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monition ! Spoilers for From the DC Vault : Death in the house : Robin Lives ! # 4!The Bat - Family has seen tons of trauma and tragedy , but the person who has suffered the most has always beenRed Hood , also hump as Jason Todd . Jason never seems to get a good ending , but DC showed that one belittled change could ’ve give Jason the livelihood and liveliness that he needed to defeat his trauma .
While almost every mirthful fan make out about Jason ’s destruction in the page ofBatman : Death in the Familyby Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo , DC decided to research an alternating story inFrom theDC Vault : Death in the Family : Robin Lives!,which concludes with issuance # 4 by J.M. DeMatteis , Rick Leonardi , Rico Renzi , and Taylor Esposito . In this story , Jason survives his fatal encounter with the Joker , bequeath Jason with significant trauma - but at least he was n’t deadened .
This new story showsBatman trying to get Jason the help he need to have the best his trauma , send him to a healer and doing his best to support Jason as he prove to recuperate . While it ’s certainly not easy for anyone , the story ’s climax shows hope for the time to come , and it shows a elbow room that Batman might have been able to save Jason that he never got to do in the original timeline - despite the in the end tragic end to the series .
Jason Todd’s Original History as Batman’s Robin Is Much Darker Than This Retelling
Panels fromBatman: Death in the Familyby Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo
Jason Todd ’s history in the main DC timeline is absolutely heartrending . pay to Catherine and Willis Todd , Jason never really had a chance in spirit . His female parent kick the bucket due to a drug overdose , and his beginner was a life history criminal who was never in his life-time and then was murdered by Two - Face . Jason finally wound up homeless and had to steal just to survive , which brought him into contact with Batman . Not cognize what to do with the wayward son , Batman dumps Jason at Ma Gunn ’s school for orphaned children , which turned out to be a training deftness for malefactor run by the villainous Ma Gunn .
Jason Todd was a beam of light of sunniness in Wayne Manor and a pollyannaish , happy kid .
After Jason helps debunk Ma Gunn ’s schemes , Batman decides there ’s no other selection but to take Jason in as the 2nd Robin . From here , Jason ’s liveliness improves dramatically . He was a ray of sunshine in Wayne Manor and a cheerful , glad kid , disregarding of the retcons that DC has tried to make to his original childhood personality . Eventually , Jason realizes that Catherine was n’t his biological mother , and when he set out to discover his parentage mom , everything falls apart . He recover his mother being forced to work with the Joker , and when he tries to spare her , she betray him , result in them both being defeat by the Clown Prince of Crime .
Batman and Red Hood Were Vicious Enemies for Many Years
Batman#635 by Judd Winick, Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen, Alex Sinclair, and Pat Brosseau
days later , Jason Todd fall as the Red HoodinBatman#635 by Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke . Jason had been dead for years - since 1988 - and when he returned to see that the Joker was still very much active and going on violent disorder across Gotham on a regular basis , he was infuriated at the thought of Batman not only allow the Joker to live but replacing him with a new Robin . And so the Red Hood was hold : Jason decides to typeset out as a scoundrel to destroy Batman ’s life and pour down the Joker . Batman ’s reaction to Red Hood ’s pursuit is what ultimately seals Jason ’s story as a tragedy .
Red Hood ’s return key to Gotham received a rooter - favorite alive adjustment in the movieBatman : Under the Red Hood , which is useable to well out on Max .
Batman ’s biggest rule is about not killing . Anytime someone kills , it ’s almost an immediate way to become Batman ’s foe . When Jason repay as the Red Hood , it was under the impression that Batman ’s room of fighting offence fundamentally did not work . Jason resorted to using deadly forcefulness when dealing with outlaw . He beganslaughtering the biggest pack loss leader and bringing their soldiers under his controlso that he could control offense alternatively of trying to stop it . Unfortunately , this made Batman deal him an enemy more than anything else .
InRobin Lives!, Jason Todd Finally Succeeds in Killing His Ultimate Foe, the Joker
And It Nearly Leads to Jason’s Best Possible Ending
WhenBatman realized that Jason Todd was Red Hood , he was much more shocked than relieve . see that Jason had been killing malefactor and was attempt to kill the Joker firmly localise Jason as an foe in Batman ’s thinker . Saving Jason was secondary to stopping him . This tragedy of condition permanently damaged Batman and Jason ’s human relationship , and they never really recover from it . ButFrom the DC Vault : Death in the kinsfolk : Robin Lives!shows what might have happen if Jason had actually been given the dear and support he needed all along .
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InFrom the DC Vault : Death in the Family : Robin Lives , after surviving the Joker ’s attempt , Jason manages to snap and kill the Joker , but there ’s a major difference here . Instead of Jason derive back to life as a criminal and stamp out dozens of people before Batman realized who he was , in this story , the wounds are still novel . Jason kills the Jokeronly a few month after his near - death experience with the Joker . This series of events entirely changes thing for Batman . While Bruce still is n’t happy about the Joker ’s end , he can see why Jason was drive to do it after what he went through .
All Jason Todd Needed to Make It in Gotham Was Someone Who Truly Cared
Love Could Have Changed Jason Todd’s Fate
In the original timeline , Batman and Jason Todd come to blows and ended up as foe for year because of how Batman handled Jason ’s anger , resentment , and vigilante style . But in this new level , Bruce responds with compassion . or else of berating and abandoning Jason for killing the Joker , Batman embraces Jason in a hug , along with Nightwing . He understands what Jason did was bad , but he also recognizes that it ’s far from inexcusable , ensue in Jason at long last getting what he need all along : compassion .
Jason Todd has been through a pregnant amount of trauma in his life , but one terrifying event just showed one personal credit line that he will never frustrate .
When Jason came back to life in the mian timeline , he felt entirely abandoned . Batman had on the face of it moved on and even allowed the Joker to continue hold up after what he had done . This res publica of personal business would be traumatic for anyone , and due to the amount of time that had decease , and Batman ’s own trauma , it led to a major conflict between the two .
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.
If Batman had just react with compassion and actually spill the beans to Jason inUnder the Red Hood , everything could have been dissimilar . Even though Jason still did n’t get a happy end inRobin Lives ! , it ’s the closest DC has ever bear witness toRed Hoodfinally receive what he postulate from his family .
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Jason Todd is a complex figure known for his tumultuous journey as Batman ’s 2nd Robin . ab initio impulsive and rebellious , he ’s resurrected after a tragic dying , becoming the vigilante Red Hood . Armed with intense combat skills and a moral equivocalness , he challenges Batman ’s methods , sail a path between valiance and anti - valour 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.
