THE UNOFFICIAL ROBIN II BIOGRAPHY

PERSONAL DATA 

Alter Ego: Jason Peter Todd

Origin: Gotham City, USA.

Known Relatives: Willis Todd (father, deceased) Sheila Haywood (mother, deceased) Catherine Ann Todd (adoptive mother, deceased) Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman, adoptive father)

Group Affiliation: Reserve member of the New Titans

Base of Operations: Gotham City, USA

First appearance: (as Robin 2): Batman #368 (1984);
Deceased: Batman #428 (1988)

HISTORY
A few months after Dick Grayson stopped using the Robin costume, Batman visited Crime Alley, the place where his parents were killed. While he was there, a boy called Jason Todd stole the Batmobile's wheels, but Batman discovered him. Jason was living in a abandoned flat alone with Catherine Todd, (Jason believed she was his mother). Catherine was so ill that she soon died. As his father was supposed to be in jail, Bruce decided to adopt him, Bruce revealed to Jason his secret identity and trained him to become the second Robin.

Batman investigated Jason's father, and he finally realized that he was not in jail but he was killed by his ex-boss Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face. Jason finally discovered the truth in the Bat-Computer, so Batman had to help Jason to arrest Dent.

The new Robin was Batman's partner during several years. He even had worked with the New Titans sometimes. But Jason was becoming more and more unmanageable day by day: he started to expose himself to danger in an irrational way when he wore the Robin costume. Batman was near to forbidding Jason to continue being Robin.

One day Jason discovered Catherine Todd was not his genetic mother, so he decided to find his mother (Dr. Sheila Haywood), who was living in Ethiopia. Jason realized she was being blackmailed by the Joker. Jason revealed his secret identity to Sheila and he offered help to her but she betrayed him (she was afraid to be jailed for some embezzlements she had done). The Joker brutally beat Jason, and locked Jason and Sheila in a warehouse with a bomb. Jason tried to save his mother, but the bomb exploded and killed both.

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