The Jason Todd Reread (pre- and post-crisis)

[Sergard]

This thread is part of the Jason Todd: Robin, Red Hood, Arkham Knight, Prince of Gotham Appreciation 2019 thread. Its purpose is to give us Jason Todd fans a place where we can (re-)read and discuss old Jason Todd stories. (Please keep in mind that – since this is part of an appreciation thread – the appreciation thread rules still apply. You can find them at the end of the post.)

I decided to separate this discussion from the appreciation thread because it's tremendously easier to follow the reread discussion and to find particular parts of it later on.

The reread starts with Jason's pre-crisis appearances. We'll follow his journey in Batman and Detective Comics. Further, there are some guest appearances in other titles that we'll probably discuss. The reading order is chronologically starting with Jason's introduction in Batman #357, followed by Detective Comics #524, then back to Batman #358, … (I think you get the point.) Below you find a table that provides a good overview of the pre-crisis issues and their releases.

Schedule: we discuss two* issues every other week on Saturday

(If wished we can change the schedule later on.)
*issues without Jason aren’t discussed separately but in combination with the next follow-up issue that contains an appearance of Jason.

currently discussed (8 June): Detective Comics #533 & Batman 367
next time discussed (to be announced): Detective Comics #534 & Batman 368

Further information:

• A link to this thread can be found in the OP of the Jason Todd Appreciation Thread.
• Links to the individual issue discussions will be added in the table below.

Pre-crisis issues

release	Batman	Detective Comics	Guest Appearance
March-83	Batman #357 (page 1)	Detective Comics #524 (page 1)
April-83	Batman #358 (page 2) only Jason’s mother	Detective Comics #525 (page 2)
May-83	Batman #359 (page 3)	Detective Comics #526 (page 3)
June-83	Batman #360 (page 3)	Detective Comics #527 (page 3)
July-83	Batman #361 (page 4)	Detective Comics #528 (page 4)
August-83	Batman #362 (page 4) no Jason	Detective Comics #529 (page 4)
September-83	Batman #363 (page 5)	Detective Comics #530 (page 5)
October-83	Batman #364 (page 5)	Detective Comics #531 (page 5)
November-83	Batman #365 (page 5)	Detective Comics #532 (page 5) no Jason
December-83	Batman #366 (page 5)	Detective Comics #533 (page 6)
January-84	Batman #367 (page 6)	Detective Comics #534
February-84	Batman #368:	Detective Comics #535
March-84	Batman #369: no Jason	Detective Comics #536: no Jason
April-84	Batman #370	Detective Comics #537
May-84	Batman #371	Detective Comics #538
June-84	Batman #372	Detective Comics #539
July-84	Batman #373	Detective Comics #540
August-84	Batman #374	Detective Comics #541
September-84	Batman #375	Detective Comics #542
October-84	Batman #376	Detective Comics #543
November-84	Batman #377	Detective Comics #544
December-84	Batman #378	Detective Comics #545: no Jason
January-85	Batman #379	Detective Comics #546
February-85	Batman #380	Detective Comics #547
March-85	Batman #381	Detective Comics #548
April-85	Batman #382	Detective Comics #549: no Jason
May-85	Batman #383	Detective Comics #550: no Jason
June-85	Batman #384	Detective Comics #551
July-85	Batman #385	Detective Comics #552
August-85	Batman #386: no Jason	Detective Comics #553	Superman Annual #11
September-85	Batman #387	Detective Comics #554
October-85	Batman #388	Detective Comics #555
November-85	Batman #389	Detective Comics #556
December-85	Batman #390	Detective Comics #557	Blue Devil #19
January-86	Batman #391	Detective Comics #558
February-86	Batman #392: no Jason	Detective Comics #559: no Jason
March-86	Batman #393: no Jason	Detective Comics #560	New Teen Titans #18
April-86	Batman #394	Detective Comics #561	New Teen Titans #19
May-86	Batman #395	Detective Comics #562	New Teen Titans #20
June-86	Batman #396	Detective Comics #563	New Teen Titans #21
July-86	Batman #397	Detective Comics #564	New Teen Titans #22: no Jason
August-86	Batman #398	Detective Comics #565	Batman Annual #10
			New Teen Titans #23: no Jason
September-86	Batman #399	Detective Comics #566
October-86	Batman #400	Detective Comics #567*: no Jason	New Teen Titans #24
November-86	Batman #401*	Detective Comics #568*	New Teen Titans #25: no Jason
December-86	Batman #402*	Detective Comics #569*	New Teen titans #26
January-87	Batman #403*	Detective Comics #570*	New Teen titans #27
February-87		Detective Comics #571*	New Teen titans #28
March-87		Detective Comics #572*	New Teen titans #29
April-87		Detective Comics #573*	New Teen titans #30
May-87		Detective Comics #574*	New Teen titans #31

* Officially post-crisis, but story-wise in a grey zone


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