(Batman I #337) - Lorna Hill hired Waldo, a clown who once performed for Haly’s Circus with the Flying Graysons. Waldo made fast friends with the rest of the workers, including Tiny and Vashnu. Dick Grayson, feeling adrift, was delighted when Waldo Flynn wrote to him. Waldo was happy he left the Sterling Circus to join Lorna Hill’s circus, and talked up the fact that they were like a family. Dick watched an aerial performance by Cleveland Brand, who’d taken over his deceased brother Boston’s role as the costumed daredevil character Deadman. Cleveland injured his arm during practice, and Dick asked Lorna if she’d like to see a demonstration of his skills that made him famous as one of the Flying Graysons. During his performance clown Jo-Jo Jones was shot, and Dick spotted someone running away from the big top. Dick subdued the runner, who turned out to be Waldo, but he refused to believe he was a murderer. The police told Dick that the bullet that shot Jo-Jo went through his body, and they’d be back the next day to find it. That night Dick went into action as Robin, to see if anyone else was looking to retrieve the bullet. He confronted a hooded figure, who turned out to be Lorna, and wondered if she was the shooter. ///robin solved the mystery, Jo-jo committed suicide and attempted to pin his death on Waldo, who was going out with his ex Magnificent Melanie.

(Batman I #339) - With Deadman Cleveland Brand still injured Dick Grayson was thrilled to take a job at Hill’s Circus, getting back to his roots when he performed as one of the Flying Graysons with his parents. Lorna, Waldo and Cleveland were all impressed with his debut performance, and Dick reflected on how his parents and Batman shaped him into the person he’d become, and how he owed them a debt of gratitude even though he’d become his own man.