the nest let’s find out
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be going blow-for-blow with red hood and
Nightwing 2x Ward’s of Bruce Wayne and
Paz boy wonders to see which is done
better for themselves after striking out
on their own
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round 1 ingenuity very those are the
heads of all your lieutenants that took
me 2 hours you want to see what I can
get done in a whole evening when you put
yourself at odds with both the villains
and vigilantes in Gotham City you need
to be two steps ahead at all times and
when he made his big comeback under the
moniker of the Red Hood Jason Todd
proved that he could plan scheme and
plot at the best of them armed with the
diverse skill set an alternative
pessimistic views on the realities of
crime in Gotham he used his
outside-the-box thinking and keen
strategic mind to save the city by
becoming its new crime lord by
consistently outwitting all parties
involved he managed to do this while
simultaneously getting revenge against
the heroes and villains who had
previously wronged him you can’t stop
crime that’s what you never understood
I’m controlling it here they are
shipping schedules good man Dick Grayson
the original Robin is an inherently
creative individual you can see it in
his fighting style he continues to be
defined by his trapeze artist past as
Batman’s first warden sidekick Dick
Grayson arguably got the best training
Batman had to offer as such he is a
skilled detective just like his mentor
after striking out on his own as
Nightwing dick has proven himself more
than capable of solving crimes
independently and in keeping with his
acrobatic past thinking on his feet to
stick an unlikely landing and even the
trickiest of situations though dick is
indeed creative in his own right his
generally positive outlook in good
nature hold him back from exploring his
craft your side after his fall into
darkness Jason Todd returned a bonafide
criminal mastermind getting a leg up on
Batman himself that takes next-level
ingenuity for that reason we’ve got to
give this round to Red Hood winner Red
a creative mind in an intelligent mind
are not always one in the same in Jason
Todd’s case however he was undeniably
blessed with both though it may not have
shown during his tenure as the Boy
Wonder
which he was defined first and foremost
as a hothead since striking out on his
own
jason has made it amply clear that he is
in possession of a genius-level
intellect much like his bat family
members a weak mind couldn’t possibly
handle the sort of scientific and
linguistic training Jason received from
Batman let alone the many complex
concepts he’s been able to master in the
training he later undertook on his own
like we said anyone who joins Batman’s
inner circle must be blessed with
genius-level intellect considering what
the Dark Knight expects from his pupils
anyone with an IQ that was simply
above-average which surely failed to
make the grade established by Bruce
Wayne’s nearly inhumanly high standards
like Jason Todd Dick Grayson is a multi
linguist a scientific and
technologically skilled individual who
in the real world would be considered a
super genius with his uncanny ability
for detective work he has even proved a
competent replacement as Batman and
that’s a mantle that requires serious
intelligence live at 50 grand that you
were did this time
you lost this one is a really tight race
perhaps we’ve simply had more
opportunities to see grace and work but
across their respective careers it feels
as if she flexed his cognitive muscles
and more obvious and bigger ways than
Jason add to that is emotional and
social intelligence which make him such
a great leader it’s almost too close to
call but Nightwing
takes the round by a hair winner
Nightwing round three adaptations hard
to forget that night huh in a way Batman
this was the site of your first great
failure maybe your greatest but
certainly not your last right memories
there are a few DC animated films that
can hold a candle to the excellent 2010
movie Batman under the Red Hood which
wonderfully adapted the tale of Jason’s
return to Gotham and is reckoning with
the man who killed him the Joker and the
father who failed him Batman
voiced brilliantly by Jensen Ackles this
take on the Red Hood was every bit as
sarcastic brooding vindictive badass and
conflicted as you could have asked for
the film was mature and dealt with
Batman’s guilt over the loss of Jason
Todd head-on to say that it did read
hood justice would be a serious
understatement I’m talking about him
just him and doing it because because he
took me away from you I can’t I’m sorry
that is so sweet as the first and most
recognizable Robin Dick Grayson has
gotten the sort of screen time that
