Red Hood Entire History Explained

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The Red Hood is a character from DC Comics, initially introduced as a villain. The identity has been used by multiple characters throughout DC Comics history. The most prominent Red Hood is Jason Todd, the second Robin, who was killed by the Joker and later resurrected. He takes on the persona of the Red Hood as an anti-hero, seeking vengeance against the criminals of Gotham City, often in conflict with Batman. The Red Hood is known for his complex morality and his willingness to use lethal force, which puts him at odds with Batman's no-killing rule.
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[@Mat23]

Jason Todd not having received a red lantern ring yet is nuts 😂

[@cory._ander]

Seconded

[@bman7230]

Jason did get a green lantern ring though! In Dark Crisis!

[@jayson3788]

Fr bro has been through too much not to be a red lantern

[@lightsoulja]

That's the proof that he's a good guy and his murderous code makes more sense than Batman's code.

[@XixiAkane]

I think Atrocitus has lines pertaining to that in Injustice 2. Dont quote me.

[@kcpugh5601]

I'm a simple woman, I see Jason Todd, I click

[@amateur-madman3047]

W Woman fr

[@ShacoTheLORE]

As a man, I concur.

[@lowkeyy_bored]

W

[@gouki006ishere]

​@@amateur-madman3047Was about to comment the same lmao.

[@gouki006ishere]

Based lady.

[@23hoyas]

dark trinity red hood was the peak for me. and when he shot penguin in the face and was being hunted by batman...... that was the best cliff hanger in any of his series

[@silvanstamm8068]

hell yes

[@brandonwease5294]

Drops a Bat-family related video on Mother’s Day…nice! 👍🏻

[@sadaruku]

😂 this is hilarious because Jason’s mom set him up

[@wumbosaur6111]

Wish he really was able to grow at after the blue hood comic

[@panther10123]

like the video but i believe (could be wrong) that the batman urban legends series timeline happened before the task force z timeline. at the end of urban legends is when he gives up the guns hence the new outfit and new guns in task force z

[@comicstorian]

"Cheer" is ignored in continuity at this point, but I just wanted to mention it because it does give an ending to red hood, even if we're completely ignoring it by Task Force Z. I mentioned them backwards because in our original script the writer hadn't read task force z, only I had on the team. So I inserted that one because it does get referenced and then remembered Cheer and wanted that mentioned to. But your right they could probably be swapped

[@SlaytonJG]

More of these please. I really enjoyed this. And it help fill in the gaps for parts I missed, as well as helped me reorganize events I had out of order.

[@mumbo_fuze2484]

Please do more of these types of videos! Maybe one about Cassandra Cain?

[@chuxkp7512]

I click faster than the speed of light whenever a Red Hood video surfaces 😭🔒

[@iSTEFIXi]

i need to rewatch this i think im even more confused then before

[@LizBaudains]

No me too, there are so many unrelated parallel universe things and I genuinely can't keep up haha.

[@ricky7321]

Honestly just wish this video was longer. Another great one!

[@Frederick.Little]

Jason is my favorite member of the Bat Family.

[@joshuaingobo1559]

I think that the events of Red Hood: The Hill is set after the Rebirth Red Hood series and Joker War but before Infinite Frontier and everything after it.

[@dragonballstatueshorts3183]

Thank you so much for this video Ive been watching and reading a lot of red stories to figure out the main cannon timeline for him, so thanks for the video I love the channel.

[@user-vh2cw6xo9g]

Love Jason Todd fell in love with him watching your Dark Trinity 3hr Video seen it multiple Times *This am no job for Superman! DOWN DOWN & NEAR!!! 😆

[@Junier-Hussein]

Great video my bro ♥️ Much love from the UK

[@docessex943]

Remember how awesome red hood was before new 52 when he wasn’t just another bat sidekick but his own character. Pepperidge farms remembers

[@kantovagrant3194]

Everything Post Infitite Crisis to Pre New 52 is great. Winick and Starlin are the only writers to due the character justice, Pre-Crisis made him a clone of Dick Grayson, New-52 just made him the generic anti-hero redemption story which turn him into Red Nightwing with guns.

[@Shonenman1010]

This was Amazing, Can you do one on Tim Drake

[@stephenblackman9462]

I may be crazy but everytime I heard Benny say 'Outlaws", all that filled my brain is Outlawed by Attila. No mercy for you now as we are Outlawed!!! No mercy for you now, OUTLAWED!!!

[@pierrebuieii3908]

Evil superboy really gets me

[@dangerousptah1894]

I love stuff like this 👍🏾

[@anestitizedspaz]

The New 52 was a Wild Ride, so much so, I completely blocked it from my memory.

