CHARACTERISTICS

Bludhaven was actually founded many years before Gotham City. It started as a whaling community, but went downhill after the whaling industry declined. It is now a residence for scum and villany. (Batman Chronicles 6)

TIMELINE

9 years Richard (Dick) Grayson's parents are killed by Stan Rutledge as an example for Boss Zucco while in the CC Haly & Norton Bros. Circus as a warning to the owners. (Robin Annual 4)

1 month Dick Grayson is adopted by Bruce Wayne (Batman). (Robin Annual 4)

7 month Dick Grayson becomes Robin. (Robin Annual 4)

10 years Robin gets his revenge on Stan Rutledge as Stan accidently runs into the lion's cage at the circus. (Robin Annual 4)

14 years Robin joins the Teen Titans.

18 years Batman fires Dick as Robin after he has been shot by the Joker. Dick goes to Hudson University, drops out after one semester.

19 years Robin becomes the leader of the New Teen Titans. Dick adapts title of Nightwing to seperate himself from Batman. (New Teen Titans 44)

23 years Nightwing quits as leader of the Teen Titans.

24 years Nightwing takes on the role of the Batman. (Batman 512) Bruce Wayne takes over as the Batman again. (Robin 13) Nightwing is in England searching for Alfred Pennyworth, while there, he stops a Coup to destroy the English/French 'Chunnel'. (Nightwing: Alfred's Return 1)

Dick Grayson retires from his role as Nightwing. (Nightwing 1 of 4)

Dick Grayson returns as Nightwing in a new costume. (Nightwing 2 of 4)

BACKGROUND

At the age of 18, after several years in the Robin identity he was shot in an incident with the Joker. (Batman #408, Secret Origins #13)

After this incident, the Batman informed him that he did not think it was a good idea for him to continue with his crime- fighting career. So, he left Wayne Manor, without Bruce and him even saying good-bye. He went on to Hudson University and continued with his Robin career, but dropped out after one semester.

He then joined up with the New Teen Titans, which gave him a new purpose in life (Secret Origins #13).

He then switched his identity to Nightwing because he didn't be associated with Batman anymore. (New Teen Titans 44) Anyways, after hearing the Batman has taken on a new junior partner calling himself Robin, Dick goes to check it out. (Batman #416) He then gives Jason his seal of approval for him to use the identity by giving him his old Robin costume. After Jason's death, Tim Drake fills the Robin role, Tim takes over the Robin role with Dick's permission.

While he was with the Titans, Dick proved himself a very capable leader. He had build a romantic relationship with fellow Titan Koriand'r (Starfire) and had a close circle of friends associated with the Titans that he maintained contact with. This changed when several team members were killed or extremely changed. (New Titans #71-83)

His life lost a large sense of stability, and to try and get it back, he proposed to Koriand'r. Their wedding was interrupted by the arrival of Raven's evil soul-self and her attack on Kory. With this, as well as pressure from the other team members to take a break from the leadership role, he stepped down as leader and left the team. Kory had been extremely adversely affected by the attack on her by Raven, and was undergoing her own examination of her life. This lead to her going back to Tamaran and cutting her ties with Dick. At this same time, events in Gotham were demanding his attention there, and with the loss of both the Titans and Kory, he moved back.

After that, Bruce Wayne asked Dick if he would like to stand in as the Batman, Dick replied that he would, but that he could never replace Bruce. A little while later, Bruce changed his mind and became the Batman again. (Batman 512 - Robin 13)

Sometime after that, Dick went to England to find Alfred, Bruce's butler, who had disappeared. Dick found Alfred and in the process stopped a coup to destroy the English/French 'Chunnel'. (Nightwing: Alfred's Return)

Shortly after that, Dick decided to retire from the superhero business but shortly came back with a vengenance after discovering that his parents may have been murdered by somebody else. This info was false and since then Nightwing has decided to stick around. (Nightwing 1-4 of 1-4)

Dick now centers his activites in a southern suburb of Gotham called Bludhaven. He moved there after a group of corpses washed ashore in Gotham Harbor and Nightwing decided to take the case. The city of Bludhaven is supposed to be darker and meaner than Gotham (as Dick learned after getting his ponytail chopped off), giving Dick a chance to push his skills to the limit. Dick later discovers that most of the Bludhaven police force is corrupt, with a few exceptions. Also, Detective Soames is a bought cop working for Blockbuster, the new mob boss in Bludhaven.

CHARACTER INFORMATION

People who know Dick Grayson is Robin/Nightwing:

Total : 47

ROGUES GALLERY

The Black Mask Gang
A group of thugs who wear masks to conceal their identities. Led by Black Mask. They are now attempting to control the drug trade in Bludhaven.
First appearance: Batman 518

ISSUES APPEARED IN

This is a compling of the issuses that Dick Grayson has appeared in after splitting from Batman.

These two series are the Baxter (non-newstand) version...
New Teen Titans 1-22, 26, 28-37, 39-49
New Titans 50-61, 64, 65, 71-102, 105, 108-111, 133-114, 0, 130

This is the non-Baxter (newstand) version, it was re-titled Tales of the Teen Titans with issue #41
New Teen Titans 1-11, 13-34, 36-91

New Teen Titans Anuuals 1-4**
New Titans Annuals 5-10**
Nightwing 1, 2
Nightwing: Alfred's Return 1
Nightwing four issuse Mini-series 1-4
Omega Men 34-35
Robin 0, 8, 13, 28, 32, 33
Secret Origins 13, 46
Secret Origins Annual 3
Showcase #59
Showcase '93 11, 12
Showcase '94 12
Tales of the New Teen Titans 1-4
Team Titans 1-3, 5, 6, 10
Teen Titans 1-53
Titans Sell-Out Special 1
The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans 1
Vigilante 3. 20, 21
World's Finest 300
Zero Hour 3, 2, 1,

**This is going to get a little confusing, so take a deep breath and prepare yourself.

1. With the newstand version of the New Teen Titans/Tales of the Teen Titans series, there were three original annuals produced: New Teen Titans Annual #1, 2 and Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 (there was also a Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #4... but it reprinted the 1st New Teen Titans annual from the Baxter or non-newstand series.) Dick appeared as Robin in the first two, and as Nightwing in the third.

2. With the Baxter (or non-newstand) version of the New Teen Titans/New Titans, there were 10 annuals produced that Dick could have been associated with (there was an 11th as well, but that was after Dick left the Titans). Anyways, Dick did not appear in the very first one of these (New Teen Titans Annual (Baxter) #1), but did appear in the subsequent 9 annuals.

The problems lies in the fact that there were actually 2 different annuals titled New Teen Titans Annual #1 (from 1982 and 1985), and 2 different ones titled New Teen Titans Annual #2 (from 1983 and 1986). This is going to have to be clarified somehow.

First ad for the new Nightwing on-going is in Robin #33.

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