Killing him with the crowbar, bombing the asylum. The son of Catherine and Willis Todd, Jason lives on the east end of Gotham City in the Park Row district called Crime Alley. In the DC Bombshells continuity, Jasn was a child from the Basque Country in Spain who aided Kate Kane and Renee Montoya during the Spanish Civil War. Following the events of Death of the Family, Bruce and Alfred care for a sick Jason in the Manor, culminating in a warm embrace between Jason and his father figure as he regains consciousness, suggesting that their animosity might finally be put to rest. "[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. The bodies are taken back to Gotham City for burial. 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. 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. Batman and Robin attempt to chase him, but Red Hood tells them that he planted bombs over Gotham City months ago. Batman decided to relieve Jason from his duties as Robin in order to allow him to mourn the death of his parents. Next: Red Hood Admits The Real Reason He Traded Guns For A Crowbar. Answer (1 of 13): The bomb. In his Super Move, it is used to whack his opponent in the face twice. [76] Though the group is happy for a time, Jasn begins to become belligerent and regret being resurrected. Dressed in a version of a Batman costume, Todd is also living/operating out of an abandoned Gotham subway system. Bye bye Robin - bye bye Jason Todd. However, Jason secretly survived the gunshot thanks to the hidden body armor he was wearing at the time, and the Joker would continue to keep him captive at Arkham, eventually hiring Deathstroke to watch over him. 152 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. Meanwhile, Batman discovered that a cash-poor Joker was recouping his funds in an alarming way: by selling a nuclear warhead to Lebanese terrorists. 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 mothers life, Jason went in anyway. [61] Over time, Jason developed his skills, becoming adept in various forms of martial arts (Aikido, Capoeira, Karate, Ninjutsu, Savate, Krav Maga, Kickboxing, Silat, and Taekwondo) and eventually developed keen detective skills. O'Neil said, "The logical candidate was Jason because we had reason to believe that he wasn't that popular anyway. 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. 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. 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. Read Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying here. He compromised his secret identity and was prepared to break his ultimate rule against an innocent civilian just to ensure Robins safety. But the poll couldnt be just any question. Jason Todd's Rebellion is one of the story branches for for Batman: Death in the Family.. Synopsis. "Most Suitable Person", The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Why They Endure: Pros On TIM DRAKE's Rise Up the Bat-Ranks", "Behind Batman: Battle for the Cowl Part Two", "Exclusive: Dick Grayson Returns as Nightwing", "DC REBIRTH First Look: RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS Retells JASON & BATMAN's 1st Meeting", "Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade: John Romita, Jr. Discusses His New Dark Knight Comic", "New Batman DVD to peek out from 'Under the Red Hood' Hero Complex Los Angeles Times", "Warner Bros. This provides Jason an opportunity to plant a bomb beneath the Batmobile while Batman is on a stakeout for the arms deal. Talia then gives Todd the idea to be the Batman that Gotham needs. Around this time, Batman discovers that the empty coffin buried at Jason's gravesite is a replica of what he bought. As revealed in the prequel comic to the Injustice 2 video game, this version of Jason was murdered by the Joker, with Superman also mentioning him alongside various other Robins to taunt Batman. He is killed during this storyline by his ex-girlfriend (an alternate version of Empress) on behalf of his stepmother Catherine. 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. Throughout the earlier issues of the series, Jason appears as a mysterious, shadowed figure constantly spying on Batman and his allies. 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. 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 . With Red Hood still characterizedbyhis rage at criminals, it seems this reframing of his deathcontinues to dictate how he's characterized. The two start on very friendly terms. Several homicides occur due to many botched attempts on Jason's life by inmates with a grudge against Red Hood's tactics. That wanted man turns out to be the Joker. He smokes, swears, and fights authority. If someone else wanted to tell another Jason story or bring him back and we at least opened the door, that's great! [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. As Moonwing, he made a careless mistake, which resulted in a S.H.I.E.L.D. 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. Nightwing notes that Jason fights aggressively like he's angry at the world and doesn't hold back. 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. It contains the late-hero's costume with no visible body, sometimes shown to be held up by wires. I don't know if it was fan crazinessmaybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. Maybe hed have tried to get Dick Grayson to return, only to don the Robin costume himself to save his mentors lives. Then he was retconned to be a street urchin with parental issues. The two battle and Grayson eventually defeats Todd, who says that he will be seen again. It is suggested by Dick Grayson that Todd was infuriated by Wayne's last words, a reaction that led him to become monstrous, murdering Batman in that same arc. He leaves behind a calling card that states "let the punishment fit the crime". Considering the Joker is the one narrating this segment, it is open to debate whether he is telling the truth or not. 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. Either way, it's about time that Jason set the record straight about the events of his death at the hands of the Joker. 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. When Tim Drake confronted him, a crowbar came into the mix. Jason Todd is featured in Batman: Arkham Knight Genesis, a comic book miniseries set in the universe of the Batman: Arkham games, which provides the backstory to the character's role in 2015's Batman: Arkham Knight. Now."[17]. 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. Jason Todd is Red Hood, a vigilante anti-hero who is a member of the Batman Family and the Outlaws. A Death in the Family originally ran through Batman #426-429. 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". 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]. "[12] However, DC stood behind the outcome of the poll. 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 The poll ended with a narrow majority of votes in favor of killing Todd, resulting in his death. If Jason is to cheat death, he will survive the explosion after being beaten to death by a crowbar by Joker. Some of the mail response indicated that this was at least on some people's minds. Jason refuses to believe from Starfire and Arsenal that he had been on a path towards redemption and abandons his teammates. 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