![]() The Batman locates Tony Zucco, but the extortionist catches him off guard and straps him to a knife-throwing board. Bruce doesn't even consider the issue, telling Dick to go to bed. He also learns that Batman is going after Zucco and insists that he should track the man down. This habit leads him to find the Batcave, where he learns that Bruce Wayne is Batman. Alfred also hangs up a portrait of the Graysons over a fireplace, which Dick sleeps in front of after nightmares keep him awake. Alfred, when Dick notices his guardian's constant absences, lectures Batman (who obsessively searches for Zucco) on being a better father to the boy. Bruce Wayne from the audience watches the murder and Dick crying on the trapeze platform.ĭick then meets Bruce, who has paid for the Graysons' funeral costs and has decided to adopt Dick as a foster son. Had the ropes held out longer, Dick would have swung on them and fallen to his death. To "return the favor" of having broken up his crime family, Zucco kills Dick's parents by tampering with their trapeze ropes during a night performance in Gotham. Tony Zucco (voiced by Mark Hamill) in the episode " A Matter of Family" attempted to extort money out of the Flying Graysons, calling it "protection" the Batman steps in and arrests one of Zucco's brothers as Dick watches in awe. According to the executive producer, Alan Burnett, in one of his interviews, he states that Robin was 14 at the start of his appearance the same age, his voice actor Evan Sabara was when he voiced Robin for "The Batman." ![]() Mary's special nickname for Dick was a "Robin" when Dick expressed embarrassment, John jokingly renamed him "the flying squirrel". Richard "Dick" Grayson was the son of skilled acrobats John and Mary Grayson John was also the circus manager.
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