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WARNING : Contains Potential Spoilers for From the DC Vault : Death in the Family - Robin Lives # 1!DC ’s new miniseries , From the DC Vault : end in the Family - Robin Lives , explores an substitute plot line of what would have happened if devotee had vote forBatman’ssecondRobinto survive his face-off with theJokerin theA Death in the Family(1988 ) storyline . This alternate tarradiddle includes the shocking development of Batman being willing to kill not only the Joker but also another surprising A - List Gotham Rogue .
This parent the challenging question of whether Robin ’s survival inA destruction in the Familypushed Batman nearer to pass over his ' No Killing ' line than his death did in the original storyline .
A expiry in the Familywas an iconic Batman plot line where DC asked fans to vote on whether Jason Todd should know or die at the men of the Joker . fan ultimately voted for the second Robin to die .
J. M. DeMatteis , Rick Leonardi , and Rico Renzi’sFrom the DC Vault : Death in the Family - Robin Lives#1explores what would have happened if fans had vote to permit the Boy Wonder live . Halfway through the matter , fans witness Jason seek to push through his trauma by donning his Robin lawsuit once more and confronting Scarecrow on his own , an attempt to prove to himself and Bruce that he is still desirable of the mantle . However , the rogue soon gets the good of Jason , leading to a confrontation that almost terminate with Batman killing Scarecrow .
During his fight with Scarecrow , Robin gets dosed with fear toxin , causing him to relive his late injury of the Joker brutalize him with a pry bar . These hallucination leave him at Scarecrow ’s mercy , who bring out that he plans to take Jason and conduct more revere toxin experiments on him . Before Crane can spirit up Jason away , Batman arrives and begins to viciously assault Scarecrow , continuing to pommel the rogue well after he is incapacitated . It is n’t until the Gotham City Police Department intervenes that Batman stops , form it clear thathe would have likely killed Scarecrow if no one had stopped him .
This incident is peculiarly challenging for two reasons . Firstly , Scarecrow now has the privilege of connect Joker on the very short list of villains Batman has almost killed . Secondly , rooter now have confirmation that at least one aspect of the original timeline fromA Death in the Familyremains unaltered . In the original timeline , where Jason choke , Batman becomes more and more fierce , prompting Tim Drake , the third Robin , to take up the military mission of economise Batman from himself . Thus , Jason ’s survival did n’t falsify this vista of Batman ’s character development , as Bruce once again spiral into a wheel of violence by almost killing Scarecrow .
Did Jason Todd SurvivingA Death in the FamilyMake Batman More Willing to Kill?
It ’s also important to remark that earlier in the issue , Batman almost kill the Joker as well . In this case , Batman pursue the Joker by boat after the clown ’s brutal assault on Jason . The chase ends when Bruce rams his boat into the Joker ’s , causing the buffoon to hurtle into the weewee and commence to drown . Batman watch impassively until Superman eventually pounce in and saves the Joker . Clark then involve Bruce if he knew Superman had been trailing him and was counting on him to save the buffoon . Bruce responds , “ If that ’s what you ’d like to think , Superman – who am I to contradict you ? ”
To say the least , this is n’t a reassuring reply from the Dark Knight . The subtext even suggests he intended to let the clown drown . Thus , Batman most kill two A - tilt scoundrel in this takings , an alarmingly in high spirits number for Bruce . Notably , in both case , it was n’t Batman who throttle himself but the intervention of others that prevented him from bolt down the Joker and Scarecrow . This farm the challenging question of whetherRobin’ssurvival inA end in the FamilypushedBatmancloser to crossing his ' No Killing ' line than his expiry did in the original timeline – the answer seems to be yes .
Jason Todd is a persona who has been through a lot of trauma and rigourousness , he ’s been defined by his demise and alas ca n’t escape it .
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One of DC ’s most iconic grinder , Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne . counterfeit by disaster with the death of his parents , Bruce dedicate his life to becoming the creation ’s leading martial artist , detective , and tactician . Recruiting an entire family of allies and brother , Bruce wages warfare on evil as the dark horse of his hometown , Gotham City .
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
