Fantastic Nightwing-Inspired Web-Series: GRAYSON: EARTH ONE

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I've got a couple episodes of a new web series for you to check out called Grayson: Earth One. The series is inspired by Nightwing a.k.a. Richard Grayson, and it's set in a "new continuity on a new Earth separate from the DC Universe, freeing it from continuity restraints." This is really a fascinating series that I think you'll all enjoy, and it's really well made.  Here are some additional details on what the series wants to accomplish:

Grayson: Earth One season one is a non profit six episode season dedicated to exploring the origin story of the DC character known as Nightwing -- but with a twist. The twist being that Richard Grayson has never had the good fortune of being adopted as a child by Bruce Wayne, thus never becoming the boy wonder. Instead, we have a Richard Grayson that had to fend for himself on the unforgiving streets of Gotham and, even worse, the streets of Bludhaven. A character that has to overcome years of dog eat dog mentality to become a selfless and kind individual. To ultimately fulfill his destiny and become a HERO.

Of course, changing that single event within Richard Grayson's life sends a ripple across the entire DC universe. It changes the history of characters such as Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Helena Bertinelli and their adversaries too.

Why is change a good thing? Simply put, we wanted to tell a story that involves characters that are beloved, but also wanted a story that the audience could not predict based its iconic source material. We would also love to attract people that had no previous interest in the comic book world by grounding these characters into situations that they could relate to. We look forward to creating a new fan base following these awesome comic book characters that we grew up with.

The series comes from the YouTube channel P3Series, and I enjoyed what this series had to offer; it's one of the best fan series that I think I've seen. I was really impressed with how this turned out. You can check out the first two episodes of the series below. The first episode was released back in 2013, but the second episode was just released, so I thought I'd just post them together in case you never saw the first one. 

Thanks for watching our special Premiere double episode. This is a non profit project made purely for exhibition. Series Synopsis: "Grayson: Earth One' is the re-imagined origin story of the hero known as Nightwing/ Richard Grayson. The series takes place in a new continuity on a new Earth separate from the DC Universe, freeing it from continuity restraints.

Here's the synopsis for the next episode, "The Boy and The Bullet."

This jaw-dropping second chapter resumes moments after the events of episode 1. It’s follows a 17 year old car thief named Jason Todd, whom in another life, become the second Robin. Instead, Jason is left to navigate America’s most dangerous city in search for purpose, safety and a family to call his own. Unfortunately… He finds one.

This is a non profit double episode made purely for exhibition. This jaw-dropping second chapter resumes moments after the events of episode 1. It's follows a 17 year old car thief named Jason Todd, whom in another life, become the second Robin.