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Warning ! Spoilers forBatman / Catwoman Special # 1ahead !
They say history is the best teacher , and for one futureRobin , look back on the past will help her preventBatman’sgreatest mistake from happening again . Batman / Catwoman Special # 1shows a potential future tense where Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle ’s girl , Helena , takes on the role of Robin . But before she ’s quick to go , Catwoman makes sure her girl ascertain her history and has it invest to memory .
One of the greatest tragedies in Batman ’s career , of course , is the death of Jason Todd , the second Robin . Todd infamously receive his demise after being assaulted by the Joker inBatman # 427 , with fans sealing his fate after calling in to vote him dead . The " destruction in the Family " plot line had a tumid impact on Batman , who was haunt by the loser of being unable to protect Jason . ThoughBatman has had several Robins since , he ’s taken steps to keep such an issue from ever occur again .
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Now Selina seeks to do the same in the pages ofBatman / Catwoman Special # 1by Tom King , Jon Paul Leon , Bernard Chang , Shawn Crystal , Mitch Gerards , Dave Stewart and Clayton Cowles . In a narration told across tenner , readers see a potential life share by Bruce and Selina as they grow older together and get a girl into the Earth . As the long time go on , Bruce express an stake in getting their daughter to fall in the kinfolk business , while Selina remains reticent . The following Christmas shows Helena dressed up as Robin , ready to link her don for a nighttime protecting Gotham . But before Selina lets her go , she demand to find out the one example she infuse in Helena , who repeats the set phrase , " If I see the Joker , run away the other way . " .
This is not a bad thing to keep cognisant of , as Jason Todd was around the same ageas Helena is here when he met the fate Selina wishes her daughter to avoid . Joker has already bear witness no squeamishness about killing child , as demonstrated by the vicious crowbar - beating of Jason . Even Batman ’s biologic youngster get no special treatment ; the Joker go so far as to envenom Damian Wayne with his own blood inBatman and Robin # 14 . turn over Helena a mantra that brings to mind how dangerous the Joker is is n’t a female parent being overprotective , it ’s a chic decision for any young champion to keep in mind .
Other criminals may have limits when it comes to harming minors , but the Joker ’s only qualifiers are if a death make for a good gag . And in the Joker ’s demented mind , doing something awful tothe offspring of Catwoman and Batmanis precisely the sort of thing he would seek to take out for a jape . So while it may be too late for some ofBatman’sother allies , thisRobin’srule may keep her out of trouble when it come to Gotham ’s most infamous felon .
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