Red Hood's New Mission Is Secretly a Fan-Service Revenge Fantasy
Warning! Spoilers for Task Force Z by DC Comics
Fans have been disappointed with certain aspects of Batman comics recently, but Red Hood appears to be on a mission to right those wrongs. This takes place within the pages of Task Force Z. The series has the creative team of Matthew Rosenberg, Eddie Barrows, Kieran McKeown, Eber Ferreira, Dexter Vines, and Adriano Lucas.
As a wanted man, Red Hood was brought in to run a black ops team of villains similar to the Suicide Squad. The only difference is this team is made up of villains who are brought back from the dead using a type of serum called Lazarus Resin. Red Hood explains that the deal is simple—those in charge only give enough serum to bring the villains back as mentally incompetent zombies. If the villains want to be brought back to life completely they need to successfully serve enough time on the team.
Related: Red Hood Gets Brutal Revenge on Bane For Killing Alfred
Although his official mission on the team is more altruistic in nature, it seems as if the mission of the series in general is to provide fan service both in a positive and negative way. A very bitter moment for fans was when Alfred Pennyworth was murdered by Bane at the end of Tom King's run on Batman. Red Hood schemes to get Bane just enough serum to regain his memories, so when Red Hood pushes him off the roof Bane knows exactly the reason why. Also, issue #4 of the series ends with Red Hood about to take on KGBeast's Suicide Squad. This will provide Red Hood with another opportunity to get revenge on someone, in this case it would be KGBeast for shooting Nightwing.
In a more positive turn of fan service, the series has also brought Deadshot back to life. He was killed during Tom Taylor's run on
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