Batman & Robin "Death In the Family" - Complete Story | Comicstorian 

Superman: "Sorry Bruce, we'll never find the Joker's corpse". Batman: "You shitting me Clark?! Use your X-ray vision, or super vision, or search at super speed, or super hearing, or just do a heat vision blitzkrieg, there are literally dozens of ways for you to find him, or at least make sure he's really dead"! Superman: "Naaaahhh...I got shit to do today".

This comic is so famous for Robin's death that I didn't know that it was in the middle-east. Or that superman is in it. Or an actual historical figure Ayatollah Kohmeini is in it. Or that Joker becomes an ambassador from Iran. This comic is kinda bizarre.

The worst and best thing about this comic is that the fans voted for this 1) sick bastards 2) thanks for red hood!

"Did batman ever lose a robin?" Yeah twice

My only issue with this comic is why are all of Jason's possible moms in the same area?

The end is not the end but the beginning for Jason Todd

“Because he took me away from you.” Jason Todd to Batman in under the red hood. Man Jason really really loves Bruce but Bruce is just bad at dealing with his sons. Jason is truly an outcast in the bat family and that’s all he has. Sad sad story for the second boy wonder

This is easily the weirdest batman comic ive ever been through. the joker became a diplomat for iran...

I remember reading this in the 4th grade, my friend had the comic and let me read it on the bus ride home.. I threw up later that night the story disturbed me that much. I threw away all my Robin toys and missed school the following day.

The Joker becomes ambassador of Iran..........okay.

The Joker's motivation in the Silver Age comics are really strange compared with the Modern Day Joker.

The underlying story in this comic (Jason's death and whatnot) is fantastic, but the whole middle eastern storyline is kind of ridiculous. Under The Red Hood did it better IMHO

worst day ever.

Batman:You can fly, breathe in space, and bullet proof and you can't search for the Joker body why? Superman:Because I'm Superman. Batman:You son of a....!

Jason's bitch of a mother was the true villain in this story.

Even though Jason was my least favorite Robin (although I did like him as Red Hood) I still think it was kind of mean that the fans voted to kill him off.

Superman pleads Batman to leave the Joker alone and Batman doesn't kill the Joker, but when the joker causes the death of Louis Lane superman ignores Batman and kills the Joker

For those who don't know Jason Todd, or the robin in this story, was fresturated that batman wasnt killing the joker, or anybody at all. In the story I'm familiar with Jason Todd was mad that batman wouldn't kill the joker, so he tried to kill the joker himself and he got beat half to death like In this story.

Wow, I never knew all of this about Jason's journey, his mother etc. I always just knew the basics. Jason caught by Joker then beaten, left with a bomb. This is great.

Jason passed his title for “Most Hated Robin” to Damian.

I will never understand the people who hated Jason and voted for him to die. He was a sad, traumatised fifteen year old kid, lashing out in the only way he knew how. But he was still good and trying to do good. He really didn't deserve the treatment he got then or the constant blame for his own death in the years that followed (subsequent comics always seemed to forget to mention Sheila's involvement and the fact Jason went in because he thought she was in danger, rather than recklessly thinking he could take the Joker down alone)

So long Ben, R.I.P.

Batman didn’t only lose a Sidekick, He also his son when he lost Jason.

i already knew that people vited on jason todd to be killed but hearing it again made me thunk about the jason and arsenal video you did were arsenal was captured and the one's who captured him put it all over the internet and there was a vote should arsenal live or die and everyone voted die but jason saved him and then told him these same people you try ti protect just wanted to see you die just because they had the power to do so. i don't know just the part where you read that the people had to vote weather he should live or die made a huge comparison to that event. i know it's just a comic but what happened if someone in real life was in trouble and it took the vote of others to decide weather this stranger to you to live or die do you think people would kill the stranger just because they had the power to do so? please answer this question

If you couldent tell who the Arkham Knight was before the game told youwelcome to your first Batman story!

