| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightwing_133_ryan_sook_1682.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"A man's got to go his own way."'']] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | -> ''"Because when you get down to it, my life isn't about the costumes or the bad guys. It's not about cities or symbols. It's way simpler than that. I mean, I grew up in a circus. It's always been about catching people when they fall."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Nightwing''' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | A textbook example of [[SidekickGraduationsStick a sidekick growing into an independent hero]], Nightwing is the solo codename of Richard "Dick" Grayson, the first ComicBook/{{Robin}}. After years of training under ComicBook/{{Batman}} the Then-a-Teen Boy Wonder decided that, as the image quote says, [[KidHeroAllGrownUp "A man's got to go his own way"]]. Thanks to the nature of [[DependingOnTheWriter comic book continuity]], this was either after a long-overdue fight with Batman or a mutually respectful parting of ways. In any case, Dick decided on the name Nightwing after ComicBook/{{Superman}} told him the tale of a Batman & Robin-esque vigilante duo from Krypton, named Nightwing and Flamebird. He made his debut under the new identity in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' during ComicBook/TheJudasContract story-line (specifically, ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #44, released July, 1984). |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Eventually he was given his own self titled series. A 4-issue Nightwing mini-series turned up in 1995 and was well-received. An ongoing naturally followed. Lasting for 153 issues, from October, 1996 to April, 2009. ''Nightwing'' was a series starring Dick Grayson, the original Robin, graduated to become protector of Gotham's neighboring city of Bludhaven. The series was initially written by Creator/ChuckDixon. Quite well received, it started creating a Rogues Gallery for Dick Grayson and helped distinguish Nightwing's solo methodology from Batman's own. The series was eventually taken over by Devin Grayson. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Controversies abounded in the title and it was eventually cancelled as a preparation for ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and relaunched. The city of Bludhaven was destroyed by the Secret Society of Supervillains and Dick Grayson was relocated to New York City. The new series was even more poorly received and eventually canceled. Dick Grayson graduated to become the new Batman in ''Battle for the Cowl''. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | With the company wide ComicBook/New52 relaunch in 2011, Dick returned to being ComicBook/{{Nightwing|New52}} and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' began in July, which with the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/JLA1997 Spyral]] alongside another famous FakingTheDead character: [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]]. ComicBook/DCRebirth returned him to the ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing|Rebirth}}'' title. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Not to be confused with the 1977 [[BatOutOfHell killer bat]] novel of the same name on which the 1979 flick [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwing_%28film%29 was based]]. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | See his [[Characters/{{Nightwing}} character page]] for character specific tropes. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Dick Grayson has appeared in several media, usually ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' related: |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !Nightwing in Media: |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 27 | [[AC:[[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks The Golden Age]]/Earth-Two]] |
| 28 | ->''this version of Dick was never Nightwing, and used the Robin name long into adulthood'' |
| 29 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Vol 1 (1940 - 1975) [-as Robin-] |
| 30 | * ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Vol 1 (1940 - 1975) [-as Robin-] |
| 31 | * ''World's Finest'' Vol 1 (1941 - 1981) [-as Robin-] |
| 32 | * ''Star-Spangled Comics'' Vol 1 (1947 - 1952) [-as Robin, was the main feature of the book for years and a backup feature until the series ended-] |
| 33 | * ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'' Vol 1 (1943 - 1979) [-as Robin-] |
| 34 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' Vol 1 (1967 - 1981) [-as Robin-] |
| 35 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' Vol 1 (1976 - 1978) [-as Robin-] |
| 36 | * ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold'' Vol 1 (1980 - 1983) [-as Robin-] |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' Vol 1 (1981 - 1986) [-as Robin and Batman-] |
| 38 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] (1981 - 1983) [-as Robin and Batman in his sister ComicBook/{{Huntress}}' feature-] |
| 39 | * ''ComicBook/AmericaVsTheJusticeSociety'' Vol 1 (1985) [-as Robin-] |
| 40 | * ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' Vol 1 (1984 - 1986) [-as Robin-] |
| 41 | * ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' (1985 - 1986) [-as Robin, dies-] |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety'' (1986) [-as Robin, PosthumousCharacter-] |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' Vol 1 (2015) [-as Robin-] |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}: Detective Comics'' Vol 1 (2015) [-as Robin and Batman-] |
| 45 | \ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[AC:[[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks The Silver Age]]/Earth-One]] |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Vol 1 (1953 - 1985) [-as Robin-] |
| 49 | * ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Vol 1 (1954 -1984) [-as Robin and Nightwing-] |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 1 (1966 - 1973) [-as Robin-] |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily'' Vol 1 (1975 - 1978) [-as Robin-] |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' Vol 1 (1980 - 1984) [-as Robin-] |
