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11[[foldercontrol]]
12
13!!Nightwing
14
15[[folder:Robin I/Nightwing/Batman III/Agent 37]]
16[[caption-width-right:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightwing_vol_4_1_textless_variant.jpg Dick Grayson as Nightwing]]
17[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Dick as Robin:]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grayson3_2224.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
18!!!'''Real Name:''' Richard John Grayson
19!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/TeenTitans, ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}, [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} Spyral]], Batman Incorporated
20!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/BillFinger · Bob Kane · Jerry Robinson
21!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' [[ComicBook/RobinTheBoyWonder #38]] (April 1940)
22
23->"''If you want Robin to stay dead, that's okay with me. But you've trained me too well -- made me what I am. You can't keep me from pursuing my own destiny.''"
24
25Easily the most famous of the Robins, '''Richard John "Dick" Grayson''' was the poster boy for {{Sidekick}}s in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]. With a similar backstory to that of his mentor, Batman (parents murdered by a racketeer who, unlike the mugger in some versions of Batman's origin, was brought to justice or died [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on which story you read]]), Robin was always there to provide lighthearted commentary and [[TheWatson ask questions that the readers themselves are wondering]].
26
27Eventually, 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.
28
29As of the ComicBook/New52, Dick is back to being Nightwing. After operating in Gotham for a time, he moved to Chicago and set up a life there. However, Dick was captured and outed by the Crime Syndicate, and forced to fake his death. Working undercover in the spy organization Spyral, Dick operated as [[ComicBook/{{Grayson}} Agent 37]] alongside Helena Bertinelli. After use of a mind-controlling satellite erases his outing from the minds of the world, and after taking down the darker sides of Spyral, Dick returned to being Nightwing. He'd go on to move to a new version of Bludhaven.
30
31At the beginning of the "Beasts of Burden" story arc of ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', Dick got shot in the head by the [=KGBeast=]. Upon recovering, it quickly becomes apparent that he had lost his memory beyond the deaths of his parents. Batman underwent increasingly desperate efforts to restore his partner's memory (up to and including showing him the moment he got shot), only to exacerbate the problem, resulting in Dick rejecting his past, abandoning the Bat-Family in disgust, and returning to Bludhaven to start his life anew as Ric Grayson, up to and torching his old hideout.
32
33He went to live a normal life as a taxi driver. However, his necessity to fight crime eventually led to him returning to crime fighting, even teaming up with a group of vigilantes that used old Nightwing equipment to fight crime. During the ComicBook/TheJokerWar bat-event, he was kidnapped by the Joker and brainwashed into a crazy minion named Dicky Boy who proceeded to kidnap Barbara Gordon to kill her in combat inside an arena. He was defeated and cured of his brainwashing with the help of his current girlfriend but lost all of his memories as Ric Grayson and returned to lead the Bat-family while Batman fought the Joker.
34----
35See [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]].
36[[/folder]]
37
38!!Love Interests
39
40[[folder:Roberta, the Girl Wonder!]]
41!!Roberta, the Girl Wonder!
42[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roberta2.jpg]]
43!!!'''Real Name:''' Mary Wills
44!!!'''Created By:''' Jim Mooney
45!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Star-Spangled Comics'' #103, Robin: "Roberta, the Girl Wonder" (April 1950)
46
47Dick's first love interest where that interest went both ways--he'd previously had a crush on a disinterested school mate named Marjory Davenport--and where the girl was a fellow crime fighter. Mary only appeared in one story but her motivation, costume and even name had a distinct influence on the design on Bette below.
48----
49* FiftiesHair: Mary's curled bangs, shoulder length waves and frequent chignons are emblematic of the early '50s and late '40s.
50* ActionHeroine: Mary was a much more effective crime fighter than her successor Bette.
51* 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 she's seen without both of them while out of costume is in drama class which the blonde is not in.
52* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After her single appearance she is never seen again, even during issues that take place at Dick's school where she is one of his classmates.
53* DistaffCounterpart: "Roberta" was the first female Robin counterpart.
54* GirlsHaveCooties: Mary accuses Robin of this when his reaction to her responding to the Bat-signal the first time is to tell her that girls have no place as heroes. He obviously does not actually feel that way, and by the end of the night he actually accepts her assistance in tracking down a criminal whose only identifying feature is a unique ring and who is known to frequent a certain drive-in. Mary disguises herself as a waitress and keeps an eye out.
55* GirlyGirl: 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.
56* MagicSkirt: She never has any trouble running about rooftops and fighting crooks in that short skirt.
57* MasterOfDisguise: Between the wigs, masks and her acting abilities Mary is able to talk to her own friends while in disguise without them recognizing her and no one puts together that her disguises as meek workers are actually the Girl Wonder after they get busted by Roberta and Robin.
58* MasterOfUnlocking: After Robin turns away Roberta's help she picks her way into ''the Batmobile'' and hides in the trunk until he arrives at his destination to calmly knock on the lid to get him to let her out. She did warn him she wouldn't be turned away for such a dumb reason as girls shouldn't be heroes, they live in the DCU for crying out loud.
59* SelfMadeWoman: Mary didn't need anyone's help becoming a hero, once she'd decided she was going to be one she started studying criminology, chemistry, math, and detective work while starting a vigorous training routine. She also converted her small at home dark-room into a crime lab, sewed her own costume and created her own gadgets including smoke and explosive pellets, a disguised radio, disguised first aid kit, and hidden camera.
60[[/folder]]
61
62[[folder:Bat-Girl/Batgirl I/Flamebird]]
63!!Batgirl I/Flamebird/Hawkfire
64[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bettekane.jpg]]
65!!!'''Real Name:''' Mary Elizabeth "Bette" Kane
66!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/BillFinger · Sheldon Moldoff · George Pérez
67!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #139 (April 1961)
68
69Was a love interest for Dick as "Bat-Girl" Pre-Crisis and when reintroduced retained a seemingly permanent crush on Dick which he did not reciprocate. During the turn of the millenium, this crush eventually dissipated due to Dick treating her as a lesser vigilante, igniting her vigilante spirit as the renewed Flamebird.
70----
71See Characters/TeenTitansOriginalTeenTitans
72[[/folder]]
73
74[[folder:Batgirl II/Oracle]]
75!!Batgirl I/ComicBook/{{Oracle}}
76[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/babs_9.jpg]]
77!!!'''Real Name:''' Barbara Joan "Babs" Gordon
78!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Amy Beddoes
79!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey, Justice League, Batman Incorporated
80!!!'''Created By:''' Gardner Fox · Carmine Infantino
81!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #359 (January 1967)
82
83She and Dick have had a long on and off again relationship with Dick having a crush on her while she was still Batgirl. At one point they were even engaged. As Oracle and Nightwing they know each other well enough to have trust and witty banter over com lines and in-person.
84----
85See Characters/{{Batgirl}}
86[[/folder]]
87
88[[folder:Lori Elton]]
89!!Lori Elton
90[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lori_elton.jpg]]
91!!!'''Created By:''' Bob Rozakis · Al Milgrom
92!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #450 (August 1975)
93
94Dick's girlfriend in college while attending Hudson University. Her existence post-Crisis is never confirmed.
95----
96* DamselInDistress: Dick has to save her from her ex after he kidnaps her with the intent of disfiguring her.
97* DiedInYourArmsTonight: One of her art class classmates.
98* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Though unfortunately paired with her bad character judgement it doesn't amount to much.
99* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Her boyfriend prior to Dick turned into a supervillain, she broke up with Dick after misinterpreting his desire to find to killer of a fellow student to being him not having any compassion for the dead student, and her boyfriend after Dick was a supervillain.
100[[/folder]]
101
102[[folder:Starfire]]
103!!Starfire
104[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1kori.png]]
105!!!'''Real Name:''' Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran
106!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Kory Anders
107!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Teen Titans, Justice League
108!!!'''Created By:''' Marv Wolfman · George Pérez
109!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''DC Comics Presents'' #26 (October 1980)
110
111One of Dick's Teen Titans teammates, they began dating and were engaged but their wedding was interrupted by a fellow teammate gone bad and their relationship went to on-and-off status like his relationship with Barbara.
112----
113See ComicBook/{{Starfire}}
114[[/folder]]
115
116[[folder:Huntress]]
117!!Huntress
118[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/huntress.jpg]]
119!!!'''Real Name:''' Helena Bertinelli
120!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Birds of Prey, Outsiders, Checkmate
121!!!'''Created By:''' Joey Cavalieri · Joe Staton
122!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Huntress}}'' #1 (April 1989)
123
124They had an on and off again relationship until Helena became close friends with Barbara Gordon, after which she dropped that part of her relationship with Dick out of respect for her friend.
125----
126See [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Huntress]]
127[[/folder]]
128
129[[folder:Cheyenne Freemont]]
130!!Cheyenne Freemont
131[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheyenne_freemont.jpg]]
132!!!'''Created By:''' Bruce Jones · Joe Dodd
133!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #118 (May 2006)
134
135A fashion designer who is friends with Dick and has a tryst with him. She happens to be a metahuman but has no interest in becoming a superhero, preferring a normal life.
136----
137* IJustWantToBeNormal: She hides the fact that she is a metahuman and does not like using her abilities.
138* MindOverMatter: Her metahuman ability is telekinesis.
139* SecretKeeper: She finds out Dick is Nightwing.
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Defacer]]
143!!Defacer
144[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/defacer.jpg]]
145!!!'''Real Name:''' Shawn Tsang
146!!!'''Created By:''' Tim Seeley · Marcus To
147!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 4) #10 (February 2017)
148->''"I don't want to fight. I don't want to break things. I want to build something."''
149Once the assistant of the Pigeon back when Dick Grayson was Robin, Shawn eventually got out of prison and formed a reformation group in Bludhaven, which led her to a more romantic encounter with Nightwing after he moved to Bludhaven.
150----
151* ActionGirl: Naturally, being a former supervillain sidekick-turned-occasional superheroine.
152* AmicableExes: Apparently after they broke up, Dick and Shawn remained close enough friends to be regularly texting one-another. To the point Shawn notices when his amnesia makes him suddenly stop contacting her; though she interprets it as him ghosting her and gets mad, she immediately apologizes when she learns the true reason and they appear to be on good terms, even after she has to go serve another prison sentence for her outburst.
153* BadassNormal: Next to her former mentor Pigeon, who was a metahuman with bird wings, as well as the Run-Offs, who include a few metas, she herself is just a normal, tiny woman who uses gadgets made from paint cans, yet not only does she prove to be more competent and effective than Pigeon but she ended up becoming the leader of the Run-Offs.
154* BattleCouple: Moreso than any other previous love-interest, besides Starfire and Barbara.
155* BoxedCrook: She ends up on the Suicide Squad for a bit.
156* CasualKink: She makes a comment to Dick that she'd like to be spanked. Dick is all for it.
157* CoolBigSis: To the Run-Offs, ironically despite being probably the smallest and least powerful. She's considerably more put together than most of them are, and so they turn to her for guidance, while she is quick to help any former supervillain adjust to life outside of prison.
158* {{Deuteragonist}}: She's essentially the other protagonist of ''Suicide Squad: King Shark'', being dragged into Nanaue's adventure and trying to ensure humanity doesn't end as shark chowder.
159* DistaffCounterpart: Like Dick, she's the former teenaged sidekick of a flying animal-themed super-being who has grown up and decided to make a name for herself. The only difference is their gender and morality.