Betrayed by his mother as she watches Joker beat him and doesn't care about him but used the last of his strength to try and save her. Real hero behaviour right there

Pro:Red Hood Con:COMIC BOOK READERS LET A BOY DIE WTF

Your dramatic voice is so good. Makes me watch even the stories I'm not interested in. Keep up the good work. Cheers mate

I feel like the death of Jason was true transitiation to bat man the dark knight

The only thing worse than the Joker beating Jason to death, is Jason's mom letting it happen.

This was very well done, Comicstorian. Thank you.

Jim Starlin's Batman run had a lot of weird political elements in it. His biggest story-arc prior to Death in the Family involved Batman working with the CIA to prevent the assassination of Ronald Reagan.

But why did the fans vote to kill JT Robin? Well, JT Robin killed a pimp and lied to Batman about the incident. There were other things too. But this was the last straw. He threw the pimp off a building. If I remember the conversation went something like...... Batman; Robin, did he fall or did you push him? JT Robin; He slipped.

The panel of Superman breathing in the laughing gas never fails to get a laugh out of me. God what a bizarre and hilarious book for what’s supposed to be a huge big sad story.

I'd like to see an alternate universe where the fans had voted for Jason to live. I wonder how that would have affected the timeline, I'm pretty sure Tim Drake and Damian would still be Robins, The only big change is that Jason's future persona would not be Red Hood or if he still were , He'd likely no longer be using guns and He'd maybe even stay at Gotham more often

10:45 wait.... so the fans are basically the one who put him into all the suffering.

never realised how good this story was, i always thought the only dark moment would be robins death, but there was a lot of dark themes that made the stories tone a lot more serious than i expected. Really good book.

Thank you for making this video, this is my favorite comic book story !! Keep up the amazing work !

I remember that History show about superheroes, this was one of the topics they discussed. I remember one DC employee saying somebody shouted "Hey, that's the guy who killed Robin!" at him, because he didn't read comics and thought they had killed Dick not Jason!

This is an epic story. One of the best batman stories ever.

After hearing the whole story for the first time I can see why this is one of the darkest stories of batman career. I'll be honest the story itself in my opinion is over the top rediculous. The fact that Joker would dress up in an Iranian garb is just baffling, and while I understand the US was having problems with Iran at the time, it just does not seem like something Joker would do, at least to me anyway. Really happy to finally see how Jason's death played out and it's truly tragic how he met his end. He wasn't perfect (then again who is) and while he did make some questionable descions as Robin, he died a hero, giving his life for the mother who gave him little love in return. Finally in my 100% honest opinion DC should never have bought Jason back as to me it cheepens what the Joker did on that day. I understand that in comics nobody stays dead, and maybe in a reboot he would have been bought back anyway, but it really would of been better had he remained in the grave to truly show how low the Joker is willing to go to push Batman closer to the edge. Thank you very much for showing this story Comichistorian, it was truly a joy to see as I've never read it and finally got to see it, thanks to you. :)

I WAITED FOR THIS FOR LONG LONG TIME

those people who wanted Jason dead basically said "you SHOULD not exist Jason Todd" and thats not right

People actually wanted This Robin to die. Why would they want that to happen?!?! They must have been out of their minds!!! What is wrong with people!!!!!

Where is Injustice year 5?

This is my favorite Batman comic

Why do they all have blue, grey or white hair? I'm a massive batman fan and have been for years, yet I only realised this now.

I HAVE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS

Welcome to the 80s kids when America was hardcore and men didn't cry because a movie didn't have jokes. sad how many cry babies we have today. Oh how I miss the 80s and 90s.

Man what was that Joker design. I couldn't help but keep staring at the ridiculousness of his elongated jaw. Especially in shots of him from the side lol

What happens to Jason Todd is almost like what happened to Spider-Man's original girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.

Can you do some more Batgirl stuff? I'm a little confused as to what in her lore is cannon, like is her origin the same as BTAS? Or is it completely different? And what was she up to in New 52? I know she got the use of her legs back, but why did she move to Burnside and change her costume?

