Todd also aided Batman while Gotham City was temporarily overrun by Deacon Blackfire as shown in Batman: The Cult. 08. "Darkest" (photograph) 20. He subsequently became the second Robin, but was ultimately captured and tortured by the Joker in an abandoned wing of Arkham Asylum, where he was left for months. 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. However, with the character no longer featured in Batman comics, the disadvantages of telling Batman stories without the character to act as a sounding board for the protagonist became apparent. But from this point on for Jason the gray area between good and bad has disappeared. At that point, Todd dyes his hair black, and in later stories blossoms under Batman's tutelage. To anyone who asked why Batman was such a loner, such a disciplinarian to his partners, such a hardass about who got to play vigilante in Gotham City, readers pointed to the glass case in the Batcave that contained a child’s empty costume. This was not because O’Neil or any of the other Batman office staff disliked the character, but because their readership seemed so divided on him. Jason Todd, AKA Red Hood, is an anti-hero from DC Comics. It is suggested by Dick Grayson that Todd was infuriated by Wayne's last words, a reaction that led him to becoming monstrous, murdering Batman in that same arc. History 2012-2015. Batman wasn’t alone all that time. The series eventually ended coinciding with the DC Rebirth event. What I wanted to do here is put him in a place that he can't come back from. This negative reception led to DC Comics holding a telephone poll in 1988's "A Death in the Family" storyline to determine whether or not the character would die at the hands of the Joker, Batman's nemesis. He was a good soldier. 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. Batman brings Jason on a mission in Ethiopia to punish some of Damian's other would-be assassins, and while there he also takes him to the place of his death in the hopes Jason can provide insights into his resurrection so that he might apply the method to Damian. "—, Rucka, Greg (w), Eaglesham, Dale (p), Kryssing, Ray (i), Comicraft (let), Mike Carlin (ed). During his journey, Jason discovers his Robin replacement was Timothy "Tim" Drake, which further torments him. "If I had to do it again, I would certainly have kept my mouth shut. Bruce stops Jason from killing the gang members and decides to take him as his ward after learning what happened to his family. In the early 1980s, Dick Grayson, having aged out of the Robin identity, became Nightwing, leaving Batman without a partner for the first time since 1940. Roy and Starfire are in a sexual relationship. Eventually, he comes across an Untitled, who was in hiding, who tells him that they were set up, but still fights him. Years later, O'Neil said it was possible that hundreds of votes in the "Jason Dies" line came from a single person, adding a large degree of uncertainty to the honesty of results regarding a poll designed to determine the character's popularity. 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His inner monologue reveals that he had always wanted to eventually replace Batman, and thinks it was a bad idea for Batman to become a public figure, rather than an urban legend. All of the henchmen die, and Garzonas is finally crushed by a pile of junk cars. As a solo act, Robin displayed a much more aggressive approach to criminals and Batman's rogues gallery before he was captured by the Joker and Harley Quinn. There are high notes and low notes but always a good song. Now he was a street urchin who met Batman for the first time when he attempted to jack the tires from the Batmobile; a hard-hearted and rebellious kid who Bruce encouraged to be Robin in the hopes that it would keep him from a life of crime. ", The details of Jason's death is revealed in the comic book one-shot Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade, by the first series' author Frank Miller with Brian Azzarello, and art by John Romita, Jr. Romita reveals that the Joker, like in the "A Death in the Family" story arc, plays an important role in Jason Todd's demise in Miller's Dark Knight Universe. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Jason tells her what happened the night of Duela's death, and about the dueling Monitors. WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Batman: Three Jokers #1 by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson and Rob Leigh, available now.. One of history’s most iconic Batman stories was 1988’s “A Death in the Family” by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, which was famous for the brutal death of Jason Todd, the second Robin, at the hands of The Joker. Jason served our country in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a diesel mechanic for YRC Freight Company. It would also be the most recent, most painful thing he had to endure. In 1989, Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman and Pat Broderick would introduce Tim Drake as the third Robin. Todd maintains "I guess I spooked him. But