| 53 | * ''World's Finest'' Vol 1 (1954 - 1984) [-as Robin-] |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' Vol 2 (1984 - 1984) [-as Nightwing-] |
| 55 | * ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' Vol 1 (2015) [-as Nightwing-] |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}: New Teen Titans'' Vol 1 (2015) [-as Nightwing-] |
| 57 | \ |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[AC:ComicBook/PostCrisis]] |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Vol 1 (1984 - 2011) |
| 61 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' (1993) [-the aftermath was the first time Nightwing stepped in for Bruce Wayne as Batman-] |
| 62 | ** ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' (1999 - 2000) |
| 63 | ** ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' (2000 - 2006) |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Vol 1 (1984 - 2011) |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' Vol 2 (1984 - 1996) |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' Vol 1 (1988 - 2011) [-''Nightwing'' was one of the features from 1988-1989-] |
| 67 | * ''Team Titans'' Vol 1 (1992 - 1994) |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'' Vol 2 (1993 - 2009) [-As Nightwing, Batman, and during the TimeCrash of ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime briefly Robin-] |
| 69 | * '''''Nightwing''''' Vol 1 (1995) [-the original four-issue miniseries-] |
| 70 | * '''''Nightwing''''' Vol 2 (1996 - 2009) |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans1996'' Vol 2 (1996 - 1998) |
| 72 | * ''Titans'' Vol 1 (1999 - 2003) |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' Vol 1 (1999 - 2009) |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}'' Vol 1 (2000 - 2006) |
| 75 | * ''Batman: Outlaws'' Vol 1 (2000) |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/BeastBoy'' Vol 1 (2000) |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'' Vol 1 (2001 - 2002) |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily'' Vol 2 (2002 - 2003) |
| 79 | * ''Batgirl: Year One'' Vol 1 (2003 - 2003) [-as Robin-] |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003'' Vol 3 (2003 - 2007) |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans2003'' Vol 3 (2004 - 2011) |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' (2005 - 2006) |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' (2006 - 2007) |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' Vol 2 (2006 - 2011) [-as Nightwing and Batman III-] |
| 85 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' (2006 - 2011) [-Initially as Nightwing, before becoming Batman III following [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Bruce Wayne's "death"]]-] |
| 86 | ** ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin2009'' Vol 1 (2009 - 2011) [-as Batman III-] |
| 87 | ** ''Batman: Gates of Gotham'' (2011) [-as Batman III-] |
| 88 | * ''Gotham Underground'' (2007 - 2008) |
| 89 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitansYearOne'' (2008) [-as Robin-] |
| 90 | * ''Titans'' Vol 2 (2008 - 2011) [-as Nightwing and Batman III-] |
| 91 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders2007'' Vol 2 (2008 - 2011) [-brief team member as Nightwing, team owner as Batman III-] |
| 92 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}'' Vol 2 (2008 - 2009) |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' Vol 1 (2009 - 2011) [-as Batman III-] |
| 94 | * ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Vol 1 (2009 - 2011) [-intermittent appearances as Batman III-] |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}'' Vol 3 (2009 - 2011) [-as Batman III, Nightwing in flashbacks-] |
| 96 | * ''Nemesis: The Impostors'' Vol 1 (2010) [-as Batman III-] |
| 97 | \ |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[AC:ComicBook/New52]] |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'' |
| 101 | * ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' |
| 103 | * ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' |
| 104 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing|New52}}'' Vol 3 (2011 - 2014) |
| 105 | * ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' |
| 106 | \ |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[AC:ComicBook/DCRebirth]] |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batwing}}'' |
| 112 | * ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' |
| 116 | * ''ComicBook/Starfire2015'' |
| 117 | * ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'' |
| 118 | \ |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[AC:ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier]] |
| 121 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'' |
| 122 | * ''ComicBook/NightwingInfiniteFrontier'' |
| 123 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanJamesTynionIV'' |
| 124 | \ |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[AC:Elseworlds]] |
| 127 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' (Set in the "Millerverse" continuity by Creator/FrankMiller) |
| 128 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond'' (Appears as an older, retired Dick Grayson) |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller'' (Elseworld where he's Robin in TheSixties) |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' (Set in the "Millerverse" continuity by Creator/FrankMiller) |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/NightwingTheNewOrder'' |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 137 | * ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'' (1966) as Robin, played by Creator/BurtWard. |
| 138 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'' (1995) as Robin, played by Creator/ChrisODonnell. |
| 139 | * ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' (1997) as Robin, played by Creator/ChrisODonnell. |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'' (2006) as Robin, voiced by Creator/ScottMenville. |
| 141 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' (2017) as Robin and (briefly) Nightwing, voiced by Creator/MichaelCera. |
