discussions, the decease edict was finally reversed, merely the conclusion was made that, if they were going to be keeping him, he would have to be changed. The next arc of the ongoing series will further explain the changes, information technology was said.

Saved by the Justice Club, Nightwing recovers with Barbara at his side. As soon equally he's able to walk again, Batman asks him to join him and Robin in retracing Bruce'due south original journey in condign the Dark Knight. While Nightwing is hesitant, due to his date with Barbara, she encourages him to go and returns his engagement ring so he tin make an honest decision for himself. Barbara feels that information technology is important he rediscover himself, and until he does they're non even so prepare to exist married. They function on expert terms, though before he departs Dick leaves her an envelope containing a photograph of them as Robin and Batgirl, forth with the appointment ring on a chain and a annotation promising he'll come dorsum to her one day.^[19]

Soon after his journeying with Batman and Robin ends, Nightwing returns to Gotham, following Intergang's trail. He works with the new Batwoman and Renee Montoya to stop Intergang from destroying Gotham, shutting off dozens of fire-spewing devices spread across the urban center.

"One Year Later" [edit]

One year later on, Dick Grayson returns to New York City (his previous home base with the Teen Titans) in order to discover out who has been masquerading as Nightwing. The murderous impostor turns out to exist the old Robin, Jason Todd. Grayson leads the Outsiders once again, operating hush-hush and globally.

Nightwing follows an armored thief named Raptor, whom he suspects is responsible for series of murders. Later, Raptor himself is murdered in a manner similar to the other victims by an unseen contract killer, who proceeds to bury Grayson live. Nightwing frees himself, wondering the relation between his experience and a mysterious voice who tells him that he is "supposed to be dead". Nightwing is having trouble finding things to continue him busy during the day due to the cast on his right arm. Incapacitated from his injuries, he tries without luck to find jobs and continues to enquiry into the mysterious assassin.

At one signal, Dick agrees to attend a party for Bruce and their human relationship seems to flourish. Bruce praises Dick for his success on the Raptor example, and as well mentions to look into the Landman Building which hosted ex-Lexcorp scientists; most probable those who worked on the Raptor project. Dick too continues to proceed a close brotherly relationship with Tim Drake, and helps Tim deal with his many losses during the final year.

After dealing with the Raptor effect, NYC is plagued past a villainous duo called Helpmate and Groom. Nightwing begins pursuit of these two afterward some grisly murders, including that of the Lorens family unit (close friends of his later on the Raptor incident). Dick began to get obsessed with finding them, non knowing how far he was willing to become to have them down. Eventually, he formed a makeshift team with some "villains" to observe them. They located them, and after killing some of his "team", Nightwing chased them to a cave, where Bride began a cavern-in and the two are trapped in that location.

Nightwing, forth with a grouping of former Titans, are summoned again by Raven to aid the current group of Teen Titans battle against Deathstroke, who was targeting the latest team in guild to get at his children, Ravager and the resurrected Jericho. Nightwing and the other sometime Titans continue to piece of work with the current team soon afterward the battle with Deathstroke so equally to investigate the recent murder of Duela Dent.

When the Outsiders were targeted by Checkmate, Nightwing agrees that his team will work with the organization, so long as their deportment in Africa are not used against them in the future. The mission however does not become besides equally intended, resulting in Nightwing, the Blackness Queen and Captain Boomerang being captured by Chang Tzu. Subsequently, Batman is chosen in by Mister Terrific who and so rescues Nightwing and the others. Afterwards, Nightwing admits to Batman, that while he accepts that he is an excellent leader, he is not suited to lead a team similar the Outsiders, and offers the leadership position to Batman.

Batman accepts the position; withal, he feels that the team needs to be remade, in order to attain the sorts of missions that he intends them to undertake. As such, he holds a series of tryouts for the team. The first audition involves Nightwing and Captain Boomerang who are sent to a space station under assail by Chemo. During the mission, a confrontation erupts between Nightwing and Boomerang, who has grown tired of fighting for redemption from people similar Batman and Nightwing. After taking a beating from Nightwing, he manages to throw him into a shuttle heading for Earth and quits the team. Afterward, Nightwing furiously confronts Batman. Batman does not deny his deportment, and states that this is the sort of thing that the new Outsiders will have to deal with. At this, Nightwing resigns completely from the Outsiders, which Batman feels is best, judging Nightwing likewise skilful for that sort of life.

