
Īfter six months of training, Dick joined Bruce out on patrol for the first time, but after Dick disobeyed Bruce's orders to stay out of harms way by taking down a thug he was fired. Donning his costume early, Robin arrived at Batman's position for his first mission in the field but was no match for the assassin, who spared his life and said they'd meet again. One night, Batman was tracking the Assassin Lady Shiva before the hero was ambushed and bested by her in combat. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on Robin, a reference to an adoration his mother had for the bird. Grayson accepted Wayne's offer and Wayne began training him over a period of a few months. Wayne then offered to help Grayson bring in Tony Zucco, a notion that Alfred Pennyworth was reluctant to accept. Įventually, Batman brought Grayson to the Batcave and shared his identity as Bruce Wayne. Grayson would encounter Batman at various times, and the Bat helped Grayson with his investigation, empathizing with his similar tragedy. While Grayson seemed to be recovering well from the tragedy, he would actually sneak out at night in order to conduct his own investigation into the whereabouts of Tony Zucco. Unable to work as an acrobat anymore, Grayson left the circus, unknowingly escaping his fate of becoming a Talon.Īfter being transferred to the Wayne Care Center, Bruce Wayne would occasionally check up on Grayson and help him out. Unknown to the young acrobat, Grayson had been selected to become the newest Talon for the Court being groomed to replace Alton Carver.ĭick Grayson's parents were eventually killed by the mobster Tony Zucco on his mother's birthday, leaving the acrobat an orphan. Haly's Circus hid a dark secret, having been training assassins for the Court of Owls for decades. From the experience Grayson learned not to take his friends for granted and apologized for treating them so poorly. Working with a couple of other kids, Grayson managed to survive the blackout and return to his family at Haly's camp.
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Grayson, becoming rather pompous, began to drive away his closest friends Raymond and Raya.ĭuring a major blackout in Gotham City caused by the Riddler, Grayson, who had decided to see a movie while Haly's Circus was in Gotham, was caught alone in the streets. The three performers, known as the Flying Graysons, were one of Haly's most famous acts, a fact that went to Dick Grayson's head. When Dick Grayson was a child, he was an acrobatic prodigy travelling with the world-famous " Haly's Circus" along with his parents John and Mary Grayson.
