#red devil

(Batman 1940 428)

Okay, somethings piss me off more. But it's in my top 10 most hated comics panels for sure. You can really feel Jim Starlin's absolute hatred of Jason Todd bleeding into Bruce's writing here.

"Too short for his passing to cause many ripples" my ass.

Jason had gotten along quite well with the Teen Titans while helping rescue Dick from Brother Blood. And while they were mostly in space at the time, some members Jason had known weren't and would have shown for his funeral (as Jason had shown up to Titans funerals/JLA birthdays) if given a chance.

(Tales of the Teen Titans Annual 1984 3)/(Superman Annual 1960 11)

He also had friends! Superhero sidekick friends!

He had a whole penpal and crime fighting pal in Kid Devil, aka Eddie Bloomberg:

(Blue Devil 1984 19)

Eddie still remembers Jason years later as someone cool and fun so the penpals thing survived post-crisis.

(Teen Tians 2003 43)

And Jason was close enough to get a nickname and check-ins from a bored Danny Chase who was sitting at home in Titans Tower at the time

(Titans 1984 52)

Jon, Yara, and Steph were the three heroes he wanted most for the new team, and said he wants to show what steph is capable outside of Gotham and let her build connections out there like he has been doing with cass. he wanted jon, yara, and steph specifically as his trinity rep, saying they really represent the current generation of those groups

also, despite what the preview descriptions made us fear, he says he is holding on to the core four of jon, steph, yara, and tara for as long as he can. so like, its not gonna be this start of run weirdness and then they leave. also, he did not disclose how big the team will get but did reveal that Red Devil will be joining the squad as well! he also said the team going forward would be a mix of old and new and name dropped cyborg and nightwing so like, some of the current team is staying but others might leave.

he said his goal is to do "a lot of new stuff with these characters, with new villains and conflicts or new takes on villains and conflicts, with it being a very character forward book with focuses on their relationships and struggles with being heroes in the world." he wants to get away from old stories and "really spotlight steph and yara and jon and [other characters he will bring in]". he wants the older generation struggling and learning alongside them.

he did specifically say hes interested in the interactions between dick and steph and what their personal views of the titans are and can be. (yay finally dick and steph interactions!)

Wait what if...