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Red Hood and the Outlaws
Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol 1 1.jpg

Cover for Red Hood and the Outlaws #1, art by Kenneth Rocafort and Blond.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Publication appointment (vol. 1)
September 2011 – March 2015
(vol. 2)
August 2016 – present
No. of issues (vol. one): 40 (plus a #0 issue and 2 Annuals)
(vol. 2): 24 (as of July 2018), plus ane Almanac and a DC Rebirth i-shot effect
Primary graphic symbol(s) (vol. 1)
  • Red Hood
  • Arsenal
  • Starfire

(vol. two)

  • Red Hood
  • Artemis
  • Bizarro
Artistic team
Created by Scott Lobdell
Kenneth Rocafort
Written by (vol. 1 and 2)
Scott Lobdell
Penciller(s) (vol. 1)
Kenneth Rocafort
(vol. 2)
Dexter Soy
Pete Woods
Inker(s) Blond
Colorist(s) Blond

Cerise Hood and the Outlaws is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics. The series was commissioned in response to the growing popularity of the character of Jason Todd[ citation needed ], a sometime protégé of Batman who took a turn every bit a villain post-obit his resurrection. The book depicts Jason'due south continued adventures as the Red Hood, on a quest to seek redemption for his by crimes, forming a small-scale team with two of his swain anti-heroes.

Ruddy Hood and the Outlaws debuted in 2011 as part of The New 52 event, which rebooted DC Comics' continuity, creating a fresh jumping-on signal for new readers. Writer Scott Lobdell chose to dial back Jason's recent villainy for the graphic symbol's first starring book, pairing him with the characters of Armory (Roy Harper), and Starfire, and retroactively establishing a long friendship between Jason and Roy. The title as well retold Jason Todd'due south history in a simplified form and explored his complex relationship with his former mentor Batman and his brothers (and beau Robins) Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne. The serial also debuted a new costume for Red Hood, drawing from previous iterations, featuring his archetype biker helmet look but a articulate Bat-insignia on his chest, placing the Cherry Hood more than emphatically in Batman's family of supporting characters.

The title's initial featured Lobdell every bit writer with fine art from Kenneth Rocafort,[1] and generally received mixed reviews, drawing particular criticism for its confused continuity and accusations that its depiction of Starfire was sexist. For volume two, relaunched as part of the DC Rebirth initiative in 2016, the lineup of the Outlaws was inverse to reflect the DC Trinity (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Adult female), with Jason joined by Superman'southward failed clone Bizarro and Wonder Adult female's friend and rival Artemis, an Amazon, earlier going solo in the retitled Red Hood: Outlaw and so afterwards retitled Red Hood.

Plot [edit]

Vol. 1 [edit]

Jason Todd leads the Outlaws, a squad that includes established DC character Princess Koriand'r and Roy Harper equally Armory, Green Arrow'south alcoholic ex-sidekick.

Leading up to a run-in with Killer Croc, Roy was talked out of suicide. Croc became his sponsor in recovery, but that did non keep Roy from getting into trouble.[two] Jason, later coming back from the dead, was trained by an order of warriors known as the All Caste that taught him humility and respect.[3] Jason was a part of the order for an unknown corporeality of fourth dimension before he was exiled, partially by choice.[4]

Afterwards his exile, Jason became Ruby-red Hood, returning to Gotham where he was at odds with Starfire's ex-lover, his predecessor as Robin, Dick Grayson, as well every bit their mentor Batman. He soon gets tired of Gotham and leaves, organizing the group after accidentally encountering Starfire at her home base, and so breaking out Roy from a Middle Eastern prison house.[v] The group travels to a tropical island as Jason catches Roy up; the ii start on friendly terms. Jason learns that the All Caste accept been slaughtered past a group known every bit the Untitled. He learns virtually the events from another All Degree exile named Essence, while Roy tries to jog Kori'due south memory. He ends up slow her and sleeps with her.[vi]

After finding out that he is no longer a killer, Jason takes his group to All Caste headquarters where they observe that the bodies are becoming zombies. Jason destroys the bodies of his teachers and friends, after some encouragement from Roy; he swears revenge for them after the chore is complete.[4] The squad is led on a wild goose chase across the globe as they come across an Untitled, who was in hiding in the middle of Colorado. Jason fights the fauna alone later on Starfire is attacked by Crux and Roy leaves to assist her. The Untitled tells Jason that they were set upward to cantankerous paths, only still fight him. Jason kills the creature, strengthening his resolve to accept revenge. Crux's attempt to drain Starfire'southward ability fails due to procedures performed on her during her slavery.

