![]() ![]() ![]() '" Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–1986) crossover event, which rebooted the DC Universe, Batman writer Max Allan Collins was asked to reintroduce Jason. This Robin has worked for so many years, so let's do him again. I think they thought, 'We've got to have a Robin in the series so let's go with the tried and true. Dennis O'Neil, who wrote Batman and Detective Comics throughout the 1970s and became the Batman group editor in 1986, said that Conway and Newton " worried about creating a new character. Originally, Jason's origin story was virtually identical to Dick's like Dick, Jason was depicted as the son of circus acrobats, who became Batman's sidekick after his parents were murdered. Wolfman and Pérez had Dick set aside the Robin identity and become the independent superhero Nightwing in Teen Titans, while Jason became Robin in the Batman family of comics. As this made Dick unavailable to the Batman comics, Batman writer Gerry Conway and artist Don Newton introduced Jason Todd in Batman #357 (March 1983). The original Robin, Dick Grayson, made regular appearances in Batman publications from 1940 until the early 1980s, when Marv Wolfman and George Pérez began including him in the New Teen Titans comics. He was introduced by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson to give Batman a companion and increase his appeal to children. Robin, the adolescent sidekick of the DC Comics superhero Batman, first appeared in Detective Comics #38 in April 1940. He did become unlikeable and that was not any doing of mine.ĭennis O'Neil on Jason Todd's unpopularity They made a little bit more disagreeable than his predecessor had been. It may be that something was working in the writers' minds, probably on a subconscious level. I don't know if it was fan craziness-maybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. An animated interactive film adaptation, Batman: Death in the Family, was released in 2020. Plot elements have been incorporated into Batman films, television series, and video games. "A Death in the Family" remains a popular story among readers and has been reprinted in trade paperback form since its initial publication. ![]() Tim Drake succeeded Jason as Robin in 1989, and Jason was resurrected as the Red Hood in the " Under the Hood" (2004–2006) storyline. Jason's demise had a lasting effect on Batman stories, with Batman's failure to save him pushing the comic book mythos in a darker direction. The story was controversial and widely publicized despite Jason's unpopularity, DC faced backlash for the decision to kill one of its most iconic characters. The storyline ends when Batman and Superman stop the Joker from killing the United Nations General Assembly. A narrow majority voted in favor of the latter, and Batman #428 features Batman discovering Jason's lifeless body in the warehouse ruins. Starlin and Aparo prepared two versions of the following issue: one that would be published if readers voted to have Jason survive, and another if he was to be killed. Batman #427 ends with the Joker blowing Jason up in a warehouse. Jason travels to the Middle East to find his biological mother, but is kidnapped and tortured by the Joker. "A Death in the Family" begins when Batman relieves Jason of his crime-fighting duties. Inspired to orchestrate a similar stunt, DC set up a 900 number voting system to allow fans to decide Jason's fate. Editor Dennis O'Neil was considering having Jason revamped or written out of Batman when he recalled a 1982 Saturday Night Live sketch in which Eddie Murphy encouraged viewers to call the show if they wanted him to boil a lobster on air. Jason became unpopular among readers after 1986, as writers began to characterize him as rebellious and impulsive. Jason Todd, the second character to assume the Robin persona, was introduced in 1983 to replace Dick Grayson, who was unavailable for use at the time. Serialized in Batman #426–429 from August to November 1988, "A Death in the Family" is considered one of the most important Batman stories for featuring the death of his sidekick Robin at the hands of his archenemy, the Joker. It was written by Jim Starlin and penciled by Jim Aparo, with cover art by Mike Mignola. " A Death in the Family" is a 1988 storyline in the American comic book Batman, published by DC Comics. ![]()
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