he may have been everyone’s least
favorite Robin but he’s gonna make
everyone pay for it as the Red Hood Tim
back man we didn’t do nothing well we
all know that’s a lie
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
the Red Hood as we’ll soon see
there have actually been two red hoods
neither one possesses superpowers but
the second is exceptionally well trained
in hand-to-hand combat and excels in
physical feats and both have been known
to cause trouble for Batman I got this
shot from a snitch he says that this
guy’s been making some serious moves
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining Xand different
versions to a character’s past for the
first Red Hood we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1951 s Detective Comics
number 168 for the second Red Hood we
have chosen to follow the storyline
which unfolded in 2006 is Batman annual
number 25 which was expanded upon in
2000 intense Red Hood the lost days
numbers 1 to 6 and 2012 s Red Hood and
The Outlaws number 0
the first Red Hood was a mysterious
criminal with a scarlet hood that
completely covered his face he was
almost apprehended by Batman but escaped
by diving into a vat of chemicals and
then disappeared wait I’m not a crook I
swear
ten years later while teaching a
criminology class Batman challenged his
students to look into what happened to
the villain as they did so the Red Hood
suddenly reappeared and reassumed his
criminal career this turned out to be a
petty thief who had donned the disguise
after subduing the real Red Hood by the
way that real Red Hood turned out to be
none other than the Joker jumping ahead
several decades when the mantle of Robin
Batman’s sidekick had been passed from
Dick Grayson to Jason Todd in the famous
1988 storyline a death in the family The
Joker brutally murdered Jason Todd just
when the boy had tracked down his
long-lost mother
but the dead don’t stay buried in the
world of comic books in 2005 a new Red
Hood arose to create chaos in Gotham and
it turned out this Red Hood was actually
a resurrected Jason Todd an anomaly in
the DC universe caused by Superboy
resulted in Jason coming back to life
but he was badly damaged little more
than a zombie who responded strictly
through instinct found by Talia al Ghul
daughter of Batman’s foe Ra’s al Ghul or
raesha al Ghul were not getting into
that here jason was given tender care
eventually against her father’s commands
Talia dunked Jason into the Lazarus Pit
which has the ability as some of you may
know to restore the mostly dead back to
life
Jason was now truly reborn however the
process also darkened his soul and
brought the worst of him to the surface
when he discovered that Batman had not
killed the Joker to avenge his death
Jason became Batman’s enemy and adopted
the Red Hood as his new identity when I
wore that number it was classy more
flashy maître D than motorcycle fetish
these kids today a 2010 miniseries went
into great detail about Jason’s rebirth
readers learned that Talia al Ghul had
acted on Jason’s behalf because she
hoped that restoring Jason might move
Batman to care more for her but readers
also saw how she worked in the
background to try to tame Jason after
the Lazarus Pit brought out his demonic
side slyly manipulating him she
introduced him to underworld figures who
would give him the training he would
need to go up against Batman uh you and
your gadgets not the only one with toys
yet at the same time she was subtly
encouraging his good side to break
through as a result when Jason had the
chance to kill the Joker he failed to do
so
okay so what’s the plan
slumber party charades a little later
after Batman killed her father
Talia encouraged Jason to attack Batman
not to kill him but to punish him by
taking over Gotham this in turn led to
Jason’s career as the Red Hood which
eventually veered off into heroics
rather than just villainy with the
launch of DC’s new 52 project red hoods
origin was revised yet again fans
learned more about Jason’s not so good
father and drug-addicted mother and how
they affected his childhood but more
surprisingly they learned that the Joker
was responsible for Jason’s career he
knew that when Dick Grayson struck out
on his own
the Batman would need a new sidekick he
carefully plotted and arranged for that
sidekick to be Jason Todd so lonely so
that he could then kill him and cause
Batman untold grief and guilt Oh
he’s still addressed no he isn’t
that’s not flesh the joker couldn’t
foresee jason’s resurrection of course
but he was thrilled that the lad took on
his identity of the red hood
even if jason did eventually fall back
on his good guy ways while the first red
hood was clearly a villain the second
version of the character has had a much
more complicated and ambiguous path it’s
that complexity and the characters
strong connection to the Batman mythos
that makes Red Hood such a compelling
and intriguing character look at you mr.
