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A review by kthealey
Under the Red Hood by Judd Winick
4.0
It's a classic, beyond being a Jason Todd or even a Batman fan.
It challenges the superhero, good vs evil, black & white mentality with a hard reality that is very grey.
Winnick does a great job at building tension to a boiling point, and fleshing out each character to really see the perspectives of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force.
Only qualm with it is the ending's tie in to a Nightwing storyline that was only briefly mentioned and entirely irrelevant. I understand that it was supposed to create tension of a father being forced to choose between his sons, but it was entirely fumbled. It made Jason seem more heartless and Bruce more holy than rest of the story really warranted. It's a story about challenging Batman's mantra right? The Blüdhaven plot was like a 180 turn - an unnecessary reminder that Batman was good and Jason was bad making both characters fall flat.
All in all though, this is one of my favorite batman stories. Very thought provoking, had intricate plot lines, and funny jokes. I think I might have even cried at certain points...
It challenges the superhero, good vs evil, black & white mentality with a hard reality that is very grey.
Winnick does a great job at building tension to a boiling point, and fleshing out each character to really see the perspectives of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force.
Only qualm with it is the ending's tie in to a Nightwing storyline that was only briefly mentioned and entirely irrelevant. I understand that it was supposed to create tension of a father being forced to choose between his sons, but it was entirely fumbled. It made Jason seem more heartless and Bruce more holy than rest of the story really warranted. It's a story about challenging Batman's mantra right? The Blüdhaven plot was like a 180 turn - an unnecessary reminder that Batman was good and Jason was bad making both characters fall flat.
All in all though, this is one of my favorite batman stories. Very thought provoking, had intricate plot lines, and funny jokes. I think I might have even cried at certain points...