Bruce sees a chance to direct the anger and rage that Dick feels in a way that he himself can not, thus creating a father/son bond and understanding between the two. Robin's origin has a thematic connection to Batman's in that both see their parents killed by criminals, creating an urge to battle the criminal element. They then successfully bait the riled Zucco into visiting a construction site, where they capture him. They start by disrupting Zucco's gambling and extortion rackets. After extensive training, Dick becomes Robin. When Batman recounts the murder of his own parents, Dick asks to become his aide. Before he can go to the police, Batman appears to him and warns him that the two gangsters work for Tony Zucco, a very powerful crime boss, and that revealing his knowledge could lead to his death. During the next performance, the trapeze from which Dick's parents are swinging snaps, sending them to their deaths. The owner refuses, so the gangsters sabotage the trapeze wires with acid. While preparing for a performance, Dick overhears two gangsters attempting to extort protection money from the circus owner. In his first appearance, Dick is an 8 year-old circus acrobat, and with his parents make up the "Flying Graysons". Dick Grayson was born on the first day of spring, son of John and Mary Grayson, a young couple of aerialists. The name "Robin, The Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume are inspired by the legendary hero Robin Hood, as well as the red-breasted American Robin, which parallels the "winged" motif of Batman. DC Comics also thought a teenaged superhero would appeal to young readers, being an effective audience surrogate. Robin's debut was an effort to make Batman a lighter, more sympathetic character. He was first introduced in Detective Comics #38 (1940) by Batman creators Bill Finger and Bob Kane.
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