Issue Batman 408
Subtitle Did Robin Die Tonight?
Date June 1987
Writer(s) Max Allan Collins
Artist(s) Chris Warner, Mike DeCarlo
storyline After shooting Robin (Dick Grayson) in the arm, Joker taunts Batman. Batman saved Robin from falling off the rooftop. The next morning, Joker was tied up on Arkham's doorstep. While Dick recovered, news reported that the Boy (now Teen) Wonder was dead. After making a walk-through at Crime Alley, Batman returned to the Batmobile to find it's front tires missing. Batman apprehended young Jason Todd, tire thief. He told Batman that his mother was dead and his father was "doin' time." Batman enrolled the kid in a school for boys.