Essential viewing. Not just for Batman fans, but for anyone who has ever loved someone too principled to love them back the way they needed. Bring tissues. Leave your certainties at the door.
The story centers on the return of Jason Todd, the second Robin, who was notoriously killed by the in the 1988 "A Death in the Family" storyline after a fan vote. For nearly two decades, Jason remained one of the few comic book characters whose death was considered permanent—a physical manifestation of Batman's greatest failure. under the red hood
Gotham City has a new player. He's young, brutal, and wears a red helmet that feels like a sick parody of the Joker’s style. He's taking over the drug trade, killing crime bosses, and leaving Arkham Asylum a revolving door of corpses. But he doesn't want to destroy Batman. He wants to partner with him. Essential viewing
Jason isn't a crusader for justice. He's a grieving, angry son. He doesn't want Gotham cleansed. He wants revenge for his death. He wants proof that he mattered more than an ideology. Leave your certainties at the door
And Batman, the World's Greatest Detective, has no good answer. Only a broken, whispered: “Because I’ve been out there. I saw what it does.”