[51] He is led on a wild goose chase across the globe. [24], It is later revealed that Todd had indeed died at the hands of the Joker. 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. newsletter. [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. Following the revamp due to Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jason Todd is recast as a young street orphan who first encounters Batman while attempting to steal the tires off the Batmobile in Crime Alley, the very place where Batman's parents were murdered years before. I love it! Instead, he alone is to blame for his death after refusing to wait for Batman and attempting to apprehend Joker by himself. Jason Todd appears in the Rocksteady Studios' Batman: Arkham series, voiced again by Troy Baker. As Batman's second Robin, Jason was killed by the Joker during the events of the 1988Batman: A Death in the Familystoryline from Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo, and Mike DeCarlo. When he was first introduced, his backstory was almost identical to Dick Grayson's. A circus kid orphaned. Batman wasnt alone all that time. The character was completely revamped. However, Todd does not wear the Robin costume until completing six months of training. Jason refuses to believe from Starfire and Arsenal that he had been on a path towards redemption and abandons his teammates. 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?? After stabbing Tim Drake in the chest with a Batarang, he and Dick Grayson battle down in the subway. You managed to find a way to win. "[13] O'Neil would later regret his comment.[14]. The character has made appearances in several forms of media outside of comics, including television series and video games. [48], In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. Something went wrong. He is 'rescued' by Starfire and Arsenal, but does not regain his memories. The Joker kidnapped Jason, beat him with a crowbar, and then blew up the warehouse that Jason and his mother were held captive inside, all before Batman could stop him. He leaves behind a calling card that states "let the punishment fit the crime". This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Rather, it became a central part of the psyche of Batman stories for over two decades. not only is Jason Todd a badass superhuman that took over 20-30 shots to the head with a crowbar and not only didn't suffer a cave in of his head but was still reasonably okay but also nearly survived an explosion that destroyed an entire warehouse, with his body intact and not in ashes or pieces. 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. Joker had fun beating Jason, But the crowbar didn't kill him. He was killed by the bomb. [drops it into the truck] Joker : I can't believe you got him! Jason spares Joker and decides to wait for the right opportunity. agent's death, causing him to be dismissed from S.H.I.E.L.D. Todd has reappeared with red hair, claiming that he is a natural red-head and that Bruce Wayne had him dye his hair black to look like Dick Grayson. 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]. Catherine was a drug addict who died of an overdose sometime before he began living on the street. He is also well known for his tragic and violent death. DC Comics still has the pages of the book in which he didnt. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. 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. And also keeping him for 2 years, but besides all that. Red Hood and Scarlet head towards an unknown destination. [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. Sheila herself has been embezzling from the aid agency and as part of the cover-up, she hands her son, having arrived as Robin, over to Joker. 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 film Batman: Death in the Family He is the former Robin who is murdered by the Joker, and becomes a vigilante after being resurrected by Ra's al Ghul. Austin has a master's degree in Human Development and a background in writing for Govlaunch. 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. As Gordon leads him away, Todd tauntingly asks Grayson why he has not put Wayne's corpse into a Lazarus Pit to bring him back, citing his resurrection from its bath. This version has streaks of white hair that used to be brown before the Joker electrocuted him. Bye bye Robin - bye bye Jason Todd. 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. About six months after Jasons death, ONeils Batman office introduced Tim Drake, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Pat Broderick. Anguished and seeking vengeance, he initially . 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. This became especially apparent after his death. [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. The results may have been different if fans took the threat more seriously and remembered that DC Comics had already been playing with the idea of a dead Robin for over forty years. Beyond the reveal that Jason is not dead and has become Red Hood, little else is known about how exactly Jason survives the attack, why Bruce lied about burying his body, or what led him to become . After becoming disillusioned with the Titans and Batman, Jason Todd was killed at the hands of the Joker. Thanks to @domcianciolo and @kittelsen! In 1989, Denny O'Neil, Marv Wolfman, and Pat Broderick would introduce Tim Drake as the third Robin. Please check your email to find a confirmation email, and follow the steps to confirm your humanity. The Joker, on the other hand, would occasionally remind Batman of this loss to torment him. The Death of Jason Todd By: Katie Trillion. 