Dick Grayson-Nightwing-Robin I

On the left you have the Flying Graysons made up of Dick Grayson and his parents. The elder Graysons died during a trapeze mishap leading to Dick Grayson becoming the ward of Bruce Wayne and joining him in his battle against crime as Robin to Bruce's Batman.

You can see from the left that Dick's first pre-Flashpoint Robin costume is modeled on his parents' costumes.

On the right you have images from Kyle Higgins and Eddy Barrows' New 52′s Nightwing #3. On the first image we see imagery of Dick's parents in bluish costumes with his father's costume, lapel and all, inspiring Dick’s first Nightwing costume (see opening image of this column for the pre-Flashpoint evolution of Dick’s costume including his leisure suit Nightwing costume that seems to still be “in” New 52 continuity).

The second image on the right seems to also show Dick, I think, in a Robin costume falling from a zip line. Now, I think that may be Dick during his tenure as Robin, but perhaps it is him in a Flying Grayson's costume? The latter seems unlikely since that costume is such a departure from his parents' blue threads. So, if in fact that is Dick Grayson-as-Robin's new originating costume he has taken a page from Tim Drake’s pre-Flashpoint black and yellow cape get-up in the New 52. You'll notice no short pants here either; some kind of gray trunks and matching boots now. Peter Pan has been exorcised from the New 52!

In any event, looks like Dick's original Robin costume has be retailored and we also now know the origin or inspiration for Nightwing’s original lapeled costume. Project Runway DC Universe?

I'm loving the New 52,  and particularly its ex-Robin books, even if Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans run is no longer in continuity.