I’m definitely in the camp that would’ve preferred to see Jason stay dead, just on general principle. (Even the old “have you seen the body?” rule doesn’t seem to apply any more. When writers have to hang lampshades by having characters themselves comment within the story on how commonplace resurrection is, as Morrison did in FC and Nicieza in his recent Robin run, among others, you know the trend has really gotten out of hand.) That said, perhaps if Judd had been able to play out his original plan for the character it might have gone someplace interesting. Too late now, though.

The only point I’d disagree with you about is on Jason Todd — I enjoyed the early stories of his return under Winick. I think (hope) that if he had been allowed to run with the character, it would’ve made much more sense than the disjointed, contradictory, and generally awful characterization that took place when Jason Todd was shuffled between books/creators/personalities after Winick left Batman.

Regardless of that, great work here, and thanks again for visiting our blog.