| 142 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' (2018) as Robin, voiced by Creator/ScottMenville. |
| 143 | * ''Nightwing'' (TBA). The hero is set to make his live-action movie debut headlining his own movie in the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Other than being helmed by Chris [=McKay=] (of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' fame), nothing else is currently known about the movie. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Television]] |
| 147 | * ''Series/Batman1966'' as Robin, played by Creator/BurtWard. |
| 148 | * ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' (2018), portrayed by Creator/BrentonThwaites. Unlike most interpretations, here he's a brooding, cynical adult in his mid-to-late twenies still operating as Robin. [[spoiler:He eventually adopts the Nightwing identity on the Season 2 finale "Nightwing"]]. |
| 149 | * ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'': cameo at the beginning of Part 1 as an aged incarnation of the Robin from ''Series/Batman1966'' played by Creator/BurtWard. |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', voiced by Creator/TroyBaker. |
| 154 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' (Playable character as part of a [[DownloadableContent DLC pack]] in the game's Challenge mode as Nightwing) |
| 155 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' (Playable as Robin as part of the game's multiplayer mode), voiced by Creator/JoshKeaton |
| 156 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (Playable character as Nightwing), voiced by Creator/ScottPorter |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/BatmanRiseOfSinTzu'' (Playable character) |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' (Playable character as Nightwing) voiced by Creator/TroyBaker. |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman'' (Playable character as Robin and Nightwing) |
| 160 | ** ''LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes'' (Playable character as Nightwing) |
| 161 | ** ''LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'' (Playable character as Nightwing) |
| 162 | ** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' (Playable character, as Robin in both his ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' incarnations.) |
| 163 | ** ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'' (boss and playable character as Nightwing) |
| 164 | * ''VideoGame/GothamKnights2022'' (Playable character as Nightwing), voiced by Christopher Sean |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (As Robin), voiced by Creator/LorenLester |
| 169 | ** ''The New Batman Adventures'' (As Nightwing) |
| 170 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (As Nightwing, voiceless cameo) |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' as Robin (Appears as Nightwing in a BadFuture), voiced by Creator/ScottMenville. |
| 172 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' as Robin (Appears as Nightwing in the occasional TimeTravelEpisode), voiced by Creator/ScottMenville. |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' as Robin, voiced by Creator/EvanSabara (Appears as Nightwing in a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture episode, voiced by Creator/JerryOConnell) |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' as both Robin and Nightwing (Appears in his original "disco suit" in this series) |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' as Nightwing, voiced by Creator/NeilPatrickHarris. |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' (As Robin in Season 1; As Nightwing in Season 2 and onward) voiced by Music/{{Jesse McCartney}}. |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' as Nightwing, voiced by Creator/SeanMaher. |
| 178 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' |
| 179 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' |
| 180 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'' |
| 181 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'' |
| 182 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract'' |
| 183 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'' |
| 184 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' as Robin, voiced by Creator/BurtWard. |
| 186 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'' as Robin, voiced by Creator/BurtWard. |
| 187 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans'', featuring his incarnations as Robin from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and his incarnation as Nightwing from the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''. |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', voiced by Creator/HarveyGuillen and first appears in the third season. |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | !Tropes associated with the various Nightwing series: |
| 193 | |
| 194 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 195 | * DualWielding: Uses dual Eskrima Sticks. Simple metal poles which may or my not contain various gadgets built in, which he's capable with of similar skill to Batman with his Batarangs. |
| 196 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: As "Renegade", the identity Dick created in an attempt to infiltrate a group of villains. |
| 197 | * HeavyMetalUmlaut: The city of Blüdhaven. In one story, Dick insists that this indicates it's pronounced "Blewd-haven", and anyone who says "Blood-haven" is clearly an out-of-towner. |
| 198 | * SexyPackaging: Nightwing has been in a number of suggestive poses on covers, given Dick Grayson's status as MrFanservice. The cover of the very first issue of ''Nightwing Vol 2'' depicts Nightwing doing the splits in mid-air, with the focus on his crotch. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:''Nightwing'' Volumes 1 & 2]] |
| 202 | * 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. |
| 203 | * AssholeVictim: Tarantula killing Blockbuster came off like this. |
| 204 | * AudienceSurrogate: Perhaps the greatest. One reason he's so popular is that fans want to ''be'' him. |
| 205 | * BadassNormal: Dick Grayson himself. |
