Nightwing: Year One - Chapter 1 and Long Day

Summary

DC High Volume: Batman

Episode: Nightwing: Year One – Chapter 1 and Long Day

Host: DC | Realm
Date: November 19, 2025

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Overview

This episode kicks off DC High Volume: Batman’s acclaimed audio adaptations of DC’s most defining comic arcs, focusing on two gripping stories:

• Nightwing: Year One, Chapter 1: Traces Dick Grayson’s turbulent transition from being Batman’s Robin to forging his own identity as Nightwing.
• Long Day: Offers a ground-level view of Batman’s unending war on crime across one relentless night in Gotham.

These adaptations bring to life the writing of Frank Miller, Jeph Loeb, and others―delving into the emotionally charged dynamics between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, their allies, and Gotham’s many threats.

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Key Discussions & Plot Points

1. Nightwing: Year One – Chapter 1

[00:56 – 20:37]

Dick Grayson’s Juggling Act and Inevitable Departure

• Dick (Nightwing) reflects on his juggling of college, Teen Titans duties, and his precarious partnership with Batman. His struggle to balance his “real” life with his responsibilities as Robin is setting up a final confrontation (“Both of us knew this was inevitable…” – Dick, 01:47).

Clayface Showdown on a Snowy Night

• Setting: Dick rushes across a frozen pond on a snowmobile to back up Batman against Clayface (Matt Hagen).
• Dick’s tactical thinking is showcased as he exploits Clayface’s weakness to cold:
  “But lower the temperature enough, and you’ve got…permafrost.” (Dick, 03:47)
• They rescue a baby caught in a domestic dispute—revealed to be Clayface’s child—introducing themes of parental loss, vulnerability, and responsibility.
• Batman’s cold pragmatism is on display:
  “You can cry over them, or you can take what you’re feeling and do something better with it.” (Batman, 05:32)

Communication Breakdown: Dick and Bruce’s Widening Rift

• Dick laments the lack of real connection with Bruce:
  “We don’t talk. Not really. Not ever… All my life, I’ve been trying my best to impress you.” (Dick, 03:47, 05:39)
• Batman is direct and critical, questioning Dick’s devotion and reliability:
  “You should have been beside me from the start.” (Batman, 06:19)
  “Lately, you’ve been neither [partner nor errand boy].” (Batman, 06:24)

Aftermath at the Batcave: Dick’s Ejection

• Back at Wayne Manor, Alfred’s warmth contrasts Batman’s emotional distance:
  “So the prodigal son makes his triumphant return.” (Alfred, 15:54)
• Alfred gifts Dick an upgraded uniform, marking a symbolic “molting”—the end of his Robin days:
  “Robins molt their feathers before becoming full-fledged adults, do they not?” (Alfred, 16:48)

The Break: Batman Fires Robin

• What begins as a tense talk escalates into Bruce firing Dick:
  “I’ll say it again. You’re fired, Dick. Get out of my cave.” (Batman, 18:55)
• Dick also highlights the emotional pattern:
  “It was for good. I mean, permanent, Master.” (Dick, 18:59)
• Memorable Moment: The emotional confrontation, with Alfred inadvertently locked out, underscoring Dick’s isolation.

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2. Long Day

[21:01 – 26:23]

A Night in Gotham: Relentless Vigilance

• Batman’s internal monologue tracks his movements throughout an exhausting night:
  • 6:30 pm: At the docks, surveilling Cobblepot’s (Penguin’s) smuggling operation.
    • “Sun’s barely down and Port Aaro is already littered with Cobblepot’s goons.” (Batman, 21:02)
  • 7:00 pm: Saving a bus from plummeting off a bridge.
    • “Any later and the results would have been horrific.” (Batman, 21:37)
  • 8:30 pm: Responding to a bank robbery; Dick and Bruce work in sync, echoing each other’s commands during the takedown (23:12–23:27).

Subway Bomb Threat

• 9:00 pm: Batman confronts a bomber seeking attention, mirroring Batman’s own public persona:
  • “The Joker has to set traps to get you to come… Me, I can just call for you. I’ve got what it takes.” (Bomber/Clayface, 24:19)
• Batman disarms the bomber using calm efficiency—underscoring his technical prowess and psychological insight.
• Dick helps subdue the bomber, reaffirming their teamwork.

Late-Night Streets and Humanity

• Sometime after midnight: Batman deals with the city’s poor and desperate, including a child trying to get food for a sick mother.