In order to aid himself regain a sense of purpose, Nightwing opted to stay in New York City again, and play the role of the city'south protector. He takes on a job as a museum curator; and uses the museum as his new base of operations. During his short time at that place, Dick finds himself in one case once more confronted with Two-Face up, who years ago delivered Dick'south greatest defeat. This time however, Dick soundly defeats Two-Face.

"Titans Return" [edit]

Nightwing joins a new team of Titans, with the aforementioned roster of the New Teen Titans, to stop an offspring of Trigon, which has not yet been named, from enacting his vengeance over Raven and the Titans, of every generation. Nightwing yet again leads the squad, and they manage to terminate the sons of Trigon from accomplishing their first attempt at global destruction and over again a few days afterwards.

Following the defeat of Trigon's sons, the Titans are approached by Jericho who had been stuck inhabiting the torso of Match, Superboy's clone. The Titans managed to gratuitous Jericho, simply found themselves once again in trouble, due to the fact the Jericho'south listen had become splintered due to all the bodies he had possessed in the past. Torn between evil and good, Jericho possesses Nightwing's body in gild to proceed from beingness captured. During this time, Jericho forces Nightwing to relive all of his greatest pains. Soon after, the JLA arrived, intent on taking Jericho in. Unfortunately they fail to auscultate him.

Following this, Nightwing decides to get out the team over again, due to the events of the "Batman R.I.P." storyline, and due to Batman'due south apparent decease, Nightwing feels his attention should be improve aimed at protecting Gotham Urban center.

"Batman R.I.P" and "Battle for the Cowl" [edit]

As a precursor to "Batman R.I.P.", at the New York Comic Con 2008, DC Comics gave away pins featuring Nightwing, Jason Todd, and Hush with the words "I Am Batman" beneath them. During the storyline, Nightwing is ambushed past the International Club of Villains. He is later seen in Arkham Aviary, frothing at the mouth and presumably drugged, believed by the staff to be Pierrot Lunaire, a fellow member of the guild. Scheduled for an experimental lobotomy by Arkham himself, he'due south spared by the ICoV taking hold of the Asylum, wanting to apply him and Jezebel Jet, Bruce's fiancée at the fourth dimension, equally allurement.

As Jezebel's capture is revealed to be a red herring, due to her being a part of the Blackness Glove, Nightwing's lobotomy is yet pending, simply he manages to escape by besting Le Bossu, and joining the fray betwixt the Batman Family, the International Gild of Heroes and the Black Glove itself. While he's forced to witness Batman'due south dragging downward Simon Hurt'south helicopter and seemingly die in a fiery explosion with his foe, he'southward shown belongings Batman's cape, discarded during the fight.

Following the events of Batman'southward apparent death during Final Crisis, Nightwing has closed downward shop in New York and then every bit to return to Gotham. He has opted to give upward on having a normal job, and instead intends to put all his attempt into protecting the city. Afterward his returns he confronts Two-Face and Ra's al Ghul, proving 2 of his mentor'southward greatest enemies that he is an equal to Batman later on he defeated them. He also finds himself being tasked to raise Bruce'south biological son Damian with Alfred.

During the events of the Battle for the Cowl, Nightwing is said to have become unapproachable and less emotional. He is seen by the Bat-Accommodate display cases, all the same mourning the loss of Batman. Nightwing is said to be resisting the idea that someone needs to have up the mantle of Batman, in spite of arguments from Robin and Alfred Pennyworth that it is necessary.^[20] It is later on revealed he has no objections to condign the new Batman, simply was ordered non to in Bruce'southward prerecorded message for him, saying that Nightwing and Robin could acquit the torch.

Robin later informs Grayson that someone is masquerading equally Batman, using similar weaponry to their own. Nightwing is later forced to rescue Damian after he is ambushed by Killer Croc and Poisonous substance Ivy. However, Nightwing's glider is shot downward, and the two are forced to crash land into a skyscraper. In order to give Damian time to escape, Nightwing offers himself upwards to the hit squad that is afterwards them. He is near to be shot when he is rescued in a hail of gunfire by the Batman impersonator.

