Red Hood Settles Why Crowbars, Not Guns, Are His Perfect Weapons
Warning: spoilers for Task Force Z #8 are ahead.
Out of all the members of the Bat-Family in DC Comics, Red Hood is known for being the edgy one, a fact reflected in his use of guns in the early part of his career as a vigilante. Originally introduced to fans as Batman's second Robin, Jason Todd was tragically killed by the Joker in 1988, only to return in 2004 as the gun-wielding Red Hood. Taking Batman to task for failing to avenge his death, Red Hood began a brutal takedown of Gotham's underground, with his use of guns and murder symbolizing his dissatisfaction with Batman's non-lethal methods of crimefighting.
Since then, Red Hood has stopped using guns, a change made in the recent «Cheer» arc from Batman: Urban Legends #1-6 by Chip Zdarsky, Eddy Barrows, and Eber Ferreira. Jason's move away from guns came as a result of him nearly orphaning a young child in Gotham's Narrows after he shot the child's abusive father in a fit of rage. No longer comfortable with the consequences of using guns, Red Hood opted to use electrified crowbars as his primary weapon, seen most recently in his ongoing Task Force Z series.
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Red Hood's decision to use crowbars over guns has been controversial for some fans, who see this change as downplaying the character's unique identity and beliefs. However, as Task Force Z shows, Red Hood's crowbars are the perfect weapon for him to use, because they symbolize how misunderstood he is as a character. Task Force Z #8 from Matthew Rosenberg, Jesus Merino, Jack Herbert, Vicente Cifuentes, and Adriano Lucas points out how Jason's death as Robin is often wrongfully attributed to the Joker beating him with a crowbar. In
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