Even for a famous crimefighter likeBatman , mistakes get made . But in DC Comics , those   failure have puke alongshadow over Batman ’s career . have your back broken by Bane leaves cicatrice , but it ’s the times he ’s give out his buddy that haunt   him   the most . So to fetch his arch - nemesis down inBatman : Three joker # 1the Caped Crusader needsRed HoodandBatgirl … which mean facing his two big failure .

The death of Jason Todd and the shooting of Barbara Gordon are moments as instrumental to   the mythology asthe death of Batman ’s parentsor his training with the League of Assassins .   InBatman : Three joker # 1Batman , Batgirl , and Red Hood fare together to investigate the secret of how there are three Jokers . tensity is palpable between the threesome as Jason friction with Bruce , forget Barbara to mediate . Eventually , the squad ’s investigating head them to an Aquarium where they are impel to fight down aJoker - ized shark . Things amount to a head when they subdue one of the Jokers and Batman leaves to chase down a different one . But conquer is on the dot where the Joker need to be .

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While Jason and Barbara debate about what to do with the captured Joker , he begin reminiscing about kill Jason . Joker finds some humor in Jason espouse the Joker ’s old byname of Red Hood . He prompt the anti - Italian sandwich of how much he tap for his life as Joker puzzle him to death , specifically how Jason order he would become Joker ’s sidekick if he was spared . This hybridize the line for Jason . Barbara sees him going to attract the trigger and tries to stop him but ultimately fails . At last , Jason kills the Joker .

Pairing Batman up with Barbara and Jason for these issues makes perfect sentiency . While most of Batman ’s other companion such as Dick Grayson or Tim Drake might have been more level - point against the Joker , Barbara and Jason have a personal stake in defeating him . A notable element ofThree Jokersis how emotionally closed off Batman is from the two companion who he failed most . All three of these character are clearly suffering from PTSD and none of them are willing to lecture to each other about it . Three Jokershints that this could have disastrous issue for Jason .

While the floor is n’t wind up yet , this first issue clearly show that Jason will go down an even darker way of life than he ’s already on , possibly even becoming the next Joker himself if he does n’t get help . All of this suggests a greater truth about Batman and how he has fail his companion . Batman ’s greatest failure is n’t what happen to Barbara and Jason , it ’s his inability to talk to them about their shared trauma . If Bruce wants to overcome his arch - nemesis inBatman : Three Jokershe’ll need to open up to those he cares most about .

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