[1] It is suggested by Ra's that the power of the pit resulted in Todd's mental instability. Oops. Around this time, Batman discovers that the empty coffin buried at Jason's gravesite is a replica of what he bought. To top it off, Essence shows that the order of the All Caste, the people most qualified to handle the situation, have been slaughtered, leaving her and Jason as the only known survivors. The previous issue included an advertisement asking Batman readers to call a dedicated hotline and vote on whether they thought Jason Todd should survive his encounter with the Joker. Even after being brutally beaten, Jason still tried to protect his mother. Something went wrong. 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. That wanted man turns out to be the Joker. [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. After the character's resurrection, Jason's skills became more advanced and received more training (details depending on continuity); in modern stories, his training has included the mystical All-Caste order and the League of Assassins, having learned under premier instructors in the latter such as Bronze Tiger and Lady Shiva. 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. Loeb explained, "I always liked Jason, liked the idea that Batman had a Robin who died in the line of duty and how that would motivate anyone to continue their quest. When Jason Todd returned from the "dead" and took on the guise of the Red Hood (Joker's first identity), he eventually confronted Joker and. He then participated in a coup to help Madame Cat overthrow the Supreme Leader of Hydra, Lex Luthor a.k.a. In effect, ONeil said in 1988, extend our policy of heeding the opinions fans express in letters and conversations at conventions and comic shops.. "[17], In 2005, writer Judd Winick began the Under the Hood storyline that revolved around the mystery of the identity of the new Red Hood. ", Pearson; Uricchio. [15][16], Before the release of Batman #617 (September 2003), a page of art from the issue by artist Jim Lee circulated on the Internet, apparently revealing the mystery villain Hush, who was the focus of Lee and writer Jeph Loeb's "Hush" storyline, as a resurrected Jason. Dick grabbed the crowbar when leaving and it was later recovered by Alfred in an alley. Task Force Z#8 is written by Matthew Rosenberg, with art by Jesus Merino, Jack Herbert, and Vicente Cifuentes, colors by Adriano Lucas, and letters by Rob Leigh. Jason's mother is already dead by now and his father is serving a life sentence in prison, so he has been living on the streets. Austin's goal is to provide ScreenRant with detailed articles that showcase his research into obscure corners of the comics universe. He was brutally beat to death with a crowbar by the Joker and Kiki Roulette. At the start of Countdown, Todd rescues a woman from Duela Dent. Batwoman told Huntress of his story in an attempt to convince her not to risk her life so often through rebellion. Batman himself would slowly grow to accept Tim as his new partner, although the memory of Jason would play a heavy part in how Batman trained Tim in the months building up to his official appearance as Robin. For a time Natalia Knight, the criminal also known as Nocturna, Mistress of the Night is a stabilizing influence in his life; she becomes his surrogate mother and even adopts the young Todd. He has published articles highlighting innovative practices for more than 1,200 local governments across 20 countries. "[12] However, DC stood behind the outcome of the poll. [72], In this alternate timeline, there appeared a version of Jason. Where Dick Grayson quipped, Jason Todd sneered, and where Dick was the more empathic side of the Dynamic Duo, now it was Batman who was reigning in reckless impulses of his protege. Holding Joker at gunpoint, he throws a pistol at Batman and begins to count to three while standing behind Joker, leaving Batman with only a headshot if he wants to stop Todd from pulling the trigger. With the details of his death now cleared up, hopefullyRed Hoodwill continue to subvert his family and readers' expectations in a way that only Jason Todd can. "[11] A few comics creators voiced their displeasure at the event. [58] He subsequently learns of his history from Starfire's computer, which states Red Hood has made 83 confirmed kills. 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. When Tim Drake confronted him, a crowbar came into the mix. It is left ambiguous whether Todd killed him. He knows that both he and Donna Troy have come back from the dead, even already deducing that his resurrection has something to do with Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s plans during Infinite Crisis, and wonders which of them is next on the Monitor's hit list. Eventually, he comes across an Untitled, who was in hiding, who tells him that they were set up but still fights him. 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.. 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". But Jasons death was not forgotten nor immediately overturned. I've heard alot of different stories and endings , including rape. It was released on June 15, 2016. Jason stayed dead for years until he was resurrected as Red Hood in 2004. Instead of being trained by various men after his return from the dead, Jason Todd was trained by an order of warriors known as the All Caste. As he points out inTask Force Z #8 (fromMatthew Rosenberg, Jesus Merino, Jack Herbert, and Vicente Cifuentes), Jason died putting himself between the bomb and his mother,hoping that he would serve as her shield, and it was this which represented his final, heroic act. Jason's true motives are shown in the third part as he kidnaps Mia Dearden to dissolve her partnership with Green Arrow, feeling that they are kindred spirits, cast down by society and at odds with their mentors. Drake says "Yes" and passes out. Jason Todd is one of DC Comics' most polarizing characters. A weekly roundup of the best things from Polygon, By submitting your email, you agree to our, The most tragic moment in Batmans history almost looked like this, Sign up for the Jason Todd was the second Robin, until he was brutally murdered by the Joker. Austin is an avid consumer and collector of comics for over 15 years since embarking on an impossible journey to read every issue ever published. 