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thecruellestmonth · 2 years

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Jason Todd + cops

Red Hood and the Outlaws: Rebirth (2016)

Batman #408 + #409 (1987) // Young Justice (1998) #44

Titans S01E06 "Jason Todd" (2018)

Red Hood: The Lost Days #5 (2010)

Batman Villains Secret Files & Origins 2005

Grayson #15 (2015) // Batman: White Knight Presents: Red Hood (2022)

LEGO DC Super Villains (2018)

Batman: A Death in the Family (2020)

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evilhorse · 1 year

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There are a lotta chicks who wanna hang with the K-man.

#green lantern #kyle rayner #jade #jennie lynn hayden #chicks #legacy heroes #judd winick #dale eaglesham #dc comics #comics #00s comics #k-man

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shyjusticewarrior · 2 months

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Jason Using Science As A Weapon

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tiger-in-the-flightdeck · 1 year

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Judd Winick is the only comic writer.

#judd winick #the outsiders #roy harper #dick grayson #dickroy #grace choi

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evasive-anon · 5 months

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Imagine being the writer for UtRH and putting together a whole fight segment together where Batman and Red Hood work together to take down a team of bad guys, and Jason falls into step perfectly from him and Bruce's old training- giving a taste of nostalgia of what was and could have been. Batman leaves Jason an opening that can be used against him, a moment of pure faith that they're on the same side and Jason uses the chance on their common enemy and its like just *THE* moment in the middle of this arch.

And SOMEHOW you are still thinking that the emotional impact of that would be negated just because you end it with Jason killing a nazi??? Like killing a nazi is supposed to have made him unrelatable and evil to the audience???

I just think most people who read comics like the idea of bad guys getting some comeuppance, that's the fantasy that is being sold. How did you not realize this would appeal to a huge portion of your market?

Source panels below:

#dc i have no idea how you thought this was what a hate-able villian looked like #like i can't track down that interview now where they talked about how they thought no one would be able to relate to Jason #but that quote lives in my head rent free every time I re-read these comics #I say this is the moment in my post but TBH there were so many banger moments in this arch #judd winick #under the red hood #jason todd #red hood #utrh #bruce wayne #batman #dc comics #comic panels #long post #oc #original post

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daily-bruce-wayne · 11 months

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#bruce wayne #daily bruce wayne #daily bruce #batwing #judd winick #ben oliver #carlos mangual #brian reber #michael marts

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haveyoureadthiscomic-poll · 4 months

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#batman #batman: under the red hood #red hood #jason todd #judd winick #dc #dcu #dc comics #poll

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hollow-keys · 9 months

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I am thinking about this interview with Judd Winick (the guy who made Jason Red Hood and laid the foundation for his entire modern characterization) because it's very telling with regards to the motivations for why Jason was made into a villain.

"I've said this before, but think anyone would agree that Batman is a hard character to write because we've done so much with him already. He's the most psychologically analyzed character in the entire superhero genre. Even when he makes the jump to second media stuff, it's equally about what goes on in his head as it is about his fists. So he's been explored inside and out. For me, Jason represents a whole new avenue of story in the Bat-universe, both as Batman's greatest failure who has come back to haunt him, as well as a character that is interesting to explore as an individual."

To me, this is him saying that the decision to bring Jason back as a villain was primarily to serve as a good antagonist for Bruce and keep Bruce's story fresh rather than being for Jason. Exploring this new Jason as a character in his own right was a secondary motivation. Winick's character decisions are not rooted in what best serves Jason and what makes sense for him, it's to serve Bruce.

"Yes, Jason sees what he's doing as making himself into a better Batman, the Batman that the world actually needs today.

But some of that is just Jason fooling himself. The truth is, all of it is based in the fact that Jason is just damaged and tortured and angry with Bruce. And this is a constant revenge upon him."

So, the justification for Jason being a villain is that he's traumatised. It should go without saying, but saying "this guy is evil and broken because trauma, you should write him off because trauma" is not a good way to write survivors.

"So do I understand him? I don't know. It's a scary thought that someone would have an affinity with someone who is as messed up as Jason. I do think he's wrong. I don't think he's going about justice the right way. Maybe I'm able to get inside his head a little, but thankfully he hasn't started rooting around in mine."

Winick not only views Jason as a villain but as one no one should have affinity with. He's not meant to be relatable, as above you're meant to write him off. There's no room for the idea he might have a point.

It reminds me of the leftist villain trope where they don't actually care about equality, they're just jealous or they do care but they go too far so you shouldn't listen to them.

