Nightwing didn't have a gun or anything to take Joker out quickly from a distance. Beating Joker to death with his bare hands was drawn out. It was up close and vicious.
In Joker: Last Laugh Vol 1 6, Nightwing did kill Joker for Jason, Tim, and for all the death Joker have cause when he thought Tim Drake is killed by Joker (obviously Tim is not dead):
In Joker: Last Laugh #6, Nightwing is tricked into believing that the Joker fed Tim Drake to Killer Croc. Enraged at the (supposed) death of his surrogate brother, Nightwing beats the Joker to death.
Jason's death and the events around it were so traumatic that Nightwing, when he was infected with fear toxin, one of the central themes of his nightmare was Jason's death as shown in Nightwing #10. Thankfully after Jason's revival, he and Nightwing have gotten the chance to foster an actual brotherly friendship.
Though brought back to life, Todd was permanently scarred by being revived after such a brutal death. He would eventually return to Gotham City, taking up the mantle of the Red Hood, with one primary goal; to kill the Joker.
In the issue, after hunting Joker across Gotham City, Jason confronts him in Gotham General Hospital, but he is unable to kill the villain being that Joker has a hostage held at gunpoint.
While fighting, Nightwing get sprayed by the fear toxin and goes crazy. He gets sliced by Scarecrow's scythe in the arm and before he can get impaled, Catwoman saves him.
On this month's Waiting on the Trade, we discussed Batman: A Death in the Family, the landmark story in which the Joker brutally murdered the second Robin, Jason Todd.
Damian Wayne, son of Bruce Wayne, inherited his father's temper and lack of tolerance. Joining the One Earth regime, Damian accidentally killed Dick Grayson and later adopted his Nightwing persona.
During the "Joker War" storyline, the Joker steals the memory crystal and uses it to brainwash Grayson into believing he is the Joker's adopted son, "Dicky Boy" and turns him against the Bat Family in his latest war against Batman.
What Joker seems to hate most about Tim, is that Tim tends to work alone more often than the other Robins. This means when Joker starts a scheme to get Batman's attention, sometimes Robin showed up, and only Robin.
Jason Todd was a short-fused street orphan until he met Batman after he had saved him from The Joker. Jason was trained by Batman and later became the second Robin, but he was beaten and tortured by the Joker, who sent Batman a video of the event and lied by telling him that Jason was dead.
Though he never voiced it, Batman did privately admit that he didn't go searching for Jason because he was afraid of what he would find. He knew Jason was killing people, and Batman couldn't live with the shame of knowing that he had unintentionally created a deadlier version of Joe Chill.
Blaming himself for Jason's death, a guilt-ridden Batman resolved to carry on alone. He even turned down Alfred's suggestion to involve Dick Grayson, his original partner.
Joker's original idea was revealed in Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo's legendary Batman: A Death in the Family. After beating Robin half to death with a crowbar, Joker tries to use a bomb to not only kill Jason, but to also wipe out any and all evidence of Joker ever having been there.
(or J.J. for short) is Tim Drake when he was brainwashed and tortured by Joker in Batman Beyond : Return of The Joker His laughs and cries are done by Andrea Romano.
Batman has trained many young heroes as Robin, and while they have all been impressive on their own, DC just confirmed that one stands above the others in terms of power: Damian Wayne is the most powerful Robin.
After the death of his sidekick, Batman set out to kill Joker and was only stopped by Superman. However, the Man of Steel understood Bruce Wayne's pain more than fans ever guessed.
His actual first love was a Dolphin named Nera. Bart Allen lost it to his at-the-time girlfriend Valerie Perez during The Flash: Full Throttle. Dick Grayson lost his virginity to a woman named Liu at the age of 16.
Throughout his years of operating as one of DC's greatest heroes, Nightwing has been portrayed as having very few fears, with his greatest previously feeling like he would not be able to live up to the standards imposed upon him by Batman.
However, while Nightwing may have become something of a widespread superhero crush for many of those in the DCU, it is his costuming and acrobat's physique that has led to him to becoming bonafide eye candy.
Some interpretations suggest that the audience has empathy for Jason, whose motivation for killing has been cited as being driven by the immoral actions of his victims and his own rage over having drowned as a child.
Traumatized, Batman takes Jason and Sheila's remains to Gotham and holds a burial with Alfred Pennyworth, Commissioner James Gordon, and Barbara Gordon. Batman blames himself for Jason's death and resolves to carry on alone, rejecting Alfred's suggestion to involve Dick Grayson, the first Robin.
Tim Drake Debuted as Robin Two Years After Jason Todd's Death. Tim eventually made his way to a still-grieving Bruce and proved himself worthy of the Robin mantle, donning his suit and aiding Batman against Two-Face in Batman #442 (by Marv Wolfman and Jim Aparo).
