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Jason Peter Todd is a fictional antihero, and sometimes antivillain character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''Batman'' #357 (March 1983) and became the second character to take up the Robin identity, sidekick to the superhero Batman. Though initially popular, following a revamping of his origin by Max Allan Collins, the character as written by Jim Starlin was not well received by fans. For 1988's "Batman: A Death in the Family" storyline, DC Comics held a telephone poll to determine whether or not the character would die at the hands of the Joker, Batman's nemesis. He was killed off by a margin of 72 votes (5,343 for, 5,271 against). Subsequent ''Batman'' stories dealt with Batman's guilt over not having been able to prevent Jason Todd's death. In 2005's "Under the Hood" story arc, the character was resurrected, eventually becoming the second character to take up the Red Hood alias and assuming a new role as an antihero who resembles Batman in many ways, except with a willingness to use lethal force and weapons.〔''Countdown''〕 In 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Jason Todd as #23 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics". ==Publication history== By the time Len Wein took over as editor of DC Comics' ''Batman'' titles in 1982, Dick Grayson had largely moved on to starring as the leader of the young superhero team the Teen Titans in DC's ''New Teen Titans'' title. However, with the character no longer featured in ''Batman'' comics, the disadvantages of telling ''Batman'' stories without the character to act as a sounding board for the protagonist became apparent.〔Daniels, Les. ''Batman: The Complete History''. Chronicle Books, 1999. ISBN 0-8118-4232-0, pg. 147〕 Jason Todd was created as Dick Grayson's replacement as Robin but was almost a complete clone of the first Robin until Crisis on Infinite Earths.The character debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #524 (March 1983), but did not appear in costume as Robin until ''Detective Comics'' #526 (May 1983). Following the 1985 limited series ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', DC took the opportunity to reboot many of its properties. The character was completely revamped and the new version of the character was not well received by fans. Dennis O'Neil, who took over as Batman editor in 1986, said, "They ''did'' hate him. I don't know if it was fan craziness—maybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. Some of the mail response indicated that this was at least on some people's minds."〔Pearson, Roberta E.; Uricchio, William. "Notes from the Batcave: An Interview with Dennis O'Neil." ''The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media''. Routledge: London, 1991. ISBN 0-85170-276-7, pg. 21〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jason Todd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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