Jason Todd: Robin, Red Hood, Arkham Knight Appreciation 2019

[QUOTE=Aahz;4328980]Some of the stats are questionable, and some characters have to sets of stats that were frequently used. Harley is for example listed some times at 115lb and sometimes at 140 lbs.

Damians stats in that book are really wired, he is 5'4'' (wich would make him 10 inches taller than Jon) but they left his wight an iirc 84lbs., (previousy he was listed at 4'6'' and 84 lbs.)

In case of Jason i like he idea of him being bulkier and stronger than Bruce, even if thats doesn't really matches the art. I also don' think that it would be a problem with "how flexible and light he has to fight".[/QUOTE]

Well, this is how I see it, and of course, this is superhero fictional stories and you need to work with the suspension of disbelief: so it really doesn't matter how they look. But for the sake of explaining myself, this is how I work with how they should look for me to feel they're somehow "right".

I don't know about other sports, but people who do gymnastics, even when they're built, heavy, very muscular (male and female alike, even if the women tend to be slimmer than they need for whatever reason) aren't very big. Even the guys, who are very, very bulky in the upper half. Same happens with dancers, and people who do roller skating (three activities that demand a lot of jumps, spins and the like while being on the move. Like being a vigilante the kind of Jason, Tim or Dick would. Steph, Barbara and Cass too, rely on the same type of tricks and moves as far as I know).

I am going to guess that's because two reasons. First one, because when you're very heavy, you need to move that weight with yourself, that means you need to put your own body under a lot of stress, and that doesn't go well with the heart and the rick of developing some cardiovascular disease by wearing out the system.
Second one, because the more the surface you take up, the bigger of a target you are, the more you need to cover yourself, etc. I know that muscles make for a wonderful cushion (they saved my uncle once in an accident, and he wasn't even that fit), but they still bleed and they wear armour anyways, so it really doesn't matter how much muscle they hold that way.

I'll be honest about another thing too: I don't know if being flexible is incompatible with being bulky. My intuition says yes, but I don't know why or if it's true. And I also dislike bulky-like-a-brick body types, so there is that too, as for why I don't like the idea of Jason being bulkier than the already-too-big-but-thats-ok-because-archetypes Bruce.

We're back to pre Outlaw numbers

105. RED HOOD OUTLAW #32 (DC) - 18,389 [105]

[QUOTE=Dark_Tzitzimine;4329499]We're back to pre Outlaw numbers

105. RED HOOD OUTLAW #32 (DC) - 18,389 [105][/QUOTE]

Well, that's actually surprising. I thought #32 would do better. If I remember correctly, the issue even reached 3rd place on readdc's Top 10 Bestsellers in its release week. Seems like digital and print sales don't have to correlate.

[QUOTE=Sergard;4329571]Well, that's actually surprising. I thought #32 would do better. If I remember correctly, the issue even reached 3rd place on readdc's Top 10 Bestsellers in its release week. Seems like digital and print sales don't have to correlate.[/QUOTE]

Maybe someone knows better than myself, but If I recall correctly, RHATO has been doing well digitally for a long while (probably because people like myself). There are other books that do well both, and books, few, that do way better digital than physical. I guess it depends on the target audience. I suspect the younger, the more digital. Same for niche oriented series. In any case, digital market is still small, I think. It is bigger in places like Japan, though.

In any case, maybe we will get a little lift for #33, when people would've gotten notice of the coming back to Gotham.

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But apart from some extreme cases like the injustice comics, that were usually top 5 sellers digitally, but had pretty poor sales physically, the digital sales are not really a huge factor. And the RHTAO postion on the comixology charts is usually correlates with the physical sales.

To really bring up the sales again, they would probably need to do some kind of bigger event/crossover (similar to what they did with Deathstroke).

There are some worrying rumors about the upcoming YOV special making the rounds.
[SPOIL]Word is that it heavily implies that Jason is indeed Leviathan and that somehow convinces Barbara to work with him[/SPOIL]

[QUOTE=Dark_Tzitzimine;4331356]There are some worrying rumors about the upcoming YOV special making the rounds.
[SPOIL]Word is that it heavily implies that Jason is indeed Leviathan and that somehow convinces Barbara to work with him[/SPOIL][/QUOTE]
The only way that makes sense would be if he’s one of B-man who Laughs Secret Six. Yet it wouldn’t make any sense to pick a character that has an ongoing solo(ish) book for a member of the S6.

[QUOTE=Dark_Tzitzimine;4331356]There are some worrying rumors about the upcoming YOV special making the rounds.
[SPOIL]Word is that it heavily implies that Jason is indeed Leviathan and that somehow convinces Barbara to work with him[/SPOIL][/QUOTE]

Can I have source?

The rumor sounds more like some new fake info from 4chan or somewhere else.

[QUOTE=Arsenal;4331485]The only way that makes sense would be if he’s one of B-man who Laughs Secret Six. Yet it wouldn’t make any sense to pick a character that has an ongoing solo(ish) book for a member of the S6.[/QUOTE]

I had a similar thought. But for Barbara. She's behaving strange in HiC.
Do we know anything about the Secret Six? I know that they are sleepers and that they are known heroes, or? And they are part of the Batman Who Laughs' plan. But what are they supposed to do?

The YOV specially coming out tomorrow should (in theory) clear up the purpose behind the S6. At the moment it seems very “Secret Invasion” ish minus the little green aliens.

[QUOTE=G-Potion;4331508]Can I have source?[/QUOTE]

4chan, same guy that leaked HiC #8 in advance.

[QUOTE=Arsenal;4331485]The only way that makes sense would be if he’s one of B-man who Laughs Secret Six. Yet it wouldn’t make any sense to pick a character that has an ongoing solo(ish) book for a member of the S6.[/QUOTE]

but jason being leviathan was rumor since last August! they wanted one of the batfamily member probably one of the robins and jason was the most logical chose, as for barbra being rope into this is whats worries me.

I don't know if it really bothers me. This Leviathan seems to want to make the organization useful to all, but through misguided methods, if I remember right what I read about the event being promoted by Bendis. I could totally see Jason doing it.

[QUOTE=Sergard;4331515]The rumor sounds more like some new fake info from 4chan or somewhere else.



I had a similar thought. But for Barbara. She's behaving strange in HiC.
[B]Do we know anything about the Secret Sex?[/B] I know that they are sleepers and that they are known heroes, or? And they are part of the Batman Who Laughs' plan. But what are they supposed to do?[/QUOTE]
They did the deed without telling anyone.