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The mold of the superhero has convert a mickle since its inception , and DC ’s newestRobinis proof that the publishing firm is now pushing a more grounded and communal approach path to heroism . Superheroes are often held apart by their nature , vaporize above and staying distant from the people they protect . Even in her basic military issue , Gan - a new Robin being train by Jason Todd - prove that she ’s connected to her neighborhood in elbow room the old heroes never were .
In DC’sBatman : White Knightuniverse , Jason Todd served as the first Robin and never died at the hands of the Joker . Instead , the Joker broke Jason Toddand rack Batman ’s secret identity out of him , before letting him go knowing that the betrayal would sabotage Jason ’s relationship with Bruce . ineffectual to wear the shame , Jason ran away from Batman and the mantle of Robin .
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InBatman White Knight Presents : Red Hood # 1by Sean Murphy , Clay McCormack , Simone Di Meo , and Dave Stewart , Jason Todd is shown float aimlessly through Gotham , beating up the Stoplight Gang when they stress to rob a liquor computer storage . To his surprise , his ravishment is intercept by a orphic girl ( Gan ) decorate in a Robin rig who does not seem to be consort with Batman . After tailing her and scholarship of her theme , he agrees to take her under his wing andJason Todd trains her properly as a Modern Robin .
Gan ’s dear devotion to her community immediately jell the character apart from other superheroes . When Jason call into question her about her motives , she notes that " Batman … doesn’t make it out here to[her neighborhood of]East Backport very often … he just needs more help , is all . " Her focus is n’t on cleaning up Gotham City or pursue some nebulous ideal of justice ; it ’s on protect East Backport and her community , from Mr. Shah ’s liquor store to the Stoplight Gang themselves ( telling Jason " you did n’t have to injure them - the Stoplight Gang unremarkably pledge themselves unconscious in twenty min . " ) Gan ’s first coming upon with Jason is all the more telling , as she declares she " cleans bullies like you off the street!“Everything she does is about protecting the neighborhood she loves whenGotham ’s corrupted cops turn away to helpand the heroes go to notice .
Gan is a part of her neighbourhood , but for a long time , DC ’s superheroes have know removed from their community . While Bruce Wayne may donate extravagantly to Gotham ’s various foundations and large-hearted causes , he has historically lived in a star sign isolate from the metropolis limits . Taken to a further extremum , Superman has a home literally named " The Fortress of Solitude , " set in the remote turning point of the Earth . These old models of heroes live outside of the scheme of society , dispense their vision of DoJ without necessarily dwell in the social infrastructure and ecosystem their bearing irrevocably alters . Gan is different : she is as much a part of her biotic community as the people she protect and even the criminal she stop . It ’s thesestreet - level Cuban sandwich who can save the DC universeby lend the hero back in touch with the citizenry , and DC ’s newRobindoes so by changing the definition of " heroism " from a nebulous away personnel to a person who stand up for what is right within their community .
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Batman White Knight Presents : Red Hood # 1is now available from DC Comics .
