[47] After Batman and Robin defeat the mercs, Red Hood rescues Scarlet and escapes using the helicopter. Joker beat Jason nearly to death with a crowbar in a warehouse in Ethiopia, then left him there to die with a bomb about to go off. When Batman allows Carrie Kelley to assume the mantle of Robin, Alfred Pennyworth objects, citing Todd as a reason. After escaping from Arkham, Jason hacks into one of Bruce Wayne's bank accounts, using part of the money to pay Deathstroke, while keeping the rest for himself. Jasn was the rebellion's mascot, often carrying their flag and using his street smarts to help Kate and Renee in various scenarios. Killing him with the crowbar, bombing the asylum. Jason breaks free and fights them off all the same as Batman and Robin arrive. Except one guy hated Jason Todd (and the concept of Robin) so much that he voted for him every day (you were only supposed to vote once). Todd later rescues Bunker and joins forces with a new Wingman to take over Penguin's Iceberg Lounge. [citation needed]. Todd acts as leader of the Outlaws, a group of antiheroes that "have several different exciting characters from the DC Universe some we've seen before and some we haven't," Batman Group Editor Mike Marts said. When the Challengers return to New Earth, Todd disposes of his Red Robin costume and abandons the rest of the group, though they go on to declare to the Monitors that they are now the monitors of the Monitors. Jason responds by correcting them that he wasn't actually killed by a crowbar, he was killed by the bomb that the Joker detonated after Jason tried to get his mother to safety. Jason Todd is Red Hood, a vigilante anti-hero who is a member of the Batman Family and the Outlaws. Jason Todd is well known within the DC Comics universe as the second person to take on the identity of Robin, junior partner of Batman. Jason Todd was an orphan whose life had already been full of hardships before he met Bruce Wayne, who was the vigilante Batman. Batman arrives too late to save them and finds Jason's lifeless body in the rubble. [6] Settling on the idea of the telephone poll via a 1-900 number, O'Neil had decided due to discussions with DC Comics president Jenette Kahn that the poll should not be wasted on something insignificant. Answer (1 of 4): Jason Todd was unwieldy to most Batman fans. The full page reveals more, including the arrival of Dick Grayson to Jasons hospital room although a penciled note in the margins says to strike him, and redraw the panels in favor of having Alfred in the scene instead. In the issue, Jason Todd is betrayed by his own mother to the Joker, who savagely beats the young hero with a crowbar. This allowed Grayson to officially take up the mantle of Batman.[41]. [8] The following issue, Batman #428, was published featuring Todd's death. On the right is the page as it ran. Jason will become the Red Hood in the third series, White Knight Presents Harley Quinn, where he and Harleen work together against the returning Neo-Joker. It all started in 1988 with a storyline in the comic book Batman called "A Death In The Family," in which Robin was kidnapped by the Joker and graphically beaten by him with a crowbar. Considering the Joker is the one narrating this segment, it is open to debate whether he is telling the truth or not. Red Hood and Scarlet head towards an unknown destination. Jason was trained by Bruce, and was his partner until his death at the hands of the Joker. At first, Jason refuses to take orders from Nightwing or work with the other Robins, but Damian threatens him by telling him that he knows his fate and can make it happen sooner than expected, referencing his death in the comics. He is also well known for his tragic and violent death. When Tim Drake confronted him, a crowbar came into the mix. Red Hood : Yes, we have. Tim Drake & Jason Todd Bonding Not Canon Compliant Non-Consensual Drug Use After spending 14 months hidden in an abandoned wing of Arkham by the Joker, Jason is saved before his death even while just on the brink of it even if it is to the point his reality and and fantasy are blurring together Language: English Words: 37,369 Chapters: 11 /? Upon learning that the man training him in lethal combat is also the leader of a child sex slave ring, Jason frees the latest shipment of children and takes them to a local embassy, then returns to the training compound and poisons his new mentor for his crimes. In the film's prologue, Jason - as Robin - meets his demise at the hands of the Joker. All of the henchmen die, and Garzonas is finally crushed by a pile of junk cars. [69] After Jason defeats and captures the Joker; the villain becomes fixated on him. Just like readers, Tim had grown up as a fan of Batman and Robin. It is left ambiguous whether Todd killed him. Please enter a valid email and try again. [56] Later, however, the pair come together, united by the ties of family. Batman subdues this mystery "Jason" and discovers that it is only Clayface impersonating Todd, concluding that "Jason's" greater physical age was to hide the flaws in Clayface's impersonation by allowing him to partially mimic Nightwing's combat skills. Batman: Under the Red Hood is a direct-to-DVD animated feature based off the comic book story of the same title. Dick ordered Alfred to simply toss it in the river. When the Morticoccus virus is released from Karate Kid's body, he is forcibly brought back to the group by Kyle, much to his dismay. The bodies are taken back to Gotham City for burial. The issues final pages are of Batman arriving just in time to watch the