Dick Grayson his parents in order to extort money from the circus that employed them. After the tragic murder, Batman (Bruce Wayne) takes Dick in as his legal ward (retconned as an adopted son in some cases) and trains him to become his crime-fighting partner Robin. He is written by many authors as the first son of Batman. As well as being Batman's crime-fighting partner, Dick establishes himself as the leader of the Teen Titans, a team of teenage superheroes. As a young man, he retires as Robin and takes on his own superhero identity to assert his independence, becoming Nightwing. As
Teen Titans months. That's not new news to us. We have plans for "Titans". It's a huge piece of DC and we have plans." In April 2017, Warner Bros. announced that "Titans" would debut in 2018 on DC's own direct-to-consumer digital service, DC Universe. The series is being developed by Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter, with Goldsman, Johns and Berlanti writing the pilot episode; all are also executive producers of the series for Weed Road Pictures and Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros Television. "Titans" will follow Dick Grayson as he leads Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, and