Arsenal
It was once revealed byRed Hoodthat there is one child pal who could have taken an even darker path than him . The former Robin - grow - antihero points readers to Green Arrow ’s sometime married person , Arsenal .
When Batman fail to save Jason Todd from the Joker , it was moot to be the great tragedy in the DC Universe . After Jason returned to Gotham City as the vigilante Red Hood , he sought vengeance on the Dark Knight . Blaming Bruce for what had happened to him as a child , Red Hood take to be a better vigilante than he had been . However , there is a sidekick who could have had an even dark remainder in the DC Universe , as see inRed Hood and the Outlaws Annual # 1 ( 2011),written by James T Tynion IV with art by Al Barrionuevo .
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AfterRed Hood save Arsenal , the two of them raillery about the situation they incur themselves in . Jason had saved Roy Harper when his recent career as a mercenary break horribly wrong . Red Hood tells him,“If anything occur to you , that would make ME the spoilt former sidekick ever . ”He immediately catches himself , cerebrate , “ Too far?”to which Arsenal respond with an inner - monologue of his own:“Too far . ”The two former chum have a mickle in vulgar , turn over they were both protege to deep businessman vigilance man . For Red Hood to be unable to spare Roy after all that they partake would make his own journey as an antihero in vain .
Unlike Jason , Roy process his training alongside the emerald archer without such a traumatic consequence like a last . He did n’t need toblame Oliver Queen for any moral failure , or expect the Lazarus pit to recover physically . Instead , Roy became a mercenary on his own , without the heavy motivations of Red Hood . For Arsenal , his exploitation was a natural progression . It was always in his character for him to eventually become the killer that Jason morphed into , succeed his return to animation .
free-base on the publication , Red Hood appear to have some self - awareness , control Roy as a personal responsibility . Their moral force was similar to how Jason once thought Bruce should have treated him . However , he in all likelihood would have been chafe by the statement he extract to Roy if they had been aim at him as a kid . Just asArsenalexclaims that they make a great squad , it would be a sulphurous demise forRed Hoodto crashand fail the mission .
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