makes other DC comic book characters
jealous even if we ignore the Robin
appearances and limit ourselves to his
Nightwing appearance he boasts an
impressive filmography in both the new
Batman adventures and Batman the brave
in the bold dick graduated to Nightwing
and continued as a recurring a regular
character he appears in the affirmation
under the Red Hood film as well as many
others including Batman bad blood and
Batman versa and even a central role in
Batman and Harley Quinn
see that was fun right arguably Jason
Todd’s movie under the Red Hood is
better than any of Nightwing single
roles in film or television however due
to the sheer number of quality animated
adaptations he’s received Nightwing
takes this round too and with it the
lead winner Nightwing
around for origin first introduced as a
blond-haired Dick Grayson knockoff Todd
was retconned as a homeless orphan
caught stealing the tires off at the
Batmobile in Crime Alley after becoming
an angry rebellious Robin he was
brutally murdered in 1988 by the Joker
with the little help from reader vote in
flash-forward to 2005 and an early Joker
alias has returned the Red Hood over the
course of a thrilling story arc we
learned that jason has been resurrected
and that after training himself in the
arts Batman would never approve of he
has returned to fix Gotham the way his
mentor never could and to force Batman
to do what he is so long refused to do
kill the Joker chill inducing right I’d
love to know what happened between you
two
things change no kidding
you guys used to be the greatest Batman
and Robin the dynamic duo
maybe you should ask him I did and
you’ll never guess what he said things
change after only a handful of
heavy-hitting super heroes like Superman
spider-man and Batman himself
Dick Grayson has arguably one of the
best known origin stories in comic book
history not bad for a sidekick as part
of the flying Grayson’s a trapeze artist
family dick had a relatively happy and
fulfilling life until the day that his
parents were killed under the order of
mobster Tony Zucco drawn to the boys
similar sense of loss Bruce Wayne takes
him as his ward and sidekick
unfortunately being the adopted son of
Batman isn’t easy and over the years a
strained relationship would result in
Dick Grayson striking out on his own as
Nightwing
I never put on that costume again and
you still haven’t forgiven him why
should I it goes without saying but Dick
Grayson has a way better Robin origin
story than Jason Todd but in terms of
their respective transition stories from
Robin to Nightwing and Red Hood
Todd’s makes for a much more thrilling
read Red Hood ties it up winner Red Hood
round five skills he’s been trained and
trained well like right there that he
sliced that cable off his ankle before
it went taut you don’t just do that that
has to be practiced learned like we said
after finding his way back to the world
of the living Jason Todd took it upon
himself to go on his very own Bruce
Wayne style world training quest but
with a twist he specifically aimed to
develop the sort of brutal criminal
skill sets of which Batman would never
approve so in addition to the
traditional Robin skill set which
include hand-to-hand combat scientific
and technological knowledge detective
skills a mastery of melee weapons etc
he’s also an incredible marksman with
firearms a skilled explosives expert and
is talented in the arts of assassination
and poisoning
in summary he’s someone you don’t want
to mess with Deyo be a you’ll
electrocute both of us maybe that’s what
[Music]
we’ve said it before and we’ll say it
again there are perks to being the first
Robin to be taken under Batman’s wing
call it luck of the draw or credit it to
a more dedicated training courtesy of
Bruce but Dick Grayson is widely
considered to be the most gifted of all
the Robins on more than one occasion
it’s been stated that he’s certainly the
most naturally gifted his sharp mind
helped him to quickly learn the various
tools of the trade and he proved
incredibly adept at learning all forms
of combat what really sets him apart
from his peers however is his background
in acrobatics in which he surpasses even
Batman in ability honestly both of these
X Robins are to be commended for the
skills they’ve acquired over the years
each a cyber strengths which make them
stand out but at the end of the day
Dick’s base level superior Robin skills
plus his acrobatic abilities give him a
slight edge over Jason’s more weapon
dependent fighting style and with that
Nightwing takes the win winner
Nightwing it would seem that in this
battle between the first and second
Robin the original Ward remains the most
successful Dick Grayson aka Nightwing is
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