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Although Robin is best known for his adventures with Batman, three Robins have also been members of the superhero group The Teen Titans.
The following fictional characters play the part of Robin at different times, Grayson, Todd, Drake and Brown in the regular Batman continuity:
In Detective Comics #38 ( 1940), Batman creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane introduced the first Robin, Dick Grayson, the character still best known as Robin. The sidekick debuted only a year after Batman and was part of an effort to soften the character of his mentor, originally a dubious, nightstalking vigilante. DC Comics also thought a teenaged superhero would appeal to young readers.
The name "Robin the Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume were inspired by the legendary hero Robin Hood, as well as the red-breasted American Robin, which continued the "flying animal" motif of Batman.
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In 1964, The Brave and the Bold #60 introduced The Teen Titans, a junior version of the Justice League of America, an all-star superhero team of which Batman was a part. The Titans were lead by Robin and included other teenaged sidekicks, such as Aqualad (sidekick of Aquaman) and Kid Flash (sidekick of The Flash).
In 1969, writer Denny O'Neil and artist Neal Adams returned Batman to his darker roots. One part of this effort was writing Robin out of the series by sending Dick Grayson to college and into a separate strip in the back of Detective Comics. Robin also appeared sporadically in Batman stories of the 1970s.
In 1980, Grayson took-up the mantle of Robin once again as the leader of the Teen Titans, now featured in the monthly series The New Teen Titans, which became one of DC Comics' most beloved series of the era. In 1984 Grayson took on the identity of Nightwing, a move that symbolized his increasingly strained relation with Batman and his desire to take more control of his life as a crimefighter.
As Nightwing, Dick has become a hero in his own right, stepping out of his mentor's shadow. Leading the Titans for several years, Nightwing became the the most respected former sidekick in the DC Universe, and was even chosen by Batman to lead the Justice League when it once appeared that the Leaguers had died in battle.
After a disastrous battle in which team mate Donna Troy died, Dick left the Titans. He is now the leader of the loosely-knit group of heroes, The Outsiders and takes up full-time vigilante duties in Gotham's neighboring city of Bludhaven. In 1996, DC launched a monthly series featuring Nightwing which continues until present day.