Dick Grayson as Robin in Batman & Robin V2 Annual #02 (2014)
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Dick Grayson as Robin in Batman & Robin V2 Annual #02 (2014)

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Bruce Wayne in Gotham | Dick Grayson in Titans
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Dick Grayson as âNightwingâ (Unmasked)
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Batman Beyond #40 by Sean Chen
So remember how you made a post about Dick killing the clown? I remembered something else.. Which needs some love too but I'm not.. articulate enough. It's Tomasi's Nightwing run, him and Tim went to an island to save the mother of.. something. And Dick killed a man, like electrocuted him and let him drown and we got shots of the dead guy with other drowned corpses, to save a baby. That was. Oof. Horrible villain though I'm glad he's dead.
Yeah, that situation is pretty interesting. I feel like you articulated it just fine...like you said, Dick caused lightning to strike a guy named Creighton Kendall in order to save a baby.Â
Nightwing (1996) #146
Nightwing definitely killed that guy, and it was kind of sudden! Now, I would add that Dick only resorted to such measures after Kendal threatened the baby, and that anon is spot on when they say that Kendal was a horrible human being. He committed mass murder, and he had a room full of hundreds of dead babies. So, absolute shitbag. Even Talia tried to shut his operation down. So, Dick isnât killing some run of the mill criminal here. Still, Dick didnât really dwell on how he handled the situation, which one maybe might expect considering how he has gone to great lengths to avoid killing in the past?
I had to mull this situation over for a while, because I couldnât decide whether I thought it was out of character or not. How could someone who is often described like this:Â
New Titans (1988) Annual #7
Seemingly forsake his moral code so quickly and easily? Eventually, I feel like I was able to wrap my head around things. I do think that this was ultimately in character for Dick, though perhaps Tomasi should have addressed the impact/aftermath more. I think that the key thing to realize is that, as much as Dickâs morality is often simplified to being Bruceâs no-kill rule copy and pasted, itâs all a bit more complex than that.Â
Nightwing (1996) #112
Batman would say that morals are the bottom line, the thing that lasts. Iâve heard him say that no matter what, you can always depend on yourself to respond with predetermined ethical integrity. I know thatâs true for him, but Iâm not so sure I agree with the principle in general. I think most of us surprise ourselves a lot.Â
So, simplifying here, but ultimately, Bruceâs code prioritizes âethical integrity.â In Gothamâs senseless violence and chaos, Bruce anchors himself through his belief in justice. This is why, for Batman, âmorals are the bottom line.â So Batman doesnât kill. And, even for the Joker, Bruce wonât step across the line.Â
Dick isnât like that. Where Bruce is devoted to justice, to fundamental right and wrong, in a way that can at times make him seem cold, Dickâs loyalty is to people first and foremost. Dick feels an obligation to Bruce for all that he has done for him. Even more than that, Dick wants to make Batman proud. And it is that--it is Dickâs loyalty to Bruce--that motivates Dick to follow Batmanâs code.Â
Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files
Maybe what matters most is the person weâre hoping to impress. For years and years, I tried to evaluate every move I made through Batmanâs eyes. I was morally reliable, predictable. When I finally let go of that, I was lost.Â
Dick doesnât totally buy into Bruceâs ideology, but he has loads of respect for the man. He wants to be deserving of Bruceâs love, and he believes in Bruce enough to trust in Batmanâs code and his training.Â
Having someone count on you for their physical and emotional safety is intense. Itâs another set of expectations you have to live up to. And maybe theyâre even more demanding than the ones you set up for yourself.Â
But really, in the end, Dick isnât as focused as Bruce is about doing what is ethically right. Heâs primarily concerned with doing the thing that helps protect the people who rely on him. For Dick, friends and family are the most important thing, much more important than his own morality. This is why, whenever his loved ones are in in serious danger or are killed, youâll see Dick contemplate crossing the line.Â
New Teen Titans (1984) #18. When Kory seemingly dies in an explosion, Dick threatens to kill Komand'r
New Teen Titans (1988) #75. The Titans are nearly dead, and Dick snaps.
And by âcontemplate,â I mean yell and attack lol. Dick's faith in Bruceâs code can and has been eclipsed by his desire to help people, especially when his friends and family are in serious danger. Youâll also see this pattern in the situation with the Joker. Tim seemingly dies and the Joker has spent the last several years causing hell for Dickâs family, so Dick choses to cross the line Bruce has drawn and beat the Joker to death.Â
I feel like Bruce and Dickâs responses here really sum it up. See, when Bruce slips up and nearly kills the Joker (a trend in this family, I know), he thinks about the morality of his action, and regrets that he nearly became part of the evil that killed his parents:Â
Batman (1940) #614
But, in contrast, when Dick allows Blockbuster to die, Dick doesnât initially think about how it was wrong to kill someone.Â
Nightwing (1996) #93
He thinks about how he has failed and let Bruce (and even Tarantula) down. Because, while Bruce views his actions in terms of ethics, Dick views his actions in terms of people. This is why Bruce and Dick, despite having very similar priorities, are often in conflict, because, though Dick is loyal to Bruce, the people Dick loves are always going to be more important to him and take priority over a code of ethics. And, though Bruce cares deeply for others, Batman canât sacrifice his beliefs, not even for his familyâs sake. Interesting dichotomy there.Â
Whoâs obsessed with the idea of failing people? Not this boy, noooo. /blatant lies
It makes it all the more heartbreaking to me when Bruce says things like this:
Because I guarantee you that Dick could file off a ten-page list of times heâs âfailedâ Bruce at a momentâs notice. And I guarantee you at least a part of him believes Bruce sees it that way, too.
The difference between how Dick sees himself and how other people see him is kind of amazing sometimes.

