Batman: Under The Hood

Batman: Under the Hood is a storyline written by Judd Winick and illustrated by Doug Mahnke. It was published in the Batman series following the conclusion of the crossover Batman: War Games and it was followed by the crossover Batman: Face the Face. Under the Hood reintroduced the long-dead character Jason Todd as the brutally violent villain Red Hood.

Judd Winick wrote Under the Hood based on the events of the iconic storyline Batman: A Death in the Family, by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo, where Jason was murdered by the Joker in a brutal fashion. Winick also used Joker’s well known alias, the Red Hood, as written in some of Joker’s origins stories, to give Jason a new identity as a way to connect his past death with his future motif.