Roy takes down Crux long enough for Starfire to regain her composure and the three leave, taking an unconscious Crux with them.[5] Later bearded as a doc, Jason puts Crux into Arkham Asylum, where he says to keep Crux heavily sedated. The group has appropriated Crux's personal modified War cruiser, which Roy instantly falls for. Essence confronts them. At showtime, simply Jason is able to see her, knowing she gear up him upward to fight the Untitled. When the others see her, it causes a fight within the cockpit. During the fight, the source of Essence and Ducra'southward powers and long life are revealed to be the same every bit the Untitled's. It is besides revealed that they were mother and girl. The group is able to defeat Essence past using one of Crux's weapons.[vii]

Vol. 2 [edit]

After Starfire and Arsenal left his group (Starfire went to outer infinite to heal her sister Blackfire, and Arsenal left to bring together the Titans with Dick Grayson), Ruby-red Hood finds out that Black Mask infected the Gotham City Mayor with a techno-organic virus. Batman arrives and tells him to stand down. While fighting, Jason remembers his past encounters with Batman. Jason manages to outsmart Batman past fighting muddied and shooting the mayor. Over at the news, it is revealed that Red Hood shot Batman with an antitoxin and Batman confronts him. Batman asks him why did he not tell him, and Jason retorted that Batman didn't trust him at all and says he needs to deed like a criminal in order to take down offense bosses. Batman reluctantly relents, on 1 condition: Jason must not kill earlier leaving. At the end of the outcome, Jason is at a bar when a Blackness Mask henchmen gives him Black Mask information.[eight]

Jason Todd decides to go hugger-mugger to take downwards Black Mask later on Black Mask infected the Gotham City Mayor with a techno-organic virus that allowed him to command the mayor before Red Hood frees him. Red Hood wants to impale Black Mask, but Batman tells Jason to do it his way. While on a mission to become an object that Black Mask wants, he is confronted by Artemis, an Amazon that worships Egyptian gods. Both of them fight, with Artemis overpowering Jason due to her overwhelming strength and her magical battle-ax which she can call up at will, but Jason temporarily knocks her out by tasing her with his armor.

Artemis wakes up and Jason pretends to chase her; when they are hiding under a boulder while Black Mask is firing at them, Artemis realizes he is a practiced guy based on him pulling his punches, and they both try to work together to defeat Black Mask. Black Mask gets a big container, which ends up with Jason Todd and Artemis chasing afterwards him. Artemis wants to notice the Bow of Ra, just they are both shocked to see a clone of Bizarro. Blackness Mask knocks both of them out with gas simply lets Jason gratuitous (he thought Jason lured Artemis to his trap).

While seeing Bizarro, Jason buys Bizarro a Superman doll. Bizarro is watching Superman clips from Blackness Mask to empathise what his function is as a villain, and when Artemis insults Bizarro, the latter turns angry. Jason manages to calm Bizarro past talking to him about Gotham Urban center and his life, which impresses Artemis and Black Mask. Blackness Mask takes Jason to a room where he plans to command Gotham Metropolis (where Artemis is hiding to find the Bow of Ra) and reveals he knows Jason'south secret identity afterward the assassination attempt on Red Hood/Arsenal, and uses a mind-controlled Bizarro confronting him.[9]