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 that he would appear in costume as Robin in Batman #366 (December 1983) when he showed up towards the end of the story to help Batman fight the Joker. Then, a house ad asked readers to call one number if they thought Jason should live, and another if they wanted him to die. The Many Deaths of Jason Todd is an Batman fic by Zoeleo, found on Archive of our Own. In the official alternate ending artwork, that fans couldve easily voted for with just 73 more phone calls, Batman wastes precious time removing Jasons Robin costume before taking him to receive emergency medical treatment. Task Force Z#8is available now from DC Comics. In both pages, Batman says roughly the same thing: Ill handle this by myself. The disparity in Batmans reaction is even worse when examining the intended possibility of Jason surviving his fateful encounter. 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. A Death in the Family originally ran through Batman #426-429. 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. Joker captured him, famously beat him with a crowbar, and then trapped him in a warehouse full of explosives. [82], In the final issue of the sequel series, Batman: Curse of the White Knight, an adult Jason appears to speak with the recently imprisoned Bruce, arrested after turning himself in for his unintentional crimes as Batman. I love it! Joker takes advantage of the situation, detonating nearby explosives that engulf the platform and send them plunging into the bay. Todd is also left wondering if perhaps he would have been a better Robin and better person had he had had a life like Drake's and friends like the Titans. Scarlet flees Gotham, her mask finally falling from her face as she exits the city limits. Despite his body never being recovered, S.H.I.E.L.D. [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. The character was resurrected in 2005's "Under the Hood" story arc, which saw him becoming a murderous antihero known as the Red Hood. 152 Beaten within an inch of his life by the crowbar-wielding Joker , Red Hood survived only to be killed by a bomb the villain left behind. Joker brutally beat Jason Todd to near death. Scarlet desires to stay with Red Hood as his partner. Jason Todd made his live-action debut in the DC Universe and HBO Max series Titans, played by Curran Walters; he appears as Robin in the first two seasons, and as Red Hood in the third season. He's appeared in movies, TV shows, and video. 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. In an interview for the Infinite Crisis hardcover, Jeanine Schaefer states that Geoff Johns had planned to reveal the second Red Hood as the Jason Todd of the Earth-Two universe. This provides Jason an opportunity to plant a bomb beneath the Batmobile while Batman is on a stakeout for the arms deal. [21] Distinguished by his red hair, Todd is wearing various pieces of Dick Grayson's old childhood disguises as a costume to fight crime until Grayson presents him with a Robin costume of his own. [4] Jason Todd was created as Dick Grayson's replacement as Robin. As he leaves, he tears the 'R' emblem from Drake's chest, though he later grudgingly acknowledges that Drake is a worthy successor. The obvious reason this keeps happening is because creators focus on the crowbar,but this tendency has shapedJason's narrative, turning him into a tragic victim rather than someone who was a hero to the end. On another level, however, Jason describing his final actions as heroic brings up a concerning theme in how his death has been memorialized by Batman, who frequently described him as a "fallen soldier" rather than an innocent child killed by an incredibly evil man. [4][20] Originally, he is the son of circus acrobats (Joseph Todd and Trina Todd, killed by a criminal named Killer Croc) and is later adopted by Bruce Wayne. & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jason_Todd&oldid=1140746310, Fictional characters with post-traumatic stress disorder, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Expert hand-to-hand combatant, martial artist, and marksman, Jason Todd makes his live-action debut in the 2018 television series, Walters reprises his role in the 2019-2020 annual, Jason Todd makes his animated debut in the 2010 animated film, Jason Todd has a cameo appearance in the 2016 animated film, Three boys named Dick, Jason and Tim appear in, The fallen Robin referenced in the DC Extended Universe was long stated by, Jason Todd as Red Hood appears as an iconic gear set style called "Gotham's Outlaw" in, Jason Todd as Red Hood is one of the four main playable characters in the 2022 video game, Jason Todd as Red Hood is a playable character in, The videotape of the Joker "killing" Jason can be viewed in, Jason Todd as Arkham Knight is a playable character in the, Jason Todd as Red Hood is a playable character in downloadable content in, This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 15:36. Jason Todd is the second Robin after Dick Grayson and the sixth Red Hood, who was subject to the first Red Hood, The Joker's torture. Afterward, he pays his respects, swearing vengeance for them. Housed in DC Comics archive in Burbank, California, are four of those unfinished pages, which I was lucky enough to view on a visit in the summer of 2019. But the poll couldnt be just any question. 