Batman Annual #25

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DAEDALUS AND ICARUS: THE RETURN OF JASON TODD Jason Todd, now the Red Hood, reflects upon the events that brought about his resurrection. Years ago, Todd had been brutally murdered by the Joker. During the Infinite Crisis, Superboy-Prime began punching holes into the timestream, which caused a ripple effect, correcting certain historical events that should not have taken place - one of these was the death of Jason Todd. The time ripple caught up with Todd six months after his death and resurrected him. Jason Todd was reborn inside his own coffin and had to claw his way to freedom.  Though alive, Jason was but a shell of the boy he once was. He suffered severe brain damage and amnesia. He was taken in by the staff of the Huntington Convalescent Home and spent months recuperating. He escaped from the hospital and spent a whole year surviving on the streets of Gotham by sheer instinct.   One of Batman's oldest adversaries, Ra's al Ghul, discovered Todd and had him brought to his compound. He spent years with Ra's daughter, Talia, who after many failed attempts to bring Jason's sanity and memories back, decided to push him inside the Lazarus Pit. The restorative powers of the pit completed Todd's recuperation. Todd and Talia left the care of Ra's al Ghul and Talia gave Jason enough resources to survive and get up to date on what has happened to him after his death. Jason discovered that Joker, the man responsible for his death, was still alive and commuting all sort of crimes.   Some time later, Jason learned from Talia that there was a new criminal in Gotham by the name of Hush and after meeting with him, they planned an attack on Batman that caused the vigilante to be aware of Jason's return.   After this, Jason decided to get revenge on the Joker and Batman for not avenging his death. Jason took upon Joker's former alias, Red Hood and started a crime spree against The Clown Prince of Crime and Gotham's Dark Knight.