Related
admonition : spoiler ahead forSuicide Squad : Get Joker # 3
Even when face death , theJokerjust could n’t pass up one last dig atRed Hood . But there may be a meat of truth in the final vilification Clown Prince of Crime dish out that some fans might gibe with .
What else can be say about the fell death of Jason in the seminal " Death of the Family " story arc ? With a crowbar whipping , some well - placed explosive , and an 800 phone number thousands of fans thirstily dial in to , the fate of the second Robin was sealed . For years , Jason ’s execution hang up over the Bat - Family like a cloud , his demise serving as a monition that crimefighting in Gotham could have the most serious of consequences . However , since render , Jason donned his hated foeman ’s previous identity of Red Hood and has been seek to put the traumatic experience behind him .
Related : Joker Just Confirmed Red Hood ’s Greatest Fear
alas , the man Jason hates more than anythingbelieves that to be a fool ’s errand . Red Hood was finally give the opportunity to end the Harlequin of Hate for full in Brian Azzarello and Alex Maleev’sSuicide Squad : Get Joker # 3 . After Jason ’s charge croak off the rails thanks to a induction - happy Task Force X , he finally have the one - on - one confrontation he ’d been preparing for . With a gun in handwriting , Red Hood approaches Joker , who appears ready to go out while staring at the sun on the horizon . The Joker starts a dialogue with the hero , which promptly devolves into the buffoon laying down a pretty heavy accusal . According to the Joker , nothing Red Hood has done since coming back to liveliness has weigh , say that the only fourth dimension Jason was ever important wasafterthe Joker murdered him .
With a accelerator in his lap , it ’s just as likelythe Joker was saying what he necessitate toin order to get the dip on the Red Hood . But dependable to his form , Joker does what he does well in his last second by planting seeds of doubt . But his last word of honor are n’t really intended for Jason . Instead , the Joker is making his case directly to the hearing thatheis the reason Jason Todd attain any sense of importance .
untested fans may not recall that as Robin , Jason was n’t warm embraced when he donned the pallium . supplant the longest serving Boy Wonder leave behind a bad gustatory perception in the mouths of readers and Jason struggled to make an encroachment in cartoon strip . alas , he just never resonated with audiences and when " last in the Family " came around , it was the biggest and most notable storyline Jason had been a part of . With his traditionally meta - aware nature and his connective to the zep , Joker is the staring personto deliver the grueling the true to Jason . Being killed by the Joker morbidly elevated Jason for years and since he ’s returned , the hero is once again struggling to encounter his office in the world . As painful as it is to let in , Jokermay have a pointedness about his link to theRed Hood .
Next : Joker ’s Final Prank Will Change DC ’s Future Forever
Suicide Squad : Get Joker # 3is usable now from DC Comics .
