Batman dc comics nightwing robin character. Robin made regular appearances in batman related comic books and other dc comics publications from 1940 through the early 1980s until the character set aside the robin identity and became the independent superhero nightwing. Batmans very first. This dc character really has taken a battering over the years. Nightwing is famed both as the leader of several super teams such as the teen titans or the outsiders and as a solo adventurer.
By the 1990s nightwing had become one of dcs most popular characters. When his circus acrobat family was brutally murdered dick grayson was taken in by billionaire and bat friendly super hero bruce wayne. Dick grayson is a vigilante in the batman family and the original hero known as robin. Following the disappearance of bruce wayne he succeeded his mentor.
He can reasonably be considered a major character. His years with batman made him a keen detective natural leader and strategist. The team of batman and robin has commonly been referred to as the caped crusaders or dynamic duo. Bruce shared his secret life as batman with the young boy and eventually molded him into robinthe dark knights partner in gotham.
The original nightwing in dc comics was an identity assumed by alien superhero superman when stranded on the kryptonian city of kandor with his friend jimmy olsen. He soon became batmans protege and crime fighting partner as the original robin. With robin already having a successful solo series the powers that be decided to test the waters with. Well in this particular instance a former robin now known as nightwing.
But the boy wonders true strength may lie in not being batmanand providing a beacon of hope and family throughout the dark knights grim crusade. An expert acrobat and martial artist dick grayson eventually left the nest and ventured out on his own as a new hero called nightwing. Drawing inspiration from batman and robin the two protect kandor as the superheroes nightwing and flamebird. As robin he had huge exposure both as batmans sidekick and as the leader of the teen titans the latter were huge in comics during the 1980s.
And by this character we mean robin.