Batman R.I.P.

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When I was a kid I was really into the old school Superman stories. There was a story line where Superman and Jimmy Olson went to the bottled city of Kandor (if you don't know about Kandor, don't ask, it's a long story). Supes lost his powers in Kandor, so he and Jimmy decided to fight crime as sort of a Batman and Robin type team. However, there are no bats and robins in Kandor, as it is a Kryptonian city. So, they used Kryptonian birds called Nightwing and Flamebird to inspire their costumed identities.

Incidentally, Robin heard about all this, and later took the Nightwing name as his own when he gave up the Robin mantle.

It's scary the amount of useless knowledge that exists in my brain.

Not useless at all. I grew up on Marvel, so my DC ignorance is great. That's interesting info.