Dick Grayson made his debut in 1940 as Robin and later graduated to the grownup heroic id of Nightwing in 1984. With such a protracted historical past as a personality in DC Comics, it is not a shock that Dick has had quite a lot of love pursuits over time.
Relating to his long-term love pursuits, Barbara Gordon and Starfire are his longest operating relationships, and writers usually pit Barbara and Kory in opposition to each other. However Dick’s love life has included quite a lot of critical relationships and informal flings. He is greater than earned a status for being some of the desired heroes within the DC Universe.
13 Liu Was A Felony And One Of Dick’s Largest Errors
When he was simply 17, Dick ran away from Wayne Manor resulting from a dispute with Batman and met Liu shortly after. On the time, Liu was working with the felony “Metallic Eddie,” who sought to get as a lot metahuman energy as attainable.
Though Dick fell arduous sufficient for Liu to lose his virginity to her, she was solely utilizing him so she and Metallic Eddie may get into Wayne Enterprises. The connection left lasting scars on Dick, and he later contemplated if she was the rationale he had points being fully weak with subsequent lovers.
12 Raya Vestri Was A Connection To Haly’s Circus
Haly’s Circus has lengthy been a supply of consolation for Dick, and one of many individuals he had a reference to at Haly’s Circus was Raya Vestri. Dick and Raya shared a mutual fondness whereas they have been on the circus, however the demise of the Graysons prevented it from going a lot additional.
In maturity, Dick and Raya have been reacquainted and briefly had a fling. After inheriting the deed to the circus, Dick found Raya and Saiko have been collaborating with the intent to kill him. To make the connection much more bitter, Raya was plotting to destroy Haly’s Circus solely.
11 Alia/Agent 8 And Dick Had A Passionate However Unpleasant Affair
Dick met Alia/Agent 8 when she was assigned to coach him on how one can use weapons throughout his time as an agent of Spyral. The 2 turned intimate rapidly, however their ardour quickly turned to disagreement. Dick was raised to not use weapons, and Agent 8 thought he was silly to carry onto that perception.
Agent 8 confirmed up in the course of Dick attempting to apprehend a suspect and ended up getting shot. This demise was later revealed to have been a fake-out, and he or she turned a Dick’s doppleganger. Her flip to villainy undoubtedly proves they would not have lasted as a pair, however their passionate disagreements made Dick and Alia one in all his extra entertaining relationships.
10 Sonia Zucco And Dick Had A Sophisticated Relationship
Sonia Zucco was the daughter of Tony Zucco, the person who killed Dick’s mother and father. Sonia spent her life attempting to construct a legacy that separated her from the kind of particular person her father had been. Consequently, when Dick met her, she was going by the title Sonia Department.
Dick rapidly developed emotions for her, however the revelation about her father made their relationship difficult. In the end, the connection ended as a result of Dick could not recover from his emotions about her father.
9 Barbara Gordon’s Relationship With Dick Is Unhealthy For Each Of Them
To make Barbara match into the position of Dick’s girlfriend, Barbara was severely de-aged to suit Dick’s age-group, when she was initially a lot nearer in age to Batman. Consequently, a lot of her skilled achievements have been misplaced, together with her time within the Suicide Squad, as a Congresswoman, and an impartial hero in Gotham. Dick’s total character arc within the New Teen Titans, which chronicled his change from Robin to Nightwing, is ignored in favor of portraying his time with the Titans as inconsequential and hormonal.
None of Dick’s different relationships repeatedly dismiss his accomplishments or the heroic actions of different ladies as a lot as Dick/Babs does. Likewise, none of his different relationships require frequently decreasing or rewriting the lady within the relationship to swimsuit Dick’s way of life. Trendy comedian writers could favor this relationship, however it’s simply the worst of Dick’s critical commitments.
8 Lori Elton And Dick Loved A Enjoyable School Relationship
Dick first met Lori Elton when he began faculty, and the 2 of them have been collectively for years within the Batman comics. Lori and Dick have been a critical couple, and their time collectively is likely one of the many casualties of DC consistently pushing Barbara as the one nice love of Dick’s life.
