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| Letterer1 | - John Costanza
- Augustin Mas
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| Inker1 | - Mike DeCarlo
- Dave Hunt
- Mike Gustovich
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| Inker1 | - Mike DeCarlo
- Dave Hunt
- Mike Gustovich
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| Writer1 | - Dan Mishkin
- Roy Thomas
- Dann Thomas
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| Penciler1 | - Mike Clark
- Erik Larsen
- Mike Gustovich
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| Writer1 | - Dan Mishkin
- Roy Thomas
- Dann Thomas
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| StoryTitle | - The Secret Origin of Johnny Thunder
- The Secret Origin of Nightwing
- The Secret Origin of The Whip
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| Editor1 | - Robert Greenberger
- Roy Thomas
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| Penciler1 | - Mike Clark
- Erik Larsen
- Mike Gustovich
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Supporting Characters:
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* Unnamed Priest
Villains:
* Sheriff
Other Characters:
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* Carlos Fuentes
* Marissa Dillon's Father
Locations:
* , New Mexico
Items:
*
Vehicles:
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Supporting Characters:
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:*
Villains:
* None
Other Characters:
* Unnamed Police Officer
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* Captain Cosher
* Sailor Congreve
* Mr. Gimple
* Frank the Window-Washer
Locations:
* , New York City, New York
:* Simon Thunder Residence
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:* Fishing village north of Brunei
Items:
*
Vehicles:
* "The Eastern Seas"
* Third Avenue Streetcar
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*
Villains:
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:*
Other Characters:
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:* Beast Boy/Changeling (Garfield Logan)
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Locations:
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Items:
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Vehicles:
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| Letterer1 | - John Costanza
- Augustin Mas
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| Colourist1 | |
| Editor1 | - Robert Greenberger
- Roy Thomas
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| Synopsis | - 1.57788E8
- In 1939 Polo player Rodrigo "Rodney" Gaynor happens to enter the town of Seguro, New Mexico where he learns of an expected lynching of a local man and the planned inaction of the Sheriff. Escorting a Miss Dillon, who is passionate about saving the man, to the church, Rodney discovers the priest has the costume and whip of the legendary hero El Castigo. Rodney takes up the identity of "The Whip" and helps rescue the boy.
- Today is Richard Grayson's 20th birthday. He and the other Teen Titans are on the planet Okaara for Starfire's arranged marriage. Nightwing and Jericho are away from the others, with Nightwing training by trying to catch an Okaaran "monkey-bird," when Nightwing reflects on his life so far.
On his fifth birthday, Dick performed on the trapeze without a net for the first time. After a successful attempt, Dick tries his parents' signature triple flip move but misses his mother's hands. He is rescued by his father. From then on, Dick performs with his family for the next five years. "Just after" his tenth birthday, his parents are killed in front of him due to the machinations of "Boss" Tony Zucco and Dick meets Batman. Dick becomes so enamored by Batman he does everything he can to be who he thought Bruce wanted him to be. He becomes Bruce's ward and trains for nearly a year, finally becoming Robin "just before" he turns eleven. Twenty-four hours after that, they're on the Zucco case where Robin takes an incriminating photo of Zucco killing a henchman which is responsible for Zucco going to prison.
Over the years, though, Dick realized he was different from Bruce in many ways and began to rebel against Bruce's unspoken plans for him. That was when he helped form the first Teen Titans and began to expand outside of his partnership with Batman. The Titans disbanded when the heroes began college. When Dick went to college, his Robin career continued well but schooling was not as successful . He realized he didn't need or want a degree and he didn't want to continue being "Bruce Wayne, Jr." but was unsure what to do. That's when the "New" Teen Titans were formed and Robin realized that leading the team was what he truly wanted.
About that time Batman brought Jason Todd in for training and Dick relinquished the Robin identity and started a new one - Nightwing. He also fell in love with Starfire who showed him how to live with his emotions . But Starfire's political marriage has caused Nightwing to question his life and his role as leader of the Titans. Jericho reminds him of something he said earlier, "You'll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling." With that, Nightwing commits himself fully to the Titans and the future. Jericho reveals that Starfire and Karras are throwing Nightwing a surprise birthday party and Jericho gives him his present - a holographic image of the Okaaran "monkey-bird" to remind him to "fly."
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| Notes | - * "The Secret Origin of Nightwing" occurs during the events depicted in New Teen Titans #16 and #19 which were published one year previously.
* In Nightwing's story, one frame shows the Teen Titans and their mentors - with a noticeable gap behind [[W:C:DC:Donna Troy
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| quotation | - "You'll never know if you can fly unless you take the risk of falling."
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