While fighting against Bizarro, Red Hood realizes that Bizarro is holding back. Artemis comes to save Red Hood, and they both realize that Blackness Mask and Bizarro share a connection: when Bizarro feels pain, so does Black Mask. Artemis tries to hold off Bizarro while Jason Todd goes to his hideout. Blackness Mask follows Jason Todd and taunts him for even so existence loyal to Batman. Black Mask is about to shoot Jason in the head when Artemis and Bizarro crash in, and Black Mask telepathically makes Bizarro throw Artemis at Red Hood. Artemis and Red Hood devise a plan where they both attack Bizarro and Black Mask respectively. The overwhelming corporeality of pain causes Black Mask to exist nearly brain dead, and he begs Red Hood to give him the cure, saying that Red Hood promised Batman he wouldn't impale him. Red Hood declines, stating that if Black Mask was cured, then he would exist back on the streets causing anarchy; Cherry Hood destroys the cure. Artemis wants to continue on her journey to find the Bow of Ra and agrees to permit Jason and Bizarro (now free of Black Mask'south control) bring together her. In the epilogue, Batman confronts Jason over what happened with Black Mask, and lets Jason become his own style every bit long as he doesn't kill.[10]

In issue #vii, Red Hood and Artemis programme to kill Bizarro, but change afterward Bizarro says he wants Red Hood and Artemis to make him a better person. During a brawl in a bar, Carmine Hood asks Artemis what is her motivation for trying to find the Bow of Ra, and Artemis explains her history: she is an Amazon that is a different tribe called Bana-Mighdall (Amazons who worshipped Egyptian gods instead of Greek gods like Themyscira). She had a best friend (and lover) named Akila who sparred with her to be the Shim'Tar (Champion of the Bana-Mighdall). Artemis too revealed that 1 of her ancestors had a falling out with Queen Hippolyta, which caused Artemis' ancestors and her followers to leave. The Egyptian Pantheon agreed to take in Artemis' followers as long as they meet their terms. Artemis recalls Akila disappearing, and after a few weeks, Artemis finds Akila thrown out of the portal by an Egyptian god. It is revealed that Akila became the Shim'Tar, and when Artemis planned to leave Bana-Mighdall, the hostile nation of Qurac sent an army to destroy Bana-Mighdall (believing the Amazons had usurped their sacred homeland). Akila was forced to employ the Bow of Ra to impale them, earlier not condign insane. Wonder Adult female arrives after hearing the destruction of Bana-Mighdall, and Artemis tries to fight her, but Wonder Woman says that Akila is the one causing the destruction. Artemis is forced to team up with Wonder Woman to kill Akila, and the Bow of Ra is lost. After hearing this story, Ruby Hood decides to assist Artemis find the Bow of Ra.[11]

Bizarro is taking Artemis and Crimson Hood on a airplane to Qurac, and the terrorists fire several missiles at the trio. Bizarro takes down several terrorists before beingness blinded by a white lite. When Red Hood wakes up and realizes the Qurac leader, General Heinle, used the Bow of Ra on them and Bizarro saved them from the heat by freezing the plane with his super-breath. Red Hood wakes up in the heart of terrorists, while Bizarro wakes up in a hamlet pleading with him to assist save them from the oppressive leader, mistaking him for Superman. Artemis wakes upward to observe Akila sitting in front of her, and Red Hood hallucinates seeing his by version after realizing he is in the aforementioned identify where the Joker killed him.[12]

Akila welcomes Artemis to her fellow Amazons, simply it leaves Artemis uneasy due to her history. Meanwhile, Red Hood has PTSD over his death by the Joker and he kills the Joker in his mind. Bizarro takes the villagers to a mount, where Qurac terrorists start firing at them. Bizarro gets angry, kills the terrorists, and destroys the mountain with ane punch. Akila explains that General Heinle acquired the Bow of Ra in Gotham Metropolis. He realized that only the Shim'Tar is able to employ the Bow of Ra, and when he replicates Akila'south cells to use the Bow of Ra, it brought her back, besides as bringing back the Bow of Ra. Akila asks Artemis to join her in destroying the Qurac terrorists, and Artemis accepts. Realizing that The Joker won't die in his mind, Jason willingly lets the Joker impale his past version in gild to movement on. It is revealed that Jason had a concussion, and General Heinle is attempting to torture Jason, but deems Jason worthless and tells his men to impale him. Jason breaks free and holds a rifle to General Heinle's head, where General Heinle reveals that he wasn't the i to apply the Bow of Ra because it was also dangerous (like controlling the sun). Remembering that Artemis mentioned only the Shim'tar could use it, Jason realizes that Akila was the one who used the Bow of Ra.[13]

