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In the now - definitive “ Death in the Family ” storyline , Red Hood , then the 2d Robin , meet his death at theJoker’shands . Now , years after his resurrection , Red Hood is facingan even worse dying , frozen in place as his zombie teammate crawls nigher and closer , compel to consume him live . In a preview forTask Force Z # 2 , on sales agreement in mark and digital November 23 , Red Hood ’s rag - tag team of zombi is falling asunder , and he may be their final meal .
After his death in 1988’sBatman # 428 , Jason Todd would lay dormant for 17 years , returning in 2005’sBatman # 635as the Red Hood . For the next several years , Red Hood and Batman would have a tense , at - times adversarial kinship , fuel byRed Hood ’s extreme methods- include using gun and murdering his victims . That has start to change , and relations between the two have unfreeze considerably , to the point where Batman has welcomed Red Hood back into the Bat - Family . Now , a mysterious organization is revive dead villain as zombies , using resin infer from the Lazarus Pits used by Ra ’s al Ghul . Red Hood , having experience with death and resurrection himself , is put in charge of Task Force Z , a Suicide Squad twisting - off lie in ofdead villains , such as Baneand Man - Bat , revived with the same Lazarus Resin . The first mission did not go well , and now Red Hood is facing what is potentially his worst death yet . The book is written by Matthew Rosenberg , with art by Eddy Barrows , inks by Eber Ferreira , colour by Adriano Lucas and letters by Rob Leigh .
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In the trailer varlet , provide toAIPTand shared below , Red Hood is freeze in place ; the result of afight with Mister Freeze . The Arkham Knight , one of the resurrected members of Task Force Z , is crawl towards Red Hood , ready to banquet on him . Red Hood affright , calling for help . Meanwhile , Mister Freeze is assault by the enigmatic Mister Bloom , the one member of Jason ’s team who claims not to have been upraise with the Lazarus Resin .
The prevue ends there , leave readers flow on how Red Hood will escape from the Arkham Knight ’s zombie clutches . When the Joker killed Red Hood years ago , he bludgeoned him to demise with a pry bar , leaving him for idle . That is a atrocious lot , but being guttle by a zombi is even worse . Furthermore , there is a potential for Red Hood to become a zombie himself here ( it ’s unlikely Task Force Z would plainly leave him to rest in pacification ) , which would make his death even worse . Interestingly enough , Red Hood is in a alike situationwith Arkham Knight that he was in with the Joker many days ago . In both situations , he was at a serious disadvantage , but unlike when he fought the Joker , Red Hood has far more resource at his disposal , and is at least able-bodied to contend for his life .
Unfortunately , even if Red Hood frees himself , it seems that being frozen in place will have consequences . Mr. Bloom - a baddie who uses pharmaceutic ' seeds ' to give others superpowers - has already gotten his hands on an injured Mr. Freeze . If he can assert control condition over the scoundrel , Bloom can lead off undermining Task Force Z with an outside broker , underlining Jason ’s arrant bankruptcy to keep in line his squad . It would be specially devastating for Red Hood to run across bankruptcy so soon after he gave up his lethal tactic and made a rightful effort to get the best the deadly school of thought his first expiry instil in him . TheJoker’smurder ofRed Hoodyears ago stay to linger over the quality , and now he is facing an even worse death -consumed by zombie villainswho will then be unleash on Gotham .
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reference : AIPT