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. Tim spearheads a risky mission to recover their fallen brother in an effort to hold them together. [80][81] Later, Jack reveals to Batman that he remembered what he did with Jason after he tortured him. Talia then gives Todd the idea to be the Batman that Gotham needs. Jason Todd is the titular central antagonist of the 2010 animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood, and the main protagonist of the 2020 animated interactive follow-up Batman: Death in the Family . [citation needed]. While fighting with each other, Tim makes the remark that, "The crowbars are a little bit morbid, no?" After he was resurrected, Jason learned Batman didn't avenge his death. Todd never turns up on any missing person reportsas he was never 'missing'nor can he be identified since no prints are on file for him. Maybe hed have tried to get Dick Grayson to return, only to don the Robin costume himself to save his mentors lives. Catwoman would be a frequent guest star during this era as she wrestled with the role of hero and as a love interest for Batman which led to clashes with the boy feeling left out. 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. Or was he an annoying pest, unfit to wear the mantle that Dick Grayson had made so legendary? Jason Peter Todd is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.First appearing in Batman #357 in March 1983, he was created to succeed Dick Grayson as Robin, Batman's vigilante partner and sidekick.Initially sharing a similar origin to Grayson, his character was rewritten after the Crisis on Infinite Earths event. It is also revealed that, like Tim, Jason was also aware that Batman survived his encounter with Darkseid. When Batman expresses no remorse for sparing Joker's life after the second Robin was killed, Todd is further angered and takes up his murderer's original mantle. Jason Todd was the second person to take up the mantle of Robin and a sidekick to Batman. Heres the complete page that panel was from, the unused page 10 of Batman #428. Throughout the earlier issues of the series, Jason appears as a mysterious, shadowed figure constantly spying on Batman and his allies. When Jason Todd returned from the "dead" and took on the guise of the Red Hood (Joker's first identity), he eventually confronted Joker and beat him with a crowbar but let him live. Next: DC Hints Red Hood's Bat-Family Reunion Has Been A Lie. Faking his death, even tho I'm sure he died. [59], Following the conclusion of the first volume of Red Hood and the Outlaws, a new series starring Red Hood teaming up with Arsenal as heroes for hire began entitled Red Hood/Arsenal. "[5], 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. "[13] O'Neil would later regret his comment.[14]. Mindful of the poor reception Jason received from readers, O'Neil arranged for a more nuanced introduction in which Tim first introduced himself to Dick Grayson and impressed the former Robin with his skills, and was revealed to share a history with Grayson. [45], Jason files an appeal to be moved from Arkham Asylum where he has been held for observation for the last several months. [6], The vote was set up in the four-part story "A Death in the Family" that was published in Batman #426429 in 1988. This allowed Grayson to officially take up the mantle of Batman.[41]. If Jason is to cheat death, he will survive the explosion after being beaten to death by a crowbar by Joker. Until then, the most I had ever seen of the fabled alternate timeline where Jason lived was a single panel, reprinted in Les Daniels glossy hardcover Batman: The Complete History. 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. Jason was something very familiar in our current age: The first rebooted version of an idea backed by 40 years of fan nostalgia. Navigation. After the group is sent back to Earth, Todd leaves the group and returns to his crime-fighting ways. He was introduced in 1983, originally with a largely identical backstory to the original Robin, Dick Grayson. DC Comics still has the pages of the book in which he didnt. When Jason actually died, or even in the alternate reality where he survived, Batman was obviously devastated, but he responded by following his standard procedures. [32] He hijacks a shipment of Kryptonite from Black Mask, and in the midst of a battle with Batman, Nightwing and Mr. But what sequence of events led to the killing of a boy wonder? Jason Todd resumes his persona as the Red Hood and appears in several issues of Green Arrow alongside Brick as part of a gun-running organization, which brings Batman to Star City. Warning: spoilers for Task Force Z #8 are ahead! Unfortunately for him, this only reinforced the Joker's belief that this had to be done. On the one hand, he wants to be more sparing of the lives he targets for retribution. When Jason is the victim yet again of the Joker's personal war with Batman, the batfamily begins to tear apart at the seams. Jason Todd was the logical candidate, ONeil said. Dick rushed over as soon as he heard, and offered Bruce his help in tracking down the Joker. After Jason is killed by the Joker and resurrected in the Lazarus Pit, he goes on to become the Red Hood, straining his relationship with Batman. [31] Shortly after the events of "War Games" and just before "War Crimes", Jason Todd reappears in Gotham City as the Red Hood. Jason Todds death at the hands of the Joker is arguably the most iconic sidekick fatality in comic book history. A true honor. He soon tires of Gotham and leaves, gathering the group together; after breaking out Roy from a Middle Eastern prison, he brings Roy up to speed on things. [24], It is later revealed that Todd had indeed died at the hands of the Joker. Sheila lives just long enough to tell Batman that Jason died trying to protect her. There was a degree of discontinuity between the Batman and Detective Comics titles with regards to the portrayal of Jason. Jason Todd's backstory is altered to resemble his post-Crisis meeting with Batman occurring while trying to steal tires from the Batmobile. 