This eventually leads to Dick confronting Jason Todd, who has been posing as Batman. Later on a long battle between the two, Jason refuses Dick'due south assistance, while hanging on to a protruding ledge over Gotham'southward bay, Jason lets himself fall into the water.^[21] Afterward returning to the cave, Dick assumes the identity of Batman, with Damian as the new Robin.^[22]

The New 52 [edit]

Nightwing in his New 52 costume. Cover of Nightwing (vol. 3) #0 (November 2012). Fine art by Eddy Barrows.

In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Grayson'southward costume changed the color of the "Nightwing symbol" from blue to red, and the emblem rolled over the shoulders, rather than traveling down the arm onto the middle and band fingers. The costume also shifted from a pare-tight unitard look to an armored, full trunk adjust, with spiked gauntlets such equally Batman's rather than simply long gloves.^[23] Dick, along with all other members of the Batfamily, was a few years younger than previous incarnations. Despite being in his early on twenties every bit opposed to his mid-belatedly twenties, he was drawn a scrap shorter than in his pre-relaunch frame. Starting with consequence 19 there was a modify in the suit.

Subsequently the events of Flashpoint every bit function of The New 52, Nightwing was relaunched with issue #1. Grayson resumes the function of Nightwing following the return of Bruce Wayne. The new series, written past Kyle Higgins, opens with Grayson having returned to Gotham, when Haly's Circus comes to town. Through a series of events, Grayson inherits the circus and is working through internal struggles with his past as he investigates the secrets the circus has brought about.^[24]

During the events of Decease of the Family unit, a Batman Family crossover, Haly's circus is targeted past the Joker. Equally a result, the circus is burnt downwardly and the circus members get out. Dick is left feeling depressed and lost as a consequence of this and the death of Damian Wayne, the new Robin, and is at a loss for what to practice with his life. However, when Sonia Branch reveals to him that she believes her father, Tony Zucco, is alive and living in Chicago, Dick makes the decision to take him downward. Therefore, in 2013 Nightwing relocated to Chicago to hunt down Tony Zucco and also take down The Prankster, a new supervillain hacker in Chicago.

Equally part of the Forever Evil storyline, Nightwing's identity is revealed on every electronic device in the world when Superwoman takes his mask off. Nightwing was captured prior when bringing Zsasz to Arkham Asylum and mistakes Owlman for Batman, which leads to Owlman knocking Grayson out. Currently, Grayson is being held captive by the Crime Syndicate. Owlman plans to inquire Grayson to bring together them to fill in the spot of World-iii Richard Grayson who was Owlman'south sidekick Talon who died when the Earth-3 vigilante Joker killed him and put his body parts in boxes for Owlman to notice.

During his captivity, Nightwing is imprisoned in a containment unit built to concur Doomsday, with his eye monitored to set off a bomb should he try to escape. The alliance of Batman, Lex Luthor, Catwoman, Captain Cold, Bizarro, Sinestro, Black Manta and Black Adam break into the fallen Watchtower in order to free him simply too to sabotage the Syndicate. When they are detected, the flop is triggered to detonate in minutes. Batman tries to complimentary Nightwing, but Luthor, believing there is no time, incapacitates Batman and Catwoman before suffocating Grayson until his vitals drop and he appears dead. The bomb is deactivated. An enraged Batman begins to brutalize Luthor, while Luthor tries to tell him that there may still exist time to revive Dick before he is gone for good – and so they practice. Withal, with his secret identity compromised, he gives upward the Nightwing persona and is persuaded past Batman to imitation his decease and infiltrate the Spyral organization.

On January 21, 2014, DC Comics appear that the series would end in Apr with issue 30. It was succeeded past Grayson, a solo series focusing on Dick'southward exploits every bit an amanuensis of Spyral. The series lasted until June 2016 and was succeeded by a new Nightwing serial with DC Rebirth.

DC Rebirth [edit]

Following the erasure of the cognition regarding his secret identity from most of the globe in the final issue of Grayson ^[25] Dick went dorsum to the Nightwing identity in the DC Rebirth era solo series, and the costume's colors were inverse back to the traditional black and blue. At the start of the serial (rebirth) Nightwing is still a fellow member of the Courtroom of Owls (afterwards Robin State of war) and he goes on missions around the globe for the Courtroom. They give him a partner named "Raptor" and like Nightwing he wears a costume, simply he is much more than violent than Dick and multiple times Dick has to attempt to stop him from killing. Throughout the story arc, Dick must piece of work as an undercover agent but also has to keep his morals and not kill fifty-fifty if the Court tells him to. After in the series, an event causes him to lose his retention, which leads him to the name change of Ric Grayson and temporary retirement of the Nightwing alias.