[@ROBERTDAVis2271]

Cool video 👍🏿

[@clankypick8178]

Great video as always! Though not to be that guy, but the Hill storyline actually takes place right after Joker War and before the Cheer and Task Force Z storylines. I think it was supposed to come out like 3 years ago but the writers weren’t able to get back to it until a couple months ago which is why we’re getting it now.

[@dashylongfoot]

Been a good minute since one of these explained videos

[@buckethatkidwastaken]

I literally just finished reading a issue of red hood and the outlaws and this is the first thing I see when I open up youtube

[@Arhz003]

Good to see you do another vid on Red Hood again!

[@MLSoccerox]

DC needs to give Jason his own Justice League. Yes the Outlaws exist but have them all together. Roy Harper, Artemis, Bizzarro, Starfire, Ravager and Spoiler.

[@huntertezz]

why Stephanie? Either way I think they should add Razer and Ocean Master to his team.

[@raeltarantino]

The Outlaws story is a classic, and they should have continued it instead of making it a comical net series with no point. 5:04

[@feraligatr18]

Fck no. Keep those good characters away from Jason, he already did too much damage to them

[@senittoaoflightning4404]

I can understand all of them, except for Steph. Why include her? She doesn't fit at all. The others have some sort of connection with Jason, mainly having been on one of his teams, but he barely interacts with Steph.

[@crowwithinternetservice]

​@@feraligatr18 Despite being inconsistent Jason is still more interesting than all of them lol

[@kortpeery8178]

Great video. I love getting a full story styled video, and it is the kind of thing I suggest to people. That being said, the Red Hood is a great example of how awful the writing at DC has been for the past ten years. This character is so cool and he only has like five good stories in the comics. And as explained in this video, none off the better character developments are actually expanded upon. Instead they always return to "edgy Batman that uses guns" which has gotten very old. Also, I know three jokers is not technically cannon but that story did a good job of actually pushing the character forward, but it seems like there is an editorial mandate to keep Jason in a rut fro the rest of his life in comics.

[@timgod87]

It’s seems his stories are all over the place

[@TevyaSmolka]

Indeed and your not wrong

[@Chalepastel]

isn't that DC in a nutshell?

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@Chalepastel indeed

[@michaelsoak1250]

I like this new concept and look forward to seeing some more obscure characters like the Cosmic Ghost Rider or The Maker

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

You should do one of these videos for the Punisher next.

[@TevyaSmolka]

Red hood Jason Todd is interesting but also sad In my opinion.

[@kingshadow8782]

Happy Sunday everyone.

[@luciferl7097]

Bruce just needs to hug Jason, just give your son a hug!

[@shipwreckedsailor7658]

I think i need a video for richard rider nova, that man keeps appearing in things then disappearing and i need a rundown on his history lately

[@Eysuzu]

What is the name of the comic that shows this 3:40 ? Thanks!

[@senister14]

How many videos have you made on this?

[@griffeysarmiento]

Awesome video. I always thought Three Jokers was a great addition to Jason’s story as well. For me, it works really well if Three Jokers takes place between the New 52 and Rebirth. The New 52 Outlaws run was fun, but Jason never really grew past his trauma with the Joker, so it makes sense that the Clown Joker could get to him to break. It would also explain his love interest with Barbara. I know most people don’t like it (myself included), but they were hinting their relationship / mutual interest in Batman Eternal. However, once Three Jokers is over, it sets up Jason’s Rebirth story perfectly. Bruce gives him one last chance to operate in Gotham, given he doesn’t kill (since the Clown Joker incident is still fresh in Bruce’s mind). And he moves on from Barbara since she never received his note, and finds his true love (imo): Artemis. But hey, that’s just my own head cannon.

[@Apeirophant]

Its only when getting a condensed readthrough of different events and storylines do the comic book tropes quickly have you going: "Of course that happened" or "figures" because every climatic moment is either revealed to be a fakeout or walked back in some contrived way.

[@arkwright4354]

After watching this video, I hope Terry McGinnis AKA Batman Beyond also gets the same coverage on his entire history explained

[@justinxdd5860]

The dark trinity is the coolest thing they done I wish they stuck with it

[@bhuvanbatra2702]

wao you learn something new everyday

[@sulaimaanweish1772]

Great series! I think a green arrow episode would be fantastic.

[@cccantv6457]

pure chaos

[@tamel1984]

Can you do one on Black Canary

[@ToonamiT0M]

It might be a longer video, but I think Wally West needs a recap, given how much crap that poor character has gone threw, especially since his return in DC Universe Rebirth. From his character assassination to the retcons that have gone a long way to fixing him, Wally's history is an unnecessarily tangles mess of disrespect for such a beloved hero.