Akila surrounds General Heinle and his forces and tells her Amazons to attack. Artemis finds Jason, and he convinces Artemis that General Heinle doesn't accept the Bow of Ra, stating if he did accept the Bow of Ra, he would accept used it on the Amazons. Holding Full general Heinle at knifepoint, General Heinle states he would never use the bow of Ra on his own men and asks her who hates the people of Qurac, him or Akila. Akila kills General Heinle with the Bow of Ra, but before Akila could impale Red Hood and Artemis, Bizarro knocks her out past punching through the mount. Akila punches Bizarro a few hundred anxiety away, and shoots a blast at Artemis, wounding her. Red Hood manages to wound Akila using his All-Blades (blades that draw on Jason'due south soul that tin can damage powerful beings). Bizarro joins Red Hood to fight against Akila, but they are no friction match. Artemis grabs the Bow of Ra, stating that she'south the truthful Shim'Tar due to Nephthys proverb that the Bow of Ra chose her in the by, and uses information technology to impairment Akila. Akila is about to get supernova, so Bizarro takes Akila to infinite where she explodes. Artemis says she will bring together Jason, every bit she has no purpose in Qurac, and a villager states Bizarro is non animate.[14]

While trying to heal Bizarro, a man breaks Solomon Grundy out of prison house to cause a reign of terror in Gotham. Carmine Hood and Artemis hear reports of Solomon Grundy rampaging across a street fair in Gotham. Both of them fight valiantly, simply Solomon Grundy defeats Artemis (due to her underestimating him). Bizarro hears the fight and wakes upward, and defeats Solomon Grundy before succumbing to his wounds. Jason grieves for Bizarro, saying that perchance the Lazarus Pit can revive him, and admits that Solomon Grundy was his friend. However, they are knocked out by Lex Luthor in a Superman accommodate, who looks at Bizarro with interest.[15]

Lex Luthor plans to heal Bizarro, and he smugly tells Red Hood and Artemis that they are using his belongings without permission. While waiting, Red Hood admits that Bizarro was the first friend he actually made, while Artemis admits that she has grown fond of Bizarro and doesn't want to lose him after what happened with Akila. Lex Luthor asks Bizarro if he remembers him (due to the original Bizarro dying in 'Forever Evil'), only Bizarro does non reply. Lex Luthor deduces that since Bizarro is the opposite of Superman, kryptonite will heal him, and injects kryptonite into Bizarro. In the end, Lex gives total custody of Bizarro to Jason and Artemis, and when they get to meet Bizarro, they are shocked to observe that Bizarro is intelligent.[16] Artemis is nervous nearly Bizarro's intelligence, and he shows Ruby-red Hood and Artemis their new lair: a similar Fortress of Confinement underneath Gotham Metropolis. In event #15, Batwing calls Clayface, Orphan, Batwoman, and Azrael to tell them that crime has not come upwardly three nights in a row. Suddenly, a message from the Outlaws states their services are not needed. Batwoman takes her squad to confront the Outlaws, while Bizarro is coming to terms that his intelligence may merely be temporary. Batwoman launches a sneak attack, and despite their valiant efforts, Ruddy Hood, Artemis, and Bizarro are knocked out.[17]