the war goes on. Even when the superhero death/resurrection cycle exploded in the 1990s and after, there was a time when Jason was counted among the most hallowed of comic book deaths, alongside Uncle Ben, Gwen Stacy, and Batman’s parents themselves. Years later, while trying to discover the identity of a mysterious figure plotting against him, Batman discovers that Tim Drake, Jason's successor as Robin, has been kidnapped. Batman as a result, initially became a reckless and more violent vigilante in his grief, got darker in character without compromising his morals and ethics. While digging up the corpse, Cheshire was interrupted by Roy Harper. It is later revealed in Battle for the Cowl that Bruce Wayne's last words to Jason were of regret at how he had obviously overlooked the young man's deep emotional problems. Pearson, Roberta E.; Uricchio, William. Todd enters into a pact with Hush and the Riddler. He’d deduced all on his own that Batman and Robin were Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, followed their careers with relish, and noticed when Batman began to lose himself in grief after Jason Todd’s death. His initial goal was to convince Dick Grayson to go back to being Robin, not to take the role himself. He eventually becomes the second Robin, but leaves after Bruce condemns him for almost killing Scarecrow and tries convincing himself it was due to the fear gas. follow-up storyline Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2009), Jason Todd is featured as a gun-wielding vigilante. 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. Joker brutally beats Jason with a crowbar before Batman arrives to stop him. 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. O’Neil and his creative teams might have taken the opportunity to have Jason sit out for a while, let the audience cool off, and then let him earn his costume back. During the "Red Son Rising" storyline, Bruce discovers that Jason is alive after finding his finger prints on his bullets following a battle with the Joker. O'Neil was quoted on the back cover of A Death in the Family trade paperback collecting the story with Todd's death as saying, "It would be a really sleazy stunt to bring him back. Jason breaks free and fights them off all the same as Batman and Robin arrive. Todd manages to hunt down the gang and safely detonate the bombs. Todd then offers Batman an ultimatum: he will kill Joker unless Batman kills Todd first. The character debuted in Batman #357 (March 1983) and made his first full appearance in Detective Comics #525 (April 1983), but it wasn't until later that year when he would appear in costume as Robin in Batman #366 (Dec 1983) when he showed up towards the end of the story to help Batman fight the Joker. Despite feeling sorry for Jason, Dick left Jason to die again so he could continue the attack on the HYDRA base. The three intend to rescue Scarlet. Maybe he’d have tried to get Dick Grayson to return, only to don the Robin costume himself to save his mentors’ lives. He also struggles with his temptation to kill the Joker since, and rather that someone else commit it without him knowing otherwise he would then have to save the Joker himself. [57], Following the traumas of Death of the Family, Damian's death, and his betrayal by Batman, Jason returns to the All-Caste and has his memories wiped so that he may be at peace. I think there was even talk of his possibly being Deathstroke's Robin.[65]. Mia is deeply troubled by the discussion, but ultimately decides to remain with Green Arrow. He also believes that if he doesn't help the boy, Todd will eventually become part of the "criminal element". [47] After Batman and Robin defeat the mercs, Red Hood rescues Scarlet and escapes using the helicopter. Batman is instructed to meet the kidnappers at a city junkyard and to bring Robin. The League of Assassins tracked and eliminated everyone in Gotham who knew of Todd's resurrection to prevent Batman from finding out. However, Robin senses something is wrong and hides in the Batmobile's trunk as Batman heads to the junkyard. This lineup lasted for 25 issues, after which Todd briefly reunited with Harper and then went solo. Jason escalates things further by poisoning the cafeteria, killing 82 and sickening 100 more inmates. Some time later, after the Joker's cured from his insanity, Harleen tells him about Jason, and Jack Napier (Joker's true identity in this continuity) says that he can't remember what happened to Todd. The issue’s final pages are of Batman arriving just in time to watch the building blow up. [74][75] Later, Jack reveals to Batman that he remembered what he did with Jason after he tortured him. However, Todd's actual body is missing from its grave. However, Starfire makes it clear to Roy that it is only physical, with no emotional ties. Jason Todd was the only child of Willis Todd, a petty crook who ended up serving a prison sentence and never returned following his release, and Sheila Haywood, a doctor who was forced to leave the city after botching an illegal abortion that left a teenage girl dead. This second