160* FatalFlaw: Anger. Shawn’s temper tends to be her worst enemy. It was her hatred at an unfair world that led to her becoming the Defacer, and while she deeply regrets what she has done in the present, that same sense of vindictive spite still persists when she feels threatened, leading to her verbally attacking those close to her and attempting to burn bridges in order to protect herself.
161* {{Foil}}: She's this to Dick. She's a former teen sidekick, but she was this to a supervillain, not a hero, and as a result she didn't get a ''great'' start on life like he did in comparison.
162* GadgeteerGenius: It's not dwelt on much, but she was able to make working rocket boots out of ''paint cans''.
163* HairTriggerTemper: When feeling stressed or in any way attacked, Shawn has an unfortunate tendency to fly off the handle, a trait that tends to put her in an even worse situation.
164* HotBlooded: She has a lot of anger in her, but she had been working to control it. However, when Dick loses his memory and nobody thinks to inform Shawn, she interprets it as him completely ghosting her for seemingly no reason, and she responds by vandalizing his statue. When she learns the situation she pretty much immediately regrets it.
165* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Ironically as Dick himself is not ''huge'', he's only 5'10" so he's pretty average, but while Shawn's exact height isn't stated, she is ''tiny'' next to Dick, being almost two heads shorter than him. Based on his height and the way they're drawn together, it'd be surprising if she's actually taller than 5'.
166* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: In her backstory, she was the sympathetic teen sidekick to a joke villain who's crimes were more-or-less supervillain-scale vandalism. Dick remembered her years later largely because he felt a great deal of guilt about sending her to prison for what was pretty much a harmless crime.
167* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When they break up, Shawn ultimately decides this.
168* IJustWantToBeNormal: Shawn considers her life of crime to be an embarrassing mistake of her teen years, and though she helps Nightwing where she can its made clear she wants to prioritize her normal life over engaging in heroics or villainy.
169* MsFanservice: She's more than ''just'' eye-candy, but she's a very attractive woman who spends more than a few appearances either in short-shorts, her underwear, or a form-fitting spandex leotard. It's balanced out by the fact Dick is almost always in a similar lack of dress in the same scenes.
170* NonConformistDyedHair: Her hair is blue and she's the sidekick of essentially a vandal.
171* PoorJudgeOfCharacter: She trusted the Pigeon to not commit art-related crimes after her release, which of course proved to be wrong.
172* PregnancyScare: She and Dick briefly believe that she might be pregnant when her period is late. Turns out to be a false alarm, but it leads to things getting ''very'' terse between them.
173* RememberTheNewGuy: The rest of the Run-Offs were all villains who had genuinely menaced Dick in his original ongoing series, and the Pigeon is (loosely) based on a one-shot villain for a snack ad. Shawn herself though was a completely original creation of Tim Seeley's, but Dick recognizes her as an accomplice of the latter he dealt with in his Robin days.
174* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Serves as this, when contrasted against Barbara and Kori.
175* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's a cute tomboy, as seen by her dress sense, but she's shown a few times wearing frilly panties, giving her a very feminine taste in underwear. She also gets a GirlinessUpgrade when she swaps her CivvieSpandex for a leotard.
176* TookALevelInBadass: Per the backstory, she was the sidekick to a joke villain called the Pigeon. After release from prison, even though she didn't intend to be, she ends up becoming the default leader of a group of other former supervillains ''and'' the action hero partner of a superhero. This gets symbolised by her creating an actual ''costume'' instead of merely wearing her civvies.
177[[/folder]]
178
179[[folder:Bea Bennett]]
180!! Bea Bennett
181!!!'''Real Name:''' Beatrice Bennett
182!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Bea, [[spoiler: Captain Blüd]]
183!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' [[spoiler: The Hold]]
184!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/BenjaminPercy · Travis Moore
185!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol) 4 #50 (December 2018)
186"Ric Grayson"'s girlfriend during the amnesia storyline, Bea is the owner of Blüdhaven's Prodigal Bar, and tries to look out for the city's lost, which definitely includes Ric. She's also [[spoiler: a PirateGirl under the name Captain Blüd, which she inherited from her adopted father. We don't learn this until much later]]
187
188* TheBusCameBack: After being written out in ''Nightwing'' #76 following the restoration of Dick's memories, she returns in #106, when Nightwing follows up on something that happened while he was Ric.
189* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: Her adopted father was the previous Captain Blüd, a name which dates back to Blüdhaven's founding.]]
190* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The ''real'' reason Dick split up with her, but ''not'' the reason he gave her, which was that it was Ric who'd dated her, not him.
191* WalkingSpoiler: It's very hard to talk about her return without mentioning the [[spoiler: Captain Blüd]] thing.
192[[/folder]]
193
194!!Batman Family
195
196[[folder:Batman]]
197!!Batman
198[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bruce_4.jpg]]
199!!!'''Real Name:''' Bruce Wayne
200!!!'''Known Aliases:''' John Smith, Matches Malone
201!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Justice League, Outsiders, Batman Incorporated
202!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/BillFinger · Bob Kane
203!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #27 (March 1939)
204
205->''"I didn't fall. I jumped. I jumped because I knew you'd catch me."''
206
207Dick's adoptive father and mentor. While they are the original Dynamic Duo and Dick is widely considered to work better with Bruce than any other Robin, by the time Dick takes on the Nightwing mantle they butt heads regularly over a large number of things, often caused by Bruce's callousness, manipulative nature or poor attempts to try to keep Dick out of harm's way...[[DependingOnTheWriter or]] Dick's need for Bruce's approval, too trusting nature or need to distance himself from Bruce. Even with all of this, Bruce's other sons consider Dick to be the favorite.
208----
209See [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]]
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Catwoman]]
213!!Catwoman
214[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selina.jpg]]
215!!!'''Real Name:''' Selina Kyle
216!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Gotham City Sirens, Birds of Prey, Justice League, Batman Incorporated
217!!!'''Created by:''' Creator/BillFinger · Bob Kane
218!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Batman'' #1 (March 1940)
219
220A love interest of Dick's adoptive father Bruce, she and Dick once made out in the middle of a firefight. Despite that, he generally doesn't see her as a love interest, at least not one for ''[[ShipperOnDeck himself]]''.
221----
222See [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Catwoman]]
223[[/folder]]
224
225[[folder:Alfred Pennyworth]]
226!!Alfred Pennyworth
227[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alfred_2.jpg]]
228!!!'''Created By:''' Bob Kane · Jerry Robinson
229!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #16 (May 1943)
230
231->''"It was as if ''color'' had come to our monochrome lives."''
232
233Bruce's butler and godfather, Alfred is a grandfather figure for Dick and voice of reason for the Batfamily as a whole. Alfred was happy when Dick first came to the manor as it made the place start feeling like it was lived in by a family again. He is distressed by Bruce and Dick's near constant butting of heads after Dick gets older.
234----
235See [[Characters/BatmanBatFamily Bat-Family]]
236[[/folder]]
237
238[[folder:Robin II/Red Hood II/Red Robin II]]
239!!Robin II/Red Hood II/Red Robin II
240[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jason_6.jpg]]
241!!!'''Real Name:''' Jason Peter Todd
242!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Teen Titans, League of Assassins, Outlaws, Batman Incorporated
243!!!'''Created By:''' Gerry Conway · Don Newton
244!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #357 (March 1983)
245
246->''"There you go again...underestimating me."''
247
248Dick's first adoptive brother. While there has always been tension between the two due to the way Bruce brought in Jason and Dick interpreting Jason to be a ReplacementGoldfish for himself, Dick did grow to care about Jason and was deeply upset at his death. After Jason's return from the grave, Dick still cares for him despite Jason going out of his way to be a thorn in his side and eventually slipping so far as to make credible and almost successful attempts on his brothers' lives.
249----
250See [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]]
251[[/folder]]
252
253[[folder:Robin III/Red Robin III]]
254!!Robin III/Red Robin III
255[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timoriginalcostume.png]]
256!!!'''Real Name:''' Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake-Wayne
257!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Teen Titans, Young Justice, Batman Incorporated
258!!!'''Created By:''' Marv Wolfman · Pat Broderick
259!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #436 (August 1989)
260
261->''"I don't want to be Robin forever, Alfred...but I don't want to leave Bruce, either. I love him, Alfred, almost like he was my father."''
262
263Tim was present at the circus on the night Dick's parents fell and witnessing their murders made an impression on his young mind. When Tim -- who had figured out Batman and Robin's identities when he was ''nine'' -- realized Batman's recklessness in the wake of Jason's death had become dangerous and that Batman needed help, he approached Dick. While Dick was suspicious of him and angry when he suggested Dick return to the role of Robin, he did realize Tim was right about Bruce's recklessness. After Tim helped them escape from a collapsed building, Tim realized that Dick needed his space and Bruce needed a Robin. Tim asked Dick for permission to become the new Robin and Dick became one of Tim's mentors.
264
265Over time Dick became a big brother to Tim in all but name, and after Tim was orphaned and had his attempts to avoid becoming a ward of the state negated, Bruce adopted him and Tim became Dick's second official little brother.
266----
267See [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]]
268[[/folder]]
269
270[[folder:Batgirl II/Blackbat/Orphan II]]
271!!Batgirl II/Blackbat/Orphan II
272[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cass.jpg]]
273!!!'''Real Name:''' Cassandra "Cass" Cain
274!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' League of Assassins, Titans East, Outsiders, Young Justice, Batman Incorporated
275!!!'''Created by:''' Kelley Puckett · Damion Scott
276!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Batman'' #567 (July 1999)
277
278->''"I don't kill."''
279
280Dick's adoptive sister and the biological daughter of the assassins Lady Shiva and David Cain. Dick is the only member of the family who doesn't have trouble communicating with her while she is still relying on body language and still learning to speak.
281----
282See Characters/{{Batgirl}}
283[[/folder]]
284
285[[folder:Robin V]]
286!!Robin V
287[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/damian.jpg]]
288!!!'''Real Name:''' Damian Wayne
289!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' League of Assassins, Teen Titans, Justice League, Batman Incorporated
290!!!'''Created By:''' Grant Morrison · Andy Kubert
291!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #655 (September 2006)
292
293->''"So far I'd say you've been my favourite partner. We were the best, Richard. No matter what anyone thinks."''
294
295The biological son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, Damian is Dick's youngest adoptive brother. After Bruce's death, Dick became a father figure for Damian and was the one to really start getting through to him about the no-killing rule and the value of life after the boy spent his formative years being raised as an assassin. Dick was the one to make Damian Robin in the wake of Bruce's death, displacing Tim from the role.
296
297While Damian would go on to work under his father, he and Dick maintain a close bond, and Damian respects Dick as a fellow hero and brother.
298----
299See [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian Wayne]]
300[[/folder]]
301
302!!Bludhaven Police Department
303
304[[folder:Officer Amy Rohrbach]]
305!!Officer Amy Marie Rohrbach
306[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amy_rohrbach_dc_comics_nightwing_bludhaven.jpg]]
307!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Greg Land
308!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #48 (October 2000)
309
310One of the [[TokenGoodCop few honest cops]] in Bludhaven and Dick's partner while he was on the force.
311----
312* ActionMom: Rohrbach is a BadassNormal cop with two little kids at home, and [[MamaBear does a determined job protecting them from armed home invaders in one issue.]]
313* FairCop: Good cop who is easy on the eyes.
314* GoodParents: She is nurturing and a MamaBear around her children Justin and Emma.
315* HappilyMarried: She has a supportive relationship with her husband Jim.
316* RankUp: She goes from detective to captain over the course of about forty issues.
317* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After Dick turns himself in for indirectly causing the death of the supervillain Blockbuster, she lies that Dick was undercover (with Rohbach having also reluctantly delayed the investigation into Dick's actions in the first place) while he was off the force to protect him from being branded as a vigilante.
318* SecretKeeper: She learns that Dick is Nightwing, and while she has him turn in his badge since he is violating his oaths, she keeps his secret.
319* SheepInSheepsClothing: Rohrbach is introduced as a competent officer who refuses a bribe, but after seeing Dick take one (to try and get undercover among dirty cops), she invites him to a shadowy meeting of other cops who talk about the corruption on the force … and how Rohrbach says he can be an ally in helping them stop it, as she saw through his act.
320--> '''Dick''': It figures. The corruption in Bludhaven happens in broad daylight. It's the clean cops who have to stay in the shadows.
321* SpringtimeForHitler: When Nightwing is falsely implicated in the death of Blockbuster (who was really killed by Tarantula), the recently promoted Captain Rohrbach hides a witness statement and assigns the case to Detective Patitz, a ShrinkingViolet recent transfer from Robbery Division who has never investigated a homicide. However, Patitz is a skilled investigator who quickly builds a case against Nightwing after all.
322[[/folder]]
323
324[[folder:Chief Phillip "Phil" Aswal Addad]]
325!!Chief Phillip "Phil" Aswal Addad
326[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phil_addad_01.jpg]]
327!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Greg Land
328!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #41 (March 2000)
329
330A Captain of homicide in the Bludhaven Police Department.
331----
332* ByTheBookCop: He is eternally frustrated with murder investigations going nowhere due to his crooked colleagues, underlings and superiors.
333* DaChief: That's his job and he's one of the few on Bludhaven's police force actually trying to do it.
334[[/folder]]
335
336[[folder:Inspector Macklin "Mac" Arnot]]
337!!Inspector Macklin "Mac" Arnot
338[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mac_arnot.jpg]]
339!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
340!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #33 (July 1999)
341
342One of Dick's fellow rookies who immediately gets an inspector job due to having recommendations "from all the wrong people".
343----
344* DirtyCop: He got through the academy already there with a juvenile record and as son in law to Gotham criminal Jimmy Navarone he made plenty of connections. Barbara and Dick note he never would have been able to become a cop someplace less corrupt than Bludhaven.
345* SuddenNameChange: Is he Mason or Macklin?
346[[/folder]]
347
348!!Other supporting characters
349
350[[folder:Bridget Clancy]]
351!!Bridget Clancy
352[[quoteright:317:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bridget_clancy_3.jpg]]
353!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
354!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #2 (November 1996)
355
356The superintendent of the Bludhaven apartment Dick moved into when he moved to the city.
357----
358* TheFaceless: At first every time Dick speaks with her she is hidden behind a door or other object, it makes Dick briefly mistake one of her friends for her when he does see her since he hadn't mentally pictured her Irish accent from someone of such noticeable Chinese decent.
359* FunetikAksent: Her strong Irish accent, as she's a recent Irish immigrant, is spelled out in her speech bubbles.
360* HospitalHottie: She's going to medical school in Gotham so she's well on her way to becoming one.
361* OverallsAndGingham: She's no farmer but her favorite outfit seems to be overalls frequently paired with a baseball cap to note her practical and tomboyish leanings.
362[[/folder]]
363
364!!Villains
365
366[[folder:Acheron the Demon]]
367!!Acheron
368[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/acheron_the_demon_001.jpg]]
369!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 3) #5 (March 2012)
370->''"Oh, skinny fool. Wish mortal life 'Adieu'. James Allen Clark, this demon comes for you!"''
371
372Acheron is a powerful demon who once fought Nightwing.
373----
374* AdaptationalVillainy: Prior to ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Acheron was a powerful member of the supernatural community who 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 the ComicBook/New52 he's an evil demon.
375* RhymesOnADime: Acheron is a rhyming demon and speaks in rhyme.
376* WeaksauceWeakness: If Acheron makes contact with the symbol that summoned him, he will immediately be transported back to Hell.
377[[/folder]]
378
379[[folder:Blockbuster II]]
380!!Blockbuster II
381[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blockbuster_42.png]]
382!!!'''Real Name:''' Roland Desmond
383!!!'''Created By:''' Gardner Fox · Carmine Infantino
384!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #345 (November 1965)
385->''"I underestimated you, hero. And I am not happy about that. You are the equal of your mentor. . . . But even you cannot save '''every''' life. You cannot right every wrong"''
386
387Roland Desmond is the younger brother of the original Blockbuster, Mark Desmond. After the serum that granted Mark super strength blunted his intelligence, Roland easily manipulated his brother into doing criminal favors for him. After Mark was forcibly recruited into the ComicBook/SuicideSquad and died fighting Brimstone, Roland took the serum himself. Like his brother, Roland found that the serum increased his strength but severely diminished his intelligence. However, a [[DealWithTheDevil bargain]] with the demon Neron enabled Roland to regain his genius intellect ''and'' keep his super strength. The newly intelligent Blockbuster established a criminal base in Gotham's sister city of Bludhaven, eventually becoming kingpin of the city's criminal underworld.
388----
389* AndYourLittleDogToo: Once he learns Nightwing's secret identity he starts killing off the people in Dick's life.
390* ArchEnemy: For Nightwing in his solo series.
391%%* AssholeVictim: When Tarantula killed him.
392* BigBad: For 93 issues of Nightwing's first solo series.
393* BreakTheBadass: After he figures out Nightwing is Dick Grayson he starts killing everyone Dick interacts with, including everyone in Dick's apartment building. This somewhat backfires on him as it leads to Dick stepping aside when Tarantula comes to kill Blockbuster. Nightwing's HeroicBSOD only gets worse after this and Tarantula [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale gets what]] [[{{Squick}} she wants]].
394* DealWithTheDevil: He makes a deal with Neron to regain his intelligence while maintaining his more dangerous enhanced body.
395%%* DespairGambit: His against Nightwing works a little too well.
396* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Blockbuster loved his. [[spoiler:And he makes Nightwing pay dearly for it when he indirectly causes her to have a fatal heart attack]].
397* EvilIsBigger: Much bigger than Nightwing.
398* LargeAndInCharge: He is quite big and leading his own gang.
399* LegacyCharacter: He took the Blockbuster identity after the death of his brother Mark Desmond.
400* NormalFishInATinyPond: Desmond is mutated into a gargantuan humanoid form of muscle and is the most dangerous man around...in Bludhaven. Bludhaven has very little costumed crime and the few costumed criminals around are at best C-list of the BadassNormal variety. Outside of Bludhaven, Desmond is a C-lister himself that barely rates as a threat to the Hero or Villain community. This point is beautifully illustrated when Superman visits Nightwing and they both threaten Desmond to keep him from evicting tenants from one of the properties he owns. [[EpicFail Desmond takes a swing at Superman who promptly stops the punch like it's being thrown by a 5-year-old while Blockbuster looks like he broke his hand]]. Supes then tells him not to start fights he can't finish. Interestingly, Desmond [[PragmaticVillainy fully acknowledges his place in the pecking order]] and is content to be the king of a small hill rather than shoot for the top of the mountain.
401* SmugSuper: In spite of his enhanced intellect Desmond is a bully who like throwing his weight around. For all of his schemes, he's nothing but a thug at heart and likes lording over others. The problem is that it tends to make him arrogant or overconfident. Once when Superman visited Nightwing and the two of them threatened Desmond, Roland lost his cool and threw a punch at Supes. Superman stopped the punch with barely any effort while Desmond damn near broke his hand. As dangerous as a man who can pick up a truck can be, he doesn't hold a candle to a guy who can bench press mountains.
402* SuperSerum: What he and his brother before him took to become Blockbuster.
403[[/folder]]
404[[folder:Boss Maroni]]
405!!Boss Maroni
406[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maroni.png]]
407%%[[caption-width-right:250:some caption text]]
408!!!'''Real Name:''' Salvatore Maroni
409!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Vincent Morelli
410!!!'''Created By:''' Bill Finger · Bob Kane
411!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942)
412->''"You want war? I'll give you war!"''
413At the height of his power, Sal Maroni was a Don in one of the Gotham Mafia's Five Families, competing for control of the city's criminal underworld with his longtime rival, Carmine "the Roman" Falcone. After losing his power and prestige in Gotham, he fled to Bludhaven to start anew.
414-----
415* AdaptationExpansion: In Golden and Silver Age stories, Maroni was just a one-shot villain whose only contribution to the mythos was the creation of Two-Face. After ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'', writers began using him in stories that explored the inner workings of the Gotham Mafia prior to the rise of Batman's classic "freak" rogues.
416* DeathByOriginStory: Earlier retellings of Two-Face's origin tended to have Maroni killed.
417* TheDon: To the Maroni Crime family.
418* TheDragon: To Blockbuster after New 52.
419* GreaterScopeVillain: In ''Batman and the Monster Men'', he provides funding for Hugo Strange's experiments.
420* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: He tries to pull this after being arrested. It doesn't work, because [[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Maggie Sawyer]] has become Bludhaven's newest police Commissioner, and she ain't having ''any'' of that.
421* NotHisSled: The post-''Flashpoint'' incarnation of Maroni had nothing to do with the creation of Two-Face. Moreover, he ''survived'' the New 52 version of the Freak/Mob war and fled to Bludhaven after losing his primacy in Gotham's underworld.
422* TheRival:
423** To Carmine Falcone before Harvey Dent became Two-Face.
424** After Blockbuster is seemingly assassinated by Heartless, Maroni competes with Zucco for control of what's left of Desmond's criminal empire.
425* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally a "vanilla" mob boss for stories set in Batman's early career along with his rival Carmine Falcone. From New 52 onward, he is primarily a problem for Nightwing.
426* TheStoolPigeon:
427** Tries this in ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', [[SubvertedTrope but it's really just a ruse for a plot to assassinate Harvey Dent]].
428** In Tom Taylor's ''Nightwing'' run he's forced into becoming one to save himself after Commissioner Sawyer arrests him.
429* TheUnfettered: Dick describes him as cruel, vindictive, and with no regard for human life.
430* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Sal gave Melinda Zucco sanctuary after she fled from her father, and later helped install her as Mayor of Bludhaven, thinking that she would be yet another politician the mob would have in their pocket. Turned out she was an informant for the FBI. Oops.
431[[/folder]]
432[[folder:Boss Zucco]]
433!!Boss Zucco
434[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tony_zucco_the_new_52_version.png]]
435%% [[caption-width-right:256:some caption text]]
436!!!'''Real Name:''' Anthony Zucco
437!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Billy Lester
438!!!'''Created By:''' Bill Finger · Bob Kane
439!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #38 (April 1940)
440->''"So that's your star attraction, huh? [[ShameIfSomethingHappened Be a shame if something happened to them]], ya know. I mean, with them bein' way up there, and the ground bein' way down here."''
441One of Dick Grayson's most hated enemies, Tony Zucco is a mobster who extorted Haly's Circus for protection money during Bruce Wayne's third year fighting crime as Batman. When the circus owner refused to pay, Zucco had Dick's parents killed. [[CreateYourOwnHero And the rest, as they say, is history...]]
442-----
443* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Pre-''Flashpoint'' he was an overweight, balding man who was so out of shape that when Batman and a young Dick Grayson cornered him, he suffered a heart attack while attempting to escape capture. From New 52 onwards he is - much like his [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE33RobinsReckoningPart2 animated counterpart]] - younger and healthier when he kills Dick's parents, and lives to see Dick become an adult.