| 206 | * TheBadGuysAreCops: The cops in Blüdhaven were worse than the mob, and gained a share of profits made by the actual mob. (Criminals who didn't were killed. Chief Redhorn was a dangerous villain who had ordered Nightwing's death; [[TheInfiltration Nightwing joined the force in his civilian identity in an attempt to take it down]].) |
| 207 | * BattleInTheRain: Blüdhaven is a port town very near Gotham and with similar often rainy weather. Dick’s first fight with the Double Dare sisters takes place in a downpour. |
| 208 | * BelligerentSexualTension: With [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], after they had already slept together. And in ComicBook/New52, with [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Barbara Gordon]], sometimes. |
| 209 | * BettyAndVeronica: Starting with the late 90s, there was some ShipTease with both [[UnresolvedSexualTension Barbara Gordon]] (Betty) and [[FriendsWithBenefits Helena Bertinelli]], with Barbara even expressing some [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]]. |
| 210 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He's one of the sweetest guys in the DC Universe, but if you manage to get him really angry, ''you will regret it''. |
| 211 | ** During the infamous "Born Again" Arc Nightwing is so enraged he {{Curb Stomp|Battle}}s all of Blockbuster's hired help when most of them had given him a hard time before. It was even worse in ''One Year Later'' when they tried to make Nightwing into DC's ''Spider-Man'' (!?). |
| 212 | * BigBad: Blockbuster becomes one, learning Nightwing's secret identity as Dick Grayson and quickly proving just why heroes keep their identities secret by killing off everyone who lives in the same apartment as him and making plans to continue killing everyone Dick has ever been friends with. |
| 213 | * 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 he 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 [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara]] when she [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 allowed her to go out into the field by herself]] and he was worried about her in a big brother kind of way. |
| 214 | ** He is also on the receiving end of this, ''for practically the entire DC Universe''. If someone hurts Dick, it might be a good idea for villains to take some time off to avoid the wrath of the rest of the heroes. |
| 215 | * BigBrotherMentor: |
| 216 | ** Towards Tim, who he was instumental in training and who was Robin during Dick's first tenure as Batman. Amusingly he even taught Tim how to do his laundry. Eventually the two became actual brothers when Bruce adopted Tim. |
| 217 | ** He has acted as a brotherly mentor figure to many generations of Titans. |
| 218 | ** It's especially pronounced towards Damian, as he was Dick's Robin during his tenure as Batman. |
| 219 | * BigBrotherWorship: Tim has a bit of this towards Dick. |
| 220 | * BoundAndGagged: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/41603-5755-47045-1-nightwing_super.jpg Sylph]] pretty much had this as a superpower, and thus her "fights" mostly consisted of tying Dick up, often in suggestive poses, because even though the hero keeps getting in her way she has no desire to kill him. |
| 221 | * BreakoutCharacter: Easily the most popular character to have been a Robin, and he usually ranks pretty high in popularity polls, sometimes even beating out iconic heroes like Superman and even Batman himself. In fact, ''entire teams of writers'', several of them not even remotely related to the writing of any aspect of the Batman mythos, threatened to walk out of DC when the executives began to make plans to kill him off! |
| 222 | * TheCape: Very much Nightwing, though Dick absolutely ''hates'' wearing an actual cape. |
| 223 | -->'''Dick''': And I ''hate'' the cape, Alfred! The cape was the ''first'' thing I ditched when I got out on my own. |
| 224 | * CatchYourDeathOfCold: Dick gets a cold after diving into frozen water to save a kid who fell through the thin ice. |
| 225 | * TheCharmer: Very much so, sometimes he doesn't even realize it. |
| 226 | * ChestInsignia: As Nightwing, it's either a blue v / stylized wing shape or an actual bird. |
| 227 | * ChickMagnet: |
| 228 | ** [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Starfire, Raven]], [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]], [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Bette Kane]], [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]], and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} are just a few of the many that are drawn to Nightwing. ComicBook/PowerGirl and ComicBook/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. |
| 229 | ** [[http://billwalko.deviantart.com/art/Nightwing-Holiday-Kisses-190829557 Amusingly illustrated by this artwork.]] |
| 230 | ** 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.]] |
| 231 | * ChristmasEpisode: Volume 2 #64, ''On a Christmas Evening'' starts with Nightwing catching a fake Santa who had been falsely taking donations for orphans, then after the precinct did their annual tradition of reading some dear Santa letters from the worst part of Bludhaven Dick spends the rest of the issue trying to track down the girl who had written an unaddressed one he’d read asking for a job for her dad. He even recruited Tim do some searching and was scolded for not spending the holiday with his family even though Tim was noticeably at Brentwood walking the Headmaster's dog without any of ''his'' family in sight. Dick did find the little girl, save her and her father from gangbangers and got her dad a job as the new super for his apartment since Clancy had left for medical school. The job had the added benefit of getting them out of the bad neighborhood they’d been living in. |
| 232 | * CircusBrat: Dick was practically born under the big top and still jumps at the chance to perform, be it acrobat or clown, when his old circus comes around on tour. This especially since he is ''co-owner''. |
| 233 | * ColdSnap: ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #54 has Dick observing some kids playing with sleds and thinking its too cold for crime fighting while being happy about his heated bodysuit. |
| 234 | * CombatParkour: Nightwing is quite flexible and agile because of his circus background. |