building blow up. A democratic vote would answer the question. Austin has a master's degree in Human Development and a background in writing for Govlaunch. Despite the violence of the beating, Jason spares Joker, intending to use him later against Batman. After following several leads, including an Israeli Mossad agent and Shiva Woo-San, Todd finally tracks his biological mother Sheila Haywood to Ethiopia, where she works as an aid worker. Jason's final preparation for his revenge against Batman is to forge alliances with several Gotham villains, including Scarecrow, whom he supplies with his militia and knowledge of Batman's tactics. Austin Mace is a freelance writer for the Screen Rant Comics team focused primarily on pre-Crisis DC Comics issues. Mia is deeply troubled by the discussion but ultimately decides to remain with Green Arrow. Talia then gives Todd the idea to be the Batman that Gotham needs. Out of all the characters who have put on the Robin suit, Jason is the one who died in it. Sometime later, Jason came back to life in his grave. Maybe they would have done it less than a year later, with Jason wary and more obedient from that time he disobeyed Batmans orders and nearly got him killed. in English and Cinema Studies from Oberlin College. In the first line of his postscript in the first collected edition of that story, Batman editor Denny ONeil protested his own culpability in Robins death with one quote, We didnt kill the Boy Wonder. After his murder, Jason Todd was later resurrected by Jonathan Crane and became a ruthless and the most dangerous criminal and vigilante known as Red Hood, becoming Jonathan Crane's partner and an enemy of the Titans as a result. let Joker crowbar the child to death 4) Bring him back alive 5) have him adopt the Joker's old villain name 6) have him fuck up Black . In 1988, DC Comics left the decision to off the character in the four-issue storyline A Death in the Family up to an incredibly close-running reader poll. After a series of tests confirmed that it is Jason, Batman remains to keep his Robin costume in its memorial display case in the Batcave regardless; when Alfred Pennyworth asks if he wants the costume removed, Batman sadly replies that the return of Todd "doesn't change anything at all" because of wanting to remember Jason as he was when they first met and in guilt over how violent he has become. As Jason attempted to reveal Batman's identity, the Joker shot him, seemingly killing him. Jason escalates things further by poisoning the cafeteria, killing 82 and sickening 100 more inmates. The team also includes Starfire and Roy Harper. Jason Todd was not Batmans first experience with a dead Robin, but it was without a doubt his worst. In his grief, Todd kills an alternate version of the Joker, also involved in Batman's killing, who then mocks his loss, vacating alongside Donna, Ray, and Kyle to the planet Apokolips before Earth-51's destruction. Upon arriving, he enacts a plan to get revenge on Batman, whom he resents for refusing to kill the Joker and thus avenge his death.[1]. After the Joker again escapes from Arkham Asylum, Jason tracks his whereabouts on his own and is brutally beaten to death by the Joker's men under his order.[70]. Todd is arrested by Gordon who informs him that the reason he has always worked with Batman is that Batman never violates the law "where it counts". Then, a house ad asked readers to call one number if they thought Jason should live, and another if they wanted him to die. Due to a combination of Red Robin's involvement and a gun-toting gang member, Todd was shot in the leg and arrested by police. Subsequent stories have shown Todd's on-and-off attempts to redeem himself and rebuild his relationship with Batman, with Red Hood eventually being accepted as a full member of the Batman family. Dick tells Barbara that Jason was Bruce's favorite. Todd then offers Batman an ultimatum: he will kill Joker unless Batman kills Todd first. Nightwing notes that Jason fights aggressively like he's angry at the world and doesn't hold back. The explanation for the character's return was revealed in Batman Annual #25 (2006). [76] Though the group is happy for a time, Jasn begins to become belligerent and regret being resurrected. Joker takes advantage of the situation, detonating nearby explosives that engulf the platform and send them plunging into the bay. "[10], Despite the poll results, O'Neil noted, "We did the deed, and we got a blast of hate mail and a blast of negative commentary in the press. [62] Jason was also taught by Batman in the use of firearms in training comparable to law enforcement agencies' requirements such as police departments or the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as required for crimefighting and forensics, despite not using this skill typically when he was Robin. He sneaks into the Batcave, and the first thing he sees as he boots up the bat-computers is Batman murdered. A fight between Batman, Robin, and the Flamingo a foreign hitman hired by a Mexican cartel after Red Hood killed their operative in Gotham ends with Jason burying Flamingo in debris with a bulldozer. The DC Rebirth introduced the revival of Red Hood and the Outlaws with a second volume released in August 2016. Just beating him with a crowbar isn't like a form of absolutely violence they spoke about it later on as, in the three jokers, Jason said he cracked his skull with the crowbar, so I'm asking with all those gaps in the story , what EXACTLY happened?? It's one of the most brutal deaths in comic book history and even managed to sneak its way into the DCEU with homages to his death in Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad. It was a big enough stunt that we couldn't do it with a minor character. He describes his vendetta against Grayson as "the revenge of one crazy man in a mask on another crazy man in a mask".