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''Grayson'' is a monthly ComicBook series published by Creator/DCComics, started in July of 2014, written by Creator/TimSeeley and Creator/TomKing, with art primarily by Mikel Janin. Following the events of ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Dick Grayson is presumed dead by most of the world, and ComicBook/{{Batman}} takes this as an opportunity to have Dick infiltrate Spyral, an espionage organisation intent on discovering the identities of the world's superheroes. Along for the ride is [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], who was declared dead in ''Worlds' Finest'', but is instead revealed to be an agent of Spyral.

In March 2016, it was revealed that, as part of the ComicBook/DCRebirth initiative, ''Grayson'' will be spun back off into ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'', with Dick returning to his former role, and Tim Seeley will stay as writer. Helena, however, is part of the ''ComicBook/BatgirlAndTheBirdsOfPrey'' series.

* TheWorfEffect: Midnighter spends most of his issues being somehow beaten by Dick, despite his cybernetic enhancements.

* BashBrothers: Midnighter and Dick Grayson.

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Laid on ''thick'' between Midnighter and Dick Grayson.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Subverted. The Spyder is introduced as a malevolent artificial intelligence who brainwashes Spyral's leaders. Actually, [[spoiler:while indeed evil, it's in fact the digitized mind of Spyral's founder, Otto Netz]].

''Grayson'' is a monthly ComicBook series published by Creator/DCComics, started in July of 2014, written by Creator/TimSeeley and Creator/TomKing, with art primarily by Mikel Janin. Following the events of ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Dick Grayson is presumed dead by most of the world, and Franchise/{{Batman}} takes this as an opportunity to have Dick infiltrate Spyral, an espionage organisation intent on discovering the identities of the world's superheroes. Along for the ride is [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], who was declared dead in ''Worlds' Finest'', but is instead revealed to be an agent of Spyral.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Agent 8 laments that superheroes all come from "weird places" and not normal towns like the one she grew up in: [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Smallville, Kansas]].

** In a crossover with ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Detective Comics]]'', where he shows up at a club in Belarus looking for information, and the club owner automatically assumes that he's here to seduce her. He goes along, at least until he gets the information he needs.

* ShoutOut: In Issue 6, Grayson tells Midnighter he had become "[[Franchise/SpiderMan a spider man]]" instead of what he used to be, referencing his place in SpyFiction now.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Dick does this to Spyral, after finding out that Bruce is MIA, that Spyral can manipulate his body, and that Helena has been dealing with Lex Luthor.]]

* RoboRomance: Discussed by Ladytron. She is a cyborg who has little regard for the "meat-types", implying she only feels romatic attraction towards other machines.

** Elisabeth panics upon finding out that Dick is in Spandau, as she figures out he is about to access the database that contains information on Spyral's origins. After her attempts to convince Bertinelli to cancel the mission fail, she resorts to summoning the Spyder to brainwash Helena into killing Dick.

** There's a brief meeting between [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] and Dick in the 2016 Annual comic, during which Constantine gets distracted by Dick's ass, and Dick himself gets one long underwear-only scene while being tied up and assaulted by a bunch of vampires in very sexualized poses (several pretty female ones, and then one male Nosferatu-style one, who actually happily thanks Dick for "such a luscious last meal" while Dick burns him to death - and Dick doesn't even seem slightly disturbed about any of this.[[note]]"Happy to oblige, Gramps. :) "[[/note]]) And then, there's this line:
---> '''John Constantine''': [If I was summoned here to get a second meeting with him] I hope you're all over eighteen, cause this is going to get adult-rated ''very'' fast.

** The less obvious parallel is that the new series is essentially the male DC version of Marvel's [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Black Widow]].

* RunningGag: The number of people who are able to recognize Dick from his butt alone has been steadily increasing. Granted, they are Comicbook/{{Midnighter}}, who has a supercomputer in his head, and [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], who has a photographic memory. Of course, both of their sexual orientations including Dick's gender help too.

** To Creator/GrantMorrison's ''[[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Batman, Incorporated]]''. It features the St. Hadrian's School introduced in that run, follows up on the story of [[spoiler: the Netz family]], and Spyral is given more exploration (they were name dropped as the Hood's employer, but all we knew was they were concerned with Batman's secret identity).

* TheWorfEffect: [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Midnighter]] spends most of his issues being somehow beaten by [[BadassNormal Dick Grayson]], despite the fact that he is a superhuman, darker version of Grayson's [[Franchise/{{Batman}} former mentor]].

* {{Ouroboros}}: A snake eating its own tail is the symbol of [[spoiler:Dr. Dedalus and is used to symbolize his desire for eternal violence]].

** At the end of the Nemesis arc, Dick' doppelganger drops obvious hints to his true identity, only a few pages before he is unmasked: [[spoiler:Him calling the protagonist "Wing-Knight", mentioning the one-night stand with Alia and delivering the {{Catchphrase}} "Don't wait for the explosion. Cause the explosion" are dead giveaways that he is Agent 8]].

* HotTeacher: Dick, as of the fourth issue. After some of the students discover he's living at the school, he's given the cover of being a homosexual French acrobatics teacher. While the homosexual part Mr. Minos decided on to use as a way to turn the girls off, its quickly lampshaded that [[YaoiGuys it does nothing but add to the appeal]].