Batwoman and her team drop off the Outlaws at Belle Reve. Helm Boomerang tries to interrogate Ruby Hood, but Carmine Hood uses his armor to tase the remaining guards and escapes. Artemis is being analyzed by Harley Quinn, and Artemis easily defeats her. Reddish Hood and Artemis find Bizarro talking to Amanda Waller, where Bizarro made a deal with her: The Outlaws will help the Suicide Squad (Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, and Deadshot) take out the main underground installation created past North.O.W.H.E.R.E (the same organisation that created Superboy) that houses dangerous alien applied science, and in exchange, The Outlaws will exist freed.[18] The Outlaws and the Suicide Squad successfully complete their mission, and Amanda Waller warns them that if she ever captures them again, they'll be hers forever. During the mission, The Outlaws are allowed half of the alien engineering science. Dorsum in Gotham, Artemis worries that Bizarro is grown up so he'll go out them, unaware that Bizarro is watching them. Bizarro is revealed to take stolen thousands of synthetic liquid kryptonite vials in society to retain his intelligence.[19]

In issue #20, Artemis and Jason abound suspicious of Bizarro'due south recent activities and they plan to find out. Bizarro follows a thug into a room full of henchmen and he uses gas to knock them out. He plans to kill them merely stops simply in time. Jason (having followed Bizarro by using his cloaking suit) congratulates Bizarro for non crossing the line. Artemis goes into Bizarro'due south room and discovers the synthetic kryptonite lab only equally Bizarro catches her.[20] Bizarro admits his habit and his fear of losing his intelligence and begs Artemis to assistance him. Feeling pity, Artemis has a eye-to-heart give-and-take and they destroy the synthetic kryptonite containers. Jason is infiltrating The Penguin's headquarters, but the Penguin finds out. Earlier The Penguin can capture Jason, at that place's a blackout and Jason escapes. It is revealed that the more than Bizarro uses synthetic kryptonite, the more he hallucinates a doll of Superman, and he still has his synthetic kryptonite supply (using asthma inhalers). Artemis goes to Lexcorp to confront Lex Luthor.[21]

In issue #22, Artemis confronts Lex Luthor, and he admits that. although he only released Bizarro to The Outlaws for an experiment, he has become fastened to Bizarro. Bizarro starts losing his intelligence and calls Jason to take him domicile. Jason agrees and Bizarro reveals that he is scared that he volition lose his intelligence, but Jason assures him that it will exist okay as they look at the stars.[22] At Nanna Gun'due south house, Jason reads the letters Nanna Gun's granddaughter gave him. It is revealed that Willis Todd (Jason's dad who is a drug dealer) fell in dear with Jason's mom and gave her drugs. This caused her to become a drug addict and she chooses to alive with Willis. As time went by, Jason's mom became addicted to drugs and beer, and Jason was built-in but had to get to the infirmary for medical conditions. In order to back up his family, Willis became a henchman for numerous criminals similar Mr. Freeze, Two-Face up, and Riddler. His last task was to be the fall guy for Penguin, and while Penguin was free, Willis had to be in prison for at least 20 years. He hears that his wife dies and writes one last letter of the alphabet to Jason earlier being subjected to an experiment. In the nowadays twenty-four hours, Jason fights off criminals and Penguin hires a sniper to shoot him merely stops when he sees Jason digging up a casket. Jason finds the casket angry, and screams "I don't care!" [23] The adjacent nighttime, Jason finds Penguin at a party that is supposed to be dedicated to him and angrily beats him down. Jason reveals that he is Willis' son earlier shooting him in the face with a blank. Batman finds out and goes out to confront Jason. Meanwhile, Artemis finds that their base of operations is attacking her, and it'due south revealed that due to Bizarro'southward intelligence regressing, it now perceives her as an enemy. Jason goes outside, where he sees an explosion in their base.[24]