444* BigBadWannabe: Like Carmine Falcone and Sal Maroni, Zucco is one of the old-school gangsters who dominated Gotham's criminal underworld before more freakish criminal warlords like Two-Face and Black Mask rose to prominence. But while Falcone and Maroni were [[TheDon Dons]] who controlled their own Syndicates at the height of their power, Zucco was only a racket boss, running a few protection rackets and smuggling operations for Maroni.
445* DomesticAbuse: Treated his first wife Mei Lin like crap.
446* TheDon: Finally gets a shot at being one after Heartless seemingly assassinates Blockbuster, creating an EvilPowerVacuum in Bludhaven's criminal underworld.
447* 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.
448* ItsPersonal: In Tom Taylor's run it's revealed that his real reason for killing the Graysons was because John Grayson was the actual father of his daughter Melinda.
449* MythologyGag: One of his aliases is Billy Lester. This is a nod to both his animated counterpart's alias upon returning to Gotham (Billy Marin) and Dick Grayson's TAS voice actor, Creator/LorenLester.
450* RedemptionFailure: In the ComicBook/New52 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.
451* SparedByTheAdaptation: As indicated above, prior to ''Flashpoint'' he tended to die relatively early in Batman and Robin's careers. From New 52 on, he's lived long enough to see Dick become Nightwing.
452* StarterVillain: Prior to ''Flashpoint'', he tended to not survive post-Crisis retellings of Robin's origin.
453* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Has this reaction when he learns his wife and son left him.
454[[/folder]]
455
456[[folder:The Bride and The Groom]]
457[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bride_and_groom_002.jpg]]
458!!!'''Real Names:''' Violet Parris and Thomas Larson
459!!!'''Created by:''' Marv Wolfman · Dan Jurgens · Jamal Igle
460!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #128 (March 2007)
461
462A pair of spree killers who decided to have a body count competition as their pre-wedding celebration. Dick put a stop to it but not before they had murdered many innocents, including several people Dick was familiar with.
463----
464* OutlawCouple: Bride and Groom.
465* PlayingWithFire: The Bride has pyrokinesis.
466%%* SpreeKiller
467* ThemeSerialKiller: They target engaged couples just before their weddings.
468* UnholyMatrimony: Of couple of meta-humans who tried to kill the most people before their wedding day.
469[[/folder]]
470
471[[folder:Brutale]]
472!!Brutale
473[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brutale_2.jpg]]
474!!!'''Real Name:''' Guillermo Barrera
475!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #22 (July 1998)
476->''"The little hero won't go far with a blade in his spine."''
477
478Brutale is Guillermo Barrera, a South American assassin born in Hasaragua. His specialty is throwing knives. Prior to becoming a supervillain, he was a member of his country's secret police, until a revolution forced him to flee. Barrera moved to Bludhaven where he could sell his services, and adopted a gargoyle costume. This made him an enemy to the vigilante Nightwing.
479----
480* AffablyEvil: At least in ''ComicBook/Robin2021'', he's shown to be surprisingly friendly with the other competitors of the Lazarus Tournament.
481* FormerRegimePersonnel: Brutale was a top-level interrogator/torturer for the secret police in the Latin American country of Hasaragua.
482* PsychoKnifeNut: Is an expert with all forms of knives and blades, being able to both fight superbly and inflict horrible pain on his victims. He has a variety of scalpels, throwing knives and other razor keen blades that he utilizes.
483* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was reintroduced in the post-Flashpoint continuity as an enemy of Blue Beetle.
484[[/folder]]
485
486[[folder:Burnback]]
487!!Burnback
488[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burnback.jpg]]
489!!!'''Real Name:''' Walter Stapleton
490!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 4) #59 (June 2019)
491
492Burnback is a creature made out of pure flames responsible for multiple arsons across the city of Bludhaven.
493----
494* ElementalEmbodiment: Of fire.
495* HealingFactor: Just like fire can grow on its own, Burnback can instantly regenerate from any wound.
496* LogicalWeakness: As a creature of pure fire Burnback is very susceptible to most liquids, predominately water. When water is sprayed on it Burnback is unable to manifest a physical form for a while.
497* PlayingWithFire: Being made of flame, anything that touches Burnback gets burned. Burnback can also project concentrated beams of thermal energy out of their body
498[[/folder]]
499
500[[folder:Court of Owls]]
501!!The Court of Owls
502[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/court_of_owls.jpg]]
503!!!'''Created By:''' Scott Synder · Greg Capullo
504!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 2) #2 (December 2011)
505A secret society comprised of Gotham City's oldest and most influential families, the Court of Owls have been secretly shaping Gotham's history for more than two centuries.
506----
507See ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' for more.
508[[/folder]]
509
510[[folder:Deathstroke]]
511!!Deathstroke
512[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deathstroke_dc_comics.jpg]]
513!!!'''Real Name:''' Slade Wilson
514!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' H.I.V.E, League of Assassins, Suicide Squad, Secret Society of Supervillains
515!!!'''Created By:''' Marv Wolfman · George Perez
516!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' (Vol 1) #2 (December 1980)
517->''"Viewed from a certain angle, I can come off looking like quite the bad egg. A real villain. A mass-murdering psychopathic killer, even. But that depends on who's describing me."''
518A metahuman mercenary who is often considered to be both the greatest assassin in the DC universe and '''''the''''' EvilCounterpart to Batman. Though nominally as "good" or "bad" as whoever hired him at the moment, Slade took a contract against the Teen Titans back when Dick Grayson (still in his Robin identity) was their leader. The feud continued after Dick left the Titans and became Nightwing, and Slade has consequently become one of Dick's most persistent foes.
519----
520See Characters/{{Deathstroke}}
521[[/folder]]
522
523[[folder:Deathwing]]
524!!Deathwing (I)
525[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightwing_villain_comic_deathwing.jpg]]
526!!!'''Created By:''' Marv Wolfman · Tom Grindberg · Tom Grummet · Al Vey
527!!!'''First appearance:''' ''New Titans Annual'' #7 (October 1991)
528->''"Forget it, Hellebore. Poison has a new name! It's now called Deathwing!"''
529
530Deathwing was a youth from the 90s, recruited by Time Trapper to serve as a sleeper agent against Extant. He was sent to the future of Lord Chaos with implanted memories that he was Dick Grayson/Nightwing. He supervised and helped train several teams of superpowered teens, the Team Titans, and had a relationship with Miriam Delgado aka Mirage. He eventually came back in time and briefly joined the Team Titans, before he was ambushed by a dark version of Raven. She corrupted him, and he became her helper under the name Deathwing.
531----
532* BaldOfEvil: Deathwing remained in Raven's thrall, and adopted a new look: shaved head, body paint and leather attire. During this conflict, Miriam was captured by Deathwing.
533* EvilDoppelganger: To Dick Grayson[=/=]Nightwing.
534* FakeMemories: Implanted with memories that he was Dick Grayson[=/=]Nightwing.
535* HellBentForLeather: Wears a studded leather costume.
536
537!!Deathwing (II)
538[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deathwing_2.jpg]]
539!!!'''Created By:''' Tim Seeley· Marcus To
540!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Nightwing (Vol 4)'' #14 (April, 2017)
541
542Deathwing was originally one of Professor Pyg's's dollotrons; individuals who were abducted, surgically altered and brainwashed into obedience. At some point, Dr. Simon Hurt brainwashed the Dollotron into thinking it was Nightwing.
543----
544* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Dr. Simon Hurt brainwashed the Dollotron into thinking it was Nightwing. Changing his name to Deathwing, the dollotron went on a murderous rampage, killing criminals and anyone who stood in his way. He also attempted to take out Nightwing, whom he believed to be the impostor.
545* EvilCounterpart: To Nightwing.
546* WhiteHairBlackHeart: A psychotic murderer with white hair.
547[[/folder]]
548
549[[folder:Double Dare]]
550!!Double Dare
551[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/double_dare.jpg]]
552!!!'''Real Names:''' Aliki & Margot Marceau
553!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
554!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #32 (June 1999)
555->'''Margot:''' ''"Imagine, Aliki – after all the clumsy policemen and infantile criminals of this country, we finally have a challenge."''\
556'''Aliki:''' ''"But remember, Margot..."''\
557'''Margot:''' ''"Yes, little sister?"''\
558'''Aliki:''' ''"I saw him first>"''
559
560French sisters who are circus acrobatic thieves.
561----
562* AlliterativeName: '''Mar'''got '''Mar'''ceau.
563%%* BoyishShortHair: Margot.
564* BraidsOfAction: Aliki keeps her hair in a long braid while dressed as a villain.
565* ChallengeSeeker: They are excited when they run into Nightwing as they think he may pose a challenge to them.
566* SiblingsInCrime: French sisters who are circus acrobatic thieves.
567* ThrillSeeker: Sister team Double Dare turned to crime in hopes of finding excitement and challenge.
568[[/folder]]
569
570[[folder:Electrocutioner III]]
571!!Electrocutioner III
572[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/electrocutioner_dc_comics_lester_buchinsky_batman_a.jpg]]
573!!!'''Real Name:''' Lester Buchinsky
574!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Suicide Squad, Secret Society of Supervillains
575!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Tom Lyle
576!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #644 (May 1992)
577
578A member of Blockbuster's gang who had formerly attempted to work as a hero but his ideology and brutality had brought him into conflict with Robin and Batman.
579----
580-> See Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1
581[[/folder]]
582
583[[folder:Feedback]]
584!!Feedback
585[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fedback.jpg]]
586!!!'''Real Name:''' Zane
587!!!'''Created By:''' Kyle Higgins · Eddy Barrows · Eduardo Pansica
588!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 3) #3 (January 2012)
589
590Zane was a member of Haly's Circus and childhood friend of Dick Grayson and Raya Vestri.
591----
592* AgonyBeam: Can send radio frequencies into the brain to excite emotions in the target causing them to feel horrible amounts of pain and suffering.
593* EmotionControl: Feedback's telepathic implant allows him to excite emotions in his targets.
594* MindProbe: Due to an implant which granted him telepathic powers, Feedback can send radio frequencies into the brain to excite emotions in the target causing them to feel horrible amounts of pain and suffering.
595* ProfessionalKiller: Is a contract assassin.
596[[/folder]]
597
598[[folder:Fireball]]
599!!Fireball
600[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fireball_nightwing.jpg]]
601!!!'''Created By:''' Bruce Jones · Robert Teranishi
602!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #123 (October 2006)
603
604A fire controlling mercenary, hired by Pierce brothers to kill Cheyenne Freemont.
605----
606* OneSteveLimit: Shares his codename with a WWII Soviet superhero.
607* PlayingWithFire: Has the ability to control fire.
608* ProfessionalKiller: Was hired to assassinate Cheyenne Freemont.
609[[/folder]]
610
611[[folder:Firefly]]
612!!Firefly
613[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batmanfirefly_2547.jpg]]
614!!!'''Real Name:''' Garfield Lynns
615!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Secret Society of Supervillains
616!!!'''Created By:''' Ed Herron · Dick Sprang
617!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #184 (June 1952)
618->''"I can give you fire and all the terror that comes with it."''
