- For the Marduk album, see Nightwing (album). Nightwing is the fifth Studio album by Swedish Black metal band Marduk. For the current and most prominent holder of the Nightwing title, see Dick Grayson
| Nightwing | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Superman as Nightwing: Superman #158 (January 1963) |
| Created by | Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan |
| Characters | Kal-El/Clark Kent Van-Zee Dick Grayson Tad Ryerstad Jason Todd Power Girl Cheyenne Freemont |
Nightwing is a name used by at least six fictional characters in the DC Comics Universe. Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Clark Joseph Kent (middle name is also Jerome according to some versions is a Fictional character created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Nite-Wing is a Fictional character appearing in the DC Comics series Nightwing. Jason Todd is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The DC Universe ( DCU) is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place Although originating with the Superman mythos, Dick Grayson (the first Robin) is the character most associated with the name "Nightwing". Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally The alias is also frequently paired with "Flamebird", another title taken by several DC Comics characters. Flamebird is the name used by five different Fictional Comic book characters who have appeared in books published by DC Comics, specifically from the
The name is originally used by the pre-Crisis Superman, when he and Jimmy Olsen act as vigilantes during trips to the bottle city of Kandor. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen is a Fictional character, a Photojournalist who appears mainly in DC Comics ’ Superman stories Kandor is the name of the former Capital city of the fictional planet Krypton in the DC Universe. Later, Superman's cousin Van-Zee uses the name. Post-Crisis, Superman attributes the name to a historic Kryptonian crimefighter. Krypton is a Fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. No longer in existence it is the native world of the super-heroes Superman and in The Superman-related heroes serve as an inspiration for Dick Grayson when he sheds his Robin identity and assumes the name and a new costume in Tales of the Teen Titans #44 (1984). For an overview of the Teen Titans team (including more details on the comics listed below see Teen Titans Various Superhero groups by the name Teen Titans
In the Nightwing comic book series, Grayson trains a killer who goes by the name of Nite-Wing, but later must capture him when he realizes Nite-Wing's violent nature. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Nite-Wing is a Fictional character appearing in the DC Comics series Nightwing. "One Year Later" storylines in Nightwing and Supergirl feature characters Jason Todd, Cheyenne Freemont, and Power Girl using the name "Nightwing". One Year Later was a 2006 event running through the DC Universe. Jason Todd is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics.
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Character history
Superman
As first depicted in the story "Superman in Kandor" in Superman (Vol. Superman (sometimes called Superman (volume 1 and for a time published as Adventures of Superman) is a comic book published by DC Comics 1) #158 (January 1963), Nightwing is an alias used by Superman in Edmond Hamilton-penned pre-Crisis adventures in the city of Kandor, a Kryptonian city that was shrunken and preserved in a bottle. Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Edmond Moore Hamilton ( October 21, 1904 - February 1 1977) was a popular author of Science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover Kandor is the name of the former Capital city of the fictional planet Krypton in the DC Universe. Krypton is a Fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. No longer in existence it is the native world of the super-heroes Superman and in
In Kandor, Superman has no superpowers and, in the story, is branded an outlaw there due to a misunderstanding. Superpowers (also super powers or simply powers) is another term for Superhuman abilities that is any abilities that a human does not possess in real To disguise themselves, Superman and Jimmy Olsen create vigilante identities inspired by Batman and Robin. James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen is a Fictional character, a Photojournalist who appears mainly in DC Comics ’ Superman stories Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Because neither bats nor robins lived on Krypton, Superman chooses the names of two birds owned by Superman's Kandorian friend Nor-Kan: "Nightwing" for himself and "Flamebird" for Olsen. The Dynamic Duo of Kandor create costumes evocative of the birds' plumage. Nightwing and Flamebird rename Nor-Kan's underground laboratory as the "Nightcave", and use it as their secret headquarters. They also convert Nor-Kan's automobile into their "Nightmobile", and use "jet-belts" to fly into battle.
In Jimmy Olsen #69 (June 1963), "The Dynamic Duo of Kandor" introduces Nightwing's dog Nighthound. In "The Feud Between Batman and Superman" in World's Finest #143(August 1964), Batman and Robin themselves visit Kandor with Superman and Olsen and the two Dynamic Duos team up.