Space Frontier [edit]

In March 2021, the series became part of DC's new relaunch Space Frontier. Tom Taylor became the new writer with Bruno Redondo as the artist. The series follows Dick Grayson'southward render to Blüdhaven every bit he fights crime while grappling with newfound responsibility from inheriting billions in wealth from Alfred Pennyworth.^[26] During this series Nightwing volition exist facing Heartless as main adversary; making the kickoff appearance of Melinda Zukko.

Dark Crisis (2022)

Collected editions [edit]

Most of the original ongoing Nightwing serial was collected in several trade paperbacks while the serial was being published. Beginning in 2014 the series was and then reprinted, with the new editions including cloth that had been omitted from the previous run of merchandise paperbacks. Both the ongoing series Nightwing Vol. 3 and Nightwing Vol. iv accept been collected in trade paperbacks every bit well, during their publication.

Volume 1 and ii (Post-Crisis) [edit]

Title	Material collected	Publication Appointment	ISBN
Original trade paperbacks
Nightwing: Ties That Bind	Nightwing: Alfred's Return #ane; Nightwing Vol. one #one-4 (mini-series)	September 1997	978-one-56389-328-5
Nightwing: A Knight in Blüdhaven	Nightwing Vol. 2 #1-8	August 1998	978-1-56389-425-ane
Nightwing: Rough Justice	Nightwing Vol. 2 #nine-18	September 1999	978-ane-56389-523-4
Nightwing: Love and Bullets	Nightwing Vol. 2 #1/2, #19, #21-22, #24-29	April 2000	978-1-56389-613-two
Nightwing: A Darker Shade of Justice	Nightwing Vol. ii #30-39; Nightwing: Underground Files and Origins (one-shot)	December 2000	978-1-56389-703-0
Nightwing: The Hunt for Oracle	Nightwing Vol. 2 #41-46; Birds of Prey #20-21	January 2003	978-1-56389-940-ix
Nightwing/Huntress	Nightwing/Huntress #1-4 (mini-series)	January 2004	978-ane-4012-0127-2
Nightwing: Large Guns	Nightwing Vol. ii #47-fifty; Nightwing: Secret Files and Origins (1-shot); Nightwing 80-Page Giant (i-shot)	February 2004	978-1-4012-0186-nine
Nightwing: On the Razor'due south Edge	Nightwing Vol. 2 #52, #54-60	June 2005	978-ane-4012-0437-2
Nightwing: Yr One	Nightwing Vol. two #101-106	August 2005	978-1-4012-0435-8
Nightwing: Mobbed Upward	Nightwing Vol. 2 #107-111	March 2006	978-ane-4012-0907-0
Nightwing: Renegade	Nightwing Vol. 2 #112-117	November 2006	978-one-4012-0908-vii
Nightwing: Brothers in Blood	Nightwing Vol. two #118-124	March 2007	978-ane-4012-1224-7
Nightwing: Love and War	Nightwing Vol. 2 #125-132	Oct 2007	978-1-4012-1463-0
Nightwing: The Lost Twelvemonth	Nightwing Vol. ii #133-137, Nightwing Vol. 2 Almanac #2	March 2008	978-1-4012-1671-9
Nightwing: Freefall	Nightwing Vol. ii #140-146	November 2008	978-one-4012-1965-9
Nightwing: The Groovy Leap	Nightwing Vol. 2 #147-153	August 2009	978-1-4012-2171-three
New edition trade paperbacks
Nightwing: Quondam Friends, New Enemies	Material from Secret Origins Vol. 2 #thirteen; material from Action Comics Weekly #613-618, #627-634	August 2013	978-1-4012-4044-8
Nightwing Vol. one: Blüdhaven	Nightwing Vol. 1 #1-4; Nightwing Vol. 2 #ane-8	Dec 2014	978-1-4012-5144-4
Nightwing Vol. two: Rough Justice	Nightwing Vol. 2 #9-18, Nightwing Annual #1	June 2015	978-1-4012-5533-6
Nightwing Vol. three: Fake Starts	Nightwing/Huntress #1-four; Nightwing Vol. two #1/two, #nineteen-25	Jan 2016	978-one-4012-5855-9
Nightwing Vol. 4: Honey and Bullets	Nightwing Vol. 2 #26-34, #1,000,000; Nightwing Surreptitious Files and Origins #1	April 2016	978-one-4012-6087-three
Nightwing Vol. 5: The Hunt for Oracle	Nightwing Vol. 2 #35-46; Birds of Prey #20-21	November 2016	978-1-4012-6502-one
Nightwing Vol. 6: To Serve And Protect	Nightwing Vol. 2 #47-53; Nightwing 80-Page Behemothic #ane	July 2017	978-i-4012-7081-0
Nightwing Vol. seven: Shrike	Nightwing Vol. ii #54-60; Nightwing: Our Worlds At War #one; Nightwing: Targets #1	Feb 2018	978-1-4012-7756-7
Nightwing Vol. viii: Lethal Force	Nightwing Vol. 2 #61-70	Nov 2018	978-i-4012-8505-0
Nightwing by Peter Tomasi	Nightwing Vol. 2 #140-153	January 2020	978-1-4012-9171-6

