In issue #14, Jason dons the Red Robin suit and goes into battle alongside Earth-51's Batman. The Red Robin costume, originally designed by Alex Ross for the 1996 Kingdom Come limited series and worn by Dick Grayson, is seen in Countdown to Final Crisis #16 in the Earth-51 Batman's base of operations. After a series of contradictory statements about this figure, executive editor Dan DiDio firmly stated in the July 2007 DC Nation column that the figure is Jason Todd Todd, a major player in Countdown, has gone under the aliases "Red Hood" and "Robin". Jason seems to have a romantic interest in Donna, and is shown to be visibly disgruntled when her old boyfriend, Kyle Rayner, joins their group as they take their tour to the 52 Earths which comprise the Multiverse.Ī teaser image released to promote Countdown showed a figure resembling Red Robin among assembled heroes in poses symbolic of their roles in the series. During the trip, Jason takes it upon himself to name the Monitor "Bob". The two are then attacked by the Forerunner, but before she can kill them, the apologetic Monitor stops her, and recruits Jason and Donna for a mission to the Palmerverse (a section of the Nanoverse discovered by Ray Palmer), in an attempt to find Palmer. He knows that both he and Donna Troy have come back from the dead, and wonders which of them is next on the Monitor's hit list. Jason tells her what happened the night of Duela's death, and about the dueling Monitors. Later, at Duela's funeral, Jason hides until all of the Teen Titans have left except Donna Troy. This second Monitor apologizes to Jason before they both disappear, leaving Jason alone with Duela's body. After a Monitor shoots and kills Duela, he attempts to kill Jason, but is stopped by a second Monitor. Jason keeps his new suit and identity for the rest of his tenure as a "Challenger of the Unknown", only to discard it on his return to New Earth and revert to his " Red Hood" street clothing.Īt the start of Countdown, Jason Todd resumes the persona of the Red Hood and rescues a woman from Duela Dent ( Two-Face's daughter). In Countdown to Final Crisis #14, Jason dons the outfit in the "Bat Bunker" (Earth-51's equivalent to the Batcave) as he and Earth-51 Batman join the fight raging on the Earth above the bunker. Drake was the third Robin before assuming the Red Robin persona. In 2009, a new ongoing series was introduced titled Red Robin starring Tim Drake (then under the name Tim Wayne) in the role. During the "Scattered Pieces" tie-in to the " Batman R.I.P." storyline, Ulysses Armstrong briefly appears as Red Robin. This was the first time the identity had been used in the main DC Universe reality. Red Robin then reappeared in promotional material for the DC Countdown miniseries eventually, it was revealed that this Red Robin was not Dick Grayson, but rather Jason Todd, who appeared under the cape and cowl. His uniform is closer to Batman's in design than any previous Robin uniform. The identity was first used in the future timeline of the 1996 miniseries Kingdom Come, where a middle-aged Dick Grayson reclaims the Robin mantle and becomes Red Robin. Red Robin is a name that has been used by several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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