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 the last panel, without speaking, they go their separate ways. The title appeared again in 1999 for "Giant Teen Titans Annual" #1 (1967 issue) (), a one-shot special that reprinted selected Silver Age stories in the 1960s-style "80-Page Giant" format. "DC Comics Presents" #26 introduced a new team of Titans, anchored by Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash and soon followed by "The New Teen Titans" #1 (November 1980). The series, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez, re-introduced Beast Boy as Changeling and introduced the machine man Cyborg, the alien Starfire and the dark empath Raven. Raven,