Volume iii (The New 52) [edit]

#	Title	Textile nerveless	Publication Date	ISBN
Paperback
1	Traps and Trapezes	Nightwing Vol. iii #ane-7	Oct 2012	978-1-4012-3705-nine
two	Dark of the Owls	Nightwing Vol. 3 #0, #8-12	July 2013	978-1-4012-4027-1
3	Death of the Family	Nightwing Vol. iii #13-18; Batman (vol. ii) #17, and part of Young Romance #one	December 2013	978-one-4012-4413-2
4	2d Metropolis	Nightwing Vol. 3 #xix-24	July 2014	978-i-4012-4630-iii
5	Setting Son	Nightwing Vol. 3 #25-30, Annual #ane	December 2014	978-ane-4012-5011-9
Hardback
	Nightwing: The Prince of Gotham Passenger vehicle	Nightwing Vol. 3 #0-30, Batman #17, Immature Romance: A New 52 St. Valentine'southward Day Special #1, Nightwing Annual #1, Secret Origins #1	December 2020	978-one-7795-0700-vi

Volume four (DC Rebirth, post-Rebirth, and Space Frontier) [edit]

#	Title	Material collected	Publication Date	ISBN
Paperback
1	Meliorate Than Batman	Nightwing: Rebirth #1 and Nightwing Vol. 4 #1-4, #7-8	January 2017	978-1401268039
2	Back to Blüdhaven	Nightwing Vol. iv #nine-15	June 2017	978-1401270858
3	Nightwing Must Die	Nightwing Vol. 4 #16-21	September 2017	978-1401273767
4	Blockbuster	Nightwing Vol. iv #22-28	January 2018	978-1401275334
5	Raptor's Revenge	Nightwing Vol. iv #30-34	May 2018	978-1401278816
half-dozen	The Untouchable	Nightwing Vol. four #35-43	September 2018	978-1401287573
7	The Bleeding Border	Nightwing Vol. 4 #44-49, Almanac #1	January 2019	978-1401285593
8	Knight Terrors	Nightwing Vol. iv #50-56	June 2019	978-1401291280
nine	Burnback	Nightwing Vol. iv #57-62	Nov 2019	978-1401294588
10	The Greyness Son Legacy	Nightwing Vol. 4 #63-69, Almanac #2	May 2020	978-1779500212
11	The Joker War	Nightwing Vol. 4 #70-77, Almanac #3	March 2021	978-1779505699
1	Leaping into the Lite	Nightwing Vol. 4 #78-83	December 2021
Hardback
1	Nightwing The Rebirth Deluxe Edition	Vol. 1 #1-xv	October 2017	978-1401273750
2	Nightwing The Rebirth Deluxe Edition	Vol. two #16-28	May 2018	978-1401278922
iii	Nightwing The Rebirth Deluxe Edition	Vol. iii #29-43	January 2019	978-1401285678
iv	Leaping into the Calorie-free	Nightwing Vol. one #78-83	December 2021	978-1779512789

Prestige ane-shots

• Nightwing: The Target
• Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne

Most of issues #71-100 of Nightwing Vol. 2 have nevertheless to be compiled into any collected edition.