With Lori, Dick was in a position to confess how tough it was to juggle his time in school with the expectations Bruce had for him. Lori and Dick have been a supportive and wholesome couple for one another till she finally dumped him for the villain, The Raven.
7 Deborah Poulos And Dick Grayson Had A Transient However Severe Romance
Dick met Deborah Poulos through the temporary time he was residing in New York and wanted assist understanding his neighborhood’s historical past. As Deborah labored on the Cloisters museum, she was an ideal assist to him, they usually ended up going out to a baseball recreation collectively.
The 2 would go on just a few extra dates collectively, however finally, Deborah could not deal with the stress of residing in New York when it turned focused by supervillains. She determined to maneuver to California and requested Dick to come back together with her. Although this implied a seriousness to the connection, Dick declined resulting from his duties as Nightwing.
6 Bridget Clancy And Dick Had been Interrupted By Dick/Babs
When Dick first moved to Bludhaven, he rented an condominium the place Bridge Clancy was the superintendent. Bridget and Dick solely shared a few dates and had attention-grabbing chemistry, however they have been by no means going to go anyplace as a result of Chuck Dixon was in the course of writing his Dick/Babs romance.
As a substitute, the connection between Dick and Clancy turned one in all good pals. After they have been later reunited, Dick feels comfy sufficient together with her as a pal to permit Clancy to look at his canine, Haley.
5 Cheyenne Fremont And Dick Could not Get Previous The Canon Difficulties
Cheyenne Fremont was a part-time designer with the misfortune of constructing her debut in Bruce Jones’ Nightwing run. The run was filled with questionable choices, comparable to making Jason Todd right into a tentacled monster, and was rapidly forgotten by subsequent writers.
Nonetheless, the 2 of them managed to have an attention-grabbing, if temporary, relationship. Cheyenne was a fellow hero with telekinetic skills, and their skills as heroes complimented one another effectively.
4 Helena Bertinelli And Dick Had A Romance In A number of Continuities
When Dick and Helena Bertinelli first received collectively, it was a brief one-night stand that ended up really fizzling out resulting from their differing opinions about crime combating and how one can do it.
Nevertheless, when DC rebooted the universe with the New 52, Dick ended up working with Helena in Spyral. The truth is, the Future’s Finish storyline had Dick and Helena residing collectively for years. Their relationship labored as a result of they made good companions, whether or not that was combating crime or being romantic.
3 Shawn Tsang And Dick Could not Overcome Their Variations
When Nightwing Rebirth started, Dick’s love life additionally obtained a rebirth within the type of a brand new relationship with Shawn Tsang. Shawn was the previous felony generally known as Defacer, who Dick fought as Robin. Years later, the 2 met once more when Shawn redeemed herself and devoted her life to public service. Shawn was one of many few ladies in Dick’s life who knew he was Nightwing.
When Shawn briefly believed she was pregnant, then realized she wasn’t, she broke up with Dick after acknowledging he introduced out each the most effective and worst in her. Nonetheless, each Shawn and Dick admitted they nonetheless had emotions for each other.
2 Beatrice Bennett And Dick Did not Meet At The Proper Time
Dick met Bea after he’d been shot within the head and misplaced all of his recollections. He stated of her, “She fights with a lot coronary heart,” and he or she was one of many individuals who was kindest to him through the Ric Grayson arc. Throughout the arc, Bea was the one one that was persistently involved with what made Dick glad, whereas others in his life mourned the person they needed him to be.
Bea was written out of Dick’s life in favor of one other try at Dick/Babs by the writers, however Bea and Dick had the form of grownup relationship that is sorely lacking from Dick’s different relationships.
1 Koriand’r Will All the time Be Dick’s Greatest Relationship
Dick and Kory’s relationship started in 1980, earlier than Dick turned Nightwing, and continued after he’d taken on that id. The 2 of them have been so shut they virtually married. The truth is, a number of different universes have advised tales of the kids they’ve had in these timelines.
As adults, Dick and Kory mentioned their issues and overcame nice cultural variations. They’ve taken turns as leaders of the Titans, and their relationship has been on the forefront of the Titans-related cartoons and live-action tv sequence. It doesn’t matter what fashionable writers say about Dick’s relationship with Kory, they liked one another deeply and made one another higher individuals whereas they have been collectively.