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
Jason Todd appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films. Todd’s Robin appears in his first live adaptation as a guest star on the "Titans" television series for the new DC streaming service played by Curran Walters. By the time Len Wein took over as editor of DC Comics' "Batman" titles in 1982, Dick Grayson had largely moved on to starring as the leader of the young superhero team the Teen Titans in DC's "New Teen Titans" title. However, with the character no longer featured in "Batman" comics, the disadvantages of telling "Batman" stories without the character to act as a sounding