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. 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. However, he does not realize that Ma Gunn is using the school as a cover to recruit young delinquents into her criminal gang. Many fans were skeptical, doubting that DC Comics would actually be willing to kill the Boy Wonder. He keeps the second Robin's uniform on display in the Batcave as a reminder. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. In an issue of The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Phantom Stranger summons all of the Robins, including Jason, Tim Drake, Carrie Kelley, Damian Wayne, Nightwing, and Stephanie Brown, to save Batman. During one of his special moves, he pummels his opponent with it multiple times, a direct reference to Jason Todd's death. 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]. The Joker using a crowbar as his One-Handed weapon style is a reference to Jason's death; in which the Joker famously used a metal crowbar to beat the child hero to near-death before leaving him to die with his mother in an explosion. Jason Todd was a street orphan until he met Batman after he had saved him from The Joker. He leaves behind a calling card that states "let the punishment fit the crime". Todd is booked under a pseudonym (John Doe), due to there being no identifiable prints on file for any member of the main bat heroes as well as Jason is still legally dead. During a battle with a group of Monarch's soldiers, Earth-51 Batman is killed by the Ultraman of Earth-3, deeply affecting Jason. Dick ordered Alfred to simply toss it in the river. In 1989, Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman, and Pat Broderick would introduce Tim Drake as the third Robin. Subsequent portrayals commonly depict Todd as an . As one might expect,Jason's death is an infamous momentwithin the DC Universe, a fact that is addressed in the newest issue of Task Force Z. newsletter. Dick tells Barbara that Jason was Bruce's favorite. 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. In his Super Move, it is used to whack his opponent in the face twice. Le guitariste d'AEROSMITH et de THE HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES sera accompagn par le chanteur Gary Cherone (EXTREME), le bassiste Dave Hull, le claviriste Buck Johnson et le batteur Jason Sutter. The villain then locks Jason and his mother (who was the latest person to learn that you really ought not to trust a . They voted for his demise and in A Death In The Family, The Joker beat him to death with a crowbar. [22] Batman notes that while Todd doesn't possess Dick Grayson's natural athleticism and acrobatic skills, he can become a productive crimefighter by channeling his rage. Sharrett, Christopher. Jason escalates things further by poisoning the cafeteria, killing 82 and sickening 100 more inmates. This highlights an earlier exchange in Batman #422 where he uses excessive force on a pimp about to slash one of his working girls and Todd asks Batman if it would have been a big loss if he had killed him. This team is referred to as DC's "Dark Trinity" in comparison to the new Trinity series included in DC Rebirth which follows Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Jason spares Joker and decides to wait for the right opportunity. Batman fell into a deep depression over Jason's "death". Grayson reluctantly rescues him, and the two join forces to defeat the Pierce Brothers. Jason Todd 's death at the hands of the Joker is arguably the most iconic sidekick fatality in comic book history. Todd later rescues Bunker and joins forces with a new Wingman to take over Penguin's Iceberg Lounge. Upon the resolution of the gang war in Gotham, Drake under a pseudonym visited Todd in prison to give him the Justice League access code to release himself from prison. Shortly afterward, Todd leaves New York City and the Nightwing mantle to Grayson, along with a telegram telling Grayson he has returned to normal and still considers himself a gift from Batman.[36]. However, the earliest foreshadowing of Jasons fate occurred in Batman #5, written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, which features the first time a Robin is presumed dead. Nightwing notes that Jason fights aggressively like he's angry at the world and doesn't hold back. His message goes on to plead that Todd gets psychiatric help, a notion that the latter rejects. The DC Rebirth introduced the revival of Red Hood and the Outlaws with a second volume released in August 2016. Similarly to Batman and Nightwing before him, Jason Todd typically possess no inherent super-powers and relies on natural abilities, skills, and technology; During his time as Robin and under Batman's training (as well as Nightwing), Jason was initially considered a first-class athlete and a capable hand-to-hand combatant. He is immediately transferred back to Arkham but is broken out of the paddy wagon by a group of mercenaries. The League of Assassins tracked and eliminated everyone in Gotham who knew of Todd's resurrection to prevent Batman from finding out. 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. I don't know if it was fan crazinessmaybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. 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