Teen titan's who's who.
Cast of characters.
There has always been a next generation of hero to be trained. As much can be learned from fellow novices as from a mentor, so were born the Teen titans. Over the years the lineup has changed, but the need for guidance remains as dose the spirit of camaraderie and friendship.
What do teenage superheroes do on the weekends? They hang with the Teen Titans!
Each new generation of heroes must fight evil in fresh ways. As much as their predecessors may teach them, there is much more they can teach one another. Thus were born the Teen Titans. Over the years the lineup has changed, but the need for guidance remains, as does the spirit of camaraderie and friendship.
Robin-Nightwing-Dick, Richard John Grayson.
Former Robin and Batman's detective protégé.
1984-1985.
First appearance: (as Robin) DERECTIVE COMICS #327; (as Nightwing) TALES OF THE NEW TEEN TITANS #43.
OCCUPATION: Adventurer.
KNOW RELATIVES: The Flying Grayson's (parents, deceased).
GROUP AFFILIATION: The New Teen Titans.
BASE OF OPERATION: Titans Tower, Manhattan.
HEIGHT: 5'10" WIGHTE: 175pounds. EYES: blue HAIR: black.
MARITAL STATUS: Single.
HISTORY.
When jack Haly, of the Haly Circus, refused to pay extortion money to Gotham crime lord Boss Zucco, Haly's number one act- the Flying Grayson's- became targets for the underworld. Young Dick Grayson watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped and they hurtled to their death.
Batman, investigating the death of the Flying Grayson's, decided to adopt the young acrobat and make him his partner-in-peril. Dick took quickly to the extensive training and soon debuted as Robin, The Boy Wonder.
Over the years Robin met several other young adventurers and together they formed the first version of the Teen Titans. This early group achieved great success but eventually dissolved as the teens grew older and found their time limited because of school and solo adventures.
A second group of Titans was formed a year after the first group ended, and even more young adventurers joined. However, this group, too, quickly disbanded.
As Dick turned 19 years old, a third group of Titans was created, and Dick soon became its leader.
Over the first few months with the New Teen Titans, Dick met and quickly fell in love with the beautiful alien princess Koriand'R from the planet Tamaran in the Vegan star-system.
As Dick matured he decided that it was time to quit being Robin. He was no longer Batman's partner. He no longer fit the image of young Boy Wonder. Dick wanted to have his own identity. Turning his Robin uniform over to Batman's new ward, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson soon took the new identity of Nightwing.
Nightwing continued to lead the New Teen Titans and also joined his lover, Starfire, on a return visit to her homeworld.
POWERS: Nightwing is a superb athlete capable of any number of incredible gymnastic moves and is also a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Dick Grayson has a quick and facile mind and is a master detective, second only to Batman. Dick also has a utility wristband that contains several weapons, including a collapsible Frisbee-shaped boomerang and gas pellets. He frequently prefers to use a high-powered motorcycle specially designed for crime fighting.
2003.
MARITAL STATUS: Single.
Ht 5' 10" Wt: 175 Ibs.
After years of adventuring as Robin, sidekick to Gotham City's Dark Knight Defective and a crime fighter in his own right, Robin soon met other teenage adventures – Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad – and formed the first group of Teen Titans. Through many later incarnations, he served as its leader, even after abandoning the Robin identity for his new role as Nightwing.
Following the death of his omen Donna Troy, Dick disbanded the Titans. It was at Arsenal's behest that Dick returned to head a new team of crime-fighters who would act as co-workers rather than an extended family. Dubbing the team the Outsiders as a nod to Batman's previous team, Dick sees this group as hunters – they will seek out the world's villains and bring them in.
2003-2005
Former partner to Batman as Robin, Dick Grayson has left Gotham City for nearby Bludhaven, where he fights crime as Nightwing. He is a master of several martial arts disciplines, an d is armed with escrima sticks, batarangs, jumplines and gas capsules. As sometimes leader of the new outsiders (which he named as a nod to Batman's former team), Dick sees this group a hunters- they will seek out the world's villains and bring them in.
2003.
TIMOTHY DRAKE. Batman's Detective protégé.
MARITAL STATUS: Single.
HEIGHT: 5'5". WEIGHT: 125 IBS. EYES: blue. HAIR: Black.
FIRST APPEARANCE: (as Tim) Batman #436 (August, 1989); (as Robin) Batman #457 (December, 1990)
Many see Robin as the straight-and-narrow kid striving to be perfect for his mentor, and that's just what he wants everyone to think. Tim Drake was barely a teenager when first became a detective, uncovering that Batman was in fact secretly Bruce Wayne.
Batman recruited Tim to become the third person to bear the name of Robin, the Teen Wonder. Although Tim is not as natural an acrobat as was Dick Grayson, the first Robin, he is an incredible quick learner and doesn't hesitate to rely on weapons or trickery to give himself and edge.
Tim currently lives with his father and stepmother, both unaware that Tim spends his nights protecting the streets of Gotham City. Tim has also been forced to lie to his father about where he's been spending his time when it comes to the Teen Titans, often citing weekend vocational schooling (which has been falsely created and verified by the hi-tech information hub know as Oracle). How long Tim can keep up this charade is anyone's guess, though the strain is beginning to show.
Robin remains a mystery to those around him. Even when the Teen Titans began to believe they could predict his next move, they found out they were mistaken. Robin will do anything he feels he must in order to insure the safety of those around him. He has never been one to just follow orders blindly, and will constantly challenge the elder Titans around him.
2004.
Perhaps the best prepared of the younger heroes, Tim Drake has been trained by the best- Batman and the first Robin, Dick Grayson. Tim wants to fight crime, but not forever, and uses his quick mind and strong body in addition to a veritable arsenal to stop crime. He has hated lying to his father about his costumed exploits and recently suffered the crushing dissolution of Young Justice, a team he led. Robin remains a mystery to those around him. Even when the Titans began to believe they could predict his next move, they found out they were mistaken.