So where does the Batfam's Jan Brady go from here....

[benicio127]

Since Morrison decided to make Jason Todd the literal red-headed step-child of the Batfamily (.....As much fun as my friends and I have had making fun of Jason for being a closet ginger, this was really ridiculous), where does he go now?

Jason came back and was written brilliantly by Judd Winick in Under the Hood. Then came that.... Nightwing Story We Do Not Speak Of, Geoff Johns' Jason (which I personally think was awesome) in Titans, Countdown and Fabian Nicieza's Jason (which I also think was really good).

Then came Battle for the Cowl. .............................Yeah. And now while I don't think Morrison did as bad a job with Jason as Tony Daniel or Bruce Jones, the red-head thing is a head-scratcher. (pun intended). I still don't understand why Morrison did it. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

But what was very interesting is that Morrison made Jason very meta. It' almost like he's also telling the reader: It was too late for him. He was killed by a phone poll. So it was ...too late for him in a way. 










Oh good dear, Tan's art is..... Not Good in that last panel. EW.

So anyways. While I like Jason's Red Hood (Winick) the best, he's really made it his own and plus it has that irony, he's only worn borrowed uniforms. And apart from Winick, Johns and Nicieza (IMO), he's been written fairly inconsistently. DC can't seem to figure out if they want him to reform (Countdown), be an anti-hero/vigilante who kills criminals, or become a cliched villain (BftC).

So any ideas on where he goes from here? (After he gets out of jail). I'd love to see DC put Winick back on him and do a mini finding out who he is, but this is just really wishful thinking, I know.

What do you want to see him do?
Reform and join the Batfamily again?
Reform, but still be at odds with the Batfamily?
Stay an anti-hero?
Officially become a villain?
....Other?

Comments

[jlroberson]

Why a redhead? Because the original, circus-acrobat Jason had at least orange hair in his first appearances. He dyed it black later.

[thehefner]

At the risk of sounding obstinate... yes, that was Pre-Crisis. We're still in Post-Crisis, so unless Batman was making Jason dye his hair black before they even met when Jason was stealing the tired off the Batmobile, Morrison it seems like typical Morrison wank for the Silver Age without any regard to continuity.

In all seriousness, how exactly is this supposed to work now? Does it actually work and am I missing something? Or do we just accept what Morrison's doing because it's Morrison?

[jaybee3]

Yeah, we're supposed to accept it. Just like we're supposed to accept that if the Morrison red-hair thing is accurate then Bruce is a schmuck and a douche for forcing his new teenage year old ward dye his hair just to look like his old ward and Talia and Ra's had to have dyed Jason's hair when he lived with them for over a year after coming back to life because it was black throughout.

[sistermagpie]

unless Batman was making Jason dye his hair black before they even met

Goddamn that Bruce. He would do that! Damn batdickery!