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Happy Fatherâs Day? Happy Fatherâs Day.Â
âSorry, my mind was⌠somewhere else.â
Do you think Bruce truly favors Dick from the other Robins?
Theeeee safe answer is, âNo, he loves them all equally,â and Bruce himself would probably never admit to playing favorites and would probably hate to think that heâs biased in that regard, honestly.Â
In my personal opinion, Bruce does favor Dick over the others, and I do think thereâs a canon basis for this. This idea was explored in the Infinite Crisis storyline.
âAnd your favorite. Subject Betaâ Grayson, Richardâ Nightwing.â â Infinite Crisis #4
OMAC is the speaker here, which is a program Bruce created that ended up backfiring on him. Therefore, Dick is canonically referred to as Bruceâs favorite in comics and we could technically drop the argument there. I also feel like this is suggested in the Under the Red Hood storyline in Batman #650 when an explosion happens in BlĂźdhaven.
He even begs to Jason, which is utterly bizarre coming from Bruce and says a lot. I know a lot of people donât like the idea that Bruce would have a favorite, so I want to emphasize that Bruce does care deeply for every other person in his extended family â I think the difference is that Dick is arguably what saved Bruce from himself in the early days. Dick was this child that lit up Wayne manor and offset the darkness of Bruceâs life. In Bruceâs first year as Batman, itâs suggested that he had some suicidal thoughts and tendencies (and even after his first year this idea is sometimes explored, such as in Ego). Blood CW for this next panel, which Iâll type below since itâs difficult to read.
âIdiot. Iâm an idiot. Shot and stabbed like an amateur. I turn the wheel of the car. Itâs slippery with blood. My Blood. The blood of an idiot. I recount the night, if only to keep myself awake. Iâve already blacked out once. Thereâs too much blood. Just like⌠like eighteen years ago. Just like in the alley. [âŚ] In the headlights I can see the property. I pull in too fast. Cave in the back of a â57 Chevy that was my fatherâs. My fatherâs⌠I limp towards his study, leaving small red pools behind me. Father⌠Iâm afraid I may have to die tonight.â â The Batman Files
Bruce was in a darker place at the beginning of his career, and he seemed to have⌠less of a drive to fight and a will to live, I guess. He seemed self-destructive and didnât have clear goals. When Dick entered Bruceâs life, Dick had an immediate impact and gave Bruceâs life direction and meaning. To pull a cliche, they basically saved each other.
Dick was the first Robin, and he knows Bruce the best and has been there the longest compared to any of the other Batfam members, exempt to Alfred. I think Dick will always hold this unique spot in Bruceâs life because of the difference he made early on, and I donât blame Bruce if he does regard Dick with this sort of bias since people canât help that. Of all Batclan characters, Dick is the one that Bruce [talks about and thinks back on the most], and many people speculate that Dickâs death is the [only thing that can get Bruce to kill].
Bruce does care a lot about the others, though, and I donât want to diminish that. Bruce spiraled into this reckless depression after Jasonâs death, which lasted for a while and caused Dick and Bruce to be estranged for a bit. In Batgirl Vol 1, Bruce seemed immediately drawn to Cass as a father figure, more so than any of the others in my opinion. I think Bruce cares a lot about the people in his extended Bat family, but he canât help singling Dick out a bit because of the history they share together and because of the early impact Dick made.
(Outsiders Vol 3 #44)
But could you save the evil maniacs for nights that I donât have to study?
Dick Grayson and Clark Kent through the years
Wally, do me a favor?  Name it.  Donât die anymore, okay? (x)

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Somebody yeet me back to DC in the 40's & 50's when it was just two Dads and their son having a good time.
Superheroes without superpower
bet me i canât do it. doesnât have to be a lot of money. even just, like, a penny. no. bet accepted.
And after everything that happened back in Gotham, I figured it was time I got out of the dark and tried my luck in the light.
Dick Grayson and Clark Kent in Nightwing: Year One
ââŚAnd you gave me what we donât mention.  The L word.â

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Dick Grayson becoming Batman at the end of Battle for the Cowl. His character progression pre 52 is probably the best of any DC character
From Batman Battle for the Cowl
Did Dick ever use escrima sticks as Robin, or was that something he picked up as Nightwing?
This is an interesting question, and the answer is yes, though not often. Dick is shown with escrima sticks on the cover of Robin: Year One #4.
Within the comic, he uses them a few times while they take down opponents and carries them around on his back.
This is the only time I recall Dick using escrima sticks as Robin, and it makes sense if you think about it, because this comic was co-written by Dixon, and Dixon is the writer who made escrima sticks the weapon of choice for Dick in the Nightwing solo.