| 235 | * CombatPragmatist: Have fun finding a member of the Bat-Family who isn't this. His isn't dirty fighting so much as it is [[IShallTauntYou constant taunts and insults]], kind of like a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan certain Marvel hero]]. |
| 236 | * CuddleBug: Relatively speaking, compared to the generally grim and gritty Batman cast. However, when he's stacked against the Teen Titans, or even some Justice Leaguers, he's often played as a lower-key Batman: more of a leader and people person, but no less determined, driven, and perfectionist. |
| 237 | * DarkIsNotEvil: His name is Nightwing and he still excels at operating in the dark due to his time as Batman's sidekick, but there's a reason he's seen as one of the nicest guys in the universe. Just check out the rest of the trope list. |
| 238 | * DeadpanSnarker: Probably the snarkiest hero in the DC Universe. Even as Batman, he can't help himself from cracking wise. |
| 239 | * DeathOfAChild: There were several child characters living in the same apartment building as Dick when Blockbuster had it blown up, none survived. |
| 240 | * DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Dick has some flashbacks to the legal proceedings that led to him becoming Bruce’s ward and his time in Juvie after a Gotham Social Worker dumped him there after his parents murders. |
| 241 | * DomesticAbuse: In ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #54 Dick and Rohrbach come across an obviously beaten woman named Marie running away from her boyfriend barefoot in the snow but she chooses not to press charges and asks to just go back home with her boyfriend. Dick tracks down the jerk as Nightwing and after seeing that Bill is threatening both Marie and their infant child Dick scares Bill away and convinces him that bad things will happen if Nightwing thinks Bill has come within a hundred miles of either of them. |
| 242 | * DoomedHometown: Blüdhaven was destroyed in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. And again in Battle for Blüdhaven |
| 243 | * DoppelgangerAttack: Dick gets attacked by a Jokerized Riot but he’s able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones to disappear. |
| 244 | -->Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--]. |
| 245 | * DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In Devin Grayson's run, who then went on to claim that it wasn't rape, just "nonconsensual" sex. Right. After the character Tarantula forced herself on him in the middle of the street, afterward it was treated as though he was simply uncomfortable dating a criminal than anything and the whole "sexual assault" thing was glossed over completely. A few years earlier Nightwing slept with an obscure Titans character by the name of Mirage, who had [[BedTrick disguised herself as Starfire]]. When she revealed the ruse not long after, the only real reaction it got was a shocked look, without a whole lot of follow-up, in fact it's mostly been played for laughs since. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Rape is Irrelevant When It's Female On Male?]] |
| 246 | * DramaticGunCock: Once faced a group of carjackers, one of whom decided to attempt to intimidate him with this. Being Nightwing, he wasted no time in asking him if he learned that on TV before pointing out that he just ejected a perfectly good round for no reason and then finished by continuing to cock the gun until all the ammunition had been ejected. |
| 247 | * DualWielding: Escrima sticks are Nightwing's favored weapons. |
| 248 | ** ShockAndAwe: They're electrified in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Incorporated into the DC Universe following the ComicBook/New52 reboot, and carried over to ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. |
| 249 | ** SwissArmyWeapon: In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', they also have the ability to combine into a staff. |
| 250 | * TheFace: He will inevitably become this in any group he joins because he's that charismatic. He's the one you want making your case during GondorCallsForAid or EnemyMine. |
| 251 | * FemaleGaze: Dick is probably the most frequently subjected to this of any character in the DCU. Hell, [=IGN=] ranked him at #1 on their list of the sexiest men in comics, and both the list and the comments considered it a no-brainer. [[http://comicsalliance.com/comics-sexiest-male-characters/ Comics Alliance]] said the same. |
| 252 | * {{Foil}}: To ComicBook/{{Red Hood|TheLostDays}}. Dick adopted a ComicBook/{{Batman}}-expy identity formerly held by ComicBook/{{Superman}}, while Jason co-opted the former identity of ComicBook/TheJoker. |
| 253 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Blockbuster loved his. [[spoiler:And he makes Nightwing pay dearly for it when he indirectly causes her to have a fatal heart attack.]] |
| 254 | * EyeScream: Thankfully averted when Cisco Blane comes into the room and shoots Nightwing’s torturers in the back but two of Blockbusters’ {{Torture Technician}}s were preparing to take a power drill to his eyes while questioning him. |
| 255 | * FlexibilityEqualsSexAbility: Dick is an extremely skilled acrobat who's known for his flexibility and agility. He also happens to be one of DC Comics' most famous womanizers, with his lover Cheyenne even described him as a SexGod, as sleeping with him is strenuously exhausting due to his athletics. |
| 256 | * GeniusBruiser: As befits somebody trained by ComicBook/{{Batman}}, he's both a highly trained intellectual ''and'' a lethally skilled fighter. |
| 257 | * TheGhost: One commonly-mentioned figure during the Chuck Dixon run was Eddie (later {{Retcon}}ned to Freddy) Minh, TheDon of Bludhaven's Vietnamese mob. Eventually, it turns out [[spoiler:this trope is almost literal: he [[PosthumousCharacter was actually killed long ago]] (possibly before Nightwing even moved into town) by [[TheQueenpin his wife]], who's been secretly running the mob under his name]]. |
| 258 | * GondorCallsForAid: Nightwing has led the ComicBook/TeenTitans, ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}, and the ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}}. If he has a problem that's too big for him, he can call help from anywhere from [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Metropolis]] to [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Oa]] to ''Heaven or Hell''. |
