Batman: A Death In The Family

There's no other comic book event as contrived as the 1980s Batman storyline "A Death In The Family," in which the second Robin, Jason Todd, was beaten and blown up to death by the Joker. The idea was you could call a 900 number and vote for whether you wanted the little brat to live or die, and bad news buddy! People voted for him to die and he did. The good part about this storyline is when Joker then becomes Iranian ambassador to the UN, so Batman essentially is powerless to stop him since he has diplomatic immunity. Ooops, spoilers!

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