tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18810878.post114927332878022196..comments2023-09-24T04:58:25.149-04:00Comments on Team Grondul: Mmmm...BatwomanMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00251721824712434255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18810878.post-1149536681735840692006-06-05T15:44:00.000-04:002006-06-05T15:44:00.000-04:00Yep, in "A Death in the Family," the second Robin,...Yep, in "A Death in the Family," the second Robin, Jason Todd, was killed off based on a fan vote:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_A_Death_in_the_Family<BR/><BR/>I enthusiastically endorse this brutal murder.<BR/><BR/>Apparently, the writers felt that Batman needed a lighter-hearted character to throw his dark, brooding persona in to relief*, because there have been 2 more Robins after Todd in the canonical continuity: Timothy Drake and Stephanie Brown. (Brown was, as you might guess, a girl.)<BR/><BR/>* I've always thought, some would say pessimistically, that Batman kept the brightly clad Boy Wonder around to draw fire away from his darkly caped self. As evidence for this theory, I point to the on-the-job deaths of Robins 2 and 4 (Todd and Brown).Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251721824712434255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18810878.post-1149507840611612392006-06-05T07:44:00.000-04:002006-06-05T07:44:00.000-04:00Yeah, did you read "the Death of Robin", where the...Yeah, did you read "the Death of Robin", where the fans actually voted to kill Robin off?Brian Caffohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12117041290663567474noreply@blogger.com