Which robin is nightwing

This man reports that someone got him out of the prison Blackgate before he is identified as Delcaine, a member of the first gang that Dick Grayson ever took down as Robin. Delcaine mentions that others were let out as well including, " Garzonas, that Innocente creep, the Shadid Girl.

Delcaine is about to warn the gathered heroes of an even greater threat, before he is shot and killed with a sniper bullet through the head. While the gathered Robins don't know this yet, their assailant is a young woman dressed as Robin, who declares herself to be " the very first one ," indicating she was Robin before Dick Grayson ever was. There are countless possibilities as to who this woman could be.

Batman fought crime for years before taking in Dick and training him to become his supposedly first Robin, so there is a chance that there is a yet unrevealed sidekick before Nightwing. Be sure to pick up Robins 1 and its ongoing issues to solve the mystery of who the true "First Robin" is. Tim deduced Bruce and Dick's secret identities after seeing Dick perform at the circus the night his parents were killed, and knew that Bruce needed a Robin to save him from himself.

He first tried to get Dick to return to the role but he had already built his own life and superhero career as Nightwing. Tim then rescued both Batman and Nightwing from Two-Face while wearing the Robin costume, leading Bruce to agree to train him to be the new Boy Wonder. He succeeded in restoring balance in Bruce's life to an extent that only Dick matched, and far more than less stable Robins like Jason and Damian Wayne.

Tim appeared as Robin mostly uninterrupted for almost two decades, making him the character with the second-longest tenure in the role after Dick. His optimistic personality was similar to the first Robin's but they also differed in several ways, with Tim clearly surpassing his predecessor in certain areas.

Tim is definitely the better detective out of the two, for example, but more importantly he consistently loves being Robin. Dick did too for most of his time in the role but he also started to believe the mantle limited his independence from Bruce, leading to his transition into Nightwing and his tenure as a very different Batman. Unlike either Dick or the other Robins, Tim was neither desperate to forge a new heroic identity nor intent on succeeding Bruce as Batman.

He's ultimately wound up doing both on occasion but tends to always return to his role as Robin, showing an apparent appreciation for the role.

After he told that six members of the Justice League were wanted criminals on that planet, Nightwing reminded Batman of the missing sixteen hours from five years earlier. Nightwing offered that the Team would handle the mission, since the Justice League was not welcome.

Captain Atom agreed. After the briefing, Zatanna and Rocket talked to Nightwing, Miss Martian and Superboy , and reminded them they still had an open invitation to join the League.

In unison, they stated they were fine where they were. Nightwing briefed the Team the mission to track down Kroloteans on Earth, and assigned the squads. He and Wonder Girl were Alpha Squad. Nightwing told him he was ready for the experience, but jokingly warned him not to die.

Nightwing congratulated them for their success. Nightwing was present at the return of Zeta Squad, and handled the debriefing. Nightwing cleaned the Manta Troopers off the top walkways. They were noticed by Manta , who ordered his men to attack the infiltrators. Nightwing was still on the walkways when Manta lost his helmet and revealed his true identity to Aquaman.

He tried to reason with his old friend, assuring him that Tula's death was not their fault, but it was to no avail. Kaldur'ahm escaped to a lower level, where Nightwing and Superboy intercepted him. Kaldur had no plans to fight, and instead pointed them at a bomb that was primed to blow up in two minutes. Unable to disarm the bomb, Nightwing called for a full evacuation.

They regrouped at the Bio-Ship, and only narrowly escaped the bomb's blast radius. Nightwing debriefed Batman that the bomb was of alien, but not Krolotean origin. Batman felt finding out who planted it would be a responsibility of the Team.

Nightwing said his goodbyes to Batman, who left for Rimbor to stand trial for their actions under the Light 's mind control, along with the other accused Justice Leaguers. Batman thought Nightwing had the harder of the two tasks. Nightwing and friends try to convince Red Arrow to give up his search for Speedy.

Nightwing took a day off from the Team for personal business: trying to persuade Red Arrow to clean his act up. Wally and Dick dismissed Roy's comments that he was just a copy, and not their concern; they argued that the cloned Roy was the only Roy they knew. They never met the original. Unfortunately, their appeal was to deaf ears. Roy ignored them, and went back to his hide out. Nightwing wanted to investigate boom tube activity in Bialya. He briefed them while they were on their way in the Bio-Ship.

Batgirl asked if an all-male Squad would have required an explanation, when an all-female Squad does. Knowing he had been beaten, Nightwing decided to admit defeat and sign out. With Alpha Squad back home safe and sound, Nightwing debriefed them. He informed them that they faced Psimon because he had managed to elude his doctors.

The mission answered some questions, but many still remained unanswered, to Wonder Girl's disappointment. He reassured her that unanswered questions were not a bad thing, as they kept the investigation going. He congratulated them all on the mission. Nigthwing was present when Batgirl presented Doctor Fate with recordings of an ancient temple she and other Team members had found in Bialya. Fate translated the hieroglyphics, revealing an ancient ritual to cleanse a scarab.

