This is an updated repeat of a couple of lists with reading recommendations with Dick as Robin and Nightwing (Pre-Flashpoint) that I’ve made earlier. But since I wrote them as answers to asks, the posts don’t have a headline, and I find that they can be easy to miss (for me, when I want to look something up…) So I thought I might as well make a new, single post of them.
The stories are in what I imagine would be an in-universe chronology. They are from all periods, ignoring that the Golden/Silver age stories and Bronze/modern age stories have at times been considered two different universes. Most of them are stories that, at the time of their publishing, were canon and in continuity. None is explicitly Elseworld, so you can certainly imagine that they have happened ;-)
To be honest, not all of these comics are examples of great storytelling. Older superhero comics, for instance, are definitely something else compared to modern comics, for better and for worse. I’ve picked some because they are “the first time” or significant in some way (e.g. the first time Dick was almost killed, when Bruce has to fight to keep custody, an infamous fight between Dick and Bruce, the most well-known different origin stories, panels that are often quoted); others because they have a cute or fun moment. I have also included some books that I don’t like myself but are well-known.
Storytelling has changed a lot since Dick was Robin. Back in the Golden and Silver age, with very few exceptions, comics were stand-alone short stories. In later decades, it’s usually arcs that span at least a couple of issues and some stories have consequences for years.
Dick has been an active team member since the 1960s, and he has arguably been at his best in some team titles, but I still don’t have a lot of team books here. I find it difficult to, off the top of my head, recall any “special Dick issues”.
Obviously, these are very personal preferences, and the list is based on what I’ve read and remembered best.
Robin the Boy Wonder. Detective Comics # 38 (The original origin story. There has been maaany more since then – I’ve made a list just with origin stories….) (1940).
Batman: Year Three. Batman # 436-439. (An origin story where Dick spent some time at a nice orphanage before he came to Bruce.) (1989)
Robin Annual vol 2 # 4. (Another origin story, where the Gotham authorities remove Dick him from the circus, and he is put in the Gotham City’s Youth Center. Not my preferred but it’s well known.) (1995)
The Gauntlet. The Batman Chronicles #1. (The test before Batman let Dick start out as Robin.) (1997)
Grimm. Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #149-153. (A story set when Dick is new as Robin and still uncertain about his place. For a while, he wants to leave Batman and stay in a children’s underground paradise.) (2002)
Robin: Year One. (Traumatic events during Dick’s first year as Robin. He was nearly beat to death by Two-Face. When Bruce said he was not permitted to continue as Robin, Dick ran away because he didn’t think there was a place for him at the Manor any more.) (2001)
The case of the honest crook. Batman #5. (1941)
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Annabeth remembered how out of place she felt at school, when the girls talked about their mothers, how all his cousins had mothers, when, in the school family day, she used to be alone, because his father was working.
As a kid, she always dreamed about a family, having a loving mother, someone who will brush her hair, cook the breakfast, take her to school, play with her, help with the homework, Frederick Chase was an busy man, he didn’t have enough time to take good care of a little girl.
Growing, Annabeth’s dreams changed, he stopped dreaming about loving parents, now she was picturing herself as a mother, having kids, raising them, being the mother she always wanted to have, she dreamed about a husband too, a faceless man, loving and caring.
During the college, she dated a lot of boys, but nobody wanted to plan the relation so far, thinking about marriage and kids, Annabeth stopped bringing the topic, smiling and never asking for a stronger compromise, the dream bury on her mind.
In her final years at college, moving with a roommate, a girl named Reyna, she started to think about it again.
Reyna was sweet, waking soon to make breakfast, always asking about Annabeth’s day, dragging the girl to her bed when she fell sleep on her desk, Reyna was so loving and caring, slowly, the faceless man morphed into a girl, someone like Reyna.
“Would you like to have kids?” asked Reyna once, both of them looking at the window, eating ice cream, a summer storm breaking the sky.
“I like the idea of a house with white fences, two or three kids, a dog.”
“Lovely,” Reyna looked at the sky, her eyes wandering on the landscape “I’d be nice to have a family, raise a kid, knowing you will have someone waiting for you, having a home.”
“When I was little, I thought I would marry a man, but know, I only picture a girl, two kids, a big dog, a house I designed, big backyard, something pretty”
“All the things you design are pretty”
Annabeth blushed, avoiding Reyna’s eyes, they stayed in silence, looking at the storm.
They graduate and part ways, in the months before they departure the topic never come up again, Annabeth dated girls and boys, some relations more serious than others, and they idea of Reyna being her lifelong partner faded away.
Years later, more than a decade, they met again, the group of friends they were in college reunited, Annabeth was married with a pretty girl, and they adopted a little boy, she had the house and the dog, big backyard and a room for another kid, her wife was all she wanted and more.
“You know,” she told Reyna when she was leaving “I dreamed about us together.”
“Yeah, me too.”
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some shippy doodles
Dick Grayson Arm Appreciation Post.
