In 1988 , Jason Todd a.k.a . the second Robin exit in a story titledBatman : A Death in The Family , an event that has haunted the Dark Knight ’s persistence for years . As such , the book is widely considered a classic among fan ; however , what manydon’tremember about the story is that it ’s also see by the political clime of the late ' 80s . What is often recall as one of the dingy stories in Batman story is also emcee to some curiously goofy estimate that work itone of the most bizarreBatmanstories .

In Jim Starlin’sBatman : A Death in The Family , Bruce and Jason travel to Ethiopia in society to find the untested sidekick ’s female parent . However , after finding out his mother is Sheila Haywood – a disgraced doc who fled from the U.S.–Jason is shocked to bring out she ’s work withThe Joker . After attempting to help her and revealing his secret identity in the process , Jason ’s female parent serves him up to bebeaten to last by the Joker , as she   turn away and smokes a cigarette . Predictably , the Joker betrays Sheila and tie her up in the same elbow room as her unconscious Logos , leaving a check time bomb behind to vote down them both .

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Comic book art: Batman faces the four Robins: Nightwing Dick Grayson, Red Hood Jason Todd, Red Robin Tim Drake, and Robin Damian Wayne.

Despite her betrayal , Jason struggles to untie his mother before leaving . As Batman approach their location , Jason gain the only exit is put away from the outside . The counter then shoot zero , causing the construction to explode , killing Jason and his female parent .   Batman finds Jason lead to the now - iconic instrument panel , and the most wide - retrieve result fromA Death In The Family . However , the storey continues after this setting … and only bring foreign from there . For starters , Joker escape Ethiopia to become the UN Ambassador of Iran , swear on his new diplomatical status to render Batman unable to bring in him to Justice Department without causing an international incident . This would finally end when Joker make up one’s mind to attack a UN league with toxic laughing gas , which is whole inhaled and disposed of bySupermanafter joining up with Batman .

Overall , the level is a good read if you do n’t mind all the foreignness ( which fanswon’ttalk about ) . But hey ,   where else can you find an Ayatollah Khomeini cameo in aBatmancomic ?

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