10 Batman Moments That Shocked The World

8. Letting Jason Todd Get Away With Murder

Batman Death Of The Family
DC Comics

Out on patrol one night, Jason Todd heard a scream coming from an apartment. Swinging into action, he would burst through the window and find himself face to face with Felipe Garzonas and his henchman Juan. After they had been on the arse end of an arse whupping, Robin would enter the bedroom and find Gloria Stanson, who had been beaten and raped.

Even though it seemed that they had him bang to rights both the men involved backed up each other's stories and worse, they were protected by diplomatic immunity. No matter what the Dynamic Duo tried, Felipe always managed to escape using this loophole and this resulted in Gloria committing suicide.

This would drive Jason over the edge and after he had shown up at Felipe's place, readers were shown an image of Garzonas plummeting from his balcony. When the Dark Knight arrived he questioned if he had slipped or if he was pushed, to which Jason replied that Felipe - scared by the Boy Wonder's arrival - fell to his death.

The story was left open-ended so that the reader could make up their own mind, but the obvious conclusion is that Robin had been responsible for Felipe's death. To make matters worse, if the last panel is anything to go by, Batman knew it.

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