Nightwing was working on the translation of the Krolotean intel from Malina Island. Most of it could be deciphered, except for one word. The closest English equivalent was " Meta-Gene ". He discussed it with Beast Boy and Robin , but their conversation was cut short when the computer detected an energy impulse. In a ball of lightning, a small pod arrived in the Mission Room, and a boy jumped out. Beast Boy quipped that this was the impulse they detected, and as a response, the boy took Impulse as his name.

As he ran off, Nightwing sent the two junior members after him. Impulse took care of the younger members, but Nightwing outsmarted him. He lined the hallway to the Mission Room with marbles. Impulse avoided them, but it allowed Nightwing the opportunity to flank him. He subdued the speedster, and cuffed him on his wrists and ankles. Robin and Beast Boy heard Impulse out, but did not believe his "future tourist" explanation.

Nightwing supposedly wanted his DNA, and tried to trick the boy into giving it up. Impulse happily complied. He also revealed the secret identities of everyone in the room. When Mal arrived at the Cave, Impulse took the opportunity to escape. Beast Boy attempted to pursue, but Robin and Nightwing doubted if he could keep up with him.

Fortunately Nightwing had taken the precaution of planting a subcutaneous tracker which he had put in the water glass Bart drank from, and traced it to Central City. He made a couple of calls to inform the Flash family. Impulse claimed he was ready to go back to his own time, but the time machine didn't work. Nightwing participated in a mission to protect the launch of a satellite, which was used to fake Artemis's death at the hands of Aqualad.

Though the satellite was destroyed, the rest of the Team was convinced of Artemis's death. Nightwing was at the Cave when Aqualad led a team to infiltrate the base. Blue Beetle, Beast Boy and Impulse were captured, and Mount Justice was destroyed, but Aqualad was able to pass along vital intelligence to Nightwing while securing his reputation with the Light. Afterwards, at the Hall of Justice, Nightwing tried to justify the extreme measures he and Aqualad were taking to Wally.

Nightwing used the intelligence Kaldur provided to have the Team find and infiltrate the Light's partner 's base and rescue their captive teammates and some teenage abductees being experimented upon. In order to escape, most of the Team had to fight Black Beetle , but Nightwing was locked away from the fight on the Bio-Ship.

Once everyone was aboard, Nightwing piloted the Bio-Ship away from the Reach vessel. Nightwing showed Mal, Superboy, Miss Martian and Wolf the warehouse he had arranged to temporarily house them. When Mal decided to go the Hall of Justice to make other arrangements, Nightwing encouraged Conner and M'gann to go as well to collect their belongings that had been salvaged from the ruins of Mount Justice. Nightwing watched G. He informed the others that M'gann had decided on alternate accommodations.

They were interrupted by Blue Beetle who demanded his Scarab be removed to prevent him from betraying humanity. Nightwing said he wanted a squad to investigate, assigning Robin as team leader of Alpha Squad and Blue Beetle, Impulse and Arsenal as squad members.

When Beetle expressed concern about the prophecy Impulse mentioned, Nightwing reminded Beetle that the Scarab had not taken control despite Beetle being on a number of missions.

When Arsenal inquired as to why the Team couldn't use the Watchtower as headquarters, Nightwing told him only Justice League and senior Team members were allowed on the Watchtower. After Alpha Squad completed its mission, Nightwing spoke with Green Beetle , who the squad members had encountered during the mission. He then spoke with Robin about the mission, who said Arsenal still needed experience on covert missions, then turned over a sample of an additive he had acquired from the Reach laboratory.

Green Beetle had indicated a willingness to allow M'gann to read his mind to confirm his background but M'gann was hesitant. Nightwing said this was the only way to confirm Green Beetle was who he said he was, so M'gann ultimately agreed. She eventually confirmed Green Beetle's story. Green Beetle then discussed the beverage the Reach and LexCorp were marketing, saying the additive to the drink addicts the population to the beverage and makes people placid.

Nightwing said the Atom and Flash had come to the same conclusion. Green Beetle then added the additive allows the Reach to track people who have the Meta-Gene and Nightwing realized that would allow the Reach an easier task of weaponizing the Meta-Gene.

He dismissed everyone, then asked Green Beetle if he needed a place to say. Green Beetle, transforming into human form, said he would find a place in Taos. Later, Nightwing and Superboy were with Lagoon Boy at a hospital. Lagoon Boy was insistent that he go after M'gann, saying he didn't want her in the hands of Kaldur and Tigress.

To settle Lagoon Boy down, Nightwing revealed that Kaldur was working in deep cover, that they faked Artemis's death and that Tigress was really Artemis. Lagoon Boy was still upset but Superboy told him there must have been a reason why Nightwing kept that information secret.

As the two departed Lagoon Boy's hospital room, Nightwing thanked Superboy for backing him up, but Superboy told him he wasn't left much of a choice.

He then revealed to Nightwing that, because M'gann didn't know about Nightwing's secrets, she had fried Kaldur's mind, which shocked Nightwing. Superboy then said that, because Nightwing had kept that information a secret, he had endangered the lives of Kadlur, M'gann and Artemis. Jaime was reluctant since one of them was a friend, but Nightwing said he was counting on that to help Jaime convince them to return to STAR. Later, Nightwing called Jaime again. Nightwing realized that the object was huge, passing behind Rhea rather than in front of it.

