2 ) # 118-122 run features Jason Todd prowling the streets of New York City under the guise of Nightwing, copying Grayson's costume.

The " One Year Later " storyline features a metahuman fashion designer named Cheyenne Freemont donning a modified Nightwing costume to help Grayson.

Set in 2027, with the main storyline in 3027, it features a wheelchair-using Barbara Gordon as Oracle ( voiced by Kellie Martin ), Dick Grayson as Nightwing ( voiced by Jerry O ' Connell ), with both The Batman and the Batmobile resembling the versions in Miller's series.

The character was re-discovered by a new generation of fans during the 1980s because of the success of The New Teen Titans, in which he left Batman's shadow entirely to assume the identity of Nightwing.

This future Batcave of Batman Beyond includes not only replicas of Batman's most famous enemies ( both as wax dummies and robot combat trainers ), but also a display case with the many permutations of costumes of Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, and Batman himself.

During the Battle of Metropolis, Nightwing suffers a near-fatal injury from Alexander Luthor when he attempts to save Batman's life.

" storyline, and due to Batman's apparent death, Nightwing feels his attention should be better aimed at protecting Gotham City.

Following the events of Batman's apparent death during Final Crisis, Nightwing has closed down shop in New York so as to return to Gotham.

In the sequel The Kingdom, Iris is recruited by Rip Hunter ( along with several other heroes of her generation-Ibn al Xu ' ffasch, Batman's son ; Nightstar, the daughter of Nightwing and Starfire ; and Offspring, the son of Plastic Man ) to try to stop a madman named Gog from altering the past, before discovering it to be unnecessary due to Hypertime.

In the first issue of Batman's debut in Smallville Season 11's comic series, Barbara Gordon / Nightwing mentions elluding cops named " Allen and Montoya ".

Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's supporting cast, which include fellow crimefighters Robin, Nightwing, and Batgirl, among others.

For several years, Nightwing leads various incarnations of the Titans and becomes the most respected former sidekick in the DC Universe.

Dick Grayson is one such example, having outgrown the mantle of Robin when he was under Batman and taken up the new identity of Nightwing.

As Robin, Dick Grayson 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.

In the wake of The New 52, Tim Drake later takes on the identity of Red Robin while Jason Todd still operates as the Red Hood, and Dick Grayson reclaims his role as Nightwing.

DC was initially hesitant to turn Grayson into Nightwing and to replace him with a new Robin.

Weeks later, after Dick Grayson became Nightwing and Todd proved his crime-fighting worth by helping Batman catch a gang of robbers, Batman offered Todd the position as Robin.

This idea, that Robin is in fact Dick Grayson, is further supported in Teen Titans in an episode in which Starfire travels to the future, and Robin has taken the identity of Nightwing.

Soon after his journey with Batman and Robin ends, Nightwing returns to Gotham, following Intergang's trail.

Nightwing is said to be resisting the idea that someone needs to take up the mantle of Batman, in spite of arguments from Robin and Alfred Pennyworth that it is necessary.

It is later revealed he has no objections to becoming the new Batman, but was ordered not to in Bruce's prerecorded message for him, saying that Nightwing and Robin could carry the torch.

Thinking Batman and Superman needed to be rescued from President Lex Luthor, a small team of superheroes, which includes such heroes as Superboy, Nightwing, and Robin, invade the White House.

It is implied by virtue of his lengthy career as Batman, and his retaining the Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl costumes, that a tragic occurrence had transpired, causing Bruce to sever his ties with the Justice League and forbid his allies to assume their alter egos ( the events which caused all of this are revealed in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker ).

Ra's attempts to take over Damian, but Batman breaks free just as Robin, Talia, Alfred Pennyworth, and Nightwing arrive to save him.

; Nightwing ( Dick Grayson ): Dashing crimefighter and the original Robin, Dick enjoyed a mutual teenage crush on Barbara that once blossomed into a steamy romance, but has crumbled despite continued strong feelings on both sides.

He went on a mission with Nightwing ( the former Robin ) to track down Cheshire and prevent her from assassinating a group of diplomats.

Protagonists include Superman Family members Nightwing ( Chris Kent ), the Guardian and Supergirl, along with Batman Family members Red Robin ( Tim Drake ), Robin ( Damian Wayne ), Oracle and Batgirl ( Stephanie Brown ).

Succeeding, he visits Batman and reveals his new identity of Nightwing to him, Alfred, Batgirl, and Robin.

After Batman is disabled by the villain Bane, Azrael takes over the role and ejects Ace, Nightwing, Robin and Harold Allnut from the Batcaves.

In addition to his appearances within the Flash title, the character was used as a member of the newly created Teen Titans, where he became friends with Dick Grayson, then known as Robin, later known as Nightwing.

He then travels back to the year 2016 and is transported inside Mount Justice where he is confronted by Nightwing, Robin, and Beast Boy.

Bruce however, steadfastly refuses to allow her to become more involved than is absolutely necessary, due to his not wanting her to take the risks that Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl had.

Nightwing, Batgirl and Robin survive, since all were out of the city at the time of the attack, but the fates of other Blüdhaven-based heroes such as Tarantula are unknown.

Dick Grayson's origin, years with Batman, and growth into Nightwing remained mostly unchanged ; but Todd's character was completely revised.

Following Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne and Flashpoint events, Bruce Wayne returns to his role as Batman while Dick resumes as Nightwing.

He saves Dick Grayson, who is working undercover during the Gotham Gang War between Penguin and Tobias Whale and deduces that Grayson is Nightwing.

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.

Later on, with the Nightwing miniseries ( September 1995 to December 1995, written by Dennis O ' Neil with Greg Land as artist ), Dick briefly considers retiring from being Nightwing forever before family papers uncovered by Alfred reveal a possible link between the murder of the Flying Graysons and the Crown Prince of Kravia.

Despite reaching his original goals, Dick continues as a police officer during the day while spending nights as Nightwing, pushing himself to his limits and straining his relationships.

Wrongfully blaming Nightwing for the death of his mother, the mob boss Blockbuster bombs Dick Grayson's apartment complex and promises to kill anyone in Dick's life.

One year later, Dick Grayson returns to New York City ( his previous home base with the Teen Titans ) in order to find out who has been masquerading as Nightwing.

After a 4-issue miniseries, and as commented above, in 1996 DC launched a monthly solo series featuring Dick Grayson as Nightwing that ended in February 2009.

Nightwing has now been canceled, with Dick Grayson having become the new Batman.

* Batman: Under the Red Hood ( Nightwing / Dick Grayson )

In Africa, Dick develops a new persona for himself: Nightwing.

* Nightwing ( Dick Grayson )

* Deathwing ( comics ), an alternate-future incarnation of Dick Grayson / Nightwing, from the DC Universe.