History ComicBook / Nightwing

* BelligerentSexualTension: With [[{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], after they had already slept together. And in Comicbook/{{New52}}, with [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], sometimes.

* ChickMagnet: [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Starfire, Raven]], [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon, Bette Kane]], [[{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} are just a few of the many that are drawn to Nightwing. PowerGirl and BlackCanary seem to prefer him even over Batman, and the latter comments that he could "raise a pulse in a department store mannequin". And that doesn't include the seemingly endless parade of civilians who are attracted to him.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With [[{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], after they had already slept together. And in Comicbook/{{New52}}, with [[{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], sometimes.

* CartwrightCurse: In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, Dick's love interests haven't been very lucky. Two women that Dick has slept with have died (one within the same issue she was introduced). Another love interest was the target of an attempted assassination. And then there's [[{{Batgirl2011}} Barbara Gordon]], who has been going through a TraumaCongaLine in her own book.

* ChickMagnet: [[TeenTitans Starfire, Raven]], [[{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon, Bette Kane]], [[{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} are just a few of the many that are drawn to Nightwing. PowerGirl and BlackCanary seem to prefer him even over Batman, and the latter comments that he could "raise a pulse in a department store mannequin". And that doesn't include the seemingly endless parade of civilians who are attracted to him.

** Whilst serving as Batman following ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', Starfire noted the change in Dick's demeanour from how his time as Nightwing; specifically pointing out that as Nightwing, Dick's fighting style was more graceful, acrobatic and almost as if he were dancing. Dick's response was "Batman doesn't dance."

* BigBrotherInstinct: Used to provide the page pic. He is very protective of the other Robins, and of some other young heroes, such as Stephanie Brown/[[IHaveManyNames Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl]]. Even though him and Steph don't particularly hang out much, he was upset deeply by [[DeathIsCheap her death]] and gave Bruce a WhatTheHellHero rant because of it, and another to Barbara when she [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} allowed her to go out into the field by herself]] and he was worried about her in a big brother kind of way.

* BreakoutCharacter: Easily the most popular character to have been a Robin, and he usually ranks pretty high in popularity poles, sometimes even beating out iconic heroes like Superman and even Batman himself.

* ChickMagnet: [[TeenTitans Starfire]], [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]], {{Huntress}}, PowerGirl, and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} are just a few of the many that are drawn to Nightwing. BlackCanary seems to prefer him even over Batman, and comments that he could "raise a pulse in a department store mannequin".

* ChickMagnet: Starfire, Barbara Gordon, Cheyenne Freemont, Tarantula and '''many''' others are drawn to Nightwing. Subverted by his police partner. She invites Dick over to her house after a few days of knowing him. [[spoiler:She's married with two kids. She just wanted him to meet her family.]]

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: One of the most famous comic book examples. He's been very successful transitioning from Batman's KidSidekick to an independent hero. See also SidekickGraduationsStick.

Nightwing is the solo codename of Richard "Dick" Grayson, the first ComicBook/{{Robin}}. After years of training under Franchise/{{Batman}} the Then-a-Teen Boy Wonder decided that, as the image quote says, "A man's got to go his own way". Thanks to the nature of Comic Book Continuity, this was either after a long over-due fight with Batman where Bruce fired Dick, Dick quit, or they happily shook hands, acknowledged the need to grow up, and shared some Alfred-made Bat-cocoa. In any case, Richard came upon the name Nightwing after hearing the tale of a Batman & Robin-esque pair of Kryptonian vigilantes from Franchise/{{Superman}} named Nightwing and Flamebird. Taking the name, he made his debut in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' during ComicBook/TheJudasContract story-line. The Nightwing persona debuted in ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #44 (July, 1984)

!The character exhibits the following tropes.[[note]]See his subsection in ComicBook/{{Robin}} for tropes specific to his time in the green-red-and-yellows, or his folder in Characters/BatmanAndBatFamily for a comprehensive trope list in general.[[/note]]
* AbortedArc: Devin Grayson's run on Nightwing's ongoing was greatly cut into by several different events, including ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'', thus preventing her from finishing the story she intended.

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' is set to begin in July, which will see the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] alongside another famous FakingTheDead character: [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]].

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''Grayson'' is set to begin in July, which will see the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] alongside another FakingTheDead famous character: [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]].

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''Grayson'' is set to begin in July, which will see the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]].

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended, and he is set to return as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] in ''Grayson'' in July.

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had his own solo title, and has moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' after a brief tenure in Gotham. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended, and he is set to return as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] in ''Grayson'' in July.

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and had his own solo title, and has moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' after a brief tenure in Gotham. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended, and he is set to return as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] in "Grayson" in July.

With the company wide ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch in 2011, Dick has returned to being Nightwing and has his own solo title, and has moved to Chicago after a brief tenure in Gotham.

* [[spoiler:TheUnmasking: In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' 1, Nightwing is promptly beaten to a pulp & publicly unmasked as Dick Grayson in a show of force by the Crime Syndicate.]]