Batman starts brutally chirapsia up Red Hood, with Red Hood taunting Batman that he hated the Joker, yet he hits Jason harder than he hits The Joker, besides as explaining that with Penguin gone, no more lives would be ruined. Bizarro knocks down Batman and takes Red Hood to their ruined headquarters. Bizarro decides to open up upward a portal and ship in the whole headquarters to foreclose destruction in Gotham City. Artemis kisses Red Hood earlier she is sucked in, and Batman finds Red Hood and defeats him soundly. Batman plans to take in Red Hood when Roy Harper/Arsenal shoots Batman with an pointer and takes Cerise Hood to safety.[25] While healing, Arsenal invites Red Hood on a lead to find a gang called the Underlife. At the stop, Arsenal tells Jason that he has to go to the Sanctuary to deal with his habit and PTSD. A few days after, Jason gets a new costume and haircut, and is on a charabanc when he finds a adult female named Melissa Mitchell (an FBI agent) on the ground bleeding; he takes her to a charabanc. The omnibus is stopped by a group of gang members who desire the Feeb (Melissa). Jason gets out and brutally beats them; when he returns to the motorcoach, Melissa recognizes Jason as Red Hood who shot Penguin and pulls out her gun. She doesn't shoot him afterward Jason points out the law didn't save her partner. Jason finds Underlife's gang members in a police station with a dirty cop, beats all the gang members, and kills the dirty cop. Jason gives Melissa her partner's bluecoat, and Melissa reluctantly agrees to help Jason.[26]

Jason goes to a diner to confront a gang member who works for the Underlife, and he beats most of the members in the diner. One gang member injects himself with chemicals to make him expect bigger, but Bruce Wayne knocks him out. Bruce says that The Penguin did not dice yet, so Jason nonetheless did not break their deal. Jason asks if Bruce is here to criticize him, only Bruce says that Roy is dead. Jason is shocked at first but hides his sadness. Bruce and Jason make amends and Bruce says that Jason can do whatever he wants as long equally it'due south not in Arkham or Gotham. Jason leaves a last voicemail for Roy, saying that Roy was his all-time friend. Jason then goes to a town called Appleton to make his motion against the Underlife, while someone is spying on him.[27]

While going to Appleton, Red Hood is attacked by the townspeople and knocked out. He wakes upward to run into a creature like to Solomon Grundy virtually to kill him, and after a brief fight, he kills the creature. Batwoman appears behind him, but Jason briefly fights her before teaming upwards to fight against zombie-like people. Batwoman tries to apologize to Carmine Hood most sending him to Amanda Waller, but Jason assures her Bizarro was the one who orchestrated the events. After defeating a robot that was in accuse of controlling the Appleton boondocks, Renee Montoya takes Jason and Batwoman southward to a prison house called Hierve el Agua to find a man chosen Alone. Jason goes to United mexican states to detect the prison where he sees a door cut open by an ax, and thinks Artemis and Bizarro are alive. Wingman, a vigilante, ambushes Cherry Hood when he is knocked out past a brick. The bricks somehow gratis Jason, and he meets a dog who shows him secret bio-labs, more than clones of zombies, and Bunker (a Teen Titan in the New 52) when Solitary appears behind Jason. Meanwhile, Artemis and Bizarro are revealed to exist alive but in a different reality.[28]

Jason frees Bunker, defeats Wingman, and kills Solitary. Afterwards, he goes to Roy'south grave and swears vengeance on Roy's killer. Jason takes control of Penguin's empire (The Iceberg Lounge), and hires Sister Su, Bunker and Wingman as his sidekicks and bodyguards. Batman arrives and tries to abort Jason, but Jason counters that if Batman does that, and so his identity will be exposed. Information technology is revealed that Penguin survived, and Jason locked him upward to allow Penguin see his criminal empire crumble. Penguin activates his contingency plan: when he has not been heard in a week, a grouping of villains called The Five Acres will costless him. The Five Acres managed to notice Penguin, but they are all ambushed past Sister Su and Jason.[29]

Jason and Sister Su kill the Five Acres. Afterwards, after Jason goes on a date with Isabel Ardilla in Paris, Jason goes to a gang hideout chosen the Euro-Blac. He antagonizes them, then leaves (in hopes of making them angry at Penguin, not Jason). While at the Iceberg Lounge, Bunker releases Penguin and is furious that Jason kept Penguin a prisoner. Jason's dog attacks Penguin, and in the ensuing chaos Penguin and Bunker escape. Jason decides to give up the Iceberg Lounge for Sister Su in order to give her a second chance, and leaves Wingman (who turns out to be Jason's male parent all the same live) for his own path. He leaves his canis familiaris to Isabel, and receives a message from Lex Luthor.[xxx]

