10 Most Brutal Acts Of Revenge In Comics History
5. Jason Todd Kills The Joker - The Three Jokers
If you distilled Jason Todd down to only the one fact that is most known about him, it'd be his death at the hands of the Joker in the infamous Death in the Family storyline. After all, the role of Robin was considered basically an untouchable figure, about as likely to get maimed or murdered as Batman himself - right up until Todd got his brains bashed out and then blown up.
As such, over the years there have been a lot of fakeouts as to Jason finally getting his revenge on the man that killed him, since one of the few suitable deaths for the clown would be one via Todd (even though DC would never permanently kill their star villain).
This actually pays off in The Three Jokers, as one of the Jokers helpfully mentions to Jason that he's the same clown who offed the former Robin, which goes down about as well as you might imagine. In fact, it maybe goes down worse, as Jason shoots this Joker at point blank range at the nearest opportunity.