Group of characters in DC Comics
The Flying Graysons are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They are a family of trapeze artists, whose child Dick is adopted by Bruce Wayne (Batman) and becomes Robin after their deaths.
The Flying Graysons have been featured in several media adaptions outside of comics, commonly as part of Robin's origin story.
Fictional team history
The Flying Graysons are a group of trapeze artists consisting of father John, mother Mary, and son Dick Grayson.[1] They worked at Haly's Circus and were famed for always working without a net. During a trapeze show, crime boss Tony Zucco sabotaged their trapeze in retaliation for Mr. Haly not paying him protection money, resulting in John and Mary's death.[2] Following the accident, Mr. Haly paid the money he owed to Zucco. Bruce Wayne was at the circus at the time and witnessed the accident. Remembering what had happened to him as a child, he decided to take in the young Dick. Eventually, Bruce officially adopted Dick and, after revealing his identity as the superhero Batman to him, the latter became his sidekick, Robin. Batman and Robin then avenged the latter's parents by bringing Zucco to justice.[3]
In the Bronze Age, a few years after the death of John and Mary Grayson, Haly's Circus created an all-new Flying Graysons, but one of them was a criminal and was captured by Robin.
During the "Blackest Night" storyline, John and Mary Grayson were brought back from death by the Black Lantern rings and attacked Dick, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne.[4]
In issue #82 of Nightwing (vol. 4), it was revealed that, prior from marrying Mary, John had a daughter named Melinda from a brief relationship with Zucco's wife Meili. Melinda later changed her surname from Zucco to Grayson-Lin to honor her true father's memory.
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