In addition to the dedicated Nightwing collected editions, many issues of the Nightwing ongoing series take also been included in other collected editions as part of crossovers.

Other collected editions

• Batman: Cataclysm (Nightwing Vol. 2 #19-twenty)^[27]
• Batman: New Gotham, Vol. 2: Officer Downwardly (Nightwing Vol. 2 #53)^[28]
• Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (Nightwing Vol. 2 #65-66)^[29]
• Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Vol. 1 (Nightwing Vol. 2 #68-69)^[30]
• Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (New Edition) (Nightwing Vol. two #65-66, 68–69)^[31]
• Batman State of war Games Book ane (Mod Edition) (Nightwing Vol. 2 #96)^[32]
• Batman War Games Book ii (Modern Edition) (Nightwing Vol. 2 #97-98)^[33]
• Batman: The Resurrection of Ra'southward al Ghul (Nightwing Vol. 2 #138-139)^[34]
• Batman: Dark of the Owls (Nightwing Vol. three #eight-ix)
• The Joker: Expiry of the Family (Nightwing Vol. three #15-16)
• Batman: Night of the Monster Men (Nightwing Vol. 4 #5-6)
• Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance (Nightwing Vol. 4 #29)

In other media [edit]

Television [edit]

• Nightwing appears many times in the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Loren Lester.
  • Nightwing appears in The New Batman Adventures. At the end of the episode "Sins of the Father", Dick Grayson debuts when he remarks that "no one tin can be a boy wonder forever". In the episode "You Scratch My Dorsum", Nightwing makes his total episode debut and finds an unlikely marry in Catwoman in trying to expose a S American gun smuggling performance into Gotham Metropolis. This episode highlights Nightwing, hints at his relationship with Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and illustrates his tense relationship with Batman. The episode also contains a sequence – showing Nightwing in his loft headquarters and charging into the nighttime on his motorcycle as his theme music plays, culminating in a shot where he stands silhouetted against the moon. In the episode "Old Wounds", Nightwing explains to Robin (Tim Drake) virtually his last day as Robin, that he fought with Batman over the latter'due south decision-making nature and what the erstwhile saw as an unnecessarily harsh arroyo, causing Dick to leave Gotham equally a issue and returns years later as Nightwing. Eventually he partially reconciles with his former mentor and works with Batman several times during the course of the series. Nightwing also appears in the episodes "Joker's Millions", "Over the Edge", "Creature Deed" and "Chemistry". A spin-off focused on the graphic symbol and Catwoman was considered at one betoken.^[35]
  • In Batman Beyond (set many years in the future), Nightwing's compatible (or at least a copy) hangs in the Batcave. In the episode "Lost Soul", Batman (Terry McGinnis) borrows the Nightwing mask when his ain personal Batsuit is reprogrammed with a expressionless businessman's personality. In the film Batman Beyond: Render of the Joker, Batman asks if all of the original Batman's associates were bitter when they left to which Barbara Gordon replies "...wait upwards Nightwing someday. Has he got stories". Barbara likewise mentions that Grayson had left Gotham following The New Batman Adventures prior to Robin'due south capture by Joker and Harley Quinn.
  • Nightwing has a cameo appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Grudge Friction match". As Blackness Canary enters Blüdhaven, Nightwing can be seen on a rooftop next to two gargoyles.
• Nightwing appears in the Teen Titans episode "How Long is Forever?", voiced by Scott Menville. Nightwing is Robin's identity twenty years in the future.
• Nightwing has been featured in The Batman, voiced past Jerry O'Connell. In the episode "Artifacts", the twelvemonth 3027 take flashbacks to the yr 2027 which features Nightwing. Although he has been active for a decade as Nightwing, he is nevertheless called 'Robin' past Batman and Oracle much to his badgerer. In the episode "The Metal Face of Comedy", Nightwing (in his original costume) appears equally Dick Grayson's video game grapheme in an online part playing game.
• In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dick Grayson (voiced past Crawford Wilson) makes his transcendence from Robin to Nightwing in the cease of the episode "Sidekicks Assemble!" and appears as Nightwing in later episodes. His suit is based on his Tales of the Teen Titans #44 conform.
• A Nightwing animated series was in development earlier being shelved in favor of Young Justice.^[35]
• In Young Justice: Invasion, 19-year sometime Dick Grayson (voiced past Jesse McCartney) is seen as Nightwing. Nightwing has get leader of the Team, assigning missions to his friends and sometimes fighting side by side with them. At the terminate of Invasion, he leaves the team. Later in the tertiary season, Dick Grayson is the leader of the Outsiders.
• Brenton Thwaites portrays Dick Grayson in Titans where Grayson is a leader of the team. In the first-season episode "Asylum", Dick burns his Robin Adjust, no longer wanting to be Robin, later creating the Nightwing identity in Flavor 2.^[36]
• A reference of Nightwing is made by Lucius Fox in the Gotham episode "They Did What?" when he mentions the "Nightwing Projection" to Bruce Wayne. It is essentially a clocking device that comes into play every bit Bruce and Selina put the device on Bane summoning bats to distract him equally they escape.^[37]

