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Though they initially had almost identical origin stories , NightwingandRed Hoodare two dramatically different former Robins inDC Comics . Jason Todd was everything that Dick Grayson ’s Robin wasn’t – impulsive and rebellious – which subsequently remain consistent when he was revive as Red Hood years after his character ’s death . And while Nightwing and Red Hood are at last on good term with each other , thanks toJason Todd ’s official return back to the Bat - Family , that does n’t mean that they consort on everything .
InRobins#1 , anew miniseries centering on Batman ’s former proteges , Nightwing and Red Hood verbally follow to blast after the latter kills a villain by throwing him onto his own bomb ( write by Tim Seeley , art by Baldemar Rivas , colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. , letters by Steve Wands ) While Jason ’s warm cerebration saves himself and Spoiler from the blast , it afterward gets him in worry with Nightwing , who has to phone it in to the Blüdhaven Police Department . Jason says that pour down the man before with his own bomb was just something that " [ he had ] to do , " while Dick says that with that character of thinking , he can " apologize most anything as ' what [ he had ] to do ' " within the second .
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Nightwing brings attention to a troubling aspect of Red Hood ’s method that is n’t regularly challenge by other member of the Bat - Family . WhileBatman does n’t approve of Jason ’s propensity to wipe out , Dick brings up a fair point about why Jason kills in the first place . Red Hood kills his enemies because he continues to lead killing as an pick in the rut of the minute , whereas the quietus of the Bat - Family will figure some other choice before using lethal effect .
Red Hood ’s opinion on why he continues to vote out , despite the Bat - Family ’s disapproval , chew over a key difference of opinion between him and the eternal rest of the Robins boast in this issue . Because he uprise up on the street in Gotham ’s narrow , Jason has a much bleaker outlookwhen it come to natural selection than the other Robins . And look at that he himself came back from his own death , death is n’t a thing to invalidate as much as it is an inconvenient option for Jason .
At the moment , Red Hood has sworn off killing his foes with guns , but as this outcome show up , he still has n’t raise beyond the lethal method acting of his past . With his espousal into the Bat - Family , Jason Todd has the opportunity to test the ways in which his activity as a vigilante have been limited by his aptness to stamp out . AsRobins#1 shows , Jason Todd comes from a very different place than the other Robins , includingNightwing , but that does n’t intend thatRed Hoodis incompetent of learning from them .
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