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Warning : spoiler for Future State : Gotham # 7 are ahead .
If there is anyone inDC Comicswho deserves a fresh start from the harm of their past , it’sRed Hood . Ever since dying at the hands of the Joker and then being resurrected as Red Hood age later on , Jason Todd has sought to demonstrate his own identitythat is at once conscious of his yesteryear , but not defined by it . Thus far , the emergentInfinite Frontierera of DC Comics has pass Red Hood the chance to take the air aside from the piece of his persona that were no longer serving him , providing the most growth for his character since his issue to master DC continuity . And while theFuture Stateevent sawJason act as a three-fold agent for the Magistratein Gotham as well as the Bat - Family , he has since proven himself to be a genuine hero in the follow - up series , Future State : Gotham . Issue number seven in the serial constructs a itinerary forwards for Red Hood that is cognizant of his dingy past tense , but not tied to it ( written by Joshua Williamson and Dennis Culver , prowess by Giannis Milogiannis , letters by ALW ’s Troy Peteri ) .
While crusade Warmonger at the Magistrate ’s HQ , Red Hood is overwhelmed by his foe ’s sweetening . Even though Warmonger has the upper hired hand , Red Hood remain undeterred , going as far to say that he ’s " had worse , " as the comic flashes back to an infamous dialog box fromBatman : A Death in the FamilywheretheJoker beat him to death with a crowbar . At this full stop , Warmonger tells him , " The only thing that take a leak you noteworthy now is give-up the ghost instantly by my hand , " curtly before Jason outsmarts him .
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Even though Warmonger does n’t know Red Hood ’s identity as Batman ’s 2nd Robin , his dustup bring up a point about how much of Jason Todd ’s persona in the past tense has been determine by him dying at the hand of someone else . While fan will never unfeignedly be intimate who Jason Todd would have become had he not give out inBatman : A Death in the Family , many palpate thathis expiry was the best thingthat could have happened for his character ’s electric discharge as Red Hood days later on . In this sense , Warmonger enounce that death is the only thing that get to Red Hood " noteworthy " is a self - cognisant comment on how Jason Todd has been treated in the past tense .
On the whole , Future State : Gothamhas occupy a subtle spirit at the various contradictions to Red Hood ’s fiber , and Warmonger ’s dialogue engender at the heart of an essential question for Jason Todd inInfinite Frontier . So far , Infinite Frontierhas wisely annul circling back to Jason ’s death , giving him the prospect to limit himself on his own term as he officially rejoins the Bat - Family again . Warmonger ’s news then add up off as a challenge for writers and Creator to take Red Hood to new height , seeing that the same point about him being a Joker dupe has been made countless times before . Though this unexampled era has just begun , Infinite Frontierhas already offer plentifulness ofcompelling fresh material for Red Hoodthat workswithhis quality ’s personality and antics , rather than retreading the past .
Red Hood ’s arc inFuture State : Gothamhas been a redemptive one , basing itself on the subversion of fans ' expectations . In this way , it has shown that there is far more to Jason Todd ’s character than his report as the dead , raging Robin with a rocky relationship with the Bat - Family . Instead , it has cut into into the tenseness of having to poise one ’s survival with a commitment to defy tyranny , elucidating all of the reasons why Red Hood is one of DC Comics ' most complex characters . And by basing his arc on these term , Red Hoodhas finally gotten the probability to define himself within a model of survival , rather than victimhood .
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