Batman a death in the family jim starlin6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s just as the Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum. A Death in the Family opens with Batman deciding Jason’s too reckless, suspending him from active duty for his own safety. He wasn’t the sidekick a lot of fans wanted to see, and they made their feelings known, with the result being this story.įor many of his detractors, the final straw was when the gung-ho Robin was presumed to have executed a rapist who’d escaped justice, and the clamour grew for his replacement. DC created Jason Todd, a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, belligerent and resentful, a deliberate contrast to the respectful Grayson. In New Teen Titans Dick Grayson had graduated from Robin to Nightwing, leaving a vacancy for a young teenage sidekick to accompany Batman. A Death in the Family was the culmination of controversy and bloodlust among comic fans long before the advent of social media, or even message boards. ![]()
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