  • “28 cents and a toy. Meat lockers. You never know what to expect.” (Batman, 25:52)

• The segment underlines the endless cycle of Gotham’s need and Batman’s burden:
  “Long day just starting.” (Narrator, 26:23)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dick Grayson’s frustration:
  “I’m supposed to be your partner, not your errand Boy Wonder.” (Dick, 06:21)

• The cold, final break:
  “You’re fired, Dick. Get out of my cave.” (Batman, 18:55)

• Parental disappointment and striving:
  “All my life, I’ve been trying my best to impress you. ... that I’d become what you wanted me to be.” (Dick, 05:39)

• Alfred, ever the anchor:
  “Take the chill off, peanut butter and marshmallow cream on toast, Master Richard.” (Alfred, 16:35)

• Insight on Gotham and its heroes:
  “You people with your cloaks and your capes, running this town like the camera is always on you. ... Well, I’m center stage now, man.” (Subway Bomber/Clayface, 24:19)

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Important Timestamps

• [00:56]: Start of Nightwing: Year One – Chapter 1
• [01:47]: Dick’s inner monologue about life as Robin and its pressures
• [03:47]: Dick’s tactical plan vs. Clayface; hints at emotional distances
• [05:32]: Batman's guiding philosophy on using pain for purpose
• [06:19 – 06:24]: Heated exchange between Dick and Bruce about partnership
• [15:54]: Alfred greets Dick; marks a rare moment of belonging
• [18:55]: Batman officially fires Dick as Robin
• [20:37]: End of Chapter 1
• [21:01]: Start of “Long Day”
• [23:12]: Synchronized command during bank robbery
• [24:19]: Bomber’s existential self-dialogue in the subway
• [25:52]: Batman helps a desperate family late at night
• [26:23]: “Long day just starting”—episode winds down

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Tone and Style

• Intense, introspective, bittersweet: Narration is emotionally rich, alternating between Dick’s light humor and earnestness and Bruce’s hardened, mission-first reserve.
• Character-driven storytelling: Alfred’s warmth and the deep rift between Bruce and Dick bring a distinctly human dynamic to superhero drama.
• Nightwing’s wit: Keeps the tone from becoming too heavy; Dick’s asides and pop culture references add levity, even in the most dangerous moments.

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For New Listeners: Why This Matters

• Nightwing: Year One captures the messy, emotional evolution of one of Batman’s most important allies.
• Long Day exemplifies the never-ending struggle and small moments of humanity in Batman’s war on crime.
• The adaptation preserves the psychological complexity and iconic dialogue of these comics, dramatized by top-tier vocal performances and immersive sound design.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

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[Narrator / Storyteller]

You're listening to DC High volume Batman. For years now, Dick Grayson has fought alongside Batman as Robin, the Boy Wonder, one half of Gotham City's dynamic duo and more. Leader of the Teen Titans, ward of Bruce Wayne and still coming into his own as a young adult. Even a former circus acrobat can only juggle so much for so long. And now, Nightwing Year one, Chapter one.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Come on, come on, come on. Both of us knew this was inevitable. With college, with the Team Titans, with what little life I had of my own, with all that, I had to be late the one time when I was really needed. It was easier when I was Robin, just a junior partner. Now there aren't enough hours in the day or the night. Both of us knew there would come a time where I wouldn't be there for backup. Or cut it too close, like that dark and snowy night in question, which found me on a snowmobile careening across a frozen pond to a water silo serving as a bad guy hideout. Arriving at last to Clayface's latest mudflap or Robin's final flight. Can you stand?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Yes. But Clayface isn't finished.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Just a goon with a mud on. Currently sporting snowmobile tracks across his face.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

That almost hurt Bunk Mountain like a ridge scope. Yep.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

But still dangerous.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Maybe a flower pot. Or an ashtray.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Have to catch me first. Please. Maybe Clayface isn't crazy scary like the Clown Prince or unpredictable nutso like Harvey Dent. I'm just talking Ooga booga. Frighteningly gross and undeniably one of the more dangerous of our foes. Well, your foes. Also one of the more resilient with this whole mud morphing bit.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

But resilient to a Fault, little creep. I'll drown you and envy.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Mud's just dirt and water, right? No time to wait for the silt muck to settle out. But lower the temperature enough, and you've got. Huh? Classical. Or to be more accurate, permafrost. And for the record, I don't know why we never thought up this tactic. Not that it matters now, anyway. Hey, Batman. I know, I know. I'm late. Titan's business. I mean, we just shut down Brother Blood for good. I'm just trying to explain my side of it. Because we don't talk. Not really. Not ever.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Baby, save it.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Look, I don't know how many hundreds of people we rescued from Blood's cult, but it was a pretty important mission.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