619Garfield Lynns was a pyrotechnic engineer who turned to crime after losing his job to economic downturn. Taking the name Firefly and building an insectoid themed suit of armor to protect himself from bullets and his own flames, Lynns went into business as a contract saboteur, destroying establishments that refused to [[ProtectionRacket pay protection money to the Mafia]]. After a psychotic break that resulted in a long stint in Arkham Asylum, Firefly became a genuine pyromaniac, torching landmarks for pleasure during those periods of downtime when the mob doesn't have any work for him. Firefly earned Nightwing's emnity when Blockbuster hired him to burn down Haly's Circus.
620----
621See Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 for more.
622[[/folder]]
623
624[[folder:Giz]]
625!!Giz
626[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giz.jpg]]
627!!!'''Real Name:''' Brendan Li
628!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Jim Balent
629!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' (Vol 2) #28 (January 1996)
630
631A computer wiz who was a part of Blockbuster's gang.
632
633In ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' he maintains his tech savvy, pet squirrel and relationship with Mouse but has a background of being captured when trying to help his love free her mentor ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} from prison. He has joined a support group of villains called the Run-Offs trying to lead less criminally inclined lives and finally acquired a civilian name.
634----
635* TheCracker: He and Mouse were initially hired by Blockbuster to [[DuelingHackers track down]] [[OmniscientDatabase Oracle's]] [[HackerCave location]]. They succeeded.
636* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: His omnipresent goggles contain a HeadsUpDisplay connected to the computer he carries in his backpack.
637* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He and "Mouse" were told that Grayson's apartment building was empty when they were sent to blow it up. It wasn't.
638* OfficialCouple: With "Mouse".
639* ParrotPetPosition: His pet squirrel can usually be located riding on one of his shoulders.
640[[/folder]]
641
642[[folder:Goode Ole Bernie]]
643!!Goode Ole Bernie
644[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goode_ole_bernie_01.jpg]]
645!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 1) #1 (September 1995)
646
647Goode Ole Bernie was an American assassin hired by Prince Balsik of Kravia to murder Dick Grayson, who had discovered that the brutal dictator might have been responsible for the deaths of his parents, who had been killed four days after Haly's Circus had performed in Kravia. Bernie confronted and fought Dick in Gotham City, but was ultimately beaten by him.
648----
649* TouchOfDeath: Goode Ole Bernie picked up in Asia a "little trick" called the "Death Touch", which he demonstrated on Prince Balsik's secretary Budolph.
650[[/folder]]
651
652[[folder:Heartless]]
653!!Heartless
654[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dccomicsheartless.png]]
655%%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
656!!!'''Real Name:''' Shelton Lyle
657!!!'''Created By:''' Tom Taylor · Bruno Redonto
658!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 4) #79 (June 2021)
659->''"I want this city to feel hope. Then I want to take that all away. I want to tear out its heart and watch its people writhe. I want to see an entire city grieve for what was lost."''
660A masked killer who preys upon Bludhaven's homeless population. He has earned his name by his calling card of ripping out the hearts of his opponents. He has a long standing grudge against Nightwing, claiming that Dick made him what he is.
661----
662* 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. ''[[ComicBook/NightwingInfiniteFrontier Nightwing Annual: 2022]]'' reveals that he's a cyborg.
663* AscendedFanboy: Of Boss Zucco, for his role in the murder of the Flying Graysons. He even frees Zucco from prison.
664* BadassLongcoat: Tends to wear one, and he has superhuman strength.
665* BeatStillMyHeart: He rips out the hearts of his opponents and collects them in jars.
666* BillyNeedsAnOrgan: Subverted. Heartless doesn't actually ''need'' to keep stealing people's hearts to survive, but he keeps doing it anyway [[ForTheEvulz just because he enjoys killing people.]]
667* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:It turns out that Heartless is actually Shelton Lyle, the JerkJock at Gotham High whom a young Dick Grayson stood up to at the very beginning of his Infinite Frontier series.]]
668* 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.]]]]
669* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Shelton is CEO of Shel Pharmaceuticals, which is notorious for its dishonest business practices, especially in developing nations where they are under less legal scrutiny.
670-->'''Nightwing:''' You're holding a country for ransom. You've developed a vaccine for what's spreading in Vlatava, and you've made it too expensive for the people who need it most.\
671'''Shelton:''' Many neighboring nations have agreed to our terms. Getting the best price for our product isn't illegal.\
672'''Nightwing:''' No. It's just immoral.\
673'''Shelton:''' You should feel free to discuss the finer points of that with my lawyers.
674* EnfanteTerrible: [[spoiler:From a young age he always showed sociopathic tendencies, killing and maiming animals or burning stuff, and his butler nurtured those tendencies.]]
675* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His butler, Gerald, has taken care of Shelton ever since he was a child, and Shelton tearfully admits that he considers Gerald a father to him in all but name. In an interesting twist on this trope, however, their familial bond actually helped make Heartless ''more'' evil, since Gerald is just as much of a sociopath as his ward.
676* EvilCounterpart: It is no coincidence that Heartless is an orphan, largely raised by the butler, [[spoiler: whose defining moment was the death of the Flying Graysons]].
677** Shelton's biological father Charles could be one for Thomas Wayne. While Thomas was a kind-hearted doctor who was genuinely motivated to help people, Charles was a ruthless insurance executive who made his money denying people the payments they were entitled to.
678** "Gerald Chamberlain" is one for Alfred Pennyworth. Both men came to the United States escaping a DarkAndTroubledPast in England. Alfred was a field medic for the military who was hired by Thomas Wayne partially because of surgical skills. He became a surrogate father for Bruce and a surrogate grandfather for the Robins. "Gerald" was a criminal who [[KillAndReplace murdered the real Gerald Chamberlain and stole his identity]]. He intended to murder the entire Lyle family, but saw a kindred spirit in young Shelton and became TheCorruptor instead.
679* OrganTheft: Heartless' modus operandi - stealing peoples' hearts to fuel himself, or to place them in his own private collection.
680* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Killed an assassin that Blockbuster sent after Nightwing, because Heartless believes that Dick is his kill.
681* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Just like Hush, Lyle decided to kill his own parents to inherit their fortune by sabotaging their helicopter. He would almost die himself on that crash had it not been for his butler.]]
682* 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.'']]
683* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:From a young age he showed very clear signs of sociopathy, and after watching the deaths of the Flying Graysons, he considered that event the most ''amazing'' thing he had seen. He would later be able to feign being normal, using his looks to charm and manipulate others until the accident that maimed him and he decided to become Heartless.]]
684* TheStarscream: To Blockbuster.
685-->'''Heartless:''' If you won't sell me your city, I'll just have to '''''take''''' it. That's the only thing that would hurt you, isn't it? The only thing you '''''don't''''' want to lose.
686* UnskilledButStrong: Heartless has no real hand to hand combat training, relying on his enhanced strength and speed to win fights.
687[[/folder]]
688
689[[folder:Hella]]
690!!Hella
691[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hella_dc_comics_nightwing.jpg]]
692!!!'''Real Name:''' Katherine Lynn Riordan
693!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Manuel Gutierrez
694!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing 80-Page Giant'' #1 (December 2000)
695->''"You betrayed my family! You betrayed your badge!"''
696
697Formerly of the Bludhaven police department along with a large number of others in her family. After she started to become an icon of clean good police work in Bludhaven the mayor became nervous about the potential such an individual backed by family might have and arranged for all 20 members of the Riordan family in the police force to come to a ceremony for recognition in order to kill them with an explosion. Katherine was the only survivor and became Hella to avenge her family’s murder.
698----
699* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: '''Averted'''. She lost some memories due to injuries caused by the explosion and she changes from one of the few good cops in Bludhaven to a vengeful murderer.
700* BadassBiker: She often fights astride a sports bike, using it to charge in and shoot her SPAS one-handed once at ideal range.
701%%* CollaredByFashion: As Hella.
702* GunsAkimbo: She wields a gun in each hand.
703* HellBentForLeather: Her Hella costume consists of thigh-high leather boots over a leather looking catsuit with a leather corset top.
704* OfCorsetsSexy: As Hella she wears a SpyCatsuit with a top half that appears to be a leather corset over a red shirt.
705* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her Hella costume is red and black.
706%%* {{Revenge}}: Obviously her motivation as Hella.
707* SupervillainPackingHeat: Her main weapon is a SPAS-12 shotgun, but she also carries a pair of H&K [=MP5Ks=] if she needs more staying power or range.
708[[/folder]]
709
710[[folder:The Judge]]
711!!The Judge
712[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/judge.jpg]]
713!!!'''Real Name:''' Jacob [=DeWitt=]
714!!!'''Created By:''' Sam Humphries · Bernard Chang
715!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 4) #35 (February 2018)
716->''"Not a man, woman, or child on God's green Earth can hide their hearts from me. And I never met one who could resist when I strike them a deal."''
717
718Jacob [=DeWitt=] was one of the first judges of Blüdhaven. After having sentenced the wrong person, he was tied up and thrown into the sea to drown. But for reasons still unknown, the sea made him blind but with the ability to see corruption in the hearts of the people around them.
719----
720* TheAgeless: Does not age.
721* 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.
722* BlindSeer: Is blind, but can see the corruption in the hearts of others.
723* DealWithTheDevil: Accepting his golden poker chips will bring you under his command, where he will most certainly make you commit a terrible crime you’ll regret.
724* EyeScream: He stitched his owns eyes shut (not that it hindered his supernatural sight by any degree. Still, yowtch.)
725* FauxAffablyEvil: Is a pretty chill guy to talk to at first. ''RUN.''
726* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Seeing the corruption permeating the world drove him to murderous nihilism in a twisted sense of balancing the books.
727* IconicItem: The golden poker chips he carries around that can bind guilty souls to his will.
728* StrawNihilist: To the Judge, sin not only is endemic to humanity, but even in the things they build and create. Therefore, the only moral action to take is to destroy everything in sight until he is rendered ‘truly’ blind.
729* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Makes a business of exploiting this.
730[[/folder]]
731
732[[folder:Lady Vic]]
733!!Lady Vic
734[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lady_vic_7.jpg]]
735!!!'''Real Name:''' Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton
736!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Secret Society of Supervillains, League of Shadows
737!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
738!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #4 (January 1997)
739->''"I'm right here, you bumbling neanderthal. And if you turn fast enough, I'll be the last thing you see in this life."''
740
741An amoral English noblewoman who has managed to prevent the foreclosure and loss of her family's ancestral lands by working as a determined and proficient assassin.
742----
743* AristocratsAreEvil: She is an English noblewoman and a mercenary/assassin willing to murder innocent families who are tangentially related to her employers if said employer dies before paying her.
744* CarryABigStick: One of her weapons is a Zulu knobkerry: a large mace with a haft made of slightly flexible wood to accumulate velocity and release it on impact.
745* ChainPain: An unusual approach she employed against Arsenal was to have a length of chain attached to the pommel of one her kukris. This weapon was thrown at Arsenal to have the chain wrap around his neck, allowing Lady Vic to close in and take him down.
746* CoolMask: She wears a white domino mask with large lenses.
747* {{Determinator}}: Vic's tenacity borders on insanity, as best demonstrated when she chose to leap out of an airplane after her target, without a parachute.
748* EvilBrit: British murderer and assassin for hire.
749* HighClassGloves: Lady Vic wears long red gloves.
750* ImpoverishedPatrician: Her family, while part of the aristocracy, are on the verge of bankruptcy, hence her assassin work to keep her estate.
751* KatanasAreJustBetter: While it is not the only blade she carries she does have and use one.
752* KukrisAreKool: Lady Vic usually wields them paired and can somehow throw them effectively.
