Nightwing

Who is Nightwing?

Dick Grayson started his career as Batman’s loyal partner Robin. Eventually, Robin went on to become a prominent member and future leader of the group of young heroes known as the Teen Titans. Around this same time, he also grew out of his identity as Batman’s sidekick and developed his own superhero persona, Nightwing. Since then he has left the Teen Titans to fight crime on his own, faced numerous threats to his home of Blüdhaven, taken on the mantle of Batman during Bruce’s absence, and even served as a secret agent.

Quick History

Introduced shortly after Batman, Robin was added by the creative team of Bob Kane and Bill Finger to provide a character their young audience would be able to connect with. Robin served this role for many years and then ended up becoming a huge player on the Teen Titans team. Around this time, writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez were working on the Teen Titans comic and had the idea to begin actually aging Dick Greyson. They matured him and brought him into his own and the superhero Nightwing was created.

After Titans, Nightwing was given his own comic for a while until he eventually moved on to fill Batman’s shoes after his death during Final Crisis. Upon Bruce’s return and the launch of the New 52, Dick went back to being Nightwing again for another few years, once again headlining his own series. However his identity was exposed during the Forever Evil series and he was forced to go underground as a secret agent. These exploits would then be shown in the Grayson comic. Nowadays he is back to his Nightwing identity once more with his new Rebirth series.

Powers & Abilities

Dick Grayson does not have any real superpowers. However he has incredible athletic ability from being raised as an acrobat by his parents and from being trained in martial arts by Batman. He also is extremely intelligent and able to think on his feet.

Dick also has access to the wealth and resources of Batman. Through this, he is able to afford some of his more expensive and powerful gadgets.

Greatest Hits

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Trade Timeline

Nightwing Vol. 1-5 (2014-2016 editions)

Together these trades collect the first Nightwing solo comics. Collected here are Nightwing Vol. 1 Issues 1-4; Vol. 2 Issues 1-46, 1/2, and 1000000; Nightwing: Secret Files and Origins; Nightwing/Huntress Vol. 1 Issues 1-4; and Nightwing Vol. 2 Annual 1. The individual trades here include Nightwing Vol. 1: Blüdhaven, Vol. 2: Rough Justice, Vol. 3: False Starts, Vol. 4: Love and Bullets, and Vol. 5: The Hunt for Oracle.

Nightwing Vol. 1-5 (2012-2014 editions)

Together these trades collect the entirety of Nightwing’s New 52 series. Collected here are Nightwing Vol. 3 Issues 1-30 and Nightwing Vol. 3 Annual 1. The individual trades here include Nightwing Vol. 1: Traps and Trapezes (Review), Vol. 2: Night of the Owls, Vol. 3: Death of the Family, Vol. 4: Second City, and Vol. 5: Setting Son.

Forever Evil

This is not really a Nightwing story at all, in fact he is barely in it, however it does have a key piece of Dick Grayson’s story in it. While not really essential, I’ve included this in case anyone is interested in seeing exactly how Nightwing transitions into Grayson. Collected here is Forever Evil 1-7. The trade it is collected in is Forever Evil.

Grayson Vol. 1-5 (2016-2017 editions)

These stories follow Dick Grayson as he leaves his Nightwing identity and becomes an agent of Spyral. Collected here is Grayson Vol. 1 Issues 1-20, Grayson: Future’s End 1, Grayson Vol. 1 Annuals 1-3, Robin War Issues 1-2, Nightwing: Rebirth Issue 1, and the Dick Grayson secret origins story. The trades these are collected in are Grayson Vol. 1: Agents of Spyral, Vol. 2: We all Die at Dawn, Vol. 3: Nemesis, Vol. 4: A Ghost in the Tomb, and Vol. 5: Spyral’s End.