Monitor apologizes to Jason before they both disappear, leaving Jason alone with Duela's body. Batman responds by stating "I will never forget Jason. Not long after, Jason adopts the "Arkham Knight" identity and employs his own militia using the money he still has left, whom he trains alongside Deathstroke. "[8] Even though Jason Todd was unpopular with readers, O'Neil could not decide what to do with the character, so he opted to present the choice to the readership. After digging up th… In Batman #427, Batman ordered Jason not to confront the Joker until he returned from stopping a convoy full of deadly gas, but, fearing for his mother’s life, Jason went in anyway. presumed he was dead, but he survived and his body was recovered by HYDRA, who replaced his damaged body parts with robotic parts, transforming him into Deathlok. After successfully capturing Joker (who fails to recognize him), Jason contemplates burning his killer alive after dousing with gasoline. Once the hired guns are subdued they reveal their employer has captured Scarlet, Jason's former sidekick. Grayson reluctantly rescues him, and the two join forces to defeat the Pierce Brothers. 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]. While Todd is overjoyed to be reunited with his real mother, he soon discovers that she is being blackmailed by the Joker using her to provide him with medical supplies. Jason Todd, once so greatly reviled that an overwhelming majority of Batman readers voted for his death, has, in the incarnation of Red Hood, become something of a … Todd also tackled the drug problem in his school, hauling in the local dealers who were muscled up with Two-Face. Batman does not wish to involve Todd and keeps this information from him. Jason is forced to destroy the bodies of his teachers and friends. As he leaves, he tears the 'R' emblem from Drake's chest, though he later admits that Drake has talent. The most tragic moment in Batman’s history almost looked like this. He only donned the suit when Two-Face trapped both senior vigilantes in a collapsed building, and he declined to don it again without Batman and Nightwing’s permission. Todd as Robin saves Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman from Mongul by unleashing Mongul's own hallucination-causing creature on the tyrant himself. A teaser image released to promote Countdown showed a figure resembling Red Robin among assembled heroes in poses symbolic of their roles in the series. He thought he could do what could never be done for him and 'make him whole'. The last decade has been a renaissance for Jason Todd, the second character to fill the role of Robin, the world’s most famous superhero sidekick. During the events of the series' first installment, Jason convinced Deathstroke, who was hired by the Joker to kill Jason if he tried to escape, to help him by promising him a bigger payment. [45], Jason files an appeal to be moved from Arkham Asylum where he has been held for observation for the last several months. A Robin 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. Was he new take on Robin that offered pathos, drama, and a challenge for Batman? "[6], In 1988, Dennis O'Neil suggested that an audience might be attracted to the comics by being offered the opportunity to influence the creative process. He knows that both he and Donna Troy have come back from the dead, even already deducing that his resurrection has something do with Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s plans during Infinite Crisis, and wonders which of them is next on the Monitor's hit list. Talia took Todd in out of her love for Batman, while her father Ra's al Ghul was interested in the secret behind his resurrection. Jasón was the rebellion's mascot, often carrying their flag and using his street smarts to help Kate and Renee in various scenarios. A democratic vote would answer the question. Staff at the company had been toying with the idea of using a then-cutting edge phone-polling system to allow DC readership real input on a story. According to Dennis O'Neil, who took over as Batman editor in 1986, "[The fans] did hate him. Former Robin Jason Todd parted ways with the Batman over their vastly different approaches to crimefighting, eventually founding his own team, the Outlaws. As the hideout comes crashing down from hydrogen tank explosions, the critically injured Robin asks Batman to finish the Joker off, but is outraged when Batman chooses to save Joker instead. Another death that changed the landscape of the DC universe has a more confusing history: the death of Jason Todd. Over the following two years, he plans his revenge against Batman and even recruits Deathstroke to his side. Jason refuses to believe from Starfire and Arsenal that he had been on a path towards redemption, and abandons his teammates. As Batman’s second Robin, Jason died at the hands of the Joker when he was just a child. He was then caught in an explosion when the villain Hyena detonated a bomb intended to kill Bruce and Dark Claw. In DC Comics, Jason Toddis the second Robin, he takes up the Robin alias