Jason Todd: Robin, Arkham Knight, Red Hood Appreciation 2018

[AJpyro]

Costume looks somewhat goofy but I'm intrigued by their plot outline, most fanstuff can't resist giving their own spin at the events of Under The Red Hood and thus, something that is starting to feel a little stagnant (specially Jason's characterization). They promise a more mature and experienced Jason plus, they mention him teaming up with Roy, making the whole proposal a lot more interesting.

Hopefully they won't get into trouble with WB laywers though.

It does look interesting.

[Aahz]

I really hate how negative Jasons time as Robin is described in many books, here are for example some scans from the "Essential Batman Encyclopedia", were lots stuff is written that never happened like this in the Comics or was even completely the opposite like:

• Jason being difficult to train
• Having no athletic skill
• Dick being obedient
• Dick seeing Jason as a problem
• Jason being barley tolerated by the Teen Titans
• Bruce having to restrain and explain Jason why things are done in a particular way on multiple occasions

And they really write nothing positive about him and his time as Robin and don't even mention for example his part in "the Cult" ...

[Aahz]

[Dark_Tzitzimine]

That is just the revisionism DC put Jason over the years. As Batman popularity grew, it became inacceptable for him to be at fault fo anything so, Jason became the source of his own demise.

[RedQueen]

I hate when people blame Jason's death on himself. It was tragic and he was trying to get and find his mother. Like he was young kid trying to get to his parent and it ended horribly. I don't know how Jason's death got the stigma that it was his own fault cause to me it doesnt really reflect that. Though some choice words between numerous characters and narratives make me side eye when they mention it was his fault in comics since his death.

[Aahz]

But it is nor only about his death, in Text like this it really sounds like he was really a bad Robin, which is just not true, and some stuff is completely made up.

He actually he "took to the training like a fish to the water", and the Titans liked him.

[Aioros22]

How old is that Encyclopedia.

[darkseidpwns]

How old is that Encyclopedia.

The failure thing has been tied to Jason for as long as I can remember.

[Aahz]

How old is that Encyclopedia.

It's from 2008.

[Aioros22]

The failure thing has been tied to Jason for as long as I can remember.

Not by every writer, but yes, I know they tried their best.

It's from 2008.

Long enough. It`s been a reboot and some Aahz. Let it go

2008 was fresh out of the original UTRH and they wanted to keep selling the contrasting aspects to the extreme. Since then he`s been expanded to the larger public and media and by proxis the franchise itself.

"We" won folks. Keep that in mind.

[AJpyro]

I did it guys. I got the full Lobdell run of RHatO. It is good.

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[Dark_Tzitzimine]

Fantastic job.

I was surprised at how big the final volume felt compared to previous volumes.

[Dark_Tzitzimine]

We have new variant!



I'm grateful to see Medri's costumes again but I can't help to wonder why they're only used in the variants. I mean, it won't be more logical to pick the way characters actually look within the book?

[JasonTodd428]

Meh. I'm happy to see the book getting a variant here of course but I really, really don't care much for Romita's art on this one.

[Aioros22]

I`m glad we are getting more variants and Romita is up there when it comes to laying out sequences. That`s an unusual Bow grab, tho.