Dick Grayson

""Listen … do you hear? The rumble and honk of trucks and vans. The early deliveries have begun and with them, another day. in an hour the sun will rise over the tallest buildings and the citizens of Gotham will waken and yawn and be about their business. Until then, this extraordinary young man and I will talk of good and evil and the kind of masks we all wear. We will wonder together about what is the most real - the mask or the face. Soon, he will be gone, but I will still be here." - Millicent Mayne (Batman #684 by Denny ONeil)"

""Dick Grayson. Age twelve. Aerialist. The best I've ever SEEN." - Batman ("All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #3", 2005; by Frank Miller)"

""He's a born detective...I've always been the smartest kid in class-- but this Grayson, he's something" ("All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #8", 2008; by Frank Miller)"

""This kid's brain is as fast as his hands. He's a natural learned faster than I did. The kis almost scared me, last time we trained. It was the last lame ass spinning kick of his... I thought I could teach him to make it less embarrassing. And Dick shows up already miles past me with a flying triple kick I never imagined. Me. I never imagined it. Me. "Almost scared," Hell. He scared the crap out of me. He might just be a genius. A genius or something worst" - Batman (All Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder #9, 2008, by Frank Miller)"

""Next to Barry, I learned the most from Dick. We had our battle. But in the end I'd miss him an awful lot" - Wally West (Flash Vol 2 #245, 2008; by Alan Burnett)"

""No one can be [Batman]. But someone can represent what he stood for. The ideals that made Batman -- justice, consequence, and ironclad resolve to protect. And there is none other that has the wherewithal to uphold those ideal than you … Richard Grayson." - Alfred (Battle for the Cowl #2, 2009, by Tony S.Daniel)"

""Dick's known me longer than anyone else on this planet. Nobody understands me the way he does. He's become a master at hiding... But it's not too difficult to track him down. All I need to so is look in the shadows. That's where he lives now. No matter how long I live on this planet, no matter who I meet. Nobody means more to me than Dick. More than a friend. More than a teammate. More than a lover. From the very beginning, he was my connection to this planet. - Starfire (Titans Vol 2 21, 2010; by J.T. Krul)"

""He still managed to get words out. Dick was always the toughest." - Batman (Gates of Gotham #5, 2011, by Scott Snyder & Mike Johnson)"

""I never doubted it, Dick. Given enough time. Enough time I'm sure you'd make an even better Batman than me." - Batman (Superman/Batman Vol 1 56, 2011, by Michael Green & Kyle Higgins)"

"That makes him the smartest guy..." - Owlman (Justice League of America Vol 2 53, 2011, by James Robinson)"

""Out of all Barbara's friends, you were the one who always seemed the most different from me. You always went around with your heart on sleeve. You were genuinely nice-- that was the thing. It wasn' an act. You cared about everyone." - James Gordon Jr. (Detective Comics Vol 1 881, 2011; by Scott Snyder)"

""...It made me realize something. Something big. What I realized was empathy, Dick-- Empathy is the greatest human weakness. It's a handicap. A vestgial limp" - James Gordon Jr. (Detective Comics Vol 1 881, 2011; by Scott Snyder)"

""You see, this place is special, Dick. It is a city of nightmares. And I'm yours. I'm the face you see in the glass. A man with no conscience. No empathy." - James Gordon Jr. (Detective Comics Vol 1 881, 2011; by Scott Snyder)"

""But some things never change, like the sight of a Grayson on the trapeze. Can't fake that. Can't hide it..." - Jack Haly, Young Justice, 2012 (Tv Series)"

""...I guess that's why you're you. You got the gift of not dwelling." - Barbara Gordon (Nightwing Vol 3 17, 2013, by Kyle Higgins)"

""You trust people, Nightwing. It's what makes you who you are." - Damian Wayne (Nightwing Vol 3 18, 2013, by Kyle Higgins)"

""As I see it, your parents were show business people, Master Richard. Those are your roots. Try to think of your Batman not as a memorial -- you and I know he'd hate that -- but as a performance. Think of Batman as a great role, like a Hamlet, or Willie Loman … or even James Bond. And play it to your strengths. Master Damian will undoubtedly be racing towards trouble as we speak. Curtain's up. And the spotlight is on you now. Everyone is waiting for the hero to take the stage." - Alfred Pennyworth (Batman and Robin #2 by Grant Morrison)"

""“He likes to free-fall. To him, this is fun. He handles the pressure — the responsibility — all of it, so … effortlessly. I wish I could be so comfortable in my own skin.” - Tim Drake/Red Robin (Red Robin #23; by Fabian Nicieza"

""So far I'd say you've been my favorite partner. We were the best, Richard. No matter what anyone thinks." - Damian Wayne (Batman, Incorporated #8, 2013 by Grant Morrison)"

"Superman: Everything you've done, everything you set in motion is because you felt you couldn't trust the people around you. And you know what? You can't. But on my Earth it's different."

"Batman: What happens to everyone on this Earth when yours comes back?"

"Superman: They'll be folded into historical fabric"

"Batman:You mean they'll die."

"Superman: No. They'll be replaced, just as everyone on my Earth was. But they'll be better. I never lie, Bruce"

"Batman: And what about Dick Grayson?"

"Superman: Yes?"

"Batman: Is he a better man on your earth than he is on mine?"

