JayToddz for the masses

The heroism of Jason Todd: Part One: post-Crisis Robin

There are fans who point to Jason Todd and say his time as Robin was simply that he was angry and reckless, or that now as the resurrected Red Hood, he only commits bad deeds.

When Jason took on the role of Robin, he too became a hero and a role model to young kids around the world. You can see a few themes running through Jason’s heroic acts, and those are that he wants to protect innocent and he is willing to die to save others.

Here, we chronicle his heroic deeds:

Detective Comics 574: Jason has gotten injured helping Batman take down the Mad Hatter.
Legends mini-series: Jason desperately wants to fight and help take down crime despite his broken leg, arm and head injuries. Even with all of those injuries, he still puts on his Robin suit and begs citizens to listen to the heroes.
Batman 409: Jason helps Batman to take down Ma Gunn and her band of thugs while they are attempting a jewellery heist. Jason showed up at the museum on his own in hopes of thwarting the burglary attempt.
Batman 410: Jason offers to be Two-Face’s hostage and convinces him by telling the villain that he’s the second Robin. Two-Face gives up his hostage, a woman, for Jason.
Batman 411: Jason saves Two-Face from a giant rolling ball on a giant roulette wheel. This is after Jason has learned that Two-Face murdered his father, Willis Todd.
Batman 412: Jason helps Batman take down a killer themed as a mime.
Batman 413: Jason enjoys doing his homework and smiles. He helps Batman take down a ghost that is haunting a Gotham City museum.
Batman 415: Jason single-handedly takes down the Scarecrow. He is initially reprimanded by Batman for going out on his own, but Bruce then uses the Scarecrow’s costume to infiltrate Arkham Asylum. Jason ends up being the one to take down the fake Commissioner Gordon, a machine alien type creature known as the man hunter.
Batman 416: Jason meets Nightwing for the first time. Jason tries to take down a cocaine lab on his own and Nightwing stops him because there isn’t enough evidence. Dick later gives Jason his old Robin costume.
Batman 417-420: Jason helps Batman take down the KGBeast. (Jason does not appear in all four parts of this arc, however)
Batman 422: Jason saves a woman from a violent assailant.
Batman 424: The infamous Felipe Garzonas issue. (Trigger warning for discussion of rape, scenes of abuse and suicide in that link) Jason only cares about bringing Garzonas, a serial rapist to justice, for the harm he has committed against women, including Gloria Stanson.
Batman: The Cult: Jason rescues Batman from Deacon Blackfire and is willing to put his life on the line to save the city.
Batman Annual 12: Robin’s story: Jason attempts to stop some school kids from cheating.
Gotham Knights 43: Jason works with Barbara and saves her from an assailant.
Nightwing Year One: Jason works with Nightwing to save Alfred.
Batman: A Death in the Family: While in the Middle East, Jason helps Batman take down some bad guys. He also goes to save his biological mother, Sheila Haywood, from the Joker. Even after she has betrayed him to the Joker, he still attempts to save her life.