after Dick Grayson became the Nightwing. To meet the publishing schedule, the creative team prepared for either eventuality by writing, and partially illustrating, a comic which Jason survived the Joker’s attempted murder and one in which he died. While he recalls his days as Wingman as a failure, Bruce Wayne is nevertheless proud of him. He smokes, swears, and fights authority. Jason Peter Todd is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. Essence, a fellow exiled member of the All Caste whom Jason knows, appears to him, but is invisible to others. The Red Robin costume, originally designed by Alex Ross for the 1996 Kingdom Come limited series and worn by the Earth-22 Dick Grayson, is seen in Countdown to Final Crisis #16 in the Earth-51 Batman's base of operations; it is revealed that Earth-51 became the peaceful world it is because the Batman of this Earth killed all the supervillains after his Jason was killed by the Joker. However, Todd was more violent and aggressive. The tragic ending was the one chiseled into comic history. [37] After a Monitor shoots and kills Duela, he attempts to kill Jason, but is stopped by a second Monitor. In their war on crime, Red Hood and Scarlet freely kill criminals, villains, and anyone who gets in their way, even the police. They are successful, and Damian is resurrected, sharing a warm reunion with Jason and the family. The events of the comics lead into Batman: Arkham Knight. Batman arrives too late to save them, and finds Jason's lifeless body in the rubble. Batman, Inc is at war with an organisation named Leviathan, headed by Talia al Ghul, Damian's mother and the woman responsible for reviving Jason, but in the present she seeks to destroy Batman and has put a bounty on their son's head. Thank god!”. However, Jason shows no intention of giving up the Nightwing persona when confronted by Dick Grayson, and continues to taunt his predecessor by wearing the costume and suggesting that the two become a crime-fighting team. In the movie, he was seen trying to steal the tires off of the Batmobile. Cheetah regrets her past deeds and resurrects Jasón using a Lazarus Pit. Jason Todd creates a false arms trafficking of advanced military arsenal, knowing that Batman would respond. 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. Dressed in a version of a Batman costume, Todd is also living/operating out of an abandoned Gotham subway system. Red Hood and Scarlet head towards an unknown destination. Death can be a strange thing for DC Super Heroes, especially when it doesn’t quite stick. DC declined to release a full scan of the second-most-complete alternate page in their archives, but did offer the below scan of its first panel, which reveals Jason stable but in a comatose state, back in the United States. Jason Todd was “the logical candidate,” O’Neil said. [1] It is suggested by Ra's that the power of the pit resulted in Todd's mental instability. "I heard it was one guy, who programmed his computer to dial the thumbs down number every ninety seconds for eight hours, who made the difference", O'Neil said in a Newsarama interview conducted alongside writer Judd Winick during the "Under The Hood" arc. Sheila and Jason try desperately to get out of the warehouse but are still inside as the bomb goes off. Here is Jason M Todd’s obituary. The character was completely revamped. After his resurrection, he expands on his training by learning from people of the same caliber as those who trained his ex-mentor Batman, becoming highly skilled in the aforementioned fields by the time he reaches adulthood. to attend college. It was a big enough stunt that we couldn't do it with a minor character. Todd's death haunts Batman ever since, as he considers it his greatest failure. [63] After Jason defeats and captures the Joker; the villain becomes fixated on him. However, Todd realizes that if he went through with it, his former mentor would never know about his return nor the identity of his killer. He is immediately transferred back to Arkham but is broken out of the paddy wagon by a group of mercenaries. He’s appeared in movies, TV shows, and video games, while even his comic book self became the leader of his own team of antiheroes. 44 of Avon passed away July 3, 2020. They also interrogated Joker's henchmen who were with him during Todd's murder, in hopes to find out how the boy could have survived. The explanation for the character's return was revealed in Batman Annual #25 (2006). [27][28][29], After learning of the Joker's arms deal in Los Angeles for another terrorism scheme against Gotham, Jason begins to stalk the villain as a masked assassin. Later, at Duela's funeral, Jason hides until all of the Teen Titans have left except Donna Troy. Eleven months passed between Jason's death in Batman #428 and the first mention of his passing in Detective Comics #606. Distinguished by his red hair (as opposed to the black hair of Dick Grayson), Todd is unfailingly cheerful, wearing his circus costume to fight crime until Dick Grayson present… Batman then asks why Jason never returned to him, Jack says