In Superman Family #183 (May-June 1977), Superman's look-alike second cousin Van-Zee and his niece's husband Ak-Var take up the Nightwing and Flamebird identities. Superman Family was a DC Comics Comic book series which ran from 1974 to 1982 featuring primarily stories starring supporting A look-alike is a living person who closely resembles another living person The vigilantes take on crime in their city as had Superman and Olsen before them.
In 2001's Superman: The Man of Steel #111, Superman and Lois Lane travel to Krypton. Superman The Man of Steel is the title of a monthly American comic book series that ran 136 issues (ending with issue # 134 from 1991 to 2003 Lois Lane-Kent is the primary love interest in the DC Comics ’ Superman stories Labeled as criminals, Superman and Lois become fugitives, adopting the Nightwing and Flamebird identities to survive, just as had Superman and Olsen in Superman #158.
Dick Grayson
The teamup between both Nightwing and Flamebird teams along with their inspirations, Batman and Robin, for an adventure in Kandor proves important to the young Dick Grayson. Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. When Dick later gives up his role as Robin in 1984, he recalls the Kandorian adventure and renames himself Nightwing, in homage to both Batman and Superman. After the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths re-boot the DC continuity, Superman no longer has knowledge of Kandor; instead, he remembers Nightwing as an urban legend of Krypton, which he shares with a young Dick Grayson. The DC Universe Timeline is a Grayson, who considers Superman his favorite superhero, takes the identity in his honor.
In Blüdhaven, a sociopath named Tad Ryerstad becomes a superhero, inspired by the retired hero Tarantula. Blüdhaven is a Fictional city in the. Created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel in 1996 it was originally intended to serve as a backdrop for the The Tarantula is the name of two fictional Comic book characters owned by DC Comics who exist in that company's DC Universe. He takes his name, Nite-Wing, from an all-night deli specializing in chicken wings. Nite-Wing is a Fictional character appearing in the DC Comics series Nightwing. Unstable, Nite-Wing beats people for minor offenses. Nite-Wing is shot on his first night out and Dick Grayson, as Blüdhaven's protector Nightwing, defends him from Blockbuster's gang, who think it is Nightwing who has been injured. Blockbuster is the name of three Fictional characters in the DC Comics Universe. After Nite-Wing is released from the hospital, he kills the gang who put him there. Not realizing how violent Ryerstad is, Grayson agrees to train him. The two attack Blockbuster's organization but are captured and separated. After an undercover FBI agent frees Nite-Wing, Ryerstad beats him to death, and when he realizes what he has done, Ryerstad flees. Nightwing tracks him down and incarcerates Nite-Wing.
In the 2006 One Year Later storylines, multiple characters join Dick Grayson in using the name "Nightwing". One Year Later was a 2006 event running through the DC Universe. Bruce Jones' Nightwing run features Jason Todd prowling the streets of New York City under the guise of Nightwing, copying Grayson's costume. Bruce Jones, whose Pen names include Philip Roland and Bruce Elliot, is an American Comic book Writer, Novelist Jason Todd is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics. Additionally, a metahuman fashion designer named Cheyenne Freemont dons a modified Nightwing costume to help Grayson. Metahuman is a term to describe Superhumans in DC Comics ' Shared universe, the DC Universe. In Greg Rucka's Supergirl (Vol. Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American Writer of novels and Comic books He is married to fellow comic writer 3) #6, Power Girl and Supergirl assume the identities of Nightwing and Flamebird in a story set in Kandor, just as in the original stories featuring Superman. Supergirl is a fictional Comic book superheroine that is depicted as a female counterpart to the DC Comics iconic Superhero Superman
In recent years the main Nightwing comic has sold poorly, due to poor storylines, the most infamous being during the tenure of Devin Grayson, and the fact that the entire premise of the character is too closely associated with Batman. During DC's Infinite Crisis, DC considered killing Dick Grayson but at the last minute reconsidered this decision.