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. 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]. He was killed by the Joker and later revived by Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit. Joker's crowbar is used as one of his main weapons in combat. The bomb goes off. He now operates as the Red Hood to honor his deceased brother and plans to get revenge on the Joker and Batman.[83]. [75], In the Bombshells United storyline, Kate Kane and Renee Montoya meet Talia al Ghul and Cheetah in an underground labyrinth. But Jasons death was not forgotten nor immediately overturned. 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. Batman responds by stating "I will never forget Jason. [64] To hone this ability, he went a step further than Batman on his journey around the world to learn from masters how to kill a target with different types of guns, possess considerable "street smarts", and is remarked to be a natural leader. no beta we die like jason todd. They arrive only to find Superman incapacitated by a mysterious creature and Mongul there to battle the heroes. 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? In the second story arc of Batman and Robin by Grant Morrison and Philip Tan, Jason Todd retakes the Red Hood mantle after losing his bid to become the new Batman. 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 . Shortly afterward, Red Hood finds the Joker (driven out of Gotham by Hush) and beats him with a crowbar just as Joker had beaten Jason. Ra's refers to Todd as a "curse" and a "pestilence" unleashed on the planet, saying that madness may affect him for "hours, months, or decades". On June 6, 2011,[19] as part of DC Comics' line-wide revamp initiative, it was announced that Jason Todd would headline his title in the guise of the Red Hood. 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. Most of the votes were actually for Jimmy Olsen, who was given AIDS. Afterward, he pays his respects, swearing vengeance for them. 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. After hearing the statement in private, Todd prepares to leave, not revealing what he was told, although he does pause before his old costume and the tattered remains of Batman's, he is sad.[39]. Todd and Drake are confronted by another Red Robin in Robin (vol. "[12] However, DC stood behind the outcome of the poll. Published Jul 10, 2022 Jason Todd was killed by a bomb, but in the modern day, fans and even Red Hood himself believe Joker beat him to death with a crowbar. Batman admits that he has often been tempted by the thought of taking the Joker somewhere private to torture for weeks before finally killing the maniac, but says that he refuses to go to that place. I don't know if it was fan crazinessmaybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. He slipped." It had to be one that DC editorial genuinely wanted reader input on, and since each phone call would cost a reader all of 50 cents it had to be one that fans genuinely cared about. Cheetah regrets her past deeds and resurrects Jasn using a Lazarus Pit. Jason Todd's backstory is altered to resemble his post-Crisis meeting with Batman occurring while trying to steal tires from the Batmobile. 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. 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. Machine gun fire breaks out and Gordon is wounded in the arm. 152 "Batman and the Twilight of the Idols: An Interview with Frank Miller". The Many Deaths Of Jason Todd. [60] The new team consists of Jason Todd as Red Hood, the disgraced Amazon warrior named Artemis, and the Superman clone called Bizarro. In it, Batman cradled Jasons battered body, his face raised to the sky in a rare smile, the tonal opposite of the published image, in which he sorrowfully lifted Jasons corpse. 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. He is prone to defying Batman's orders, sometimes to success (bringing in the Scarecrow singlehandedly) and sometimes to failure (botching a raid on a drug lab by jumping the gun too soon). However, Batman has not been supportive of Jason's role on the team, which is understandable given his close proximity to some of the biggest names in Bruce's rogues gallery. He "defeated his archenemy". Jason was trained by Bruce, and was his partner until his death at the hands of the Joker. Joker : [finally ignites the lighter] Well, here's to warm memories! Subsequent stories dealt with Batman's guilt over failing to save him. But from this point on for Jason, the gray area between good and bad has disappeared. Having learned that Tim defeated the Joker by himself in their first fights, Jason seeks to best him in combat. One of his victims, a girl named Gloria, hangs herself amid the threat of a third rape from Felipe. 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. 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." By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. This is a reenactment of Robin's death from the comics. Considering the Joker is the one narrating this segment, it is open to debate whether he is telling the truth or not. They are successful, and Damian is resurrected, sharing a warm reunion with Jason and the family. The blades magically appear in Jasons hands when needed. At the last moment, Batman throws a batarang at Todd, which bounces off a pipe and sinks into his neck causing him to drop his gun. The character was resurrected in 2005's "Under the Hood" story arc, which saw him becoming a murderous antihero known as the Red Hood. ", The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go! 