Film [edit]

Live action [edit]

Batman picture show series [edit]

In the character's second appearance within the film series, Batman & Robin, Dick Grayson pursues being a vigilante on his ain and wears the Nightwing costume blueprint. With Chris O'Donnell reprising the function from the previous film, the grapheme continues to go by his Robin allonym.

DC Extended Universe [edit]

Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a Nightwing live action moving picture centered on the character, set in the DC Extended Universe, with Bill Dubuque writing the script and The LEGO Batman Picture director Chris McKay signed on to direct the movie.^[38]

Discussing why he likes the character and signed on for the projection, McKay cited the graphic symbol's showman personality and background every bit an entertainer and expressed his excitement for depicting that in the pic. He later stated that he wants to introduce a consummate adaptation of the character, something that hasn't been done in previous moving-picture show interpretations of him before. McKay continued to country that the director-driven arroyo is why he loves Warner Bros., and how the franchise is differentiating itself from other pop shared universes. McKay likewise confirmed that the picture show would admit the titular character'southward past from the source material, including his time as a role of Haly's Circus, and also reaffirmed that the film will be a straightforward action movie with minimal use of CGI special effects and grounded realism.

Animation [edit]

• Dick Grayson appears as Nightwing in Batman: Under The Blood-red Hood, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris. He outset appears to patrol Gotham alongside Batman, offering help when he found him fighting a group of smugglers. He was also present during one of the first battles with the Red Hood (Jason Todd), where he obtained an injury to his leg causing him to sit out of the final battle betwixt Batman and Red Hood.
• Nightwing appears in the DC Animated Motion-picture show Universe, with Sean Maher voicing the character.
  • In Son of Batman, he commencement appears to finish Damian Wayne from killing the defeated and severely wounded Ubu. Later a prolonged battle (which happens off-screen, although a few shots are later seen during the credits), Nightwing manages to subdue and tie up the boy, although he ends upwardly with a number of sizable sword cuts. At the terminate of the motion picture, he pilots the Batwing to rescue Batman, Talia and Damian.
  • In Batman vs. Robin, Nightwing returns to help train Damian while Batman is busy investigating the Court of Owls. Dick is dating Starfire in this moving-picture show (every bit he called her "Kori", matching the redhead image on his phone), who phones him and tries to entice him to come over to her place.
  • In Batman: Bad Claret, Nightwing is forced to have Batman'due south place and don his spare costume during the time he'south missing. He later helps Batman break costless of the conditioning Tailia put him through. Given the call between him and Starfire, it would seem Bludhaven has had so much crime, they haven't had a chance to exist intimate in some fourth dimension.
  • In Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, Nightwing is the leader of the squad, alongside Starfire. He assists the Titans in taking on the threats of Brother Blood and Deathstroke.
  • In Justice League Nighttime: Apokolips State of war, it was revealed that Nightwing died in the battle against Darkseid's regular army of Paradooms, along with nigh members of the Teen Titans. Attempting to terminate a Paradoom from killing Robin, he was pinned downward and impaled in his chest. Robin managed to revive him using the Lazarus Pits, simply the progress likewise rendered Nightwing insane and mentally sick. He was later seen in the terminate of the motion-picture show in front of the destroyed Titans Belfry, even so mentally unstable, merely with a roboticized Starfire comforting him every bit the Flash rebooted their ruined earth's timeline.
• In The LEGO Batman Motion picture, Robin (Dick Grayson) temporarily dons a spare Batsuit in the Batcave, which is chosen the "Nightwing" suit (like to Superman's Nightwing uniform as an easter egg), during the Joker'south takeover of Wayne Manor, while Batman is trapped in the Phantom Zone.
• In Batman and Harley Quinn, Nightwing is a main graphic symbol in this pic, aslope Batman and Harley Quinn. Nightwing helps Batman and Harley Quinn in attempting to stop the Floronic Man (the villain in the movie) in his plot to plow all humans and animals into plant people. Nightwing is voiced past Loren Lester (who reprises his role from the DC Animated Universe) and has a budding romance with Harley Quinn throughout the motion-picture show.
• A Feudal Japan version of Nightwing appears in Batman Ninja.
• During the cease credits for Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a comic comprehend with a picture of Nightwing appears with the explanation "Raphael vs. Nightwing'.