"Superman: No. (Infinite Crisis by Geoff Johns)"

""The first robin, Dick Grayson turned out okay, but he always seems like he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders" - Beast Boy (Teen Titans Vol 5 24, 2016 by Tony Bedard)"

""My people muttered name for him. Almanqidh Majhuli Alhuia' 'The Faceless Savior.' The man who came to destroy our quest but instead helped us revive it. The selfish man who acted with selflessness. The liar who helped lead us to truth. I never saw him again. I know nothing more of Agent 37" - Azrael (Grayson Vol 1 3, 2016 by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly)"

""He was a trickster, a thief, and he didn't know when to shut up. But he was still a better hero than me, even with a ring." - Simon Baz (Grayson Vol 1 3, 2016 by Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly)"

""I'n not like Grayson,... I can't work for someone whose agenda trumps everything else including the lifes of innocents. I can't smile and nod to one face knowing there's at least one more face where that one came from. And I can't be surrounded by liars and murderers without becoming one myself." - Midnighter (Grayson Vol 1 7, 2015; by Tim Seeley and Tom King)"

""The Great Rebuilder and Catalyst of Change. Eternally reborn to start anew." - Nightwing (Nightwing: Rebirth Vol 1 1, 2016 by Tim Seeley)"

""You vouching for someone is worth its weight in gold. It was true in my world, and it's true in this one. In facts, of everyone I've met here, you're the least changed from the version I knew. Always confident, always kind, always cool. Dick Grayson-- The multiversal constant." - Superman(Pre-Flashpoint) (Nightwing # 9, 2017 by Tim Seeley)"

""Jericho told me... that you had some kind of special talent. That you could almost fly, take down legions of bad men, that you could do the impossible." - Adeline (Titans)"

""I'm not kidding myself. Nightwing's about the best there is. He got the moves. The speed. Years of world-class training with the greatest in the business. ...I'm good, but he's a damn machine... And there it is. That tiny hesitation. The one chance I was counting on" - Roy Harper (Titans Apart, Part Two, 2018; by Dan Abnett)"

""You're more important than you realize, Nightwing. You're at the center of a web of heroes and villains. Every choice you make ripples outward and affects them all." - Cimialcinnus (Nightwing Vol 4 49, 2018 by Benjamin Percy)"

""I hate the boy who fears nothing!" - Scarecrow (Nightwing Vol 4 50, 2018 by Benjamin Percy)"

""I've become you, Dick Grayson... Bruce's ward. His true confidant. Always there. His best friend" - Hush (Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs Hush, 2018 by Tim Seeley)"

""I knew a boy once... He simply knew no fear. I thought it was a mask, a facade, but I came to realize it was the greatest weapon he had. Not only had this allowed him to understand and cope with adversity. It allowed him to thrive because of that adversity. I long believed that fear alone-- fight or flight-- was all that kept us safe. But that boy showed me there was another way... And now, Ric, you have shown me that method works. To eliminate fear as an option-- To ignore it's very existence-- is a very... Worthy approach." - Scarecrow (Nightwing Vol 4 54, 2019 by Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza)"

""Impressive. Richard's superiority is evident, Beatrice. He's everything I dreamed of and more... He is now a true assassin. A Talon born and bred... He is as much as a Talon as I am. Unstoppable and deadly." - William Cobb (Nightwing Vol 4 67, 2020 by Dan Jurgens)"

""How do I fight him? Dick was trained by the best ever. He's Batman's equal." - Barbara Gordon (Nightwing Vol 4 73, 2020 by Dan Jurgens)"

""You are not Dicky-Boy. Or even Ric! You are not some anonymous guy in a suit of action! Your name is Dick! And you are no more The Joker's child than I am! You were the first--the best Robin! You built the Teen Titans into an enduring force. Look at that suit! These days, you are...Nightwing!" - Barbara Gordon (Nightwing Vol 4 73, 2020 by Dan Jurgens)"

""Dick Grayson has been a showman about as long as he could walk. I still remember going to see him at the circus. He was everything I wanted to be. Hell, he still is. He was the first Robin. The founder of the Teen Titans. The first sidekick to go off and make a name for himself. Nightwing." - Tim Drake (Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, 2020; by Adam Beechen)"

""Before I put on suit, I begged him to take it back. That's Dick for you. Grinning as he offers you the role that everyone and their brother knows belongs to him. He was the first. He's the best. He's always going to be the role model." - Tim Drake (Robin 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, 2020; by Adam Beechen)"

""Dick Grayson's resolve is far too strong to ever be darkened." (New Teen Titans Annual #7, 1991; by Marv Wolfman)"

"After 1941 or so, Whitney Ellsworth and his editorial successors steered Batman and robin's career, assigning stories to a variety of writers and artists. That corporate approach froze the characters in place for decades. Panels from the early 1940s look almost interchangeable with panels from the early 1960s."

"The unchanging nature of those Batman and Robin stories did not hurt their appeal to the young readers who were the main market for super-hero comics. In fact, the team became one of the most popular and enduring in the genre, appearing together in every issue of Detective Comics, and then Batman, and then with Superman on World's Finest. Indeed, the Boy Wonder was popular enough to appear on more ccomic-book covers in the 1940s than Batman himself."

"Nostalgist Don Edrington (nine years old in 1940) recalled: My favorite superheroes were Batman and Robin. I especially liked them because I could identify with Robin-I was sure he was exactly my age. I was positive of that when i first started reading the comics at about age nine, and I was still convinced he was my age when I was fourteen or fifteen."

"In Manufacturing Desire, communications professor Arthur Asa Berger (seven years old in 1940) wrote: Like many other super heroes, Batman provides youngsters with a young side kick hero to identify with-Robin, though it is Batman who captured the imagination of children the most.... During the Batman rage of a number of years ago [presumably the mid 1960s], many children in my neighborhood used to tie a towl around their neck and play Batman. It was always the youngest and weakest children who were forced into the Robin role."