753* LadyOfWar: Lady Vic is a villainous version of this trope. Lady Elaine Marsh-Morton is descended from a long line of British soldiers and mercenaries, and a genuine English aristocrat. The money she earns from her secret career as an assassin, bounty hunter, and mercenary helps prevent foreclosure on her impoverished family estate. She uses the vast collection of weaponry from the world accumulated by her ancestors as her personal arsenal.
754* TheMusketeer: She carries and is proficient with daggers, some swords and her favored revolver.
755* RevolversAreJustBetter: Her Webley Service Revolver.
756* SawnOffShotgun: Sometimes carries a old side-by-side, large-bore shotgun with no choke and shortened barrels. The buckshot spread is absurd, even broader than a video game shotgun.
757* SheFu: Marsh-Morton occasionally employs a very acrobatic fighting style, particularly to deliver long-ranged kicks to gain some space and compensate for her low body mass.
758* SuaveSabre: Carries a cavalry sabre with a Damascus-style blade, usually used singly due to the front-heavy balance.
759[[/folder]]
760
761[[folder:Leather]]
762!!Leather
763[[quoteright:166:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leather_1.jpg]]
764!!!'''Real Name:''' Mary Tanner
765!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #62 (December 2001)
766
767Mary Tanner's mother often used illegal, highly experimental drugs to get high, and Mary was born with metahuman powers that gave her leather-like skin and claws. At the age of sixteen, she had become the leader of a human trafficking group, smuggling illegal immigrants back and forth between Mexico and the United States.
768----
769* EvilRedhead: Is a conscienceless psychopath and a redhead.
770* MeaningfulName: Her surname is Tanner and her codename is Leather.
771* SuperStrength: Has displayed greater than human strength.
772* SuperToughness: Has leathery skin that acts like leather armour.
773* WolverineClaws: Her fingernails are long, catlike claws.
774[[/folder]]
775
776[[folder:Marionette]]
777!!Marionette
778[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marionette.jpg]]
779!!!'''Real Name:''' Mali
780!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 3) #19 (June 2013)
781
782The young Mali was once one of Mad Hatter's favorite obsessions. Kidnapped into doing his mind controlled bidding as his 'Alice', she was shot by the Hatter. Cursed with a condition called "personality slipping", Mali relies on a rare drug called Kanium to balance her mind. She does whatever she needs to to get a constant supply of it.
783----
784* OneSteveLimit: Has no connection to Erika Manson a.k.a. Marionette from ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''.
785* PowerCopying: Can mimic the personality and abilities of anyone she encounters.
786* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: A side effect of her mimicry is that Mali experiences confusion and symptoms of Multiple Personality Disorder, having conversations with herself in the style of Gollum.
787[[/folder]]
788
789[[folder:Meathead]]
790!!Meathead
791[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meathead.jpg]]
792!!!'''Real Name:''' Buckley Mellon
793!!!'''Created By:''' Chuck Dixon · Staz Johnson
794!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #62 (December 2001)
795->''"I'm gonna pull the tendons outta pretty boy, here. One by lovin' one!"''
796
797Buckley Mellon's criminal career goes back to his early days in the Willeford Park area of Blüdhaven. While on a work release from Lockhaven Prison, Buckley worked for the Tastylinks Sausage Company. It was there he ingested an experimental cocktail of genetic material and hormones intended for meat-producing livestock. This resulted in an horrifying transformation that altered Mellon in an amazing (and amazingly repulsive) way. His body now appears to be composed of ground meat.
798----
799* BadPowersBadPeople: It's hard to imagine a superhero whose entire physiology is made of living tissues with the same general properties as ground pork.
800* BigEater: Mellon was always this. This is what led to him consuming the bizarre cocktail that transformed him into Meathead.
801* FatBastard: Grossly overweight even before he gained his powers, Meathead is a big, dumb, confident, relentless scary thug.
802* FeelNoPain: His HealingFactor allows him to repair any damage without discomfort or incapacitation. For instance a huge, gaping hole in his chest from a shotgun blast doesn't feel painful to him or slow him down.
803* FliesEqualsEvil: Meathead smells, and there are flies around him and sometimes he even has maggots.
804* HealingFactor: His metabolism allows him to repair any damage [[FeelNoPain without discomfort or incapacitation]]. For instance a huge, gaping hole in his chest from a shotgun blast doesn't feel painful to him or slow him down.
805* JackUpWithPhlebotinum: Ingested an experimental cocktail of genetic material and hormones intended for meat-producing livestock. This resulted in an horrifying transformation into Meathead.
806* NighInvulnerability: He is virtually indestructible, as each part of his body functions independently from the rest.
807* NoNeckChump: Mellon was grossly overweight and had no visible neck even before he gained superpowers. Now his body has the consistency of ground meat and is unchanging, he will never have a neck.
808* PullingThemselvesTogether: Each part of his body functions independently from the rest.
809* SuperStrength: Has greater than human strength.
810* VillainousGlutton: Mellon was a BigEater. This is what led to him consuming the bizarre cocktail that transformed him into Meathead.
811[[/folder]]
812
813[[folder:Mister Minos]]
814!!Mister Minos
815[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_minos.png]]
816!!!'''Real Name:''' Hyperion 1.0
817!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Checkmate
818!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Grayson'' (Vol 1) #1 (September 2014)
819->''"Mr. Minos. The man with the labyrinth face. It's so delightfully tacky. Very '60s Fleming. It's so fun to play spy."''
820
821Mister Minos is actually three different androids masquerading as the same person. He was a mole created by Checkmate to infiltrate Spyral and eventually rose to becoming it's leader.
822----
823* TheBlank: Has no visible facial features.
824* CollectiveIdentity: Mister Minos is actually three different androids masquerading as the same person.
825* MoleInCharge: He was a mole created by Checkmate to infiltrate Spyral and eventually rose to becoming its leader.
826[[/folder]]
827
828[[folder:Mouse]]
829!!Mouse
830[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mouse_12.jpg]]
831!!!'''Real Name:''' Pamela Sweigeld
832!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Mike Parobeck
833!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'' (Vol 4) #18 (July 1995)
834
835A mouse themed thief who was part of Blockbuster's gang and has had run ins with ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}.
836
837As of ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' she is still a crook in a relationship with fellow criminal Giz but this time around is stated to have been trained by Catwoman herself and has joined a support group of villains called the Run-Offs trying to lead less criminally inclined lives who ask Nightwing for help when one of their own is accused of a murder he professes to have no knowledge of.
838----
839* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The Mouse.
840* TheCracker: She and Giz were initially hired by Blockbuster to [[DuelingHackers track down]] [[OmniscientDatabase Oracle's]] [[HackerCave location]]. They succeeded.
841* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She and "Giz" were told that Grayson's apartment building was empty when they were sent to blow it up. It wasn't.
842* OfficialCouple: With "Giz".
843* OutlawCouple: With "Giz".
844* RaceLift: Post-''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', Mouse became African-American rather than Caucasian.
845* SpyCatsuit: She wears a grey one with a mouse themed mask, her ComicBook/DCRebirth one is in green with armor worn over it.
846[[/folder]]
847
848[[folder:Nite-Wing]]
849!!Nite-Wing
850[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nite_wing.jpg]]
851!!!'''Real Name:''' Thaddeus "Tad" Ryerstad
852!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #8 (May 1997)
853->''"Stop right there, evil-doers! You will now face justice at the hands of...Nite-Wing!"''
854
855Tad Ryerstad was a self-proclaimed vigilante of Bludhaven. He'd prowl the streets every day and deal 'justice' to those who do wrong. In reality, Tad is a thug who never listens to reason and merely beats often innocent people. He spent his spare time reading comics that "The Tarantula" had sold to him, thus causing him to take upon the title of "Nite-Wing".
856----
857* BatterUp: Used a baseball bat as one of his primary weapons.
858* DoesntLikeGuns: Tad does not use guns, because his favourite comic book heroes don't.
859* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Subverted by Nite-Wing. There are few idiots bigger than him in comic books but he's still a monster.
860* LineOfSightName: Nite-Wing took his name from a restaurant's neon sign advertising that they had "all nite chicken wings".
861* ShadowArchetype: He is what Dick might be if he had no planning, judgement or restraint.
862* VigilanteMan: Self-proclaimed vigilante who brutalizes his targets.
863[[/folder]]
864
865[[folder:Orca]]
866!!Orca
867[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orcanightwing12.jpg]]
868!!!'''Real Name:''' Grace Balin
869!!!'''Created by:''' Larry Hama · Scott [=McDaniel=]
870!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Batman'' #579 (July 2000)
871
872A Marine biologist whose experimental attempts to repair a spinal cord injury left her as a human-orca hybrid. She has a generous nature at heart and was very charitable prior to her accidental transformation, she still shows signs of wanting to improve things for the underprivileged but is now quick to murder and steal to gain funds.
873
874In ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' she joined the recovering villain support group called the Run-Offs but left them feeling that she didn't fit and joined the gang the Whale's Enders returning to a criminal life.
875----
876* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Initially could change between her limbed Orca and human forms before taking more of the serum which transformed her in the first place when dying of gunshot wounds.
877* SharkMan: Orca lady.
878[[/folder]]
879
880[[folder:Paragon]]
881!!Paragon
882[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paragon_9.jpg]]
883!!!'''Created By:''' Kyle Higgins · Andres Guinaldo
884!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 3) #2 (December 2011)
885->''"Perfection isn't easy. It's not simple. But it's not impossible."''
886
887Tired of the way the masked vigilantes have become rampant in Gotham, a man known only as Paragon created his own vigilante persona to combat the "heroes" existence.
888----
889* BadBoss: Murders his underlings without a second thought when they change their minds.
890* EnhancedArchaicWeapon: Uses an electric whip as a weapon.
891* FrameUp: Murdered his henchmen with an escrima stick in order to frame Nightwing for their deaths.
892* HeroKiller: A murderous vigilante targeting other vigilantes.
893* LightningLash: Uses an electric whip as a weapon.
894* VigilanteMan: A murderous vigilante targeting other vigilantes.
895[[/folder]]
896
897[[folder:Pigeon]]
898!!Pigeon
899[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pigeon_1.jpg]]
900!!!'''Real Name:''' Beatrice "Bea" Butler
901!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AllStarComics'' (Vol 1) #67 (August 1977) (as Pigeon Person)
902->''"And like all monuments to the cruel past, The Pigeon will someday remove you."''
903
904Beatrice "Bea" Butler, known as Pigeon, was the mentor to Defacer and a known "art terrorist".
905----
906* AlliterativeName: '''B'''ea '''B'''utler.
907* AmbiguouslyHuman: When she first appeared, readers had no reason to suspect her of being anything other than a Z-List Batman foe with a humorous gimmick. Come the Suicide Squad crossover, and “Beatrice Butler” (assuming that is her true name) claims to be the living embodiment of entropy dedicated to defiling all of mankind’s works.
908* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The pigeon.
909* {{Flight}}: Created a pair of mechanical wings that allowed her to fly.
910* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Becomes a monstrous harpy that's capable of absorbing and killing gods.
911* KillTheGod: She becomes capable of absorbing the essence of the animal avatars, killing Princess Tiger and nearly killing King Shark in the process.
912* TookALevelInBadass: She was introduced as an updated version of a Silver Age character that was hardly a threat, when she returns in ''Suicide Squad: King Shark'', she's turned into a monstrous harpy capable of slaying gods.
913* WingedHumanoid: Created a pair of mechanical wings that allowed her to fly.
