What Happened To Everyone Who Used A Lazarus Pit?
2. Jason Todd
Despite death rarely being a permanent arrangement in comics, it was always viewed that Uncle Ben, Bucky Barnes, and Jason Todd were the notable exceptions to this. After all, there was no way that these three characters could ever be brought back from the dead, right? Err…
With readers voting to kill off Jason Todd – the second Robin – back in 1988’s A Death in the Family arc, Jason managed to remain dead for 17 years before being brought back in 2005’s Under the Hood. For his return, Jason took on the Red Hood moniker and was reintroduced as a murderous anti-hero who had a majorly complicated relationship with Batman. The reason for his return from the grave? That was firstly down to Superboy-Prime, then secondly with help from a Lazarus Pit.
Following Superboy-Prime punching the reality of established DC Comics canon square in the face during Infinite Crisis, one of the repercussions of that was Jason Todd being brought back to life. Conveniently, Talia al Ghul would be the person to stumble across a near-zombified, amnesiac and wounded Jason. A quick dip in a Lazarus Pit and Jason would be fit and healthy once more – and with vengeance on his mind for his death at the hands of The Joker.