Miscellaneous [edit]

Barbara Gordon appears as Nightwing alongside Batman in the Smallville "Detective" story arc of the Smallville: Season 11 series.^[39] This role was originally to exist filled by Stephanie Dark-brown, but DC editorial withdrew permission to use the character afterward her appearance had already been appear and solicited, necessitating Gordon to replace her.^[40] After Barbara is recruited by the Light-green Lantern Corps as a Blue Lantern, she asks her boyfriend, Dick Grayson, to exist her successor equally Nightwing and thus condign Batman's replacement partner. Unlike previous depictions, Dick was never Bruce Wayne's ward and protégé equally Robin, and was fabricated reference that he was a former circus acrobat-turned-police force officeholder who works for Gotham City Police force Section.^[41]

Video games [edit]

• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) appears in LEGO Batman: The Video Game as a playable graphic symbol, voiced past James Arnold Taylor.^[42]
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) appears in Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu every bit a playable graphic symbol, voiced again by Loren Lester.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) appears in the MMORPG game DC Universe Online. He will aid the player in a battle against Blight if the histrion is using a Hero character, or he will assault the player if using a Villain graphic symbol. Nightwing is as well one of the many characters than can be unlocked to use in PvP Legends matches.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) is a downloadable character in Batman: Arkham City, with song grunts provided by Quinton Flynn. Nightwing has no relation to the story equally he remains backside to protect Wayne Manor while Bruce Wayne is locked up in Arkham City and Robin (Tim Drake) is dealing with the outbreak acquired by the Joker's poisoned blood.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) is a playable DLC character in LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, voiced by Cam Clarke.
• Nightwing is a playable character in Space Crisis.
• Nightwing appears as a playable fighter in Injustice: Gods Amid U.s.a., voiced past Troy Baker (mainstream version) and Neal McDonough (night alternate counterpart). Dick Grayson is the mainstream version while Damian Wayne is the dark alternate analogue.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) appears as a playable character in LEGO Batman iii: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Josh Keaton.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) is available equally a playable character in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by Scott Porter, as part of the game'south "dual play" feature. He too appears in the main story where he assists Batman in sabotaging the Penguin's weapons smuggling operation in Gotham. Nightwing stars in his own DLC story pack entitled GCPD Lockdown, prepare afterwards the events of the main story, where he must prevent the Penguin from escaping the GCPD Detention Heart. He is also featured in the Flavor of Infamy DLC mission revolving around Killer Croc, where he helps Batman investigate a prison balloon that crash-landed in Gotham and apprehend Croc.
• The Lego Batman Movie version of Nightwing is playable in Lego Dimensions.
• The Damian Wayne version of Nightwing returns in Injustice ii, likewise voiced by Scott Porter. Damian primarily uses his Robin identity in the game while his Nightwing persona appears as a non-playable enemy in story, although Robin can obtain and equip his Nightwing gear.
• Nightwing "The Aerial Avenger" is also available every bit a playable character in DC Legends introduced during "Titans Month".
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) is a playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced past Matthew Mercer.
• Nightwing (Dick Grayson) volition be i of the four master playable characters in the 2022 video game, Gotham Knights.

Rides [edit]

A Nightwing ride is currently in functioning at 6 Flags New England.

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External links [edit]

• Nightwing at DC Comics' official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwing

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