914[[/folder]]
915
916[[folder:Prince Balsik]]
917!!Prince Balsik
918[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prince_balsik.jpg]]
919!!!'''Real Name:''' Kemper Von Cart
920!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 1) #1 (Septermber 1995)
921->''"He's a loose end we should have tied off fifteen years ago. But it is never too late, eh?"''
922
923Kemper 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 enmity when he saves dissidents from a genocidal purge.
924----
925* BigBad: Of Nightwing's first solo miniseries.
926* TheEvilPrince: A tyrannical despot, albeit one who seized the title of prince rather tan being born to it.
927* FullCircleRevolution: Kemper killed Kravik and quickly proved to be a far worse leader.
928* GoodScarsEvilScars: A tyrannical despot with a horribly scarred face.
929* SurgicalImpersonation: Surgically altered to resemble Kravia's despotic leader Prince Kravik.
930[[/folder]]
931
932[[folder:Raptor]]
933!!Raptor
934[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raptor_nightwing.jpg]]
935!!!'''Real Name:''' Richard (last name unknown)
936!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #125 (December 2006)
937->''"There's still hope for the Raptor-Nightwing team. You can still be the guy I know is beneath all of those added layers. You just need more mentoring. A little tough love. You have to suffer more, Dick. You need someone to take everything away from you."''
938
939A Romani thief and friend of Mary Grayson's, Raptor was exiled from his home once it was found he had leprosy. He befriended Mary Grayson and worked in Haley's Circus for a time as its clown, and has been watching Dick Grayson since he was a boy. Once Dick returns to his Nightwing role, Raptor takes a more hands-on approach in mentoring. He believes that Bruce Wayne corrupted Dick, and that he and he alone can make Dick into the hero his mother would've been proud of, and make him embrace his heritage.
940
941Raptor utilizes Suyolak, a gauntlet which gives him whatever he needs to solve a situation. He targets the rich, and fancies himself a modern Robin Hood.
942----
943* ArchEnemy: To Nightwing in ''Rebirth'', eclipsing the recently-revived Blockbuster, who went under a bout of AdaptationalHeroism and was nominally allied with Dick during the run. He is the main antagonist of the first and fifth arc from Seeley's run.
944* ArtifactOfPower: His gauntlet Suyolak is his best tool. It will literally give him whatever he needs to win.
945* BadassNormal: Much like Dick himself, he is a martial artist with no superhuman abilities, but can hold his own against mutated humans and bioweapons.
946* TheCasanova: Is shown to be quite the charmer.
947* ClothesMakeTheSuperman:
948** His gauntlet Suyolak is his best tool. It will literally give him whatever he needs to win.
949** He also very briefly wore Deathstroke's Ikon Suit, which creates a type of force field powerful enough to shrug off a punch from Superman and is powered by kinetic energy. However, because he lacks Deathstroke's enhancements, he can't power the suit as well, and he's forced to abandon it once it becomes irradiated.
950* CoolPlane: Buteo, a sort of hover-copter.
951* TheCorrupter: Tried to be this to Dick, but it didn't take, since Dick is arguably more IncorruptiblePurePureness than even Bruce.
952* DragonWithAnAgenda: After being captured by the Parliament of the Owls, the organization decides to mold him into their top enforcer. Though Raptor pledges loyalty to them and seems to execute his services flawlessly, he was actually planning to destroy the Owls from the start.
953* EvilCounterpart: To Dick and Bruce. Like Dick, he's a playful acrobat, charming and likes improvising his plans. Like Bruce, he mentors Dick, works in the shadows and uses fear as his weapon, and utilizes very long-term plans. He even compares himself to Batman. Oh, he also hates rich people and is willing to kill.
954* EvilMentor: Played this role to Dick at first. He tried to make Dick come into his own, outside of Batman, but did so by having Dick make more and more morally questionable decisions.
955* FeelNoPain: Having contracted Leprosy as a kid, Raptor's body was ravaged by the full effects of the disease, making his skin harden with callouses and his nerve endings go numb that, later in life, allowed him to fight without feeling any pain.
956* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has leprosy, and has scarred hands to prove it. The artists tend to highlight his deformities whenever he performs villainous actions, as exemplified by a close-up on his hands when he tries to steal from Bruce Wayne.
957* JustLikeRobinHood: He and Mary were this in their younger days, and he still partakes in these types of activities sometimes.
958* OlderThanTheyLook: He's drawn like a man in his thirties, but he has to be at least in his mid-forties as contemporary of Dick's mother.
959* 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]].
960* SecretSecretKeeper: He's known that Bruce Wayne is Batman and Dick is Robin/Nightwing/Batman for a long time (and later discovered that Barbara Gordon is Batgirl), but he hasn't told anyone. He's not averse to threatening to, however, once they find out he ''does'' know. Eventually, Spyral removes the knowledge from his mind.
961* StalkerWithACrush: He keeps following Dick's mother, Mary Grayson, even after her husband expresses discomfort about his recurring presence.
962* TragicVillain: This is how Dick sees him. Despite Nightwing knowing he has to defeat Raptor to save his mentor Bruce, he still feels sorry for the man since he knows Raptor deeply loved his mother and was truly in a lot of pain over not being able to protect or save her.
963* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Raptor's gold eyes are highlighted in flashbacks, glowing in the darkness as he witnesses crucial events from the shadows.
964[[/folder]]
965
966[[folder:Saiko]]
967!!Saiko
968[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saiko.jpg]]
969!!!'''Real Name:''' Raymond [=McCreary=]
970!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 3) #1 (November 2011)
971->''"They came from the Shadows and took me, Dick...They kidnapped me...Tortured me...They ruined me. They turned me into this. And it's your... and this godforsaken place's fault."''
972
973A childhood friend of Dick's from Haley's Circus, Raymond was taken by the Court of Owls to become a Talon. While their first choice was Dick himself, his adoption by Bruce Wayne forced them to go for their second choice. Raymond washed out of the program, being left for dead, which was also when his eyes were pecked out. He arrives in Gotham just as the Court of Owls started their war with Batman, and is intent on killing Dick Grayson.
974----
975* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Court of Owls tortured him to his breaking point, then trained him as an assassin for the Court.
976* BlowGun: Uses a blowgun and poison darts as one of her weapons.
977* DeathFakedForYou: His death was faked by the Court of Owls so they could bring him in and train him as a new Talon.
978* EvilFormerFriend: Was a friend of Dicks when they were both children in the circus.
979* EyeScream: Rejected and left in the woods to die, birds attacked the skin around his eyes, giving him his distinctive scars.
980* MisplacedRetribution: Claims that Dick Grayson is the worst killer ever and tries to kill him, along with everyone else in the circus at the time. Except: 1. Dick couldn't have possibly known about the Court of Owls (Batman himself didn't know about their mere ''existence'', let alone their methods) 2. Dick was in mourning and had found a kindred spirit who could help him achieve his goals (good old vigilante justice) 3. ''Dick didn't kill him'' 4. The audience ''has nothing to do with this''. If anything, he should be going after the Court, given his knowledge.
981* PocketRocketLauncher: Has several hand rockets that are powerful enough to destroy and set fire to upon a small car.
982* UngratefulBastard: When Dick saves him from falling to his death. He would rather die than be saved by ''him''.
983* WolverineClaws: Equipped with 2 long, sharp claws on each hand.
984[[/folder]]
985
986[[folder:Shox]]
987!!Shox
988[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shox.jpg]]
989!!!'''Created By:''' Kyle Higgins
990!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 3) #6 (April 2012)
991
992Shox is the right-hand man of Terrence Clark, a booking agent for contract killers in the Southwest.
993----
994* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: All of his powers stem from his robotic suit.
995* XtremeKoolLetterz: Sho''x''.
996[[/folder]]
997
998[[folder:Shrike II]]
999!!Shrike II
1000[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrike_ii.jpg]]
1001!!!'''Real Name:''' Boone
1002!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
1003!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (October 1999)
1004->''"Is that the best you can do?"''
1005
1006A member of Blockbuster's gang and former friend to Dick Grayson.
1007----
1008* BaldOfEvil: Underneath the mask he's bald.
1009* EvilCounterpart: Exemplified by even his weapon of choice being a dark reflection of Nightwing's escrima sticks sticks and Dick Grayson's service [[LawmanBaton baton]].
1010* EvilFormerFriend: A friend to Dick prior to traveling the world and receiving training from multiple former league of Assassin operatives as well as a Hong Kong criminal who goes by "the Master".
1011* HooksAndCrooks: His customized tonfa have retractable hooks in them.
1012* LegacyCharacter: The second Shrike, the first trained him.
1013* MisplacedRetribution: Is looking for revenge against Dick for the first Shrike's death despite the fact that Boone very well knows he was killed by Two-Face. Dick did mess up their operation though.
1014* MixAndMatchWeapon: Reinforced tonfa with retractable bladed hooks.
1015* OneSteveLimit: Shares his criminal alias with a member of the Cadre.
1016* StockNinjaWeaponry: Tonfa and shuriken.
1017[[/folder]]
1018
1019[[folder:Sparkplug]]
1020!!Sparkplug
1021[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sparkplug_dc.jpg]]
1022!!!'''Created By:''' Bruce Jones · Robert Teranishi
1023!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #124 (November 2006)
1024
1025A teenager who can manipulate electricity and who is Fireball's apprentice.
1026----
1027* ShockAndAwe: Can control electricity.
1028[[/folder]]
1029
1030[[folder:Spinebender]]
1031!!Spinebender
1032[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spinebender_001.jpg]]
1033!!!'''Created By:''' Kyle Higgins · Trevor [=McCarthy=]
1034!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 3) #4 (February 2012)
1035->''"You're getting in the way again, little girl...and I hate patterns."''
1036
1037A shape shifting thief that battled both Batgirl and Nightwing in Miami.
1038----
1039* RubberMan: Can expand and extend his body, often elongating his torso or arms.
1040* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Spinebender has the ability to shape-shift. He can morph into a regular civilian and a perfect replica of Nightwing. He can also turn his hands into blunt and/or spiked weapons.
1041[[/folder]]
1042
1043[[folder:Stallion]]
1044!!Stallion
1045[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stallion.jpg]]
1046!!!'''Real Name:''' Randy Hanrahan
1047!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Scott [=McDaniel=]
1048!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #14 (November 1997)
1049->''"I been waitin' to whup butt on this Nightwing guy. I only wish that Batman feller was laid up with him."''
1050
1051A former pro-football player who never played a game after suffering injuries to both knees in a pre-season scrimmage. Hanrahan moved to Gotham and became a bouncer at Penguin's Iceberg Lounge and after he ended up being promoted to far less legal jobs under Penguin discovering his penchant for killing and became a free agent Blockbuster recruited him to his gang to kill Nightwing alongside fellow contract killers Lady Vic and Brutale who are not team players.
1052
1053In ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' he maintains his cowboy theme but not his background of working for Penguin. He has joined a villain support group called the Run-Offs trying to lead a less criminally inclined life after being released from prison.
1054----
1055* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Horse themed supervillain.
1056* {{Bouncer}}: Worked as a bouncer for Penguin before Penguin helped him discover the money he could make as a contract killer.
1057* CareerEndingInjury: He had a promising career lined up before knee injuries took him off the pro field before his first game.
1058* GoodOlBoy: Likes to project this image.
1059* KilledOffForReal: One of the confirmed fatalities when when the Brotherhood of Evil turned Blüdhaven into a nuclear wasteland.
1060* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is an unrepentant sexist.
