10 Worst Things Batman Has Done To Robin

5. Basically Everything With Jason Todd

Batman Hits Robin
DC Comics/Doug Mahnke

While many, many comics pay tribute to the fact that Jason Todd's death was a large event in Batman's life that he gave many manly monologues over, it's also worth noting that when Jason came back it was Batman's duty - both as his mentor and his legal guardian - to help fix his broken mental state.

Attempts are made, but Batman basically gives up with the excuse that Jason has always had an untamable "dark side". This would be fine from any other hero, but given this is from the same man who manages to deal with not only his own inner darkness, but also the murderous instincts of his son, it's a poor excuse.

This isn't to say that Batman is totally in the wrong, as a large part of Todd's anger could only be fixed by killing the Joker, which would go against the principles that made Bruce Batman. However, since Red Hood became a hero again the two have repeatedly saved and clearly cared for each other, meaning the bad blood between them could be patched up if the Dark Knight devoted but a second of the time he puts into literally everything else.

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