Warning : Contains spoilers forFuture State : Gotham # 9 !

In the future tense , Red Hoodhas reluctantly withdraw on an apprentice of his own . InFuture State : Gotham # 9 , on sale now in print and digital , Red Hood , posing as an agent of the Magistrate , fulfil Gotham City ’s young vigilante : Hunter Panic — and Hunter , eager to make a spattering , want Red Hood to be his wise man .

It is only fitting that Hunter Panic would pick out Red Hood to check him , as Red Hood was once a Robin . The heir to Dick Grayson , Red Hood ’s human relationship with his former wise man Batman was tense , exacerbated by Red Hood ’s role of lethal force — especially guns . In the retiring class , Red Hood has pass on up on using small-arm , a move that has put him back in Batman ’s good graces . Red Hood was instrumental in helping Batman and his ally defeat the machinations of Simon Saint , Scarecrow and the Magistrate , who sought tocreate the Fear Statein Gotham City . While the Magistrate was late defeated on Earth-0 , they continue to hang in in the alternate timeline ofFuture State : Gotham . In this world , Red Hood has ostensibly betrayed Batman and the residue of the Bat - Family by joining the Magistrate . In reality , he is working undercover for Batman , attempting to gain information that can help tip the Magistrate ’s fascistic reign . fall in the engagement was Hunter Panic , the successor to Mother Panic , who assisted Harley Quinn in wreak in Punchline — and now they desire Red Hood to check them further .

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succeeding State : Gotham # 9is written by Dennis Culver and illustrated by Giannis Milonogiannis . Red Hood , in his Magistrate disguise , is at the panorama of Grifter ’s evident death . As he survey the berth , bewail Grifter ’s circumstances , Hunter Panic arrives , offer their service to the Peacekeepers . Red Hood tells Hunter Panic they are good and that no assistance is needed . Hunter prevail , recounting Red Hood ’s own history as a “ masquerade party hunter . ” Hunter tells Red Hood they can replete the gap left by Red Hood ’s former partner , Ravager . Finally , Hunter says ,   “ I could   utilize a wise man too . It ’s Gotham . ” Before Red Hood can say much more , they are interrupted by Magistrate business . later on , Hunter fights alongside Red Hood . They become resentful of Red Hood ’s bossy attitude , but he reminds them this is how consume a wise man works .

It ’s exculpated that , in many ways , Red Hood is theperfect wise man , and not just because he is a former Robin . While his experience training under Batman will definitely influence his coming to mentoring Hunter Panic , Red Hood ’s own hard - struggle wisdom will be a huge constituent as well . Other former Robins , such as Nightwing , Tim Drake and Spoiler , all saw the blue side of being a dress up vigilance man , but Red Hood in reality did succumb to it — and come back to tell the level . The chance for Red Hood to successfully steer Hunter Panic ’s vocation is groovy indeed .

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However , Red Hood ’s decision to take Hunter Panic on as an apprentice does not come without complications . Hunter Panic , as far as readers know , is not aware that Red Hood is really working hush-hush for Batman . What will encounter when this secret necessarily number to light?Will Hunter turn on Red Hood ? Or will Red Hood have enough time to instill in Hunter Panic a adept moral founding , one that will show them the putrefaction at the shopping mall of the Magistrate .

In a future timeline , Red Hood has taken on an apprenctice of his own . While the arranging may seem like a bad idea toRed Hood , his experience make him the ideal someone to head Hunter Panic .

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