Jason is assigned by Dr. Shay Veritas to teach Devour, Babe in Arms, Zombie Mom, DNA, and Cloud 9. Ma Gunn is shrunk into a canteen, and Bizarro and Artemis are stuck in a different realm. Jason and his squad successfully complimentary a male child who was turned into a Doomsday animal, and Artemis sees the superman doll talking. Dr. Veritas tells Jason she needs his help, equally her edifice is under siege, and Artemis and Bizarro are freed into their world after returning Mama Gunn to normal (the headquarters finally died). Information technology is revealed that the AI Bizzaro did not want to die when their headquarters was existence blown upwards, and then it transferred its witting to the superman doll. When they return to the existent world, they see an ominous symbol in the heaven.[31]

In issue #40, Red Hood and his students enter The Block, a research evolution complex located in the heart of the Earth to notice Lex Luthor. Red Hood and his educatee Clpid 9are caught past gunmen, merely Deject ix uses her wind powers to disarm the men. While walking, Red Hood sees a door, and sees Artemis and Bizarro. Suddenly, Bizarro creates a thunder handclapping which knocks Red Hood out.[32]

In issue #41, Red Hood remembers his conversation with Arsenal well-nigh Bizarro and Artemis. It is revealed that Bizarro and Artemis are heed controlled past an unknown being, and Clara briefly holds them off before escaping with Ruby-red Hood. While hiding in a ventilation duct from Bizarro and Artemis, Crimson hood wakes up simply Bizarro hears them and rips open up the ventilation duct. The residuum of Red Hood's students assist save Red hood, and while fighting Carmine Hood kisses Artemis. The person in Artemis exclaims in disgust, just seeing that they're surrounded, leaves Artemis' body. While going in the building, it turns out a boy named Vessel was controlling Artemis and Bizarro. Vessel revealed that Lex Luthor sent him after Ruddy Hood, until deciding that Vessel was besides uncontrollable. Vessel planned to create a flop using Deadman's powers and clones to control the world, but his plans are thwarted past Mama Gunn (returned to size by Zombie Mom) and the residue of the team. In the stop, Red Hood takes the residual of his students and his partners to gloat at Mama Gunn'due south house.[33]

In issues #49 and 50, Blood-red Hood and Artemis admits their feelings to each other but decide to not be a couple yet. Red Hood helps Duela Paring reconnect with club, and all three of them part ways, with Scarlet Hood returning to Gotham City.[34]

Reception [edit]

Vol. 1 [edit]

Reviews of Ruby-red Hood and the Outlaws take been negative, with complaints often being filed towards Lobdell and Rocafort's interpretation of Starfire. Most reviews disliked how she was represented, although her portrayal has been dedicated. Jesse Schedeen of IGN.com remarked that Kenneth Rocafort'due south penciling affords Scott Lobdell the opportunity to emphasize Starfire's sexual activity appeal: "She alone seems to have been completely rebooted for the relaunch".[35] Many critics and fans complain the clunky plot, Jason'due south graphic symbol being too similar to Dick Grayson, and the lack of characterization.

Mathew Peterson of MajorSpoilers.com stated that a "juvenile handling of sexual matters here renders one of the main characters into nothing more than a dial line, and in a volume with only three characters, that's unforgivable",[36] referring specifically to its sexualized portrayal of Starfire as a "'perfect-ten love doll imaginary girlfriend'".[36] Andrew Hunsaker of Craveonline.com said that author Lobdell'southward accept on Tamaraneans (Starfire'south race) "has reduced Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran into essentially a highly advanced Real Doll. Consummate with installing a lack of retention of anything related to humanity".[37] Hunsaker further opined that it "seems as if Lobdell has taken great pains to strip all the emotional motivation behind Kori's gregarious outlook and reduce her to nothing more than a sex vessel. Information technology is pretty insulting not only to women, but to male intelligence to boot".[37] Hunsaker concluded that it "makes you want to punch the entire comic book industry".[37]

