“Red Hood: The Lost Days” (DC Comics)

How Jason Todd became the Red Hood

Writer: Judd Winick | Artists: Pablo Raimondi, Cliff Richards, Jeremy Haun

Jason Todd, the former Boy Wonder, returns to life and fights to rediscover his humanity in this exciting adventure from the six-issue miniseries. Learn what secret events led him down the path of death and destruction as he tours the DC Universe in an effort to find his way in a world that left him behind.

In the first of what I hope to be many pre-New 52 character introduction reviews, this graphic novel is a brilliant look at the evolution of a newly-resurrected Jason Todd (the second Robin) into the brutal vigilante Red Hood. I tried out Red Hood & The Outlaws (part of the New 52 range of titles) on a whim, and really loved it, so wanted to find out more about Jason Todd and how he came to be the Red Hood. This book offers a good deal of his background (it is an incomplete account, however – more on that, later), explaining his education and also motivations.

The aim of these reviews is to take a look at past stories of some of my favourite DC characters, pre-re-boot. Red Hood and Batwoman were the easiest to track down, but I’m also going to try to get some Nightwing, Catwoman, and Batgirl. And, of course, more Batman stories (Hush, Batman Reborn, and other classic storylines).

Comics Round-Up (Dec.7): Pilot Season 2011

Three more reviews from Top Cow’s annual new-title initiative

Every year, Top Cow releases one-shot issues from a selection of new titles (this year, there are eight). After all of them are out and have had a little time to make the rounds among comic-readers, the company holds a vote. The winner becomes an ongoing series. I’m not sure if all of the others are just killed off there and then, or if they are put on the back-burner, but this is a pretty interesting way to decide on which titles to produce. Although, as I’ve found, it’s a potentially very frustrating initiative, if you like more than one of them… Anyway, I decided to try out three more of them this week.

Reviewed herein: The Beauty, City of Refuge and The Test