[@MrCanceleo]

I wasn't a Jason Todd fan until I became a Comicstorian fan. Strange that

[@RAY-GADA]

Damn they really underutilize how skillful he technically should be. He gets his ass kicked by everyone 😭

[@fdjtron1732]

Not really, he is consistently among the most skilled fighters on earth. Be glad they didn't nerf his skills via retcon like they did with Tim

[@RAY-GADA]

@@fdjtron1732 Maybe, but every time I see a conflict between Jason and anyone else in the Bat Family, 9 times outta 10 he's not going to win. Maybe because when he does fight them he's seen as the villain so he kinda has to lose but there's plenty of times he's not and he still gets his ass handed to him LMAO

[@starboy8Z]

A lot of this feels like the didnt know what to do with the character or just where to go with him

[@sadaruku]

Be cool if you do a Barbara and Batwoman one next

[@michaelpatterson8705]

Comicstorian I have a question for you on crisis infinite earths what happened to teen titans 2003 tv show universe will it be revived in crisis of infinite earths part 3 movie

[@gamerman360]

Honestly my favorite member of the bat family.

[@JeannieLove]

Haha, I saw Red Hood and Red Hood from Nikke came to mind.

[@m.y1152]

I enjoyed the Outlaws

[@MuscleBound_withDre]

Of mice and men reference using Red Hood and Bizzaro… tell my 7th English teacher why me reading comics during class WAS important to my future!

[@monky_beets]

Should do one on bane

[@kilomech6525]

The dark trinity i feel like is the only time i really enjoyed Jason's story

[@Ash-Winchester]

What was raptor's reaction to Nightwing becoming a member of the court of owls? SInce they're the ones who killed dick's parents, I assume richard has something to say.

[@joshrowland7605]

I never heard of the hill, but I was reading wonder woman paradise lost where they mention the hill as a neighborhood controlled by one of the god possessed villains.

[@user-qp2jp7zb6l]

Video making me realize I'm impressed by Jason

[@Vanderlinde299]

Yoo let's goo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🔥

[@jackomon1129]

Honestly, this video has me curious about Starfire's backstory, as it does seem like hers is super confusing

[@Godzmin]

I was really hoping Jason would overcome what a Bruce did to him on his own as a form of growth rather than it just being counteracted

[@noh1312]

thats explains a lot why all of sudden jason went back to guns

[@shubhpatel619]

God how i wish the red hood outlaws webtoon was cannon

[@Gustavo_Mecha]

i love this character, BUT HOLY SHIT! These writers need to either get off the Cocaine or go back on it!!! because geez these issues are sloppy!

[@lizismis]

Jesus. Can't they just stop writing such weird stories with Jason? I feel like they have tried to overeexplain his character somehow. He needs a completely new reboot and I'm more simpler gold. What makes Jason cool and interesting is his mystery in a way. I feel like taking him on the path of a troubled robin to dead to A merciless Anti-hero with Ah questionable Outlook on the world is the best way to just write him. You keep him vague. Give him a bit of an edgy attitude and being alone Wolf. And Batman with guns basically and you have him..

[@vanquese8947]

I call bs that Jason sided with Selina in gotham war

[@soulweaponx6644]

Back in the late 80s, there were two 900 numbers that people could call to vote on whether to save or kill Jason Todd. Looking back, it seems crazy that fans had the power to decide the fate of a superhero. In my opinion, Jason Todd should never have returned as a hero, given that the fans voted to kill him. If DC wanted to use his character license, they could have written him as a new villain for the Bat-family. That's what I would have done. Jason knows all of the Bat-family's secret identities, and the location of the Batcave, and probably has access to it since he was believed to be dead. Todd could still have been the Red Hood, as the Joker abandoned that gimmick. But Jason would just be a villain.

[@senittoaoflightning4404]

The vote was manipulated. Most fans wanted him to survive, however someone decided to cast multiple votes.

[@soulweaponx6644]

@@senittoaoflightning4404 I’m guessing this will be what they say about Trump losing later this year. Even if that were true, there should have been enough votes to counter.

[@achilles7042]

Allcasts. Wingman. Alien mercenaries. The writers need better drugs asap

[@anwarbojorges]

Now, this is a story... I have missed Red Hood and was wondering what happened to him

[@kantovagrant3194]

Nothing good. The latest comics in Red Hood: The Hill barely use him as a side character in his own title. The entire Outlaws series was nothing but an wannabe edgy version of Teen Titans, clearly DC made the wrong choice in firing Winick for Lobdell.

[@The_ScarletSpider]

do tim drake

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Jason Todd is the anti-Batman.

