The name is Grayson.
Dick Grayson.
The former Robin and Nightwing gives us the masks and code-names for a new role in the DC Comics Universe: Super Spy
The world believes Richard Grayson is dead after the events of the Forever Evil event series. In the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, 007 was killed off so he could go undercover. In the final issue of Nightwing, Dick accepted a new mission from Bruce Wayne: infiltrate a covert organization that may be a threat to DC’s costumed heroes and the world.
Dick’s new mission begins in Grayson#1 this week by writers Tim Seeley and Tom King. Seeley is part of the team writing the new Batman Eternal weekly series. King is a former CIA counterterrorism operations officer. Mikel Janin will be the artist.
The world believes Grayson died at the hands of Lex Luthor to save the world in Forever Evil but he’s secretly working for Spyral, an organization created by Grant Morrison during his Batman, Incorporated run.
The writers say this a chance for Grayson “to take off the mask and step out on his own in a world where he’s not simply being another hero like the hero he grew up with,” King told USA Today.
After playing the roles of Robin, Nightwing and even Batman for a while – this is Grayson’s opportunity to step out of the Dark Knight’s shadow and build a new identity but at a cost.
“He’s doing something that’s going to cause pain to his friends and family, but he believes in the cause. That tension between having to do something good but having the cost of it being pain to his family, it drives him a little crazy,” added King.
Grayson #1 arrives Wednesday.
By Editor