Prologue
Haley's circus was in Queens when Peter Grayson was born. The second son of the famous trapeze artists, 'The Flying Graysons', 3 years younger than his older brother Richard, or Dick as was his nickname. The Graysons, however, were less than ecstatic over his birth, knowing that they were going to have to give him up as they were unable to support 2 children.
Once Peter was a few months old, they gave him up for adoption, leaving him in Queens once they'd left for their next show. They never forgot him, and Dick remembered later about the brother he never really had.
Peter was soon adopted by a couple, Mary and Richard Parker, who were themselves unable to have children.
It was six years later that both sets of parents died.
The Parkers died in a car crash, leaving a six year old Peter Parker with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben.
The Graysons' trapeze was sabotaged, leaving a nine year old Dick Grayson to watch them fall to their deaths. He was soon adopted by the Gotham billionaire Bruce Wayne, who had been at the show that night.
It may be fate that both these incidents happened on the same day, exactly 6 years after Peter's adoption. But it was destiny that both brothers became heroes, a fact that led them to reunite once again.