hood what do you prefer red you know I
used to wear an outfit a lot like that
mine was more flashy maître D the
motorcycle fetish are you a fan of the
ambivalently heroic Red Hood
I wouldn’t under selling it it took a
lot of work to bring about our reunion
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com you’re been
great ladies and gents but we got a go
favorite Robin but he’s gonna make
everyone pay for it as the Red Hood Tim
back man we didn’t do nothing well we
all know that’s a lie
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origins of
the Red Hood as we’ll soon see
there have actually been two red hoods
neither one possesses superpowers but
the second is exceptionally well trained
in hand-to-hand combat and excels in
physical feats and both have been known
to cause trouble for Batman I got this
shot from a snitch he says that this
guy’s been making some serious moves
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining Xand different
versions to a character’s past for the
first Red Hood we have chosen to
primarily follow the storyline which
unfolded in 1951 s Detective Comics
number 168 for the second Red Hood we
have chosen to follow the storyline
which unfolded in 2006 is Batman annual
number 25 which was expanded upon in
2000 intense Red Hood the lost days
numbers 1 to 6 and 2012 s Red Hood and
The Outlaws number 0
the first Red Hood was a mysterious
criminal with a scarlet hood that
completely covered his face he was
almost apprehended by Batman but escaped
by diving into a vat of chemicals and
then disappeared wait I’m not a crook I
swear
ten years later while teaching a
criminology class Batman challenged his
students to look into what happened to
the villain as they did so the Red Hood
suddenly reappeared and reassumed his
criminal career this turned out to be a
petty thief who had donned the disguise
after subduing the real Red Hood by the
way that real Red Hood turned out to be
none other than the Joker jumping ahead
several decades when the mantle of Robin
Batman’s sidekick had been passed from
Dick Grayson to Jason Todd in the famous
1988 storyline a death in the family The
Joker brutally murdered Jason Todd just
when the boy had tracked down his
long-lost mother
but the dead don’t stay buried in the
world of comic books in 2005 a new Red
Hood arose to create chaos in Gotham and
it turned out this Red Hood was actually
a resurrected Jason Todd an anomaly in
the DC universe caused by Superboy
resulted in Jason coming back to life
but he was badly damaged little more
than a zombie who responded strictly
through instinct found by Talia al Ghul
daughter of Batman’s foe Ra’s al Ghul or
raesha al Ghul were not getting into
that here jason was given tender care
eventually against her father’s commands
Talia dunked Jason into the Lazarus Pit
which has the ability as some of you may
know to restore the mostly dead back to
life
Jason was now truly reborn however the
process also darkened his soul and
brought the worst of him to the surface
when he discovered that Batman had not
killed the Joker to avenge his death
Jason became Batman’s enemy and adopted
the Red Hood as his new identity when I
wore that number it was classy more
flashy maître D than motorcycle fetish
these kids today a 2010 miniseries went
into great detail about Jason’s rebirth
readers learned that Talia al Ghul had
acted on Jason’s behalf because she
hoped that restoring Jason might move
Batman to care more for her but readers
also saw how she worked in the
background to try to tame Jason after
the Lazarus Pit brought out his demonic
side slyly manipulating him she
introduced him to underworld figures who
would give him the training he would
need to go up against Batman uh you and
your gadgets not the only one with toys
yet at the same time she was subtly
encouraging his good side to break
through as a result when Jason had the
chance to kill the Joker he failed to do
so
okay so what’s the plan
slumber party charades a little later
after Batman killed her father
Talia encouraged Jason to attack Batman
not to kill him but to punish him by
taking over Gotham this in turn led to
Jason’s career as the Red Hood which
eventually veered off into heroics
rather than just villainy with the
launch of DC’s new 52 project red hoods
origin was revised yet again fans
learned more about Jason’s not so good
father and drug-addicted mother and how
they affected his childhood but more
surprisingly they learned that the Joker
was responsible for Jason’s career he
knew that when Dick Grayson struck out
on his own
the Batman would need a new sidekick he
carefully plotted and arranged for that
sidekick to be Jason Todd so lonely so
that he could then kill him and cause
Batman untold grief and guilt Oh
he’s still addressed no he isn’t
that’s not flesh the joker couldn’t
foresee jason’s resurrection of course
but he was thrilled that the lad took on
his identity of the red hood
even if jason did eventually fall back
on his good guy ways while the first red
hood was clearly a villain the second
version of the character has had a much
more complicated and ambiguous path it’s
that complexity and the characters
strong connection to the Batman mythos
that makes Red Hood such a compelling
and intriguing character look at you mr.
hood what do you prefer red you know I
used to wear an outfit a lot like that
mine was more flashy maître D the
motorcycle fetish are you a fan of the
ambivalently heroic Red Hood
I wouldn’t under selling it it took a
lot of work to bring about our reunion
for more comic book origins be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com you’re been
great ladies and gents but we got a go
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