Featuring the Gotham Outsiders: A Batman Bookclub. Not a hoax, not a dream...in this episode, a character dies! And...gets better. How does a character hated by a large part of the fandom in the 80s resurrect into a beloved character in the new millennium? Join us and find out! The comics: Batman 408 (the one where Jason steals tires from the Batmobile), Batman 427 (A Death in the Family), and Batman 638 (Under the Red Hood).
CW: brief mention of HIV, discussion of murder
Episode Art reproduced from DC comics material.
Further reading:
https://www.cbr.com/barbara-gordon-killing-joke-oracle/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559268/batman-readers-voted-to-kill-robin
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/watch-former-batman-writer-jim-starlin-tells-us-how-robin-almost-died-of-aids
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Music:
Big Boi Pants by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com - used with Creative Commons license
Sound clips:
All-Star Superman (2011), Justice League Unlimited (2004 - 2006), Batman Beyond (1999 - 2001), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997), The Dark Knight (2008), Spider-man (2002), Superman (1978), The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Justice League (2001 - 2004), Doom Patrol (2019 - ), WandaVision (2021), X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989), and Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010).
Clips and art used for purposes of research and criticism (Fair Use).