| 259 | * GoodIsNotDumb: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror Batman: The Black Mirror]]. "I ''am'' a softy. And I do try to see the best in people... but that doesn't mean I'm ''stupid''." |
| 260 | * GoodIsNotSoft: One of the nicest guys in the DCU and capable of punching you through a wall. |
| 261 | * HandicappedBadass: Babs gets a special note for bringing ComicBook/BlackCanary along (rather than the whole of her ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey) to save Dick when he gets captured by Shrike. ComicBook/{{Oracle}} takes out all of Shrike’s ninjas on her own from her wheelchair. |
| 262 | --> [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I came in here looking for my]] ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner boyfriend]]''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner … have you]] ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner seen]]'' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner him?]] |
| 263 | * HasAType: For redheads, which he admits himself, examples including Barbara Gordon, Cheyenne Freemont, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, and Raya Vestri. It's even lampshaded in the third issue of his 2011 series when Barbara turns up after he's hooked up with Raya. And you can bet [[YaoiFangirl the fandom]] never forgets who [[ComicBook/TheFlash his best friend]] is... |
| 264 | * HaveAGayOldTime: When he was introduced in the 40s, "Dick" was a common and accepted shortening of the name "Richard". Nowadays, however, it has fallen out of style in favor of shortenings like "Rick" or "Richie", not helped by the fact that "dick" is a very common slang term for "penis". Despite this, Dick Grayson's name is [[GrandfatherClause too iconic to change at this point]], and when they did attempt to change it to "Ric", it resulted in a serious AudienceAlienatingEra for the character, though largely because of ''how'' they went about it. |
| 265 | * TheHeart: Dick's status as TheHeart of the DC universe comes up on occasion, with Tim calling Dick when Tim is depressed and having suicidal thoughts, Roy and Wally trusting Dick completley and Superman's faith in him. He is still a rather intense fellow and does not get along with everyone at all times, his arguments tend to be infamous among his peers, but his compassion shines through always. |
| 266 | * HeroicBSOD: After Dick beat the Joker to death (he was immediately resuscitated) he felt he was no longer worthy and spent an issue [[TheseHandsHaveKilled staring at his worn knuckles]] and torn costume while [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim]] and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted]] fought Jokerized criminals in Blüdhaven while Tim fanboyed over working with a hero he’d been reading about since he was little making Ted feel old. It was long enough for Dick to get a scruffy start on a BeardOfSorrow. Babs sends [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally]] to talk with Dick after he unplugs his computer to keep her from talking to him. |
| 267 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Wally West since their childhood. Both are seen as the pre-eminent {{Legacy Character}}s of DC. |
| 268 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Dick is a [[IdealHero compassionate idealist]] to the degree that even ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' admires him. During ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Earth-Two's Kal-L claims that New Earth is a corruption of his world and that none of its heroes is worth protecting. But when Batman asks if that's true of Dick Grayson, Kal-L says no. Even the person wanting to merge the worlds together has to admit that Dick Grayson is just as wonderful in the "corrupted world". |
| 269 | * IndyPloy: According to writer Fabian Nicieza, while Dick is smart (like most Bat-family members), what he excels at is "reflexive thinking", which is essentially this. While Batman is CrazyPrepared, Jason is a ManipulativeBastard, Barbara is an [[AwesomenessByAnalysis Analyst]], and Tim is [[JackOfAllTrades all of the above]], Dick excels at thinking on the fly. |
| 270 | * InformedAbility: Several official profiles state that Nightwing's martial arts specialty is Aikido. Apparently no one told the writers, because it's very rare for his fighting style to even remotely resemble it. Especially considering the fact that his signature weapons, dual eskrima sticks, are quite literally named after a different fighting style. |
| 271 | * InterspeciesRomance: Whilst, as noted, he has had a lot of would-be, wannabe and actual girlfriends, one of his biggest "classic" love interests, other than Barbara Gordon, is the alien super-heroine Koriandr of Tamaran, aka Starfire, who he met as part of the ComicBook/TeenTitans. She was the first of his girlfriends that he was quite blatantly implied to have had sex with, they've been engaged at least once, and they were even almost married once -- as in, the only reason they aren't husband and wife is because fellow Titan Raven attacked the ceremony and killed the minister before he could complete it. Though they are drifted apart in modern continuity, both still remember and occasionally flirt with each other over their former connection. |
| 272 | * JuniorCounterpart: Like Batman, his parents' deaths was his motivation to start crime-fighting, though even from his time as Robin to today, he still retains youthful energy and idealism that Batman lacks. |
| 273 | * IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: "Bludhaven" isn't exactly a very inviting name for a city to have. |
| 274 | * ImposedHandicapTraining: Dick takes Tim for training that involves riding train tops around Bludhaven while blindfolded and doing various balancing exercises. Tim is not amused when they get ambushed while doing so. |
| 275 | * IWasJustPassingThrough: Wally says this when he stops by to talk when Dick is trying to come to terms with almost having killed the Joker, Dick doesn’t buy it for a second: |
| 276 | -->'''Wally:''' Just passing through.\ |