An attempt to revitalise the character by bringing back the writer to wrote the original Robin-to-Nightwing story, Marv Wolfman, had mixed response as Nightwing did not seem to achieve many heroic 'wins'. Marvin A "Marv" Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an award-winning American Comic book Writer. The most recent change to writer Peter Tomasi and artist Rags Morales has done much to reassert the character, with him operating in New York as a respected solo hero, and taking full advantage of the fact that his early start makes him one of the most experienced superheroes, and one of the best connected; through his many former team-mates and the friends he has established in his career. Peter J Tomasi is an American Comic book Writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. Ralph "Rags" Morales is am American Comic book artist known for his work DC Comics ' Identity Crisis, Countdown
Dick Grayson/Nightwing remains an icon outside the main comic reading world.
In other media
Dick Grayson is the only character to use the codename of "Nightwing" in media other than comic books. Six Flags New England, or SFNE, is a Theme park in the Six Flags chain of parks named for the New England region in which it is located Richard John "Dick" Grayson is a fictional Superhero that appears in Comic books published by DC Comics. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative
Dick Grayson appears as Nightwing in The New Batman Adventures, voiced by actor Loren Lester, the actor who had voiced Grayson as Robin in Batman: The Animated Series. The New Batman Adventures is the successor to the highly acclaimed American animated series Batman The Animated Series. Loren Lester is an American actor of stage screen and voice, best known for his portrayal of DC Comics Superhero Robin ( Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning Dick Grayson first appears in the end of the episode "Sins of the Father. " Bruce, Barbara and Alfred react to the grown up crime fighter as Dick remarks "Hey, you can't stay a boy wonder forever. " In "You Scratch My Back," Nightwing makes his full episode debut, and finds an unlikely ally in Catwoman in trying to expose a South American gun smuggling operation into Gotham City. This episode highlights Nightwing, hints at his relationship with Barbara and illustrates his tense relationship with Batman. The episode also contains a sequence - showing Nightwing in his loft headquarters and charging into the night on his motorcycle as his theme music plays. . . culminating in a shot where he stands silhouetted against the moon. The episode "Old Wounds" explains that Grayson, as Robin, fought with Batman over the latter's controlling nature and what the former saw as an unnecessarily harsh approach, causing Grayson to leave Gotham as a result. However, he returns years later as Nightwing. Although he works with Batman several times during the course of the series, he never fully reconciles with his former mentor. Nightwing also appears in series episodes Joker's Millions, Over The Edge, Animal Act, and Chemistry.
In the television series Batman Beyond, which is set many years in the future, the Nightwing uniform (or at least one copy of it) still hangs in the Batcave. Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Terry McGinnis (the new Batman) borrows the mask from that costume in the episode "Lost Soul," when the Batsuit is reprogrammed with the personality of a dead businessman. Terrence "Terry" McGinnis ( Batman II, The Tomorrow Knight) is a Fictional character, Superhero, and Protagonist of the In Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, McGinnis asks Commissioner Barbara Gordon (the former Batgirl) if all of the original Batman's associates were bitter when they left. Batman Beyond Return of the Joker (also known as Batman of the Future Return of the Joker in Europe and Australia) is a Batgirl is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts to the Superhero She replies ". . . look up Nightwing someday. Has he got stories," implying that he is still alive and using the identity in the timeframe of the series.
In the film Batman Forever Dick Grayson (Chris O'Donnell) suggests "Nightwing" as a name for himself. See also Batman Forever (score, Batman Forever (soundtrack, Batman Forever (video game, Batman Forever The Arcade Game Batman Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26 1970 is a Golden Globe -nominated American Actor, perhaps best known for playing Robin in the In the next film Batman & Robin, the costume Robin wears is just like the costume in the comic books with Nightwing, except the main symbol across his chest and arms is red instead of blue as in the comics and the movie costume also includes a small cape.
