Dick Grayson Nightwing, he continues to lead the Teen Titans and later the Outsiders. In the first volume of his eponymous series (1996–2009), he becomes the protector of Blüdhaven, Gotham's economically troubled neighboring city, the locale the character is most closely associated with. He has also been depicted as protecting the streets of New York, Chicago, and Gotham City over the years. Dick Grayson has taken on the identity of Batman on a few occasions. In the aftermath of "", Grayson initially declines taking up the mantle of Batman while the original was recovering from a broken back as he feels Nightwing
Teen Titans and critically disappointing for DC. In 2016, DC used the "Titans Hunt" and "DC Rebirth" storylines to re-establish the group's original founding members and history, reuniting these classic heroes as the Titans, while introducing a new generation of Teen Titans led by new Robin (Damian Wayne) featuring the new Aqualad (Jackson Hyde) and Kid Flash (Wally West II). The Teen Titans have been adapted to other media numerous times, and have enjoyed a higher profile since Cartoon Network's light-hearted "Teen Titans" animated television series in the early-mid 2000s, as well as its DC Nation spin-off "Teen Titans Go!". A live-action