One of the most tragic parts of the US BatmanThe story was when Jason Todd’s Robin was murdered by Joker… closely followed by the day when Todd returned from the grave as the murderous villain Red Hood. Part of the reason Jason was filled with such deep hatred for Batman was the belief that the Dark Knight had betrayed him by allowing Joker to get away with murdering him. I realized that this is simply not true.
I love the character of Jason Todd. I’ve read almost every single appearance he’s had in the comicsFrom the time he was Robin, to his current adventures as the Red Hood. A central part of the story of this character is his death, which was in Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo. Batman #428. This was the tragic issue that finally saw the Joker get a major win over Batman and kill Robin, and that moment changed the relationship between Batman and his Robins forever.
After Jason Todd returned from the dead, He blamed Batman for not killing the JokerAnd this led to their first major conflict in the Under the hood Storyline by Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke, which began in Batman #634. In this story, Batman is shocked to learn that the resurrected Red Hood’s hatred for him is not because he could not save Jason Todd, but because he ‘allowed’ his killer to live. The thing is, he absolutely did not!
The first chance Batman got to kill the Joker, he tried to take it…
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I think it’s very easy to understand where Jason is coming from with his point of view. After Jason Todd died, he was gone for several years. When he “woke up,” one of the first things he saw was a news report about Batman and the new Robin capturing the Joker. It’s easy to see why Jason would assume that Batman simply let the Joker escape and found himself a new Robin. This was the beginning of Jason’s rage, and this is the reason why he went after both the Joker and Batman, and wanted to punish both of them for what happened to him. It’s a tragic set of circumstances, but Jason couldn’t have been more wrong.
What Jason doesn’t know is that after the Joker killed him, Batman did Try to kill the Joker. Batman did everything he could to kill Joker, but the Clown Prince of Crime was ready for his rage. Joker managed to get appointed as the Iranian ambassador to the UNThis means that he had diplomatic immunity. Due to the strained relations between the US and Iran at the time of writing, the US did not want to risk an international incident, and even ordered Superman to guard Joker against Batman. Because of this, Batman had to keep his revenge on the back burner, but the first chance he got to kill the Joker, he tired took it.
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With Superman standing between Batman and the Joker, getting revenge wasn’t exactly going to be easy. Especially when Batman was completely unprepared to take on Superman. It should be completely understandable that Batman could not have killed Joker in revenge right then, and if he had given himself up completely, I don’t think I could blame him. Killing the Joker would already be a Chief Line crossed for Batman, but need to go through his best friend to break his biggest rule? That’s a huge ask, even after the Joker killed Jason.
Soon after, Joker arranges a gas attack on a UN. Conference, hoping to kill everyone. Thanks to the timely arrival of Superman, this plan is thwarted. With his diplomatic immunity removed, as he just tried to kill everyone, the Joker is quickly chased down by Batman. Joker tries to escape on a helicopter, and This is where the biggest misunderstanding in Batman lore happens. Everyone remembers Jason’s death, but I’ve rarely seen anyone mention the next part.
As Joker and Batman battle on the helicopter, a gunman manages to shoot them both and causes the helicopter to begin to crash. It is here that Batman makes the choice to simply let the Joker die. There’s no reason Batman can’t grab the Joker and jump out of the plane with him, though He made the conscious choice to allow the Joker to die.
The helicopter then explodes in the distance, and Joker’s body is not found. That’s what really happened between Batman and the Joker after the death of Jason. It’s not like Batman just let the Joker escape and moved on, he did Really Trying to kill the Clown Prince of Crime, he went through Superman and risked starting a world war just to avenge Jason. There really isn’t much more that could be asked of him.
The Joker seemingly dies in a fiery helicopter crash
Batman has every reason to believe that the Joker is dead
After the crash, Batman immediately demands that Superman find the Joker’s body, but even with Superman’s speed and super senses, the Joker goes missing. Considering the size of the explosion, it’s possible that the Joker was blown up too little, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable for Batman to have assumed that the Joker was dead. The Joker also did not appear for a long time in comics after this point. Batman did everything he could reasonably be expected to do to kill the Joker, and even had reason to believe he succeeded.
When Jason Todd returned from the dead, years Has passed for Batman. He is able to work through his anger, and now that he is not in the emotional turmoil of the trauma of Jason Todd’s death, it is understandable why he lets go of the idea of ​​lethal revenge. This is only made more complicated by Jason coming back to life. Batman wanted to kill Joker for killing Jason, and he TriedBut with Jason alive again, how can the Dark Knight justify taking deadly revenge?
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While it makes no sense for Jason To be so angry at Batman over Joker’s survival makes even less sense that fans have largely accepted this narrative. Part of this is due to recons – shortly after Red Hood’s return, DC rebooted its reality with the New 52 relaunch. DC made changes to Jason’s return, adjusting the timeline of his resurrection and also limiting his original body count as Red Hood (which was already unforgivably large, including poisoning 82 prisoners in an attack on Blackgate Prison.)
Stories relating back to Jason’s death have also been confusing – The iconic image of Jason being beaten with a crowbar led many fans (and some writers) to misremember that Joker beat Jason to death.When he was really killed by a bomb. This misconception is so common, DC actually wrote it into canon, with Jason having to remind the Bat-Family he wasn’t killed by a crowbar.
Although Jason’s anger at Batman over Joker was carried over into subsequent continuity, it’s easy to see how – with a reboot so close to the character’s return – the official canon has been jumbled for fans. But, re-reading the original issues, it’s undeniable that Batman got exactly what Jason Todd says he wanted – he did his best to overtake the Joker’s world and, despite being attacked by Superman himself, he got as close as anyone. Yes, he did.
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Batman Writers of the time deserve credit for Batman’s reaction to Jason’s deathAlthough some aspects of the story are very much of their time. Batman is shaken to his core by Robin’s murder, and his pursuit of the Joker walks a careful line where the Dark Knight is more vengeful than ever but not yet. Complete Break his moral code by opting for outright killing (he simply wants to save someone, which is another major deviation from his usual rules.)
Batman didn’t continue as normal, sticking to his rules no matter what, but he didn’t abandon everything that defines him as a hero for revenge. Since Red Hood returned, ‘Death in the Family’ hasn’t gotten the credit it deserves for the complexity of Batman’s reactionAlthough Jason’s wrath did Give him a compelling reason to re-enter DC canon as a Gotham villain. Finally, the misunderstanding between Bruce and Jason can be seen as adding to the tragedy of Jason’s death and resurrection, since Batman is just as torn up about his death as he wanted.
When Jason was revived, Batman was much more concerned with the how and why, especially when it was revealed that the Red Hood was killing people. On the other hand, Jason was blinded by his rage and hatred in his misunderstanding of the situation between Batman and the Joker. If the two characters had only managed to sit down and talk, it is likely that their relationship would be completely different today. unfortunately, Batman Is not the type to talk about his feelings, especially when it comes to trauma, and Red Hood was also nowhere to be heard.