Nightwing stood by as Captain Atom attempted negotiations with Mongul, to no avail. Following the League's successful defense against Mongul's first strike, Nightwing reported the distraction had enabled the Team to board the Warworld, and confirmed that its security systems had been successfully bypassed. Later, Aquaman told him about the Watchtower's effectiveness estimates on the defense against Mongul's saturation bombardment attack. Nightwing congratulated on the Team on successfully stopping Mongul, and ordered them to regroup and return home.

Blue Beetle said, after the Team had successfully subdued Mongul, that a boom tube opened underneath them and he was the only one who able to get away from it. He added Impulse had the crystal key. Nightwing scanned the area and detected trace signatures of a boom tube. Blue Beetle said he wanted to stay and help the Justice League prevent anyone from activating the satellite but Nightwing told him to go home and get some sleep. Nightwing was walking around the entry port, searching for evidence of what happened, and noticed some dents in the floor.

He then he came upon one of Robin's Birdarangs, which he deduced had scratched Blue Beetle's armor. He then examined the entry hatch and noticed the control had been pierced, raising his suspicion. Nightwing was at the warehouse that served as the Team's headquarters, watching footage from GBS of the Reach ambassador holding a press conference to introduce the individual he said was responsible for shutting down the Warworld, the Blue Beetle.

Beetle thanked the ambassador for the welcome and the Reach for giving him his powers. Nightwing, who was holding Robin's Birdarang, snapped it in two and his eyes narrowed, realizing Beetle was now an agent of the Reach.

Nightwing piloted the Bio-Ship and Miss Martian telepathically scanned for the other Team members but could not track them down given the Warworld's size. Nightwing suggested she take a break, given the length of her search, and that they restart the investigation from the spot where the Team first disappeared. In the docking bay, Nightwing blamed himself for missing evidence of Blue Beetle's defection.

Miss Martian replied it was her fault because she didn't probe Green Beetle's mind adequately. Nightwing replied that was because of her mental assault on Aqualad, which would not have happened had he trusted her with the plan about Aqualad's deep cover mission.

Miss Martian told Nightwing they both needed to get past their mistakes and rescue the Team and Blue Beetle. She then reminded him of what he was fond of saying when he was 13 years old: "That's just what we do. At that point, a door to another chamber opened, revealing the Team members, who had been rescued by Arsenal and the four teens the Reach had abducted. Nightwing inquired about the Team and the key to the Warworld, but Arsenal recommended a retreat before any further de-briefing, given that Black Beetle and Mongul were occupied with one another.

When everyone reached the Bio-Ship, Nightwing spoke with Virgil , Tye , Ed and Sam , noting their success in helping the Team despite no training and that they might have a place on the Team. Before they boarded, Arsenal brought up Blue Beetle's betrayal, but Bumblebee cut him off, admonishing him for opening an airlock without warning and putting the Team's lives at risk. Arsenal retorted that the move allowed his escape to liberate the Team and he should be thanked.

Nightwing thanked Arsenal, but then told him he was off the Team, given that it was not the first time he endangered the Team to further his own agenda or guard against his own personal demons. He said he would not be part of the Team until he proved he could be a team player. The four runaways disagreed with Nightwing's decision and offered Arsenal a spot on their team.

Sam then activated the Fatherbox she had, prompting Nightwing to inquire about it, but the five disappeared through a boom tube. After Nightwing and the rest of the Team returned in the Bio-Ship to their makeshift headquarters, Impulse told Nightwing the Team needed to focus on rescuing Blue Beetle.

Impulse replied that Jaime was as much a prisoner of the Reach as the Team was and must be freed before it was too late. At that point, M'gann and Lagoon Boy arrived at headquarters and Nightwing informed them of the successful mission. M'gann asked about Conner's whereabouts and Nightwing replied he was out with Wendy Harris.

After Aqualad 's betrayal was discovered, the Team sprung their trap, and Nightwing's squad sealed off the entrance used by the Light. During the ensuing melee, he used his eskrima sticks and martial arts to fend off the League of Shadows agents who were ordered to kill the Team, defeating Shadow after Shadow.

The battle ended with the heroes victorious, with the capture of the Reach ambassador , Black Manta , the Brain , and Monsieur Mallah. Nightwing congratulated the architect of the night's events, Aqualad, on a job well done. Kaldur remained pensive over the escape of Vandal Savage , Klarion , Black Beetle , and the chief Reach scientist , but Nightwing and Kid Flash reassured him that this was their most successful outing ever since their very first at Project Cadmus.

Nightwing officially returned command of the Team to Aqualad, who was now garbed in his superhero outfit. Aqualad tried to decline—Nightwing had done brilliant work under trying circumstances. But Nightwing was adamant—he wanted the burden off his back. A boom tube suddenly appeared, expelling unconscious bodies of Captain Marvel , Black Canary , and Black Lightning , who were guarding the Warworld's crystal key chamber.

The Warworld suddenly activated, and left Earth orbit. It rapidly moved off into space, and Nightwing mused whether this development was a good thing or not.