JLA # 121 :)
Simple answer: They’re the same person from different universes.
Complicated answer: Earth-2 was created to explain how silver age heros like those old dudes in the justice society could exist at the same time as golden age heroes like the JLA. So like, Alan Scott was a green lantern in Earth-2 but in Earth-1, it was Hal Jordan. These Earths existed in harmony but then everything changed when the fire nation attacked Crisis of Infinite Earths happened. The two earths merged into just one and lots of characters disappeared/died like Earth-2 Dick Grayson. Earth-2’s Dick Grayson is essentially “what if Dick Grayson had stayed Robin forever.”
In Infinite Crisis, another multi-verse explaining series, Earth-2 Superman is back and wants his world to exist again so he’s about to convince Batman to destroy everything and Batman’s like ‘is your Dick Grayson as awesome and great and perfect as mine??” and Superman is like “……:( no” so Batman’s like “wow fuck you dude I’m not destroying shit” and Batman changes his mind haha.
That’s from the Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day mini series.
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Post zero hour birthday is November 11 but then they changed it to March 21 to fit the first day of spring. I believe March 21 is what the DCU is still going with.
haha hmm I don’t think he has the time or the attention span to follow through and finish anything lolol buuut probably Tiger and Bunny! It’s about superheroes and the main character is a big happy goober whose his main goal in life is to get his tsundere child to think that he’s cool heh. Dick would totally relate to that quest.
Other than that, probably DBZ and Cowboy Bebop and Sailor Moon and other shows that used to be on Cartoon Network when Dick was a kid lol. And Hayao Miyazaki movies! And he’d watch everything in the original format since he speaks japanese fluently.
haha no Dick/Roy isn’t a canon pairing….. officially according to DC I guess ;)
My favorite person to ship Dick with is actually Roy! But Babs is above Kory just because Kory/Donna is otp status for me and Babs gets Dick out of the way haha.
pre reboot:
Dick became robin around 10-12 years old when his parents died doing their trapeze act. He grew up, moved on to nightwing at 19 and 13ish year old Jason became Robin. Jason (parents: mom died with him, I think two-face killed his dad) got killed at 16ish and when he did, Batman became very depressed. Tim Drake, who had been stalking Batman/Robin since he was four, saw that Batman needed a Robin and kind of took it upon himself to be Robin at 14. At 15/16ish, his father found out so Tim quit and his girlfriend, Stephanie Brown became Robin at 16 I want to say. Tim’s mom died when he was a kid, his step mom had break down (oops, not died, thanks anon) after he became Robin and his father died after Steph died.
After Steph got killed in War Games (boo), Tim became Robin again. Steph’s father is a criminal and he’s in jail. Around this time Jason comes back to life as the Red Hood and later after that, Steph comes back to life too. She lives with her mother. When Bruce Wayne died, Dick saw that Bruce’s son Damian Wayne (10) needed guidance and direction so he gave Tim’s title to Damian. Tim was understandably upset and still mourning Bruce so he became Red Robin while Dick became Batman and Steph became Batgirl.
post reboot:
who cares, don’t listen to them, make your own head canon, four robins in five years is bullshit, long live the short pants, also there are five robins, shut up DC, etc.
uhhh violent punches and property damage probably then, according to my educated guess, exhibitionist oral sex most likely
Probably in Birds of Prey #8 v1 where Babs tells Dick that she’s not Batgirl anymore and he (and the rest of the boys) need to get over it because she’s moved on and so should they :) Also, their little trapeze act was cute!
Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I believe it’s from DC One Million #1 by Grant Morrison from like, 1999. Yeah, Morrison is that good at foreshadowing ;)
hmm probably something obnoxious and cliche like Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing. Or Britney Spears. ~she’s so lucky, she’s a star but she cry cry cry in her lonely heart thinkin~ etc hahaha idk
Hmm I’m not aware of any story that focuse specifically on when Dick met Babs though there are a few for Robin meeting Batgirl. ie: Batgirl: Year One #3, Batman Chronicles #9 and Detective Comics #359 of course
Superman/Batman #76 :) I added it to the post!
To my knowledge, here is the most thorough list of everything that Dick Grayson has ever appeared in :)
He’s had serious relationships with Kory, Roy, and Babs. He had some one night stands (Huntress), random kisses (Raven), and short relationships with some civilians that never lasted for more than 10 issues. Probably not full list here.
He and Babs became serious in 1999’s Nightwing #38 (though they had been all over each other since the beginning of Nightwing and Birds of Prey) until 2004’s Nightwing #87. I think that would be like… a year if we go by reboot time. Maybe not even haha.
Then Dick proposed to her in Nightwing #117 but they’ve been broken up ever since Nightwing Annual #2 which is a super terrible mini that makes everyone involved look like terrible people. They’ll probably get back together eventually since the Bat offices and mainstream fans love them but that won’t happen for years, I think. At least not until the reboot series find their footing. Hope that helps!