What if Jason Todd didn't die? hmmm

It was a very dark story until the whole "Joker becoming a diplomat for Iran plot" ruined it.

You know as tragic as this is I'd really like to see it done on the big screen, but WB keeps deny us our rights.

I know that the color blue sometimes represents the color black in old comics, but Bruce and robin's hair is completely blue this issue.

I'm impressed with how you introduced that page where they had to choose if Jason lived or not. That was a key moment and it was executed nicely

Thx for doing this book, always wanted to know the full story of his death👍

This was my first graphic novel. One of the best Christmas presents I ever received.

THANK YOU SO MUCH

I miss that 70's/80's Batman style. It needs to come back.

3:12 *cough cough* send nightwing to Jason * cough cough*

Lebanon doesn't have any deserts so this comic is a bit stereotypical it's all good though I still love death in the family

never read the entire story. When Jason's mom turned on him I just felt legitimately sad. wow.

This HAS to be the plot of the upcoming DC Batman Movie

One of my all time favorite stories

+ Comicstorian You should say this is a re-upload. This is pretty old on your channel too

Thanks Man 😀 This Channel Is AMAZING! 😱 Can You Please Do "Nightfall" ..When Bane Broke Batman... 😐

Is this during the silver age or the bronze age?

Joker is an ambassador of iran and im like hi ha hoo ha hee aha and i thought my jokes where bad

I remember reading this when i was young. I loved the story and even cemented the Joker as my favorite villain. This and Ironman 182 showed me comics were more then just a fantasy story about super power people but can be real moving stories. These stories, while sad, will always hold a special place in my heart.

I'm fancy some batman beyond stories as they are actually quite interesting

That is an awesome story, how has this not been a DC animated movie?

love these videos!!!

so death in the family was after the killing joke or before

Surprised you hadn't done this one earlier.

Could you do a Complete Story on the Long Halloween or Under the Hood?

Seven years Later, I still think it’s extremely weird that so much of this story is based on Iran, like the story cares more about that than Robin’s death

i looked but didn't see it, did you do The Long Halloween?

What's up, you think you'll get around to that new moon knight welcome to new Egypt?

Never realized how much propaganda there is in older comics.

'BOUT TIME!!!! THX COMICSTORIAN!!!!!!

Jason Todd Not Daec Jason Todd Is Red Hood

wonderful video

Jason Todd, his mom, and those 8 Prisonguards, their deaths are on Batmans hands because he refuses to kill the Joker. It should be pretty clear to Batman that Joker will never be redeemed and functional in the normal society, and spending tax-money on keeping him in a jailcell is a waste of taxdollars. Batman should've just killed Joker and thereby prevented the death of these 10 people.

1 900 number. There is a difference.

I got 1st place on something for the first time!! Best moment of my life! XD I made a video on it!

not just one of the evilest things the jokers done but Todd's mom basically killed him herself feeding him to the joker

JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF REAGAN-OMICS!

This story was awesome 💯

Wow I'm early, can I just say I love the uncanny x-force series you're doing? It's probably my favorite comic you've been doing

Did Batman, ever loose a Robin? Yes, Multiple actually

A fan dialled the number alot more times

I find it ironic how jasons death was requested by fans because they hated him, but because of the death,hes one of the most popular batman charaters. XD

It's the best day ever

I never read Death in the Family, but I assumed after Joker killed Jason, Batman proceeded to beating the crap out of Joker. I never knew Joker got away with it. In Batman Under the Red Hood animated movie, after Jason was killed, Batman pummeled Joker so bad he needed a full body caste.

funny how little the artist knew about Lebanon and lebanese people. one of the more modern middle eastern societies who are into european fashion portaied as bedouin vagabonds from the 1800s

So he knew who robin was...but did he realize about Batman's true identity as Bruce Wayne?

Anytime anyone described Death of the Family to me, they usually describe Jason’s kidnapping and death but now I find out that tons of absurd shit was left out like Joker becoming an ambassador lol

Cool batman my favorite batman suit