[@wolfgang6442]

Yk outta most of these storylines jason real homie prolly has to be roy harper/arsenal for them two compliment each other very well

[@sadaruku]

Funny thing is that Jason’s mom set him up

[@detective___mcnulty]

Can you do Batwoman and Superwoman?

[@amateur-madman3047]

Lets fucking do this

[@baggmansosa6154]

Need a update on Peter Parker/Spiderman

[@erikbihari3625]

After watching casually comics and just hearing about pre crisis jason, it made me wonder what the writers had in store for him! I mean, wasn't he the original Red Robin? I could see it really work.

[@fdjtron1732]

Original Red Robin is Kingdom Come Grayson. Jason Todd was Red Robin on Earth-51. In Countdown to Final Crisis, Red Hood/Jason from the mainstream universe got Red Robin's suit from Earth-51 Batman. He used it for a while but then threw it in garbage. Then the suit was found by Tim Drake's rogue and then Tim took it from him. Pre-crisis Jason isn't Red Robin

[@erikbihari3625]

​@@fdjtron1732. Allrighty then...

[@kantovagrant3194]

To be honest pre-infinite crisis Jason was basically a Dick Grayson ripoff copycat. Post-infinite crisis laid the foundation of his character being an antihero that we all know and love. Winick was the peak of Jason's characterization. Lobdell and everyone that came after was the fall of Jason's characterization.

[@mattd.3418]

Green lantern! Any of them.

[@marzthephantom]

His obsession with the joker is getting boring bring back crime lord Jason

[@user-jp6yo1gz8s]

Red hood is awesome😎👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏅🏆

[@Bacbi]

Just to be clear Three Jokers never happened now or was it simply something had to be left on the cutting room floor of the video? I'm not following things like I used to just heard that book in particular is sort of is in dispute if it happened now for reasons I've not looked into.

[@comicstorian]

It's black label, which is "Out of continuity" and they've redone the 3 Joker concept in the current Batman book. So we're ignoring it for this since nothing happens in it

[@Bacbi]

@@comicstorian okay 👌 thanks for the reply 👍😉

[@captaintrailmix1969]

Tim drake Robin, pleeeease

[@timothylee8494]

Man, I always forget how zany comic book stories sound when you consider that most of a character’s stories are around one city Meanwhile in Green Lantern they have most of the DC universe to draw from but somehow every other villain is someone the Guardians locked away 10,000 years ago but didn’t do a good job of it…

[@iamthebatman6557]

Yeh reading through Geoff John’s run that’s basically everything. The guardians sucked so much that they fucked up so many things they blacked out an entire sector

[@captainziggy82]

Which version. Lmao

[@alfonzoc_Father_Misfit_Batman]

👍

[@eddy9615]

ok

[@yaseensurvery240]

can we get a nightwing video, and maybe x men

[@kantovagrant3194]

Bro. Jason Tood got fucked by DC. We couldve had more Winick Jason, but instead we got the most milktoast generic anti-hero that you invite to birthday partys brady bunch child number 2 character ever.

[@vincentr7092]

Red Hood and the Mythical Adventures was such a a turn off. I remember reading it and couldn't wait for it to end.

[@comedyvibez3892]

Now i wanna know who disliked jason todd 💀

[@EDUBKTFO411]

Red Hood=watch

[@lightsoulja]

Man...I'm actually pissed at Batman for trying to MIND CONTROL Jason just because he won't let him kill criminals I mean wtf Bruce is so STUPID that's ridiculous. I think I'm beginning to HATE Batman.

[@sageoverheaven]

To be fair, Bruce is being controlled by Zur-en-arhh (an alternate being representing Batman's obsession with the mission).

[@lightsoulja]

@@sageoverheaven But that's a persona he created himself just like he created Failsafe and Failsafe almost killed him cuz failsafe couldn't see that he's innocent. At this point Bruce should have known that his moral code is becoming problematic. The guy put the whole justice league AND the whole batfamily in danger with his idea. That's...🤦🏾‍♂️

[@sageoverheaven]

@@lightsoulja I don't think either of them have anything to do with his moral code. They're more indicative of his paranoia (Failsafe) and obsession (Zurr) respectively. I don't think the narrative has ever painted these as high points in Bruce's character; they are the ugly aspects of his being taken to their extreme. Of course, it's still Bruce, and he absolutely should be held accountable. I'm just highlighting the fact that the narrative and plot both acknowledge that this is not like him. In past comics, he's been egregiously ooc with no acknowledgment of that fact.

[@timbary]

Batman is the mom😅

[@user-dq5of9gl5s]

Wait so comics explained?

[@jordanrietto4032]

Jason my GOAT

[@kingshadow8782]

Hey.