[42][43]. "[12] However, DC stood behind the outcome of the poll. He is a black-haired circus kid with criminal acrobats as parents (Willis and Catherine Todd) who worked for Killer Croc. Intuitively, it's a situation that Todd should remember with crystal clarity. On the one hand, he wants to be more sparing of the lives he targets for retribution. You expert, rootin'-tootin', eagle-eyed, Goth-loving marksman! Jason Todd was the logical candidate, ONeil said. The son of Catherine and Willis Todd, Jason lives on the east end of Gotham City in the Park Row district called Crime Alley. Jason refuses to believe from Starfire and Arsenal that he had been on a path towards redemption and abandons his teammates. A Robin-bearing mask is found in the Batmobile, which never belonged to Dick or Tim, but is of the style that Todd wore as Robin, suggesting that he'd been stalking Batman. [37] After a Monitor shoots and kills Duela, he attempts to kill Jason, but is stopped by a second Monitor. The image of Joker repeatedly beating Jason in Jim Starlin's 'Batman: A Death in the Family' remains disturbing to this day, and this likely explains why it's become the story's focal point, but this has also served to spread a misconception about his death that is so powerful, even Red Hood gets fact and fiction mixed up. Jason, ever the scrapper, only made threats in response to this. Jason is forced to destroy the bodies of his teachers and friends. With Jason in a coma and Batman still vowing to work alone, whos to say the Dark Knight might not have entered into a lone wolf period all the same? On the other hand, he confesses his choice to use the same instrument that "killed" him as a way to face the pain, horror, and fear he experienced during the Joker's brutal beating. He thought he could do what could never be done for him and 'make him whole'. The Death of Jason Todd ( From Under the Red Hood) - YouTube The Joker beats Jason Todd (the Second Robin) with a crowbar, ultimately leaving him half-dead on the warehouse floor.. Having been trained in the use of Batman's batarangs in perfect aim, he has some lethally sharpened shurikens based on his former mentor's designs as throwing weapons. Jason then switches places with Clayface to observe Batman from afar. In the Alan Moore epic Superman Annual #11, "For the Man Who Has Everything", Batman and Todd join Wonder Woman at the Fortress of Solitude to celebrate Superman's birthday. Dick raised the bar and ironically, Nightwing makes a harsh joke that Jason lowered the bar, or in his case, the crowbar, poking fun at how Joker beat him to death as he wasn't good enough. [65], Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, which was published before "A Death in the Family", references Jason Todd. After several confrontations, Batman becomes obsessed with the possibility of resurrection from the dead, suspecting that it was Jason he fought, and seeks advice from allies such as Superman and Green Arrow, both of whom have died and returned to life. Bruce Wayne sees to it that Todd is placed in a school for troubled youths, which turns out to be Ma Gunn's School for Crime. He slipped." newsletter. [33], Acting on his obsession with Tim Drake, Todd breaks into Titans Tower to confront the third Robin, thus revealing the truth of their encounter at the cemetery to his successor. Death by Crowbar Fortunately, Titans season 3 keeps the most iconic element of Jason's death, Joker's savage crowbar attack. Jason became the second Robin after Dick Grayson became Nightwing and Batman was in need of a new sidekick. Similarly, Joker has misstated how he killed Jason, and even the DC cosmos has seemingly got the wrong idea, with the other-dimensional Batman Who Laughs commanding his Robins to respond with the call and response"Crow"/"Bar." "[13] O'Neil would later regret his comment.[14]. Red Hood is right for clearing up details about his death, especially given the ways that his character has been defined byvictimhoodin some Joker-related stories. 2) #177, whose identity is initially a mystery but later turns out to be Ulysses Armstrong. But Jasons death was not forgotten nor immediately overturned. Not long after the two Nightwings meet up, Todd is captured and imprisoned by local mobsters Barry and Buddy Pierce. As Moonwing, he made a careless mistake, which resulted in a S.H.I.E.L.D. Jason spares Joker and decides to wait for the right opportunity. Task Force Zhas been part of a larger moment in DC'sInfinite Frontierera that has given Red Hood the transformational arc he has always deserved. As he leaves, he tears the 'R' emblem from Drake's chest, though he later grudgingly acknowledges that Drake is a worthy successor. The following month's Batman #618 (October 2003) revealed that the appearance of Todd was a ruse by the villain Clayface under the direction of the Riddler and Hush. There was a degree of discontinuity between the Batman and Detective Comics titles with regards to the portrayal of Jason. He was a good soldier. Fans were split on Jason, at least from what DC editorial could tell. Jason points out he's passed all the psychological tests repeatedly and there is no reason to keep him in what he calls Batman's "kennel of freaks". 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