The story is controversial in more ways than one as it was the result of a social. A death in the family is a four part storyline written by jim starlin and illustrated by jim aparo published in 1988 on batman the story provides one of the most shocking developments to the batman mythos as jason todd the second robin is killed at the hand of batman s arch enemy the joker. It was published in the batman series.
The joker had a scheduled meeting with the villain known a death of the family is a batman family crossover storyline written by scott snyder with illustrations by greg capullo. But getting captured was part of his plan. The last time he was seen the joker was captured and sent to arkham asylum.
The joker has been absent from gotham city for over a year. For robin s 80th anniversary here s a glimpse of what. But jason almost didn t die.
In 1988 the joker killed robin aka jason todd in the legendary batman story a death in the family. Death in the family story with numerous twists and turns in the middle and several possible endings. The interactive blu ray presentation offers many different ways for viewers to tell the batman.
An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name death in the family chronicles the tragic death of second robin jason todd at the hand of the joker. He dismisses the idea that joker has found the cave but the family fears that joker knows their identities and blame batman for concealing such a possibility. Batman is recovered by the bat family and taken to the batcave where he confesses that after an early battle with joker he discovered a joker playing card in the batcave.
The story follows jason todd robin s quest to be reunited with his birth mother after being relieved of his duties by batman during his journey however the joker kidnaps and tortures him. The story was written by jim starlin and illustrated by jim aparo while mike mignola designed each cover. A death in the family is a four issue 1988 batman comic book storyline published by dc comics.