Nightwing also has a cameo as a silhouette in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Grudge Match". Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on As Black Canary enters Blüdhaven, Nightwing can be seen on a rooftop next to two gargoyles. Black Canary is a Fictional character, a DC Comics superheroine. Blüdhaven is a Fictional city in the. Created by Chuck Dixon and Scott McDaniel in 1996 it was originally intended to serve as a backdrop for the
In the Teen Titans animated series episode "How Long is Forever?", Nightwing appears as the future identity of Robin. Teen Titans is an American animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer The cartoon is an episode list for the American Animated television series Teen Titans. This article is about the Comic book Superhero Robin as he appears in other media, such as Films, Television He also appears in the Teen Titans Go! comic series based on the series. Teen Titans Go! is a Comic book series that was published by DC Comics. [1]
The Batman animated series episode "Artifacts", set in the year 3027 with flashbacks to the year 2027. The Batman was an Emmy Award -winning American Animated Television series produced by Warner Bros An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer The following is an episode list for the Kids' WB Animated television series The Batman, starring the titular character. The flashback sequences feature Nightwing, voiced by Jerry O'Connell. Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American Actor, best known for playing Vern Tessio in the film Although Dick has been active for ten years as Nightwing, Batman and Oracle persist in calling him "Robin. Oracle, in comics, may refer to An alias used by DC Comics character Barbara Gordon Oracle (Marvel Comics, a Marvel character " Nightwing later appears in season 5 in the episode "The Metal Face of Comedy" in his original Nightwing costume. In this episode, he is Dick Grayson's video game character in an online role playing game.
The Teen Titans story arc The Judas Contract in which Robin becomes Nightwing, is currently being adapted as a direct-to-video movie. Teen Titans The Judas Contract is a Direct-to-video Animated film adaptation of the popular storyline featuring DC Comics Superhero It will be released in 2008.
In several Six Flags amusement parks, there is a ride called Nightwing located in the DC Superheroes area. Six Flags Inc (commonly Six Flags) is one of the world's largest chains of Amusement parks and Theme parks, based on quantity of properties
Powers and Abilities
Nightwing (like his mentor Batman) has many different gadgets that he uses to defeat his enemies. Most of the gadgets are in the form of small boomerangs; some of them explode, some spread liquid nitrogen to freeze objects, and some are just sharp, which he uses to disarm but not kill. Liquid nitrogen (liquid density at the Triple point is 0707 g/mL is the liquid produced industrially in large quantities by Fractional distillation of Along with his boomerangs he has a grappling gun, a taser and a retractable quarter staff which measures at six feet long at maximum length and one foot long at minimum length. Nightwing has trained in many different martial arts including Hapkido, Tae-Kwon-Do, Jeet Kune Do, Kumdo, Escrima, Tai Chi, Hapkido, Wing Chun, Aikido, Ninjutsu, Kempo, Karate, Jujutsu, and Judo. Nightwing is also an experienced gymnast and spent several years of his youth in the circus. Along with skills with gadgetry and martial arts, Nightwing is exceedingly intelligent. He uses his detective skills and tactics to out think physically superior opponents.
Other uses in comic books
- In the DC Comic "Tangent Comics" fifth-week event, "Nightwing" is a mystical society. Tangent Comics was a DC Comics Imprint created in 1997-1998 developed from ideas created by Dan Jurgens. A fifth week event is a novelty Comic book promotion Comic publishers schedule releases in four-week cycles
- In the Elseworlds series "Superman & Batman: Generations", "Knightwing" is the identity adopted by Clark Wayne (Superman's biological grandson, adopted by Bruce Wayne, Jr. Elseworlds is the publication Imprint for a group of Comic books produced by DC Comics that take place outside the company's canon Superman & Batman Generations is the umbrella title of three Elseworlds Comic book Limited series published by DC Comics in Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon ) after he grows out of the Robin identity. Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, originally Bruce had wanted Clark to take on the Batman identity, but Clark declines, saying that only true members of the Wayne family should be Batman, revealing that he knew he was adopted. Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created When Superman is brought back from the Phantom Zone and discovers the Ultra-Humanite's cure for Gold Kryptonite, he gives some to Knightwing, which gives him powers comparable to his grandfather, but weaker as he is only a quarter-Kryptonian. The Ultra-Humanite is a Fictional character, a Supervillain appearing in stories published by DC Comics. Kryptonite is a mineral from the Superman mythos originating in the Superman Radio show series The powers of DC Comics Fictional character Superman have changed a great deal since his introduction in the 1930s
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