Red Hood Needed Zombies To Prove He's An A-List DC Hero
Warning: spoilers for Task Force Z #4 are ahead.
Not many characters in DC Comics can say they've had it as tough as Red Hood. Having been raised on the streets of Gotham City's Narrows, Jason had an unstable childhood before he was taken in as Batman's second Robin, where he was later killed with a crowbar by the Joker. Since then, Jason was resurrected, and with the help of a Lazarus Pit and training from Talia al Ghul, became the brutal vigilante Red Hood. Now in the Infinite Frontier era, Jason has rejoined the Bat-Family, sworn off using guns, and dedicated himself to having a healthier relationship with his family.
From an editorial standpoint, Red Hood has had a rocky publication history, with his early comics in the wake of his return to DC continuity presenting him as a one note antagonistic force for the Bat-Family. Later on, Jason found his footing as the leader of the Outlaws during the New 52, and then later on during DC's Rebirth era. Still, in both cases, Red Hood's arc implicitly dealt with his disagreements with Batman over using lethal force against villains like the Joker, presenting a question of how he can grow beyond the position of Batman's greatest failure. Red Hood's story is a unique one, imbuing him with a perspective not shared by many other members of the Bat-Family, and his comics seldom took advantage of this fact.
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That said, Red Hood's current series, Task Force Z, from Matthew Rosenberg and Eddy Barrows has proved that he deserves to be seen as an A-List character within DC Comics. As the leader of a zombified Suicide Squad made up of undead villains who perished in the attacks on Arkham Asylum, Task Force Z has
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