I said so.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

David.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I'm unique in this family. A talker among writers. Alfred's got his journal, you've got your files. Babs keeps an account of everything. While I've only recorded a message like this once before. The first time.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, at children.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Of all ages, the Flying Grayson. The Triple. But I figure this is the right way of telling you what went wrong with us from the beginning.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Mother.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Mother.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Please.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Please, please wake up.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Please.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Please.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

You can cry over them, or you can take what you're feeling and do something better with it.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Although I also know just how you feel about keeping what's inside inside. All my life, I've been trying my best to impress you. Do it better to show you that you chose well when you offered me this job. Do it better that I wouldn't break under the pressure. Do it better that I become what you wanted me to be. Look, when I got home and I saw the signal, I came running.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

You should have been beside me for the start.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I'm supposed to be your partner, not your errand boy Wonder.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Lately, you've been neither.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

To be fair, neither of us was paying much attention to Clayface, who was looking a little less clay and a little more guy waving a gun around Face.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Yap, yap, yap, ladies.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

But you always taught me that a gun deserves respect, no matter which idiot's wielding it.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Just give me the kid, and you ladies could g go back to your little Bat Bat.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

No.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I thought you were distracting him, giving me time.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

What do you mean?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Just what I said, Hagen.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

But I didn't see what you saw. The frost on Hagen's revolver. How it was all going to backfire.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Take the baby.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I'm on cleanup. We both knew that Hagen would make like a mudslide if he had half a Chance? I gave you enough attitude to give him a head start. And then I was running from one fight to finish another. God. Did you see where he went? Robin Hagen's footprints led into the park all clayed up. He didn't last too long in the cold before barefoot and buck naked in a blizzard, he wasn't gonna do much better. Snow kept getting higher. Tough going on foot. Lucky me. I'm good with branches. Clayface should have molded himself into a snowbird like I did and taken the high road. Instead, he opted for the low.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Come on. Where is it?

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

Okay, Come on.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Waylon. Now, why would he go down into the sewers? Oh, crud. It was warm down there. Biological warmth, you know what I mean.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

Oh, yuck.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Good thing I left the pixie boots behind for this one. Further into the tunnel, I found Hagen rebuilding himself out of what I didn't really want to think about. I was more concerned with bringing him down hard before he got too big to matter.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Yes.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Up to the catwalk. Couldn't let him spot me. It was time to try out a new toy cyborg. And I worked out the finer points back at Titan's Tower. Still awaiting official bat authorization, but I was betting it would do the trick. Call it an Electrorang. Thank you. Patent pending. Hagen was grounded in the sludge, so he took the full jolt. But just in case his clay coating insulated him. I figured a jump kick would soften up the gooey Matt Hagen filling inside. Imagine my surprise when I found all clay no face and I stepped right into a steaming pilot.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

You stepped in it this time, bird brain.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Copy clay up to your neck. As clay face squeezed, I spotted a water pipe running along the ceiling. High pressure, enough to break clay.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Your partner took the baby, right? Is he planning an exchange?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I threw a bat rope over the pipe. I wasn't strong enough to break it, but maybe I hate the flying rat.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

But I know he never hurt a child. Me, I don't have any problem with. Where can you. Like a pinata.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

You know, in the old days, I would have plastered this dirtbag with the works. You know, the here's mud in your eye or your name's mud.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

I'll tell him you're still alive. He'll believe me because he has to. He'd hate to think of his kid sidekick lying dead in a drainpike somewhere.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

But why deny Clayface the chance to sling a little of it himself? I finished tying what looked like a tripwire between two pipes. Then I made a loop and threw it over Clayface and let him do his worst.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

This the best you can do? A noose? You're gonna hang a guy made out of mud? Or you just trying to aggravate me to death?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Besides, I was mostly just trying not to get kilned. Get it kilned anyway.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Well, I'm aggravated, okay? So you can take your little noose and shove it.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

As I hoped, he tugged on it with all of his might. My secret weapon. Everyone always underestimates the kid. Especially guys like Clay for Brains who found himself getting flushed. And that's when you rejoined our little mud wrestling match.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Come on, Hagen.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Except you weren't much for celebrating my our victory.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

You shouldn't have gone after him alone.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

No need to thank me. Where's the baby?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

In the car.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

The rest you summarized on the way home.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Alright, Hagen, come on.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Stop moving around.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Just come up the stairs.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Come on.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

My baby.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Go up in the station. I'm going to sit down.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Don't worry about it.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Come on, let's go.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Nice and warm.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Huh?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

She doesn't look so rich. You can't tell me Clayface was looking for some fat ransom.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Hagen is the child's father. It was a domestic dispute.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Oh, how appropriately ironic. And information I could have used before getting down and dirty with Clayface. So the kid was never in any real danger, except maybe from hypothermia.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

With a father like that, can you be so sure?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

No, I guess not. Not that there's ever been any point in arguing with you. Better to suffer the silent treatment than get my head bitten off.