"I also like the fact that Jason's actions aren't black and white. Sometimes he functions in that gray area, and it gives you the license to be somewhat hypocritical, because he is. I used to do that with Oliver Queen in Green Arrow, and people would go crazy, because I thought it was interesting to explore that sometimes he's a bit of a hypocrite. I find that likable about the character. And in Jason's case, he professes that he's trying to be a better Batman and he's trying to rid the world of evil, but then he's also just trying to stick it to Batman. It's very much a man-child thing going on."

If by "go crazy" you mean "hated it" then yeah, you're right. A lot of Green Arrow fans do not like Winick's run precisely because he does not understand the character and misrepresents him to make him look worse, like a hypocrite. There's a parallel between how Winick treats Ollie and how he treats Jason because in both cases he's taking pre-established characters and making them look worse because he does not respect them. He writes Jason as having very legitimate grievances with Bruce's ethics and then writes him off as a man-child. He is not approaching him in good faith.

I see Jason being a villain as a choice the writers made not because they thought it was good for the character, but for secondary reasons and then justified by villainising trauma survivors.

This is exactly why I don't take Winick's word as gospel with regards to Red Hood.

And post Winick, DC only seems to create stories where Jason is nothing but an edgy anti-hero divorced from righteous anger or strong ideology and stories where Jason has to change and throw his ideology away so he can be reincorporated back into the Batfamily. It's not great.

But that being said, I do think there's potential for Jason as Red Hood. I don't want it scrapped altogether because I would love to see a Jason who is actually trying to serve victims and help people in bad situations by both destroying what causes harm and constructing alternatives. Jason is a character with a lot of potential that I would like to see realised.

#jason todd #red hood #judd winick #dc comics #meta #📨

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onlylonelylatino · 3 months

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Blue Beetle and Booster Gold by Rags Morales

#blue beetle #ted kord #booster gold #rags morales #dc comics #modern age #countdown to infinite crisis #dc countdown #geoff johns #greg rucka #judd winick

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doraambrose · 3 months

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fav comic writer & artist?

Hello! Thanks for the awesome question!

I'm not sure I have a FAVORITE writer, but here are some I do like:

Shawn Martinbrough took over for RHATO Rebirth for the last couple issues and us writing Redhood: the Hill, and I did really like his writing for RHATO, much better than Scott Lobdell

Gretchen felker-Martin wrote Jason's issue for Titans Beast world tour: gotham and it was hands down the best jason characterization I've ever seen since under the redhood despite him being a furry in it lol. She might be my new favorite actually

Geoff Johns wrote Batman: three jokers and I gotta be honest, for all its flaws (including some jason and Barbara), it'd probably one of my favorite series. The mix of the art, the exploration of chronic pain and trauma because of the joker, ugh so good.

Of course, I've got to give props to Judd Winnick for lost days and under the red hood. How jason was before he was retconned into being a sloppy stupid hothead, he was clever, cunning, sneaky, SMART.

An honorable mention is for suicide squad get joker, but definitely not my favorite

As for artists, me! (Just kidding) that's also hard to pick just one favorite, but I LOVE these artists

Dexter soy has such a unique way of doing comic art, but I just love it. He makes jason look his age and not, you know, a 50 year old Vietnam War vet. And I love the way Artemis was drawn as a strong, tall amazon woman with muscles and not, you know, skinny feminine woman like old style comics.

I also just LOVE Alex maleev for his work in suicide squad get joker. The people are drawn well, the color palette, it's all so visually appealing. And again, jason isn't 50. It seems like a lot of comic artists forget that most members of the batfamily are in their 20s

Jason Fabok gets a mention for his art in batman three jokers. It was beautiful. Same reasons too. I'm also a sucker for line art

Finally, one of my most favorite artists isn't even a jason todd artist but I wish he was. Bruno Redondo does a lot of the art for the newer Nightwing comics and I LOVE IT. The color scheme is so visually stunning, everyone is drawn so well, it's beautiful.

And call me a narcissist but I gotta add some of my own art in here lmao but thanks for the ask!!! This is very exciting for me and I love talking about jason todd as he is someone I've studied and read everything about for the last few years

I've reached my image limit so I might start posting my own art as well

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thecruellestmonth · 1 year

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Jason's feelings about Sheila Haywood

Batman #427 (1988)

"God, it must have been hard for you."

"...I'll save you... Mom..."

Batman: Gotham Knights #44 (2003)

"...I love..."

Batman #428 (1988)

"He threw... himself... in front... of me... in front of me... He took... the main brunt... of the blast... Such a... good boy... Must have... really... loved his... mother..."

Deadman: Dead Again #2 (2001)

JASON: "It's weird--she betrayed me to the Joker. Got us both blown up--but I'm not mad at her. It wasn't really her fault--her whole life was screwed up. Things just... happened. [...] You gotta tell me--is she going to make it?"

