
The youngest in a family of acrobats known as the " Flying Graysons", Grayson witnesses a mafia boss named Tony Zucco kill his parents to extort money from the circus that employed them. In Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (July 1984), the character, after becoming a young adult, retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing (created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez). Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane, he first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940 as the original and most popular incarnation of Robin, Batman's crime-fighting partner. Richard John " Dick" Grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman and Teen Titans. Master martial artist, hand-to-hand combatant, and stick fighter.