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[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Hi.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I'm here to pick up my son, Milo.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

There's no Milo here who picked up.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

My son from school.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

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[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I'm gonna need the name of everyone that could have a connection. You don't understand. It was just the five of us.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

So this was all planned?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

What are you gonna do? I will do whatever it takes to get my son back. I honestly didn't see this coming. These nice people killing each other. All her fault.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

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[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

At least the other parent was glad to see me.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Oh, my word. Master Richard. So the prodigal son makes his triumphant return.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Me. Not just Robin, the late partner. He even came down off the ladder to greet me.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

You are indeed a sight for sore eyes, lad. Even covered in filth as you are.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Jeez, you're bleeding. Just above your eyebrow.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Tis but a flesh wound. And beneath our notice, young sir, the perils of performing periodontal cleaning on one of the sharp toothed, garish, reptilian trophies you both insist upon cluttering this secret grotto. My boys and their overgrown toys.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Alfred. We could both use something hard to.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Take the chill off peanut butter and marshmallow cream on toast, Master Richard.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

And that's where master and servant difference. Alfred always went out of his way to make sure I felt at home.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

By the by, I've left you a bit of a surprise in the changing room. Robins molt their feathers before becoming full fledged adults, do they not?

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

No.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Really? Could it be?

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Hmm.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

I can still remember my first suit.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Looks good, don't it?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Long leggings would be more practical.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Bat wedgies and all that.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Better to keep it light.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Just remember the burden you carry when you wear.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Was a new suit. And not just a fresh coat of paint on the old one. Sewn in Kevlar. Structured cape with ballistic weave, armored plating on the shoulders, full lower body shielding, military grade boots. Even a utility belt of my own. Alfred made me feel that I belonged in this place. Above, in the manor, or down in the secret grotto where we wear masks and talk in code. Which explains why you got him out of the way.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Lockdown initiated.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Alfred might have kept us from saying things we'd regret later. He always had the faith that the Dynamic Duo could survive anything. Except maybe each other. Looks like I can finally retire the pixies and shorts, huh?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

We need to talk.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Huh.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Funny how that always meant you talking and me listening. Except this time. This time there was yelling. All while Alfred was upstairs getting us sandwiches. Hey, I get it. You need me in Gotham.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

This is war, Dick. Robin is my second. My lieutenant. Anything less than total devotion to this cause is simply wasting my time.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

This time, Alfred wasn't there to referee the verbal jousting between knight and squire. This time, it was just you and me. And the things you have to hear twice to know they're real.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Fine.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

I'll say it again.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

You're fired, Dick. Get out of my cave.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

This time it was for good. I mean, permanent masters.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Is everyone all right? I seem to be locked out of your clubhouse.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

One door closes and another opens. Or is that only how it works for regular people? People who live normal lives. People who don't live in caves and wear masks and talk in code. Fine. If that's the way you want it. See you around, Dick.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Leave the new uniform.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Fine. I never even got the chance to try it on. I can't imagine what you told Alfred.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

They might be in danger. I hope you don't mind me borrowing this, Master Bruce. Master Richard, do you require assistance?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Dick's gone, Alfred.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

Gone to where, sir?

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Dismissed.

[Alfred Pennyworth]

And his unused uniform there. Surely you don't expect me to wear it.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Though it's not as if he hadn't heard it before. After all, this wasn't the first time you fired me.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

To be continued. And now, on another evening, Gotham City never sleeps. At every hour of every day, someone needs help. Someone needs Batman. This is long day.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

6:30Pm Gotham docks. I hate waiting. Sitting still is the hard part. Sun's barely down and Port Aaro is already littered with Cobblepot's goons. Load up. Let's go. Scanners can't get a clear read through half of these containers. Nothing but laptops and action figures from here. Pick one. Here comes the easy part. Jim, your dry cleaning is ready. Yeah. AK47s, 7700pm New trigate bridge. Reports of a pileup came in over the GCPD squawk box. A container truck had slammed into a city bus which had broken through the guardrails. By the time I get there, the bus is teetering over the river. Moments from folly, I fire the Batmobile's grappling hooks at the bus and accelerate. Bus must weigh 50 tons. The lines hold, but the bus doesn't budge. Need leverage. There. Those barriers. Lucky I was close by. Any later and the results would have been horrific. 8:30pm Gotham City bank robbery in progress. They're doing everything by the numbers. I know the routine by heart. Everyone remain calm.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Everyone remain calm.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Get on the floor. Do not try to be a hero.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Get on the floor. Don't try to be a hero.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

