In this new world it's still Tony Zucco who's responsible for the death of Dick's parents. It still happens in Haly's Circus with the only difference is that this time Dick was already been sold to the Court of Owls as the newest Talon.
The murder changes that and forces Haly to give Dick's friend Raymond to the Court to be a replacement Talon.
In the New 52 verse, Dick also gets to give his mother a nice robin bracelet for her birthday. After the death of his parents Dick picks up his mother's bloodied bracelet. This in its own way echoes the tragedy that befell on Bruce Wayne. His mother gets pearl necklaces for her birthday and then dies. with the pearl necklaces figuring neatly into the visual look of that scene.
Nightwing # 0 also tells us that Dick is an accomplished fighter in his own right. We've seen him kick butt in Batman # 0 and this trend continues here in his own book. It's a nice way of showing new readers that this guy was born to fight gracefully. Plus it got him in Batman's radar which is something.
The pre-New 52 universe showed us that Tim Drake was the only Robin who managed to deduce that Bruce Wayne is Batman. The New 52 universe trumps that and tells readers that Dick managed to find out that its Bruce under the cowl after seeing his body language. Really nice if you think about it, this also makes Dick a natural detective.
We also get to see Dick's Robin costume which shied away from the classic Silver Age costume with the shorts and the pixie boots.
Sadly there's also the case of the missing Teen Titans. As we all know Dick Grayson's Robin was the defacto leader of the first version of the Teen Titans. He founded it together with Wonder Girl, Speedy, Kid Flash, Aqualad. There's also no mention of Dick and Starfire's relationship. Or maybe its going to be dealt with in a separate issue.
Special thanks to Comicx Hub.
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