#See—contrasting characterization between different creators helps give you a more well-rounded approach to analyzing their work.

[benbamboozled]

In case anyone was wondering, the A Death in the Family Deluxe Edition has a few (unfinished) pages from the version of the story where Jason Todd lived.

Of course, Jason was placed into a Convenient Coma so that way Jim Starlin wouldn’t have to be afflicted by his existence anymore.

I have NO IDEA what the timeline here is supposed to be. The last two pages seem to be intended to be pages 13&16 in the issue (judging from the numbers in the top right corner), but the second page mentions Bruce getting Jason checked into the hospital and contacting the authorities…and it seems kind of late in the book for Bruce to be getting that taken care of?

Maybe it’s after the whole “Joker tries to kill the UN” fiasco and Bruce is getting Jason transferred to a hospital in Gotham? That would explain how Dick (or Alfred, since the third page wanted to change the second person to Alfred) could have “rushed over” once they heard what happened.

(Especially since Dick was, you know…in space when ADITF was going down.)

ANYWAY, ignoring all of the timeline and logistics questions, I really like the interaction between Dick and Bruce (and I disagree with whoever thought Dick should be switched with Alfred).

It serves as an interesting counterpoint to the confrontation between Dick and Bruce in NTT #55—

(It’s also an interesting counterpoint to Starlin and Wolfman’s characterization preferences and plot priorities. Whereas Starlin was very much into “Stoic thoughtful logical lone badass Bruce Wayne,” Wolfman’s priorities were very much “*grasps Dick Grayson* I WILL GIVE YOU SO MUCH EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.”)