Laura Hudson, editor-in-chief of ComicsAlliance, wrote that "there's a divergence between writing a female person character as sexually liberated, and writing her equally wish-fulfillment sexual practice object, but Starfire sure is making a case for the latter in [a] charmless scene"[38] wherein Starfire defends her offer to have sex with ane of the characters by saying that "beloved has nil to practice with it".[6] Hudson also cited this characterization of Starfire in a afterwards article, remarking that portrayals of women as sexual objects "don't support sexually liberated women; they undermine them".[39]

Houston Printing writer Jef With One F countered that "you're not dealing with the point of view of someone who grew up here with our Western social norms" and contended that Starfire as portrayed in Red Hood and the Outlaws is "not a sex toy, she'due south someone from a very different civilisation attracted to two specific men".[twoscore]

Newsarama included Blood-red Hood and the Outlaws in its listing of "10 Worst Titles of DC's New 52 / DC Y'all Era". Oscar Maltby writes: "Always explosive but rarely coherent narratively, Red Hood and the Outlaws was lurid, puerile and occasionally even embarrassing".[41] On Comicbookroundup, the outset series has an overall average of vi.5 out of 10.[42]

Vol. ii [edit]

The relaunch of the title featuring Crimson Hood, Artemis, and Bizarro received more often than not positive reviews, with praise for the artwork, and criticism aimed towards the story and dialogue. However, critics noted the second volume vastly improved on the original series. According to Comic Book Roundup, the series overall has an average rating of seven.8 out of 10.[43] Mark Stack of Comics Bulletin writes, "[t]he dialogue is on-the-nose, the flashbacks oddly-paced, and in that location'southward some weird out-of-character stuff with Batman. Cerise Hood looks good to the detriment of Batman... and it strains credibility given how far out of its fashion this book goes to try defining these characters".[44]

Nerveless editions [edit]

This series has been nerveless in the following trade paperbacks:

# Title Material collected Pages Publication date ISBN Notes
The New 52
1 REDemption
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #1–7
 November 13, 2012 978-1401237127
2 The Starfire
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #viii–14
 July 2, 2013 978-1401240905
3 Death of the Family
  • Blood-red Hood and the Outlaws #0, fifteen–18
  • Teen Titans (vol. iv) #xvi
  • Batman (vol. 2) #17
 Dec 3, 2013 978-1401244125
4 League of Assassins
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #nineteen–26, Almanac #i
 June 17, 2014 978-1401246365
5 The Large Picture
  • Cherry-red Hood and the Outlaws #27–31
  • DC Universe Presents #17–xviii
 December 16, 2014 978-1401250485
half dozen Lost and Constitute
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #32–34, Almanac #2
 June 23, 2015 978-1401253424
vii Final Call
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #35–twoscore
  • Futures End #i
 January 12, 2016 978-1401258566
one The New 52 Charabanc
  • Reddish Hood and the Outlaws #0–27, Annual #i
  • Teen Titans (vol. 4) #xvi
  • Batman (vol. ii) #17
 October 16, 2018 978-1401284664
DC Rebirth
1 Dark Trinity
  • Cerise Hood and the Outlaws #1–half-dozen
  • Ruddy Hood and the Outlaws: Rebirth #1
 May 2, 2017 978-1401278373
ii Who Is Artemis?
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #7–xi
 Oct 10, 2017 978-1401278373
3 Bizarro Reborn
  • Ruddy Hood and the Outlaws #12–eighteen, Annual #i
 April 24, 2018 978-1401278373
iv Good Night Gotham
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #19–25
 November half-dozen, 2018 978-1401284886
Red Hood: Outlaw
1 Requiem for an Archer
  • Cherry-red Hood: Outlaw #26–31, Annual #2
 June 25, 2019 978-1401292850
ii Prince of Gotham
  • Red Hood: Outlaw #32–36, Annual #3
 December three, 2019 978-1401295103
iii Generation Outlaw
  • Red Hood: Outlaw #37–42
 June 30, 2020 978-1779502520
4 Unspoken Truths
  • Carmine Hood: Outlaw #43–l
 March 9, 2021 978-1779505934

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