History Characters / Nightwing

* OperaGloves: They wear long yellow gloves.

Eventually, however, he grew out of his role as a sidekick, and began to argue with the Dark Knight over crime-fighting. This lead to him establishing himself as a solo hero, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, and became the leader of the Comicbook/TeenTitans, and after Bruce needed further time to recover after kicking Jean-Paul Valley (see below) to the curb, even took over the Batman role himself for some time. He then received a comic book series of his own, detailing his adventures in Gotham's sister city, Bludhaven (even more of a CrapsackWorld than Gotham). Blüdhaven has since been destroyed (twice!) and after a sojourn back in his Titans' base of New York, Nightwing has now officially moved back to Gotham, being back on good terms with his former mentor. In the wake of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman RIP]]'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', Dick has since stepped up to the role as Gotham City's official protector, and has once again officially become Batman, this time with an open mandate. When Bruce came back, he even retained his role as Gotham City's Batman for one year of ComicBookTime.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Prior to ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Acheron was a powerful member of the supernatural community that mostly avoided fights unless they came to him and hung out at the Oblivion Bar, but he was unquestionably a good guy and had been an ally of ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}. In ComicBook/TheNew52 he's an evil demon.
* RhymesOnADime: Acheron is a rhyming dmon and speaks in rhyme.

The man who killed Dick Grayson's parents, and his arch nemesis.

* EvilIsPetty: He didn't actually kill the Flying Graysons to punish the circus; in reality he was furious that John Grayson not only helped his abused wife escape his clutches for a time, but was also the actual father of his child.

* RedemptionFailure: In the New 52 universe he actually does try to turn his life around to be a good role model for his son Brian......then he learns that his wife and son left him and he decides to embrace being evil.

* ConnectedAllAlong: In the flashback wherein a Dick Grayson stands up to a young Shelton Lyle to protect one of his bullying victims, Lyle implies he was there the night of the Flying Graysons' final show and [[KickTheDog cruelly mocks their deaths,]] supposedly just to hurt Dick's feelings. [[spoiler: In the 2022 Annual, however, we see that he wasn't lying - he really did witness the death of Dick's parents as a child that fateful night, [[TheSociopath and he really did enjoy every second of it.]]]]

* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: [[spoiler: Shelton Lyle used to pick on younger kids in high school all the time, including a young Dick Grayson (who was one of the only kids to step up and defend his other victims.) Now, as an adult, it's safe to say he hasn't grown softer with age - if anything, he's gotten ''even worse.'']]

* TheResenter: Raptor towards Bruce Wayne, due to him being a one-percenter and for [[spoiler: adopting Dick and raising him in wealth, away from Dick's culture with the Romani circus, when Raptor planned to take care of him himself]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Their villain costumes do not include shoes, just their thigh highs.

* BladeOnAStick: Wields a paired [[CarryABigStick knobkerry]] (a large mace with a haft made of slightly flexible wood to accumulate velocity and release it on impact) and asegai (a short spear with a broad head) acquired from Zulu warriors by a Marsh-Morton officer of the 24th rifles in Amabhuto, in 1879.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Nobody cam say with certainty ‘what’ the Judge is, but if he was ever human, he has long since left the embrace of mankind.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Is a pretty chill guy to talk to at first. ‘RUN.’
* GoMadFromRevelation: Seeing the corruption permeating the world drove him to murderous nihilism in a twisted sense of balancing the books.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #38 (April 1940)

* WhipItGood: Uses an electric whip as a weapon.

* BareYourMidriff: Their outfits as Double Dare.
* BoyishShortHair: Margot.

* BareYourMidriff: Her Pre-Flashpoint catsuit exposed her midsection. It's more covering during ''Rebirth''.

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit has an opening for her midsection.

* BareYourMidriff: Her costume has a large gap between the top of her pants and the bottom of her shirt.

* GreenLanternRing: His gauntlet Suyolak is his best tool. It will literally give him whatever he needs to win.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: At school the redheaded Mary is always in the company of her two best friends, a black haired girl who always wears the letter "C" somewhere, and a blonde with a flipped bob. The only time shes seen without both of them while out of costume is in drama class which the blonde is not in.
* TheChick: She wore a dress and low heels to fight in, and her tool kit was disguised as a make-up compact. She at least had a good excuse for the compact as she often went undercover as an employee or such to make herself beneath suspicion while investigating.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: His speed, strength, reflexes, and overall perception are all enhanced to levels far superior to that of a normal human, but has not been explicitly stated to be a metahuman. Turns out he's something of a trans-human.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Remember the teenager who bullied a weaker kid until he was stopped by a then-teen Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon? That's Shelton Lyle before he became Heartless.]]

* SerialKiller: His modus operandi.

* VillainousFriendship: He might be a sociopath but seems to be genuinely fond of his butler, who considers his father in all but name.

!!!'''Created By:''' Tim Seeley; Marcus To; Chris Sotomayor

!!!'''Created By:''' Marv Wolfman; Tom Grindberg; Tom Grummett; Al Vey

* NighInvulnerable: He is virtually indestructible, as each part of his body functions independently from the rest.

Kemper Von Cort was the son of a revolutionary military leader in the nation of [[{{Ruritania}} Kravia]]. Surgically altered to resemble Kravia's despotic leader, Prince Kravik, Kemper killed Kravik and [[FullCircleRevolution quickly proved to be a far worse leader]]. When Nightwing visits Kravia on personal business, he gains the tyrant's emnity when he saves dissidents from a genocidal purge.

* TheEvilPrince: A tyrannical despot, albeit one who siezed the title of prince rather tan being born to it.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: Sho''x''

* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: After Nightwing and Tad Ryerstad team up to bring her in for the murder of Delmore Redhorn her brother has her back out on the streets almost immediately.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: His speed, strength, reflexes, and overall perception are all enhanced to levels far superior to that of a normal human, but has not been explicitly stated to be a metahuman.

* FrameUp: Murdered his henchmen with an escrima stick in order to frame nightwing for their deaths.

* WeaponOfChoice: A pair of tonfa with retractable hooks.

* DualTonfas: What he wields a customized version of.

* WeaponOfChoice: A [[DualTonfas pair of tonfa]] with retractable hooks.

* RareGuns: Sometimes uses a Thompson submachinegun with a 100 round drum.

See Characters/BatmanCentralRoguesGallery for more.

[[Characters/BatmanCentralRoguesGallery Central Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ([[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]]) | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/HarleyQuinn ([[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harleen Quinzel]]) | [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]]) | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 J-R]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]]\\

* BikerBabe: She often fights astride a sports bike, using it to charge in and shoot her SPAS one-handed once at ideal range.
* CollaredByFashion: As Hella.

* {{Revenge}}: Obviously her motivation as Hella.

* NiceHat: Cowboy hat, in black and tan pre-Flashpoint and blue in ComicBook/DCRebirth.