How Smart is Dick Grayson?
Nightwing is highly intelligent. This is someone who learned and became an expert in forensics and criminology within 6 months when he was 8-12 years old. He’s a master detective, with a record to prove it.
And because it’s a feat people rate despite meaning nothing at all, in Nightwing #152 - Ra’s calls Dick detective.
Chemistry/Biology/Physics
Batman vol 1 # 18 -Dick knew his chemistry. He has an excellent report in school
Titans vol 1 # 17 - figuring out how to clone a human
Tales of Teen Titans #45 - Come up with a solution to fix the problem in Aqualad and Tula’s lungs after analysing the chemical compounds in their lungs
Action Comics # 842 - Knowledge of Tamaranean
Detective Comics Vol 2 36 - Russian
Nightwing Vol 4 51 - Dick Speaks German
Nightwing Vol 4 54 - Dick Speaks 12 Languages
Nightwing Vol 2 72 - Italian
Titans Annual 001 - Japanese
The Power Company: Manhunter Vol 1 1 - Kikuyu
Batman: Gotham Knights - French
Nightwing Vol 2 91 - Some Romany
Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular Vol 1 2, Dick uses sign language to talk to a temporarily deaf Bruce.
Teen Titans #12 - Deduces a coded message.
Teen Titans #46 - Notices that the number of footprints, and the weight behind them. Correctly deduces that the kidnapping was a ruse.
The New Titans #65 - Observes a Carousel for seven hours. Is able to recall everyone who went on the ride, with memory of their appearance, their clothing and who brought them to the park.
Nightwing #86 - While injured and watching TV, Dick solves four cases for “America’s Most Wanted” in a morning.
Star-Spangled Comics # 105 - Cracks a code and thinks of a way to foil radio controlled bombers.
The New Teen Titans #7 - Notices a trap on a door, saving Cyborg’s life
Batman: Dark Victory #12 - Solve a riddle before Batman himself even figured it out before becoming Robin
Flash Plus - Figured out how to escape a maze before the Flash could
Superman American Alien #4 - Showcasing his impressive deductive prowess even as a kid before he became Robin by reading Clark Kent very well (noticing that Clark’s hiding a lot of things about himself) who’s impressed by his observant talent
Justice League v2 #51- Thanks to his insight due to his deductive trained mind he starts to ask questions that give Cyborg and Green Lantern the idea to look for the source of the problem and how all the threats the League are fighting against all at once are actually connected somehow
New Teen Titans v1 #9 - Quickly deduces that he’s walking into a trap while alongside Beast Boy and that the man inside was actually a mechanical bomb about to go off
New Teen Titans v1 #30 - Detects a sniper through hearing and moves fast enough to save the target from being killed
Batman #697 - Showing great awareness/perception as he catches a reflection of someone else with Catwoman moving out the corner of his eye in the windows across the street
The Power Company Manhunter - Detects Manhunter’s presence as he’s creeping up behind him and is able to avoid his sneak attack using his speed and agility despite Manhunter’s super human reflexes
The New Titans #86 - Detects Deathstroke’s presence nearby which impresses Slade since he mentions that not one man in a million would have heard him
Nightwing #12 - His senses are so well honed that they’re able to pick up even Batman’s presence who’s hiding in the dark
Grayson #1 - Showcasing his impressive level of perception (and reflex speed) by deflecting a projectile (tranq dart?) shot at him from a hidden enemy who turns out to be Midnighter who he’s also able to find very quickly as noted by Midnighter himself
Grayson #2 - Detects the presence and movement of the same speedster he encountered beforehand coming from behind him then avoids being ambushed by the speedster saving his unaware partner Helena Bertinelli in process
Batman #703 - Deduces that the getaway genius is actually a female despite the fact that she’s using a high tech holographic suit to disguise herself as a man having fooled everyone else (It’s how she walks)
Batman & Robin #26 - Deduces Ray Man is using illusions against Nightrunner, Robin, and himself then comes up with a way to counter the illusions and subdues Ray Man
Batman & Robin Eternal #11 - Quickly deduces Sculptor is a telepath after seeing her use her telepathy power against Harper Row (reading Harper’s mind to quickly find out her identity then putting her to sleep) impressing the telepath
Grayson #17 - Not only is he able to deduce that Grifter is a telepath that can read his thoughts and moves ahead of time by the feeling in his head (having experienced the “bad touch” of telepathy before), he’s also able to break down Grifter’s preferred fighting style, personality, and motivation by reading his body language in mid combat
Robin Year One #1 - Suspects the man (Mad Hatter) who’s giving away free headphones is not who he appears to be and tracks down his hideout by following his broadcast signal then gets the whereabouts of his current location from his henchmen
Tales of Teen Titans #43 - Deduces how Donna Troy and Cyborg were captured
Nightwing #24 - Solves a homicide case that went unsolved for over 15 years
Batman Streets of Gotham #8 - Displaying his brilliant deductive mind as he tells Gordon exactly what happened when examining two crime scenes and some dead bodies
Nightwing #144 - Deduces who the mastermind was that created an army of winged men and Talia’s involvement in the project
Azrael Death’s Dark Knight #3 - Deduces who the new Azrael is
Vigilante v3 #10 - Deduces Vigilante’s secret identity
Batman #694 - Damian deduces Black Mask’s plan only to find out that Dick figured it all out yesterday morning. In addition, Dick finds out the identity of one of the masterminds behind Black Mask’s operation
Justice League of America v2 #57 - Deduces that the Shade is the person linking all the shadow energy together although everyone else believes its Jade given her connection to both Shadow and Starheart energy
New Teen Titans v1 #38 - figuring out Donna Troy’s identity & background displaying some of his scientific knowledge in the process
The New Teen Titans #16 -Has dusting powder for fingerprints on him despite not being in uniform.
