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davoomac
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Nightwing is a name used by a number of superheroes in the DC Comics Universe, and is connected strongly to both the Batman and Superman families. Dick Grayson and Jason Todd are both currently using the alias in New York City. In the Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline of Superman (Vol.1) #158 (Jan. 1963), Nightwing was an alias used by Superman in adventures shared with Jimmy Olsen in the city of Kandor, a Kryptonian city that had been shrunken and preserved in a bottle. In Kandor, Superman had no powers and was branded an outlaw due to a misunderstanding. To protect themselves, Superman and Jimmy created vigilante identities inspired by Batman and Robin; however, as neither bats nor robins existed on Krypton, Superman chose the names of two native avian species: Nightwing (for himself) and Flamebird (for Jimmy). The direct association between Superman and the role of Nightwing was restored in 2001's Superman: The Man of Steel #111 wherein Superman and Lois Lane travel to the Kryptonian city, where they were greeted as "Nightwing" and "Flamebird". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwing
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Since I found this questiuon in the Batman section of the site, and since Alatea gave the Superman character's history, I'll give the Batman (sort of) character's history. First, Jason Todd is not Nightwing. He simply impersonated Dick Grayson, and has refused to stop (as I understand it). Dick Grayson worked with Batman as Robin for six years before differences in their philosophies split up the Dynamic Duo. Nightwing joined the Teen Titans, and Batman continued what he'd been doing for the past ten years (accordingb to modern continuity--this story crosses the DC reset, which complicates things). Dick eventually grew to be his own man, and decided he'd "outgrown" being Robin. While he was designing his new identity, Superman gave "Nightwing" as a suggestion (originally, he had not been Nightwing in Kandor--the name applied to an old folk hero, much like Rip Van Winkle is a classic in America. This was rectified/explained recently through the use of time-travel). Since Suprman had been such a driving force in shaping his character, he adopted the name for himself as a sign of respect, and modeled his costume after Batman's
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