1061* SleevesAreForWimps: Pre-Flashpoint he wore a sleeveless black double-breasted shirt with a stylized horse head embroidered on it. In ComicBook/DCRebirth he wears an open red shirt with the arms torn off to show off the horse tattoo across his chest.
1062* TattooedCrook: In ComicBook/DCRebirth, he has a prominent horse tattoo on his chest.
1063* TestosteronePoisoning: Is a hyper-macho {{Jerkass}}.
1064* VirileStallion: A [[TestosteronePoisoning hyper-macho]] {{Jerkass}} who uses Stallion as his codename and his personal symbol.
1065* WalkingShirtlessScene: In ComicBook/DCRebirth he wears an open red shirt with the arms torn off to show off the horse tattoo across his chest. Pre-Flashpoint he wore a black double-breasted shirt with a stylized horse head embroidered on it.
1066[[/folder]]
1067
1068[[folder:Sylph]]
1069!!Sylph
1070[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sylph_2.jpg]]
1071!!!'''Real Name:''' Sylvan Scofield
1072!!!'''Created By:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Greg Land
1073!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #48 (October 2000)
1074->''"What justice did my father receive? Deceived. Ruined. Are these the men you want to protect?"''
1075
1076After her father committed suicide when he was cheated out of a patent on his new prehensile cloth creation she clothed herself in his invention and went about killing the three responsible.
1077----
1078* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ylvan '''S'''cofield.
1079* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: She invokes this with her actually faked death in order to avoid capture.
1080* BoundAndGagged: Essentially what her ability is used to do.
1081* ClothFu: Sylph can mentally manipulate an experimental prehensile cloth.
1082* ClothingCombat: Sylph had a shroud made of a special material that allowed her to suffocate her opponents or use it as a makeshift bungie cord to jump off buildings and land safely on the ground.
1083* DominoMask: She wears a white one.
1084* FakingTheDead: She fakes her death in order to avoid capture.
1085* LadyInRed: Her prehensile costume is red and fetish fuel friendly.
1086* MasterOfThreads: Sylph is the daughter of a man who was cheated out of the patent on a 'miracle fabric' named Achilloron which he had created. She clothed herself in the fabric and set about killing the men she believed drove her father to suicide. Achilloron responds to electrical impulses, allowing it's tentacle-like appendages to be used as tools or weapons.
1087* MummyWrap: She does this to Nightwing.
1088* SingleSubstanceManipulation: Sylph can mentally manipulate an experimental prehensile cloth, the murder of its creator, her father, has made it so that the intended method for normal people controlling it is all but lost.
1089* YouKilledMyFather: The only reason she becomes a criminal is to kill the men who ruined her father.
1090[[/folder]]
1091
1092[[folder:The Talon]]
1093!!Talon
1094[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2164620_ntw_cv8.jpg]]
1095!!!'''Real Name:''' William Cobb
1096!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Court of Owls
1097!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 2) #2 (December 2011)
1098->''"The Court of Owls has sentenced you to die. How I love killing Waynes."''
1099
1100One of the many assassins of the same name for the Court of Owls, William Cobb was the first Talon the Court sent after Bruce Wayne, and Dick Grayson's great-grandfather.
1101----
1102* DarkIsEvil: Dresses in all black and he's a cold-blooded killer.
1103* EvilMentor: Intended to make Dick his successor as assassin of the Court of Owls.
1104* GruesomeGrandparent: More like great-grandfather, but he's this for Dick Grayson.
1105* LegacyCharacter: He's merely the most famous user of the Talon moniker.
1106* MalevolentMaskedMen: His signature owl mask.
1107* ObfuscatingInsanity: When drafted by the Suicide Squad he pretends to be insane and only capable of saying "Who?". Only Red X has been able to see through the deceit.
1108* OddFriendship: With [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad2021 Culebra]]. Cobb might be the only one to take her desire to be a genuine hero seriously.
1109* OlderThanTheyLook: He was born in 1901, but the Court of Owls preserved has preserved him using electrum for whenever they needed him.
1110* OminousOwl: This is his main motif and it serves him well.
1111[[/folder]]
1112
1113[[folder:Tarantula III]]
1114!!Tarantula III
1115[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarantula_dc_comics_nightwing_catalina_flores.jpg]]
1116!!!'''Real Name:''' Catalina Flores
1117!!!'''Created By:''' Devin Grayson
1118!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #71 (September 2002)
1119->''"No killing? Where's the fun in that?"''
1120
1121A former FBI Agent who chose to become a costumed hero and models herself after the first Tarantula, Jonathan Law of the All-Star Squadron a former Blüdhaven hero. Unfortunately instead of punching Nazis she used the identity to commit multiple murders, stalk Nightwing, sexually assault Dick Grayson while he was on a date, and eventually rape him after he fell into a near catatonic state.
1122----
1123* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Her costume and weaponry is inspired by the tarantula.
1124* DominoMask: She wears one.
1125* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Nightwing issues 93-100 are often accused of this due to the fact that Tarantula and Nightwing appear to run away together after Tarantula rapes Nightwing. These issues were actually meant to depict Nightwing as being [[HeroicBSOD too deeply traumatized to assert himself]] as Tarantula bullies him from motel room to motel room, not minding that her "[[GratuitousSpanish querido]]" is [[{{Squick}} nearly catatonic]].
1126* FBIAgent: A former FBI Agent who chose to become a costumed hero.
1127* 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.
1128* KarmaHoudini: After she rapes Nightwing she moves to Gotham and works with Batman.
1129* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing finally gets killed]] after being conscripted into the Secret Six.
1130* LegacyCharacter: She is the third character to use the name Tarantula following the Golden Age hero and the Doctor Mid-Nite villain.
1131* PetTheDog: Tarantula becomes leader of a street gang during ''War Games'', not to stake out a territory for herself, but to keep its young members alive.
1132* StalkerWithACrush: Very much so, and she mostly gets what she wants out of it too somehow [[IdiotBall tricking Barbara]] into breaking up with Dick and then raping him.
1133* WellIntentionedExtremist: Tarantula really wants to help Bludhaven, and is perfectly fine executing crime bosses to do it.
1134* WrongAssumption: She's a serial killer and rapist who actively contributes to systematic corruption and thinks that she's a hero, for her actions as a serial killer, and that her rape victim is her "lover".
1135[[/folder]]
1136
1137[[folder:Thrilldevil/Thrill Devil]]
1138!!Thrilldevil/Thrill Devil
1139[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thrill_devil_dc_comics_nightwing.jpg]]
1140!!!'''Real Name:''' Juan-Andrés Santos Suarez
1141!!!'''Created by:''' Creator/ChuckDixon · Greg Land
1142!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 2) #46 (August 2000)
1143
1144A violent thrill seeking motorcycle rider who joined Blockbuster's gang and tried to kill Nightwing.
1145
1146In ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' he maintains his motorcycle, and red horned gear but his background is now as a former Gotham based street racer who was turned in to the GCPD by Batman alongside the rest of the underground ring of racers he was a part of due to the danger their thrill seeking riding posed for Gotham civilians. He has joined a villain support group called the Run-Offs trying to lead a less criminally inclined life and finally acquired a civilian name.
1147----
1148* BadassBiker: Illegal street racing biker capable of fighting Nightwing.
1149* CoolHelmet: His red helmet has four short golden horns and a skull painted on the faceplate. His ComicBook/DCRebirth headgear is less helmety in order to better show his expressions and trades sensibility for a horse mane like mohawk and much longer horns.
1150* HornsOfVillainy: His red helmet has four short golden horns and a skull painted on the faceplate. His ComicBook/DCRebirth headgear is less helmety in order to better show his expressions and trades sensibility for a horse mane like mohawk and much longer horns.
1151* HotPaintJob: His biker jacket in both continuities has designs to emulate fire.
1152* MotorcycleJousting: How else would one expect a thrill seeker to approach combat with another motorcycle rider.
1153* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Writers seem unable to decide if 'Thrilldevil' is one word or two.
1154* ThrillSeeker: It's what has lead him to a criminal life in both continuities.
1155[[/folder]]
1156
1157[[folder:Torque]]
1158!!Torque
1159[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/torque_dc_comics_nightwing_dudley_soames_a.jpg]]
1160!!!'''Real Name:''' Dudley "Deadly" Soames
1161!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Intergang
1162!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (Vol 2) #1 (October 1996)
1163
1164Inspector Dudley "Deadly" Soames was the most corrupt cop working in the Blüdhaven Police Department before a near-death experience at the hands of Blockbuster left him with his head rotated 180 degrees. Experimental drugs and therapy restored his mobility, but left him a freak. He then became a supervillain called Torque.
1165----
1166* CallingCard: Torque leaves palindromes on the bodies of his victims.
1167* DirtyCop: Before being turned into a supervillain, Soames was the chief of police's errand boy. As such he acted as a fixer, hitman, problem-solver, and underworld relations officer.
1168* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: His glasses have mirrors that allow him to see what is happening in the direction his body is facing.
1169* IHaveYourWife: Expecting that his relationship with Blockbuster was about to sour, Soames held Blockbuster's mother hostage as a bargaining chip. To say this ended badly for him would be an understatement.
1170* MoreDakka: When he needs more firepower, Torque uses a Thompson submachinegun with a 100 round drum.
1171* NailEm: Soames sometimes uses a modified nail gun as his personal firearm.
1172* SinisterShades: Always wears a pair of sunglasses that [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual allow him to see where he is going]].
1173[[/folder]]
1174
1175[[folder:Vigilante]]
1176!!ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}
1177[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dorianchase.png]]
1178!!!'''Real Names:''' Adrian Chase | Alan Welles | Dave Winston | Patricia Trayce | Adeline Wilson | Dorian Chase | Justin Powell
1179!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' (Vol 1) #23 (September 1982)
1180
1181A series of vigilante killers who have tussled with Dick both in costume and out. As the entire line (except '''The Vigilante''', a cowboy themed WWII era hero) is a deconstruction of the VigilanteMan trope the fact that they're taking the law into their own hands and have become murderous criminals just like those they're hunting means they do not get along with DC's traditionally legally approved superheroes who have to do everything they can to avoid killing in order to maintain their legality.
1182
1183Dick has faced off against several of the various people to use the Vigilante name. His closest ties are to the Chase brothers, the elder of whom was the first Vigilante and regretted his choices by the time his vigilante activites got him killed, and Adeline Wilson who is the mother of Dick's friend Joey and the ex-wife of Deathstroke.
1184----
1185See Characters/{{Vigilante}}
1186[[/folder]]
1187
1188[[folder:Wyrm]]
1189!!Wyrm
1190[[quoteright:223:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wyrm.png]]
1191!!!'''Created By:''' Benjamin Percy · Chris Mooneyham
1192!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing'' (Vol 4) #44 (July 2018)
1193->''"There is no weapon more valuable in this day and age than vulnerable data. I look forward to discovering whatever's looked away in that precious little head of yours."''
1194
1195Wyrm is the leader of the Dark Net.
1196----
1197* AIIsACrapshoot: Wyrm is a maleovent and self-aware AI looking to control the city of Bludhaven through technology.
1198* TheCracker: An expert hacker and leader of the villainous Dark Net.
1199* KnowledgeBroker: Uses his computer skills and network to supply information to the underworld.
1200* TakeOverTheCity: Seeks to control the city of Bludhaven through technology.
1201* TakeOverTheWorld: The (failed) takeover of Bludhaven isn’t Wyrm’s only ambition. Wyrm wants universal dominance beyond it.
1202[[/folder]]

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