The New Teen Titans #38 - Donna had searched the house before without finding anything of note, Dick had researched the blueprints and had used them to find a secret room.
Batman #687 - In a flashback as Robin, he shows his creativity in planning when he passes Batman’s test by successfully launching a well planned non-lethal sneak attack on him within the Batcave
Trinity #9 - His mask has a small explosive charge installed that can self destruct
Outsiders v3 #37 - Has a piece of kryptonite to deal with Superman if need be
Grayson #8 - Revealing that he’s not only fought alongside the Justice League but has trained to fight them if need be (very likely thanks to his training from Batman). In this battle, we see him take on a super powered android known as Paragon who has the powers of the JLA and defeats it by exploiting the Justice Leaguer’s weaknesses while leading his fellow Spyral agent known as Tiger/Agent 1.
Action Comics # 842 - he used his knowledge of Tamaranean to hack an alien data terminal
New Titans # 55 - Hooked up the Titans computer to the Batcave’s computer
Titans United #7 - Breaks into ‘Bat-Level Encrypted’ records in a cadmus facility
Nightwing vol 4 # 25 - Saved a shipful of criminals (and himself) by extending the time field of Clock King’s high-tech alien weapon. Clock King called this “Amazing”
Titans vol 1 # 47 - Trying to repair the comm system in Titan’s headquarters.
Nightwing vol 2 # 138 - He has hacked the override to the Justice League teleporter (which Tim later hacked from him)
Star-Spangled Comics # 70 - Dick thinks of a way to survive a bomb-blast.
Nightwing vol 2 #50 - Able to point out what a full colour spectrum flash pulse is and that the gun it’s fired from is alien origin
Nightwing vol 3 #3 - Turn the microwave transmissions back to Zane
Nightwing vol 2 # 16 - He custom-made his car when he first moved to Blüdhaven
Nightwing Vol 2 # 144 - Build and program a Tech Glider with a remote GPS device
Nightwing vol 4 # 44 - Modified Escrima batons
Future State: Nightwing # 2 - Built Nano-Swarm cameras
Nightwing vol 4 # 78 - Heavily modified Escrima batons
Grayson #1 - Turns an alarm clock into a transmitter
Outsiders #48 - Co built a mini EMP weapon, the first electrorang
Arkham Reborn #3 - Designed a special stun grenade to neutralise Clayface
Justice League #57 - Leads a mix of heroes and villains, utilising all their powers to fight Omega-Knight
Robin Year One #3 - As a rookie Robin, he outsmarts and apprehends Mr. Freeze by luring him into a trap he sets up on the spot
Batman Streets of Gotham #2 - Takes down Firefly by clogging his jets using a foam gun and then stirs him through a billboard
Nightwing #146 - Takes out a young & stronger Creighton Kendall (who’s turned himself into one his winged men) by cleverly turning him into a lightning rod
Robin Year One #2 - Defeats the original Blockbuster by luring him into a trap he thought of on the spot
Nightwing #15 - Tricks Blockbuster into bringing down a building on himself
Nightwing v2 #5 - Defeats the powerful rhyming demon known as Acheron (similar to Etrigan The Demon) by luring the demon back into the place from where it came which binds the demon
The Titans #25 - Commands Kid Flash to use his powers to direct a gas
Nightwing vol 3 #9 - Tricks William Cobb into entering a location where Dick can lower the temperature quickly, rendering Cobb unconscious
Justice League of America #53 - Formed a plan to defeat mega man and the crime syndicate
Outsiders #23 - Can fool a polygraph
New Teen Titans v1 #5 -Leads the Teen Titans to victory over Goronn
New Teen Titans v1 #6 - Leads the Teen Titans to victory over Trigon
Return of Donna Troy #2 - Despite not being apart of either team at the time, he naturally takes command over the Outsiders and Teen Titans when they’re ambushed on Minosyss
Return of Donna Troy #3 - Quickly comes up with a plan for the team to subdue a brainwashed Donna Troy as we also see the others looking to him for his leadership in the situation
Return of Donna Troy #4 - Leading the Outsiders, Teen Titans, and native rebels in a war against the Titans of Myth
JLA #69 - Chosen by his mentor (Batman) to lead the new JLA that the Dark Knight formed as a contingency plan just in case something happened. Batman refers to Nightwing as the best and only person able to lead the team
JLA #73 - Successfully leads the JLA in battle against the very powerful Gemamnae as they manage to take her down and trap her. However, their efforts prove to be only a temporary victory since she is much more powerful then they know
Justice League of America v2 #42 - Takes command over a newly formed JLA as they bring down the powerful Atlas
Blackest Night Batman #3 - Trusting his judgement, Red Robin and Deadman follow Dick’s lead as he comes up with a very clever yet risky plan on the spot to save/hide Red Robin and himself from the Black Lanterns after deducing how they respond to emotion (He freezes himself and Tim)
Action Comics #842 - Immediately takes command over a group of meta humans which includes Superman once their group is attacked
Booster Gold v2 #22-23 - In an altered timeline Dick is killed in the past while he was still Robin and as a result the JLA was left without it’s greatest tactician (Batman/Dick Grayson) to come up with a plan to defeat Trigon who ends up conquering earth. This is due to the fact that Dick wasn’t around to replace Bruce Wayne/Batman when he was “killed” by Darkseid during the Final Crisis story