DEADMAN: "She's fading pretty fast, kid--"

JASON: "No, I mean-- her soul. What's going to happen to her... afterward?"

DEADMAN: "That's not for me to decide."

SHEILA: "Jason tried to rescue me... We almost... made it... So close... He turned out to be such a good kid..."

JASON: "Thanks, Mom..."

Batman Annual 25 (2006)

He remembered most of what happened. The search for his mother. Her betrayal. Joker. And his own murder.

Task Force Z #8 (2022)

"I died trying to save someone I cared about."

#Sheila Haywood #Jason Todd #Batman comics #Red Hood #Task Force Z #Jason Todd meta #Boston Brand #Deadman #Batman panels #Judd Winick #Matthew Rosenberg #panels #Batman Gotham Knights #Steve Vance #RECAP: Jason fully acknowledges that Sheila betrayed him and yet doesn't direct his rage toward her.#I guess it's fine if you want to make Jason call Sheila a 'bitch' and spit on her memory in your own fan fiction. You do you.#But Jason Todd is a bad victim. His trauma is wrong. His coping is wrong. He loves people he shouldn't.#He responds to what has caused him pain--and not what others believe *should* have caused him pain.#He doesn't follow a textbook or what others judge *should* be the correct and proper and convenient response to trauma and injustice.#Jason is used to taking care of his parents. He is used to his parents failing him. Catherine and Willis and Sheila.#But not Bruce. Bruce promised him better. And Jason is so deeply humiliated for letting himself believe that promise with all his heart.#And perhaps... though she didn't want to... Sheila stayed with Jason at the end. And that was a promise that Bruce didn't keep.#long post #longpost #long #thecruellestmonth #Also I see Batman 428 as evidence that Sheila isn't Jason's birth mother because she refers to Jason's mother in the third person.#My theory is she was the back alley doctor who delivered him. Willis was her associate or friend or former lover.#Boston 'Number One Jason Todd Stan' Brand #Deadman Dead Again

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evilhorse · 9 months

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Kyle hits like the Riddler—girly slap fights.

#green lantern #green arrow #oliver queen #connor hawke #the riddler #slap #black eye #walked into a door #black circle: urban knights #judd winick #charlie adlard #dc comics #comics #00s comics #crossover #team up #legacy heroes #kyle rayner

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shyjusticewarrior · 14 days

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Bruce throwing a batarang at Jason in Catwoman #57 is quite a choice considering...

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jasontodd-is-alive · 1 month

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I'm starting to dabble in voice acting, so I decided to do my best rendition of the famous Under the Red Hood ending monologue. PLEASE READ NOTES BELOW BEFORE COMMENTING SOMETHING RUDE.

YES I AM AWARE IT LOSES IT A BIT AT THE END that's because my brain started to fry from being dehydrated.

To be fair, this also took less than 10 takes for something I haven't watched in over half a decade (7 years minimum)

I am reading a script because I have had multiple concussions this yr and struggle to memorize things that aren't numbers or tax related

But I like how this turned out and tbh it was hella cathartic because I have similar trauma to Jason from parents who promised to protect me and heavily let me down so it was like free therapy lmfao.

HOPE YOU ENJOY MY FIRST ORIGINAL CONTENT IN MONTHS

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batmobilestires · 8 months

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imagine Bruce’s reaction to the scar on Jason’s throat after everything cools over

would he ignore it? apologize? or maybe Bruce wouldn’t even recognize the scar and demands Jason to tell him “who hurt him” and Jason struggles to meet Bruce’s eyes after that

#bruce slit jasons throat btw #judd winick #batman: under the red hood #hurt/no comfort #hurt/comfort #idk u pick!#utrh #bruce wayne #jason todd #batman #red hood #plot for sale #bruce and jason #angst #jason todd angst #resurrected jason todd #jason is red hood #under the red hood #dc

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evilwickedme · 1 year

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Thoughts on Winick's tweet from last year that Jason Todd cries during sex? And/or on Zdarsky's tweet that Matt Murdock does not?

Omg I didn't know about winick's tweet, just found a screenshot

Absolutely correct, no notes

For those unfamiliar with the zdarsky tweet, too, I've got you:

Man has flawed writing sometimes but my god is he funny on Twitter

Honestly I don't have much to say about it like yeah these are obviously correct takes. Jason has a myriad of intimacy issues that could lead to crying during sex - I'm leaning towards cathartic tears, but hc your blorbo as pathetic as you want him to be, you do you. And, well. Matt's got a fucking job to do

#matt murdock #daredevil #jason todd #batfam #marvel comics #marvel #dc #judd winick #chip zdarsky #gail speaks #ask #anonymous #jason todd my beloved #jt

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