As a member of the Teen Titans and the primary of Batman’s sidekicks to strike out on his personal, Nightwing may be very widespread character amongst DC Comics followers. However this iteration of Dick Grayson just isn’t showing on Titans thus far, because the DC Universe sequence options Robin as the primary character.

Titans producer and sequence author Geoff Johns spoke with DC Comics about why Grayson continues to be Robin within the present, probably hinting that Nightwing is coming within the close to future.

“We talked lots about beginning Dick Grayson as Nightwing,” Johns says. “All of us bought to a degree the place we’ll miss and jump over what I believe is a extremely fascinating interval of Dick Grayson’s life the place he left Batman and he was struggling to discover a new identification and who he was.”

Johns and govt producer Greg Berlanti got here to the conclusion that it will work higher for Rachel’s journey towards changing into Raven to be mirrored by Dick Grayson’s post-Batman path.

“We took a sliver of the comics that handled Dick Grayson post-Batman a bit of bit and amplified that much more, exploring what that interval for Dick Grayson was actually like,” Johns explains. “Nightwing is such a secure, assured, emotionally balanced character—he is Dick Grayson when he is discovered his place on the earth. We wished to construct as much as him changing into Nightwing.”

Johns defined the primary storyline of the primary season is to carry the Titans collectively, however that Rachel’s storyline is driving the plot ahead.

“Once we checked out Raven’s story it is actually a couple of younger lady combating this inside darkness,” Johns stated. “She lives and comes from a world that’s extra within the supernatural and horror vein. We determined to lean into that and have Dick Grayson’s journey mirror that. He has his personal darkness that he is combating and making an attempt to beat.

“When he meets Rachel, they’re each on an identical path of confronting this darkness that’s inside every of them and making an attempt to maneuver past it, management it, perceive it. It is actually solely with the assistance of different people who find themselves misplaced and looking for their place on the earth that they will all come collectively and assist each other. That is what the DNA of Titans is—a surrogate household. The characters and one of the best runs have all the time been about that. However the tone of it’s actually dictated by our first story, Rachel and Dick’s story.”

However followers ought to nonetheless anticipate to see why Robin deserted Batman’s aspect within the coming episodes.

“It is what we arrange within the pilot. It is actually about Rachel and serving to Rachel, looking for out what she’s coping with and assist her come to phrases with that. On the similar time, all the opposite characters are coping with their very own points. Dick Grayson is coping with his previous with Batman, and we’ll reveal what that basically was and what occurred.”

New episodes Titans airs each Friday on DC Universe.