This will be over quicker than you think.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

This will be over quicker than you think.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Everyone, stay down.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Everyone stay.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

31, stay down. 9pm the subway station beneath 57th and Park. Yeah, our bomber guy here is still rambling. You said he just left the bank. Copy that.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

Worst part. And then two. Face says, pardon me. Doesn't think you have what it takes. Part of him. Well, I have what it takes. Bring me Batman. I'll show everyone that I've got what it takes. Bring me Batman.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

I'm here.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen (alternate voice)]

Oh, there you are. See? That wasn't so hard. The Joker has to set traps to get you to come. Penguin has to throw huge parties to get your attention. Me, I can just call for you. I've got what it takes. Man, that in 40 sticks of dynamite. You people with your cloaks and your capes, running this town like the camera is always on you. Oh, I'm the good guy. I'm the bad guy. Taking center stage. And everyone else is just the background characters. Well, I'm center stage now, man.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

I glance down. It's an explosive vest with a basic series circuit. I keep a small pair of scissors in my utility belt for this exact occasion.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

Wait.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

What are you doing? Wait.

[Clayface / Matt Hagen]

No.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Take him down.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

10:00Pm above the Gotham City streets. Finally. Quiet. Almost.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Let's go.

[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Hurry.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

Me lockers. You never know what to expect.

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[Dick Grayson / Nightwing]

Our mama is sick. She needs the food. But this is all we have.

[Batman / Bruce Wayne]

28 cents and a toy. Meat lockers. You never know what to expect. Sometime after midnight. High above Gotham City streets.

[Narrator / Storyteller]

Long day just starting. You've been listening to DC High volume. Batman Nightwing Year one and Long Day. Nightwing Year one Comic written by Scott Beatty and Chuck Dixon with artwork by Scott McDaniel. Long Day based on the story from Black and White 4 written and illustrated by Dustin Wynn. Released in 2014. Directed by Fred Greenhalgh. Audio adaptation by Fred Greenhalgh, Roshan Singh, Sambi and Scott Lee Chua Batman created by Bob Kane With Bill Finger. Nightwing created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Starring Jason Spisak as Batman and Will Friedle as Nightwing. Also starring Seth Austin, Hayden Bishop, Reba Burr, Jessie Burch, Zach, Paul Brown, Jacob Cote, Victor Diaz, Ned Donovan, Nick Fisher, Dan Gill, Niana Greenhalgh Coy, John Dreau, Tommy Kang, Asma Kastan, Amer Koteb, Eric Lang, Leonard Moore, Rebecca Mozo, Danny Nucci, Adam o', Byrne, Mike Pallotta, Jay Paulson, Alvin Roberts, Holland Rhoden, William Sawyers, Stephanie Shea, Kevin Smith, Edward Stonegard, Chandwen Titcombe, Casey Turner, Pilar Yoribe, Simon Vance and Mick Wingert. With crowd voices by Philip Hobby, Heather Irish, Tony Reilly, William Walker and Ashanti Williams. Casting by Sunday Bowling Kennedy and Meg Moorman. CSA produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Roshan Singh Sambhi, Executive producers for dc. Mike Pallotta and Victor Diaz, Executive producers for Realm Molly Barton and Carly Milori, Production manager Jordan Accancia. Music composed by Sam Ewing and Perrine Virgil. Additional music by Marcus Thorne. Bagala. Supervising sound design and mix by Jeff Schmidt. Additional sound design by Jonathan Roberts. Dialogue editing by Chia Yam Chong. Additional production support by Andas Productions Assistant editor Jamie Leidwinger. Associate producer Andrew Kwan. Production services provided by Realm Video Editor Tasha Carter. Recorded at Real Voice, LA, CityVox, the Orange Lounge and Acadia Recording Company. This podcast was recorded under a SAG AFTRA agreement based on characters from dc. The characters and events depicted in this podcast are fictional. Any similarity to any actual person, living or dead, or to any actual events, firms, places and institutions or other entities is coincidental and unintentional. This podcast is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries, and its unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. Copyright and trademark D.C. all rights reserved.