Batch 5 of 6 masterposts!! Please shower our incredible creators with all the love 💚💙
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The Ice Cream Adventures for courageous_boss
Dick Grayson wanted only the best ice cream for his little brother. Ice Cream trucks were bland. They had lights and made fun sounds, but Damian, he knew, was not into such trivial things. He would want delicacies. So that was what he would get, Dick decided.
As it turns out, though, sometimes staying in the most crime-ridden city is actually the safer plan.
When I'm standing in the gallows I'll be staring at the sky for @boyblunder-thedarkheir
Damian goes back to his grandfather's side to protect his family, but the last thing he expects is for Dick to follow him. In the dark heart of the League, there's nothing Damian can do to spare his Robin.
Dynamite Duo Gift Exchange Art 2021 for @inksalot101
Prompt: "Any fic or art that's hurt/comfort or fluffy? I dont really mind anything. Nothing explicit please"
This prompt reminded me of that one scene where Dick and Damian see each other for the first time in a very long time and they run to hug each other, so I drew Dick and Damian hugging. Ha, pretty self-explanatory but I hope you like it! :')
Build a Will to Thrive for @cute-bi-disaster
Damian, sneaking out to do a solo patrol without Batman's permission, comes across a Talon from the Court of Owls. Only this one doesn't seem interested in killing him.
What's Not to Like About the Zoo? for @salparadiselost
They were in the African Savanna part of the zoo, staring at giraffes, when Dick’s phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Sorry to interrupt your day, Dick, but we think there might be a bomb in one of the buildings," said the voice of Oracle.
The hand not holding his phone dropped down to where Damian’s shoulder would be—except it wasn’t there.
Dick’s breath caught.
OR D&d go to the zoo, what could go wrong?
Brotherly Love (aka four times Dick Grayson said "I Love You" and one time Damian Wayne said it back) for @mlim8
The title basically says it all. Lots of fluff. It's set during the Batman!Dick era, in a slight AU where Supersons happened prior to battle for the cowl. Written for the Dynamite Duo gift exchange. Enjoy!
You can view the entire collection here!! Stay tuned for the last masterpost 🥳
Piper woke up, her limbs tired, her eyes itching, she didn’t remember how she got home, the last thing on her mind was studying in the library, a horrible migraine during a horrible day, thankfully, today was better, just her body sore.
The door opened, soft steps around the room, the curtain moving, a crack of sunlight entering the place.
“Morning babe, how was your sleep?”
Reyna was at the window, her hair loose, long, falling at her back, a towel around her neck, barefoot, she was brushing her hair.
“Let me.”
Piper sat on the bed, stretching her arms, holding the brush on the nightstand, brushing Reyna’s hair, kissing her neck, quickly, smiling at the blushing of her girlfriend.
“Are you fine?”
Annabeth entered the room, holding a tray, scramble eggs, waffles, a cup of chocolate and a glass with a flower on it, leaving the breakfast on the bed, she climbed on and kissed Piper, a chaste kiss on her lips, other kiss on her nose and one on Reyna’s cheek.
“Yep, better than yesterday,” answered Piper, putting the tray on her legs, cutting a bit of a waffle “but, how did I get here?”
“Leo found you knocked out on the library, we brought you home, made you take a bubble bath and put on pajamas.”
Piper smiled, feeling cozy, looking at her girlfriends.
“I love you, both of you.”
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Pedophilia is bad should not be a radical statement.
What do we look like, homicidal maniacs?
Nico was running, holding Jason's hands, dragging the boy, hiding behind a trash can, in a dead-end.
"Leo's coming," muttered Nico, rising the shirt of Jason "We'll go to my father's castle and kill your soul if you dare to die."
"You're pretty when you're worried."
Nico sighed, pouring nectar on the wound, bloody and green, thanks to the venom of the dracaena.
"I love you, and you don't have to say it back."
The son of Hades froze, it was the first time Jason tell him that words and his heart ached because of the situation.
"Don't you dare think I would let you die."
Filling the mouth of Jason with ambrosia, Nico touched the boy's face, praying to Hermes, asking for a fast and safe trip to Camp Half-Blood.
"You know, I love you too, and your death won't make you leave this relationship."
"The son of Hades, in a romance with a ghost."
"Shut up and eat your ambrosia."
Seeing the wound, it looked less green and smaller, but they needed to be in the infirmary, soon.
"Superman got near kryptonite?"
"I love you, Leo."
Valdez was over Festus, smiling at Nico, looking gorgeous, with the sun behind him, his hair, curly and loose all over his face, tanned, the trickster smile.
"Nico said he loves me and would date even as a ghost."
"Don't make plans without me, I want a ghost boyfriend too."
"Nobody is going to die soon," growled Nico, helping Jason to climb the dragon.
When Leo held the hand of Nico, the young boy blushed, tighten the grip on the hands.
"I love you too, for the record."
"Leo," interrupted Jason "your hair is on fire."
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