that the Joker was jealous of Robin for knowing who Batman was and Jason hated him so much for making him Robin that he disappeared. Jason Todd makes his live-action debut in the DC Universe and HBO Max series Titans, played by Curran Walters as Robin seasons 1 and 2 and Red Hood in season 3. "A Death in the Family" is a four-issue, 1988 Batman comic book storyline published by DC Comics. Jason was kidnapped and taken to an abandoned wing of Arkham Asylum, where he was tortured by the Joker, who manipulated him into hating Batman over the course of a year. After of which he was taken in by the man. The poll ended with a narrow majority of votes in favor of killing Todd, resulting in his death. (Though the issue ends before it’s shown what they discuss.). He is the second character to assume the role of Robin and the second character to take up the Red Hood alias. Dick tells Barbara that Jason was Bruce's favorite. He also learns that the man teaching him bomb-making is involved in a Russian mafia-backed deal meant to push the resources of British law enforcement away from mob crime and onto Islamic extremist terrorism with a framed bombing plot. Jason Todd's Historical Death Unveiled For Titans Season 2 Home Release [EXCLUSIVE] Discover the history of Jason Todd's controversial death in DC Comics in an exclusive clip from the home entertainment release of Titans season 2. The writers had wanted to adapt Batman: A Death in the Family, but had to abandon it as the story was too dark. He was resurrected by Ra's Al Ghul and began working for Ghul's cause as an impostor Batman, who uses guns. [68] This is noteworthy as this version of the character was introduced nine years before the canon Jason was resurrected as Red Hood. Q: What's the deal with Jason Todd being so hated that fans voted for his death? The back-up introduces a massive retcon in which the Joker is responsible for orchestrating the major moments of Todd's life such as his father's imprisonment and death, his mother's overdose, his introduction to Thompkins and his adoption of the Robin identity. The suddenness of Red Hood’s demise is a grim reminder that anyone can be on the chopping block in this brutal series. In Batman #425, the Dynamic Duo is challenged by Felipe's father, who kidnaps Commissioner Gordon in retaliation for his son's death. He leaves behind a calling card which states "let the punishment fit the crime". He then revealed that he's been waiting a long time to kill both Dick and Logan. In the Amalgam Universe, Jason Todd was a young S.H.I.E.L.D. Joker beats the boy brutally with a crowbar, and then leaves him and Sheila in the warehouse with a time bomb. He still died, but was eventually resurrected and recovered from it physically and mentally. Wearing another version of his Robin costume, Todd quickly immobilizes the other Teen Titans and strikes Drake down in the Tower's Hall of Fallen Titans. The answer is a mix of new technology and tradition. Upon meeting another man who had previously been brought back by the Lazarus Pit and had turned into a Minotaur, he realizes a similar fate will befall him the longer he stays alive. Todd instead decides to kill Batman directly by traveling across the globe in search of a similar, but deadlier type of training to Bruce Wayne's own in order to prepare for that day. Since his return, he operates as the Red Hood in current DC Comics continuity.[4]. "[14] O'Neil would later regret his comment.[15]. Despite his body never being recovered, S.H.I.E.L.D. 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". puns. This series starred a new lineup of Outlaws: Todd, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall and Bizarro, who were touted as a darker counterpart to the Trinity. Winick explained that after his initial arc on the Batman title, he suggested doing "something big" to his editors. We are sad to announce that on February 5, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Jason M Todd (Oaklyn, New Jersey). When Batman tracked the gang to their hideout, he finds a young Jason fighting off most of the criminals to avenge his brother. Grayson offers to rehabilitate Todd who, in a moment of clarity, tells Grayson it is too late for him, and how he tried to be what Batman wanted, "but this world... this dirty, twisted, cruel and ugly dungheap had... other plans for me". Red Hood (real name Jason Peter Todd) is a vigilante from Batman's corner of the DC Universe. Jack reveals that Jason eventually broke from the torture and said "I wish I'd never met Bruce Wayne", and that Joker let Jason go free. Dick, Damian, and Jason go to one of the Red Hood's weapon caches where he assembles a composite costume made from his biker and "superhero" Red Hood attire. They arrive only to find Superman incapacitated by a mysterious creature and Mongul there to battle the heroes. [66], In this alternate timeline, there appeared a version of Jason. Green Skull. [50] He was a part of the order for an unknown amount of time before he was exiled, partly of his own will. 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