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. It would also be the most recent, most painful thing he had to endure. 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. Was he new take on Robin that offered pathos, drama, and a challenge for Batman? He also claims the white streak of hair that he got is from being resurrected in the Lazarus Pit, though the white streak disappears again. The explanation for the character's return was revealed in Batman Annual #25 (2006). Jason escalates things further by poisoning the cafeteria, killing 82 and sickening 100 more inmates. Next: DC Hints Red Hood's Bat-Family Reunion Has Been A Lie. Jason was killed by the Joker in A Death In The Family before returning as the vengeful antihero, Red Hood. In their war on crime, Red Hood and Scarlet freely kill criminals, villains, and anyone who gets in their way, even the police. His favorite movie is Back to the Future and he enjoys creating/hosting trivia nights with his friends. 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 childs empty costume. His message goes on to plead that Todd gets psychiatric help, a notion that the latter rejects. 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. In the Batman R.I.P. Read Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying here. [45], Jason files an appeal to be moved from Arkham Asylum where he has been held for observation for the last several months. 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. It features a plaque reading, "Jason Todd, a Good Soldier". Wingman temporarily allies himself with Damian Wayne, who is using the name "Redbird" at the time. [1][26] For years, Todd learns various skills from various masters, assassins, mercenaries, and aviators around the globe, including guns, poisons and antitoxins, martial arts, acrobatics, and bomb-making. His detective and reasoning skills were considered weak despite showcasing some potential. Following the 1985 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC took the opportunity to reboot many of its properties. Jason Todd's Rebellion is one of the story branches for for Batman: Death in the Family.. Synopsis. The poll ended with a narrow majority of votes in favor of killing Todd, resulting in his death. [citation needed]. The bomb counts down. 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. His tenure as the second Robin was short-lived because he was captured by the Joker, who wanted to break his will and make him turn on Batman. 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. Hes appeared in movies, TV shows, and video games, while even his comic book self became the leader of his own team of antiheroes. Batman does not wish to involve Todd and keeps this information from him. 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. After successfully capturing Joker (who fails to recognize him due to being older), Jason contemplates burning his killer alive after dousing him with gasoline. 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. https://youtu.be/WJCAAETRfc0 Batman arrived too . O'Neil said, "The logical candidate was Jason because we had reason to believe that he wasn't that popular anyway. Comic-book lore is malleable and ever-changing, but this detail in particular is at the core of what Jason Todd's death says about his character. 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. He's appeared in movies, TV shows, and video. 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. Object Jules Chin Greene is the DC Editor for Screen Rant's comics team. The bodies are taken back to Gotham City for burial. Canonical Character Death; Batman: A Death in the Family; The opposite of a fix-it; I actively make it worse; Jason Todd-centric; Protective Bruce Wayne; Jason Todd is Robin; for now anyway; what if the vote to kill Jason happened in the comics; The Author Regrets Nothing; Summary. 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. Jasn was the rebellion's mascot, often carrying their flag and using his street smarts to help Kate and Renee in various scenarios. Many fans were skeptical, doubting that DC Comics would actually be willing to kill the Boy Wonder. [73], In the Amalgam Universe, Jason Todd was a young S.H.I.E.L.D. [63] In addition to his prior skills (such as being a skilled gynmast and skilled detective), Jason is also considered an expert marksman with various firearms. It contains the late-hero's costume with no visible body, sometimes shown to be held up by wires. 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. He honored me. Tim spearheads a risky mission to recover their fallen brother in an effort to hold them together. Todd also aided Batman while Gotham City was temporarily overrun by Deacon Blackfire as shown in Batman: The Cult. He thought he could do what could never be done for him and 'make him whole'. Batman Arkham Knight Jason Todd's death Joker kills Robin Torture scene NukemDukem 967K subscribers Join Subscribe 4.9K Share Save 1M views 7 years ago Spoiler Batman Arkham Knight Jason. Jason teams up with Batman, Batgirl, Cyborg and Red Robin to rescue Damian's body from Apokolips. There was a degree of discontinuity between the Batman and Detective Comics titles with regards to the portrayal of Jason. 