10 Things Everyone Forgets About Nightwing

4. His Skill Set Is Amazing

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DC Comics

Nightwing has an incredibly varied set of skills that make him one of DC’s most unique non-powered heroes. Grayson is probably the greatest natural acrobat in the world and one of only three people on the planet who can do a quadruple flip. He is strong enough to lift an adult man over his head and quick enough to dodge a kick by Jesse Quick during a training session. If he knows the location of a sniper, he is fast and agile enough to dodge bullets at mid-range.

This former Robin can escape handcuffs in seconds and has the intellect and will to overcome the Scarecrow’s fear toxin, as shown in Nightwing #10. Dick has a genius-level intellect, is a skilled computer hacker and his detective skills are second only to Batman and maybe Tim Drake. Grayson is also multi-lingual, speaking 12 languages, including his native Romani, Tamaran, the language of Starfire’s planet, and he understands American Sign Language.

Nightwing built the Night Car completely on his own, needing help only to get the correct motorhead. Dick Grayson has skills that have more to do with his inner strength than his physical prowess. As such, Grayson’s indomitable will is so strong that he overcame Brother Blood’s brainwashing in Tales of the Teen Titans #41 and was considered to be a potential successor for Abin Sur, the dying Green Lantern.

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John Wilson has been a comic book and pop culture fan his entire life. He has written for a number of websites on the subject over the years and is especially pleased to be at WhatCulture. John has written two comic books for Last Ember Press Studio and has recently self-published a children's book called "Blue." When not spending far too much time on the internet, John spends time with his lovely wife, Kim, their goofy dog, Tesla, and two very spoiled cats.