Alter Ego: Richard (Dick) John Grayson
Occupation: Crime Fighter
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: John Grayson (father, deceased), Mary Loyd Grayson (mother, deceased); Bruce Wayne (adoptive father), Jason Todd (adoptive brother)
Group Affiliations: Batman Family, Titans
Base of Operations: Gotham City
Height: 5ft 10in"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
First Appearance: DETECTIVE COMICS #29 (July, 1939) Created By: Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson

Dick Grayson was a circus prodigy. His parents were stars on the high wire and trapeze, and he joined them in the act at an early age. But Boss Zucco, a Gotham gangster, was trying to extort money from the circus by sabatoge. Dick witnessed the death of his parents when a trapeze that Zucco had tampered with broke during the show.
Now an orphan, Dick was taken in by millionare Bruce Wayne. Bruce revealed that he was secretly the Batman, and offered to help Dick bring Zucco to justice. Soon Dick had a costumed crimefighting identity based in part on his favorite story book hero, Robin Hood. As Robin "the Boy Wonder", Dick became Batman's junior partner, bringing first his parents' killer to justice, then many more criminals.

Perhaps it was the fact that Zucco was brought in so soon that prevented Dick from becoming as grim a figure as Bruce. As a superhero, Dick was more prone to swashbuckling and laughing in the midst of battle. His acrobatic skills were such that he taught Batman a thing or two, and coupled with the martial arts he learned from Batman, Robin's speed and agility often allowed him to make bad guys look like lumbering clutzes. Some of Robin's lightness of heart seemed to rub off onto Batman, making him seem less predatory and more heroic.

Dick eventually went to law school and into legal practice, but continued to act as Robin. He modified the costume a bit, and the epithet "Boy Wonder" certainly ceased to apply, but he was still Robin. As Bruce became less active as Batman, Robin took on more of the heroic duties in Gotham, and took Batman's place in the Justice Society of America. Eventually, Dick also began to spend less time in costume, as Bruce's daughter Helena was taking on part of the load as the Huntress.

After Bruce's death, Dick thought about taking on the role of Batman, but decided against it. He did don the cowel once to stop an aging Joker, but returned to being Robin afterwards.

At around 58 years old, Dick died a heroic death as Robin while struggling to save others during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.