1.) [58] He subsequently learns of his history from Starfire's computer, which states Red Hood has made 83 confirmed kills. Jason Todd reappeared in the "Battle for the Cowl" series. Later, at Duela's funeral, Jason hides until all of the Teen Titans have left except Donna Troy. He then began strangling Dick, but before he could kill him Colonel Nick Fury and Sergeant Joe Rock commandeered an aircraft and shot Deathlok several times in the back. [54] Later, however, the Wingman ruse is exposed and Todd returns to being Red Hood. Writer/artist Frank Miller, who had worked on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One, said, "To me, the whole killing of Robin thing was probably the ugliest thing I've seen in comics, and the most cynical. Batman then takes him in and raises him as the new Robin, though realizes early on that Jason has a violent streak. The stage was set for the story, told in 1988's Batman #426-#429. Willis, a former medical student, was working as hired muscle for Two-Face and had disappeared suspiciously following a botched assignment. He has published articles highlighting innovative practices for more than 1,200 local governments across 20 countries. Jason Todd's Memorial is a display-case in the Batcave which tributes the fallen Robin, Jason Todd. The disparity in Batmans reaction is even worse when examining the intended possibility of Jason surviving his fateful encounter. It is implied that Todd's death was a contributing factor to Batman's retirement. 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. After a series of contradictory statements about this figure, executive editor Dan DiDio firmly stated in the July 2007 DC Nation column that the figure is Jason Todd. 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. Jason Todd officially becomes the new Robin, approved by Batman - previously operated as Robin without permission New Teen Titans #20 May 1986 Own Want eBay Value By Grade Low $1 Mid $2 High $4 Robin, Jason Todd joins the Teen Titans Batman #408 June 1987 Own Want eBay Value By Grade Low $2 The backup 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. Red Hood and the Outlaws debuted in September 2011, written by Scott Lobdell and with art by Kenneth Rocafort. Created by Gerry Conway and Don Newton, Jason was introduced in 1983 as as a carbon copy of Grayson, another circus kid with a heart of gold. 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. Joker brutally beat Jason Todd to near death. He is eventually shot and killed by Cheetah during one of their battles. The death of Jason Todd, also known asRed Hood, is one of the most dramatic moments in the history of DC Comics. Oddly enough, these two missions led them to cross paths, foil the Joker, and find Jasons real mom where they cross paths with the Joker once more. Related: Batman Fans Were Right to Vote for Jason Todd's Death. Dressed in a version of a Batman costume, Todd is also living/operating out of an abandoned Gotham subway system. Out of all the characters who have put on the Robin suit, Jason is the one who died in it. [44] In the issue, Todd is characterized as increasingly unstable and his idea of "finishing off" Batman and Robin now consists of stripping them down to their underwear and exposing their identities via webcam activated by a phone poll [a nod by Morrison to his death poll]. [32] He hijacks a shipment of Kryptonite from Black Mask, and in the midst of a battle with Batman, Nightwing and Mr. A true honor. 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. This reckless act was motivated by a selfish desire to protect his secret identity even at the potential cost of Jasons salvation. Jason Peter Todd is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first death in the Bat-Family occurred much earlier and included a disturbing amount of foreshadowing. As I looked the pages over and tried not to freak out too visibly, DC archivist Ben Le Clear told me a story of ONeil who had voted for Jason to live and other DC staff hanging around the offices, biting their nails well into the final evening of the poll. The team would stay together until Red Hood and the Outlaws (vol. [1] It is suggested by Ra's that the power of the pit resulted in Todd's mental instability. 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. He is later convinced by Damian Wayne to turn against Ra's when the latter takes it too far by using Amazo to slaughter millions. Plus, it aggravated his hatred towards the Bat family, as he repeatedly attempts to kill members of it. In this new timeline, Jason's new origin is revealed in a special Red Hood and the Outlaws #0 (November 2012) issue, which changes how Batman first met Todd (stealing medicine from Leslie Thompkins, after she had treated him from a brutal beating). He was introduced in 1983, originally with a largely identical backstory to the original Robin, Dick Grayson. However, Todd's actual body is missing from its grave. However, there are several stories where Jason Todd misremembers the details of his own murder. Years later, O'Neil said hundreds of votes in the "Jason Dies" line might have come 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. Red Hood and the Outlaws was later rebooted as part of DC's Rebirth event. 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