From the DC Vault Death in the Family Robin Lives! (2024)

In 1988, DC fans made a seminal choice in the history of DC publishing--voting to kill off Jason Todd's Robin in the Death in the Family storyline. Now, for the first time, we want to find out what would have happened if fans had voted to let him live. And it begins--with the murder of The Joker!

Over 30 years ago, history was made when fans voted to kill the second Robin, Jason Todd. Now, DC continues the alternate story of what would have happened if he had lived... Jason Todd, traumatized after The Joker's near-fatal attack, struggles to step back into Robin's shoes--while Batman questions the very need for a young partner by his side. Has Joker killed Robin after all? When tragedy strikes again in the form of the mind-bending Scarecrow, how do our heroes find their way back--especially with Copperhead on the loose and The Joker on the run?

THE STORY OF JASON TODD CONTINUES! Over 30 years ago, history was made when fans voted to kill the second Robin, Jason Todd. Now, DC continues the alternate story of what would have happened if he had lived... Jason Todd has escaped from the Dev Institute and is on the hunt for revenge--but when Robin finally finds the Joker, revenge transforms to tragedy...and madness! Meanwhile, Batman's encounter with Mother Grimm and her army of lost children has the Dark Knight questioning both his past and his purpose: Is he Gotham's savior or the city's worst nightmare? Rescuing Jason is the only way to find the answer...and Nightwing is there to help him!

JASON TODD AND THE JOKER - WORKING TOGETHER?! Over 30 years ago, history was made when fans voted to kill the second Robin, Jason Todd. Now, DC continues the alternate story of what would have happened if he had lived... Will Batman be able to bring Robin back from the brink of madness...or lose the boy forever? And, in losing Jason, will he lose himself as well? The stakes have never been higher--as the Joker prepares to unleash an army of mad virus bats on the city. It all comes down to a bullet aimed at the Joker's head, with millions of lives--and Jason Todd's soul and sanity--hanging in the balance!