The first Robin may now be roll in the hay best asDC Comics’Nightwing , but the original Boy Wonder , Dick Grayson , wore one other mantle easily than anyone else when he bring over asBatmanfor Bruce Wayne . Many heroes throughout the DC Comics Omniverse have taken over themantle of the Batover the line of its X - long chronicle . But few have ever come   close to get in touch with the acme of the Batman indistinguishability ’s originator , Bruce Wayne .

Fortunately for devotee , if there ’s one thing Dick Grayson knows , it is pinnacle . And having donned his   adoptive father ’s bonnet on more than one occasion , Nightwing has more than provenhe has what it takes to be the ultimate Dark Knight , despite Bruce Wayne ’s overwhelming legacy . But just because Grayson was the best at being Batman does n’t mean that being Batman was the best for Nightwing .

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

Though Nightwing ’s least sandpiper in the part did n’t last as long as those offellow bequest heroes like Wally West , he still filled the role admirably . Many fans argue over whether Batman is the true mask or if Bruce Wayne is , but with Dick it was never in question . While Dick did feel like he had to live up to Bruce ’s bequest , ultimately , he had nothing to prove as he ’d long been an completed grinder with skills that surpass even the original Batman .

Nightwing handle the role with the fear it deserved , but he did n’t allow it consume him the way it did with his wise man . Bruce has repeatedly said that Dick is a clearer version of what Batman is supposed to be , and his time behind the cowl proved this . Other batman like Jean - Paul Valleyor even Commissioner Gordon himself ended their tenure recognise they could never be the true Batman , but Dick voluntarily leave up the purpose to return to his true calling as Nightwing – despite Bruce ’s insistence that they could share the mantle .

Grayson may be the ultimate Batman , but being the Dark Knight in the end is n’t good for him . For the Dick ’s integral history , he ’s been inexorably link to Batman , and both within continuity and in DC Comics ’ publishing story , Nightwing has oft fought to make his elbow room out of Batman ’s shadow as his own poor boy . While the Batman chimneypiece uplifts Gotham ’s citizens as a symbol of hope , it weighs Dick Grayson down as a symbolic representation of everything he fought to get away .

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Dick Grayson is a globe class hero , and as Gotham ’s Dark Knight , he wore the cape and cowl better thanBruce Wayne or any of his other successors . But just because the original   Robin is   DC Comics ’ best military man for the chore does n’t mean that it ’s the expert line of work for him . At the end of the day , Nightwingis his own man – one that just bump to be better thanBatman .

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