| 277 | '''Dick:''' Through Blüdhaven?\ |
| 278 | '''Wally:''' A little '''''detour''''', all right? This your day off? |
| 279 | * 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. |
| 280 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Dick has always been an unapologetic Superman fanboy. It sometimes annoys Batman, actually. |
| 281 | * TheLeader: He has proven to be ''the'' most effective leader in the whole DCU, having led the ComicBook/TeenTitans and ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}''. Even ComicBook/{{Superman}} has stepped aside to let him lead the ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|of America}}''. |
| 282 | * LegacyCharacter: All three of his identities. |
| 283 | ** He was the first Robin. The rest, in order, are: Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne. |
| 284 | ** He was the second Nightwing. The rest, in order are: ComicBook/{{Superman}}, Tad Ryerstad ("Nite-Wing"), ComicBook/PowerGirl, Jason Todd, Chris Kent |
| 285 | ** He was the third Batman. The others are Bruce Wayne, Jean Paul Valley, Damian Wayne (in the apocalyptic future of Batman #666), [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]] (in several possible futures) and Tim Drake (in yet another possible future). |
| 286 | * LetMeTellYouAStory: Dudley Soames to Tad in prison: |
| 287 | -->''Let me tell you about '''Blockbuster''' sonny. He lost his ''heart'' recently. Poor thing died of ''neglect'' he hardly ''used'' it. It's ''how'' he does what he does. Usin' people. Usin' people up. [[{{Hypocrite}} Mister Roland Desmond is as much a monster as he]] ''[[{{Hypocrite}} looks]]'', boyo. ''I'' found that out too late.'' |
| 288 | * MagneticHero: To the point where some believe his superpower is charisma. When he showed up to a fight with multiple generations of Teen Titans, Superboy noted how everyone instantly followed his lead. He also once convinced every hero on Earth, without question, to jump into a parallel dimension (saving them all). Batman even said it's one of the reasons he's proudest of Dick -— unlike Bats himself, he can gain and keep allies. So essentially, he's "Batman with social skills." A fact that was commented on by everyone from Jim Gordon to the Joker when he took over as Batman. |
| 289 | * MoralityPet: Half of the [=DCU=] sees him as this. During a team-up, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} (a villain/anti-hero) remarked that because he's been in the superhero biz since he was a child, most of the community sees him as a little bro/surrogate son. If you ever do anything to hurt Nightwing, you will call down the wrath of the entire DC Universe. Hell, Batman's first instinct was to ''[[BatmanGrabsAGun GRAB A GUN]]'' when he heard a villain had killed Nightwing.[[note]]See the page pic for AntiHero? Yeah, that's what happens when you mess with Nightwing.[[/note]] See ThePowerOfFriendship below, there are even some ''villains'' will come after you if you hurt him, granted some of it is because of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, but still. |
| 290 | * MrFanservice: Both in-verse and in the fandom. To the point that [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/i-wrote-a-viral-tweet-about-nightwings-butt-and-this-is-my-story/ it trended on]] Website/{{Twitter}}. |
| 291 | -->'''Midnighter:''' Your nifty Hypnos tech trick may make it so I can't see Spyral agents' faces... but I'd know that ass anywhere. |
| 292 | * MyGreatestFailure: Early on, it was Dick's failure during his Robin days to save an innocent from being killed by Two-Face. Later replaced by him "letting" Tarantula kill Blockbuster. He also blames himself partially for both the crippling of Barbara Gordon and the death of Jason Todd since both events happened when he and Bruce were on the outs. It's notable that he took a much more active role in the mentoring of Jason's replacement, Tim Drake and generally keeps a much closer eye on the other members of the Bat-Family since. |
| 293 | * NiceGuy: It's practically his superpower. Other heroes admire him and his moral strength so much that they are willing to follow him anywhere. |
| 294 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deathstroke and Red Hood have been on the receiving end of quite a few of these, from Dick. |
| 295 | * OhCrap: A number of them. Including the time Dick came home to find Deathstroke waiting for him. |
| 296 | * OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Wally invokes this trope when he stops by to cover for Dick while Dick is out "sick" chasing a witness around the Europe, Wally "accidentally" leaves his to do list behind as a note for his friend reading: |
| 297 | -->Things To Do Today: |
| 298 | --->1. Save the world.\ |
| 299 | 2. Kick supervillain butt.\ |
| 300 | 3. Go over to best friend's apartment and pretend to hurl.\ |
| 301 | 4. Save the world again. |
| 302 | * NinetiesHair: [[https://comicdomwrecks.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/behold-the-majesty-of-nightwings/ One of the most infamous victims of this with his mullet]], up there with Superman himself. |
| 303 | * TheParagon: Dick is often credited as being perhaps the most inspirational hero in the DC Universe. Even more so than Superman. |
| 304 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With Donna Troy. Considering his status as MrFanservice and that she's the twin sister of ComicBook/WonderWoman, this is pretty surprising. |
| 305 | * PokeThePoodle: Dick Grayson during the ''Renegade'' arc. ''Deathstroke the Terminator'', of all people, finds it embarrassing. |
| 306 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Nightwing's greatest weapon. Sure, natural acrobatics and Batman-trained skills in combat and sleuthing are nothing to sneeze at, but no other hero in the Franchise/DCUniverse boasts the sheer number of allies Nightwing has. Hell, the guy has had his ''villains'' team up with him against bigger or badder foes. Why? Basically because he asked nicely. |
| 307 | * PretenderDiss: Tad didn't even know there was a crimefighter called Nightwing when he took up the "Nite-Wing" identity. This does not prevent Dick from being really upset that there is someone claiming to be a hero named Nite-Wing going around Blüdhaven murdering people. |
