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Summary
Red Hoodis constantly haunted by his own death as a tike , but even in the what - if reality where Jason Todd lives , his near - demise brush with the Joker still ghost him . When it come down to it in Jason ’s eyes , the Joker is n’t the one to find fault . Instead , he signal the finger at his own don figure : Batman .
Jason Todd has had many experience with end , from Robin to Red Hood . InFrom the DC Vault : Death in the Family - Robin Lives!#1 , by J.M. DeMatteis and Rick Leonardi , this alternate - timeline tale imagines instead that current Robin Jason Todd live through his Joker experience , essentially erase the need for Red Hood , but set up a different kind of emotional exercising weight on Jason Todd and Bruce Wayne .
As Jason hail out of a comatoseness , it ’s clear that he ’s not the same male child Wonder that went out to fight criminal offence that night . When Jason catches Bruce Wayne consulting a psychologist , Jason tells him the truth : that it ’s all Batman ’s fault .
Red Hood is n’t often given the spotlight he deserve , but one new comic give him an instantly - classic mo that will delimit the character .
Is Batman to Blame for Jason Todd’s Near-Death?
Jason Todd Is the Second Robin
Robin Lives!deals with the injury of survival and also the guiltiness of not being able-bodied to make unnecessary loved ones from a traumatic event . Even in mainstream continuity , Batman is frequent by Jason ’s death , term it his " greatest nonstarter " even ashe permanently reconciles with Red Hood . Yet in this " Jason lives " timeline , this military issue shows that were Jason to last , the guilt and the grief would still live with both of them , showing that to survive a catastrophe can be just as hard as the catastrophe itself .
The Joker only had a wrecking bar and a bomb — but Batman gave Jason Todd the Robin suit of clothes .
While the Joker delivered the close - killing nose candy , Jason never once blames him . Because if Jason Todd had never conform to Batman , he would never have met the Clown Prince of Crime in the first place . As the final panels of the comic issue ask,“Whatever possessed him to add a child into the Batman ’s world?“The Joker only had a crowbar and a turkey — but Batman gave Jason Todd the Robin lawsuit . The culpability must lie with Batman from the very commencement , as Bruce Wayne put Jason Todd in the very post that almost took his lifetime .
For Once, the Joker Isn’t the Bad Guy
Batman’s No-Kill Rule Harmed Red Hood
Whilethe Joker has done more than enough to terrorize Red Hood , the line that separate him from Batman has always been thin . Batman has his no - killing rule , but this rule has no good use if a boy nearly die because of it . It ’s not the near - death that will haunt both of them;it ’s the criminal offence of bringing a boy into this life sentence that Batman must always live with .
Jason Todd was the first ever character vote to die by DC fan in a 1988 poll .
No one survives a near - death experience like Jason ’s and goes back to normal . As bleak as it is , at least in this globe , Batman catch the opportunity to do something about his guilt and to rectify his greatest failure . He can save Jason Todd the next prison term . And if the only thing he can do is hold a living Jason in his arms and narrate him just how sorry he is , that might be enough . In another timeline , whereRed Hoodcompletely switch the emotional game , Batmandoesn’t get to do that at all .
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FROM THE DC VAULT : DEATH IN THE FAMILY - ROBIN LIVES!#1(2024 )
Jason Todd is a complex form known for his tumultuous journeying as Batman ’s second Robin . Initially impulsive and malcontent , he ’s resurrect after a tragical death , becoming the vigilante Red Hood . arm with acute armed combat skill and a moral equivocalness , he challenges Batman ’s method , navigating a path between heroism and anti - valiance in Gotham ’s unforgiving street .
Custom Image by Kate O’Donoghue (from Rick Leonardi and Mike Mignola)
Jason Todd is a complex figure known for his tumultuous journey as Batman’s second Robin. Initially impulsive and rebellious, he’s resurrected after a tragic death, becoming the vigilante Red Hood. Armed with intense combat skills and a moral ambiguity, he challenges Batman’s methods, navigating a path between heroism and anti-heroism in Gotham’s unforgiving streets.
Jason Todd is a complex figure known for his tumultuous journey as Batman’s second Robin. Initially impulsive and rebellious, he’s resurrected after a tragic death, becoming the vigilante Red Hood. Armed with intense combat skills and a moral ambiguity, he challenges Batman’s methods, navigating a path between heroism and anti-heroism in Gotham’s unforgiving streets.
