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John Grayson was one of the three acrobats in the Haly's Circus group "the Flying Graysons" and the father of Dick Grayson, who would go on one day to become Nightwing. He and his wife, Mary Grayson, were murdered by Tony Zucco when he rigged their trapezes.
History
John Grayson was a young acrobat who performed for Haly's Circus. His performance partner was Mary Lloyd and the two had feelings for each other, but neither had the courage to admit it. One day, Tony Zucco took his mail order bride Meili Lin to Haly's Circus. Wanting to escape Tony's abuse, she fled into the crowd and took refuge in John's trailer. The circus performers chased Zucco off and Meili began working and travelling with the circus. She started a romantic relationship with John and became pregnant with their daughter. When the circus passed through Star City Zucco kidnapped her, then ambushed John from behind and broke his hand. John looked for Meili, but Zucco had taken her far away to Bludhaven. He did not know Meili was pregnant when she was taken.
John and Mary eventually confessed their feelings for each other and married. They had a son named Richard "Dick" Grayson, and the family would perform together as "the Flying Graysons".
Zucco always suspected that Melinda was not his child, and eventually murdered John and Mary.[2]
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- John Grayson was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, first appearing in Detective Comics #38. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, John Grayson first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Nightwing (Volume 3) #3 by Kyle Higgins, Eddy Barrows, and Eduardo Pansica.
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- 71 Appearances of John Grayson (Prime Earth)
- 3 Images featuring John Grayson (Prime Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about John Grayson (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: John Grayson (Prime Earth)
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