The Dark Knight is considered by many to be one ofDC Comics ’ best fighters , but Bruce ’s sure-enough partnerNightwingis no pushover , and he even beatBatmanin a one - on - one fight . Nightwing is an A - listing DC herowho ’s more than earned his prison term in the solo spotlight . But with a relationship as active as this duo ’s , the comparisons between their acquisition and abilities are inevitable .

Trained from childhood by the Caped Crusader , Dick Grayson is undoubtedly a master combatant . Even so , many fan may not expect Nightwing to be a in force fighter than his old mentor . But their script - to - hand tear inNightwing # 30by Tim Seeley , Tom King , and more proves that Grayson more than has what it takes to beat out the Bat .

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Nightwing # 30takes lieu briefly after Nightwing ’s dying and Christ’s Resurrection in the pages ofForever Evilby Geoff Johns and David Finch . With Bruce having discovered the secret anti - superhero need of the Spyral espionage organization , he tasks Dick with infiltrate the group as an inner man - butafter Nightwing ’s very public   defeatand unmasking ,   Bruce needs to fuck he ’s the good man for the job . Forcing Dick to essay his mettle yet again , Batman and Nightwing battle it out in the Batcave without gadgets or body armor and essentially charge the place - and each other - asunder . As they fight , Bruce relentlessly goads Dick , questioning his capacity by reminding him of his failure and saying to him , “ Tell me Dick , my boy , after all of this - will yougive up ? Will yougive in ? ” And as he strikes the winning blow , Dick answer with a simple and forceful , “ I ’m not yourboy , ” proving that the scholar has finally outgrow his one-time master .

Not only was this fighting shockingly red , but it was also emotionally brutal . Batman was n’t just asking Nightwingto go cloak-and-dagger . Bruce was require his   adopted Word to lie to their intact kin and pretend as if he were still deadened - something Grayson hated being asked to do . While it ’s more than possible that anger drive Nightwing to a point where he could circumvent Bruce , the dim-witted solution is that he ’s just a better fighter than Batman .

Bruce Wayne may have been trained by warriorlike arts passkey all over the public , but Dick Grayson was train by someone well : Batman . Combined with Nightwing ’s born pep pill and athleticism stemming from old age as a circus performing artist from a young eld , it ’s no secret thathe ’s more than a match for Batman . After all , Bruce did n’t become Batman until he was in his mid - twenties , and the amount of refined training and scrap experience Dick ’s receive by that degree in his life history is far above anything Bruce had encounter at that age .

Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

Though it ’s no surprisal that the bookman would one day outdo the master , nobody expected it to be such a violent viewing . But at the end of the twenty-four hour period , a fair fight is a middling fight and Dick Grayson clear amount out on top . When it comes to hand - to - handwriting combat , DC Comics’Nightwingis clearly just better thanBatman .

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