| 308 | * ProdigalHero: Dick Grayson had a strained relationship with Batman for the closer part of a decade. After getting fired from his role of Robin, he assumed his own identity as Nightwing. He finally repaired his relationship with Bruce in the fittingly titled run Batman: Prodigal. |
| 309 | * RealLifeSuperpowers: Pretty much to the level of his mentor. Of all the traits on this list (Beauty, Intelligence, Skill, Charisma, Fame, Wealth, Physicality, Weaponry, and Luck) Dick has 9 out of 9. Where he differs from his mentor is that not many people believe Dick Grayson has ''physical'' powers (like the superstitious and cowardly believe about Batman)--however, Dick is so charismatic and dashing that people think he has {{Glamour}} powers. And that's not even getting to the fact that he's the greatest acrobat in the entire Franchise/DCUniverse. |
| 310 | * RecurringDreams: For a while Dick keeps dreaming about a child he failed to save from Two-face while he was still Robin. |
| 311 | * RelationshipSabotage: Tarantula to Dick and Barbara, which somehow Babs [[IdiotBall falls for despite knowing that Tarantula is an unrepentant murderer who has been stalking Dick and trying to get Nightwing killed]]. |
| 312 | * ServileSnarker: Alfred makes a few appearances. The trope image is from a Nightwing issue in in fact. |
| 313 | * ShockAndAwe: Courtesy of those electrified escrima sticks. |
| 314 | * ShoutOut: During Vol 2 #150 Dick sings "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" to himself while roof hopping. |
| 315 | * SidekickGraduationsStick. Nightwing eventually becomes Batman and had remained so until September 2011. |
| 316 | * StrappedToAnOperatingTable: In ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #45 Blockbuster’s brother sister torture team strap Nightwing down and inject him with drugs while laying out their more terrifying tools to question him on ComicBook/{{Oracle}}’s whereabouts. |
| 317 | ** He is almost lobotomised by le Bossu and Scorpiana in [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman RIP.]] |
| 318 | * TakingUpTheMantle: Ol' Dick is in the trope picture for this one. He first took up the Batman mantle temporarily once when Bruce was recovering from the ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' arc, and he did it again after Bruce "died" in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' and fighting Jason Todd for the title in ''Battle for the Cowl''. |
| 319 | * TooDumbToLive: Used in Issue #150. One of Two-Face's {{mooks}} was standing right behind a guy Two-Face wanted to shoot. Two-Face points out that this isn't a good place to be, and the guy needs it explained to him: "I can't afford to lose any [[Franchise/StarTrek red shirts]]." When the mook doesn't get the reference, Two-Face has had enough, declares him too dumb to live, and blows him away. |
| 320 | * TookALevelInBadass: Does this really need explaining, old chum? |
| 321 | * TorsoWithAView: In Issue #62 a Jokerized [[MesACrowd Riot]] shoots a large hole in another Jokerized criminal in the Slab who is not overly hindered by it while they're fighting Nightwing. |
| 322 | * TortureCellar: Blockbuster has one. |
| 323 | * UndercoverCopReveal: Cisco Blaine saves Nightwing from torture and reveals that he is actually an undercover FBI Agent named Ronald Houston only to be quickly murdered by Tad "Nite-Wing" Ryerstad. |
| 324 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: In the beginning, Blockbuster did not want Nightwing killed because he feared that would bring Batman to his city whom he thought was a greater threat. Blockbuster rather quickly realizes and outright acknowledges that Nightwing is equal to his mentor in every way. |
| 325 | * UrbanLegendLoveLife: The perception of Dick [[ReallyGetsAround Really Getting Around]] is mostly blown out of proportion to the actual number of women he's been involved with. Prior to the reboot, he'd probably slept with a grand total of four women. |
| 326 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Anyone who works with Batman has this problem, but Dick had it ''really'' bad for awhile. Fortunately, he is now recognized as Batman's closest ally and favored son. |
| 327 | ** He's even started to have a sense of fun over Batman's inability to express emotions. |
| 328 | * WhatTheHellHero: The entire ''Renegade'' arc is meant to be this. |
| 329 | * WorfEffect: During the "Brotherhood of the Monkey Fist" arc, Nightwing's fighting skills are nerfed to give [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Conner Hawke]] a chance to shine. |
| 330 | * WorkingThroughTheCold: Dick goes to work as a Police Officer after getting a cold during an intense blizzard. |
| 331 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Dick Grayson works with ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]] after their respective break-ups. |
| 332 | * WretchedHive: Bludhaven is (or was) probably the worst city in the DCU after Hub City. |
| 333 | * YouHaveFailedMe: |
| 334 | ** Black Mask tried to have Reynard killed after he failed to get Mask a hold in Blüdhaven's drug trade as quickly as he wanted but Reynard killed the man sent to take him out and earned another chance. Nightwing's continued interference meant that he failed again. |
| 335 | ** After his hired guns fail to kill Nightwing Blockbuster uses a variation on this theme by having them all take on his new pet assassin, he even tells Stallion he'll give him a bonus if he can decapitate the new guy. In the end the existing criminals, save Lady Vic who gets some good shots in and Mouse and Giz who are not fighters anyway and take a pass, just end up getting in each other's way which makes it easier for Shrike. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:''Nightwing'' Volume 3 (New 52)]] |
| 339 | -> See ComicBook/NightwingNew52 |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:''Nightwing'' Volume 4 (Rebirth & Infinite Frontier)]] |
| 343 | -> See ComicBook/NightwingRebirth and ComicBook/NightwingInfiniteFrontier |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
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