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MainPage FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch WelcometoWikipedia, thefreeencyclopediathatanyonecanedit. 6,461,544articlesinEnglish Thearts Biography Geography History Mathematics Science Society Technology Allportals Fromtoday'sfeaturedarticle BatmanandRobinina1960sTVseries "ADeathintheFamily"isa1988storylineinBatman,anAmericancomicbookpublishedbyDCComics.WrittenbyJimStarlinandpenciledbyJimAparo,itisconsideredoneofthemostimportantBatmanstoriesasitfeaturesthedeathofhissidekickRobinatthehandsofhisarchenemy,theJoker.JasonTodd,thesecondcharactertoassumetheRobinpersona,wasintroducedin1983toreplaceDickGrayson,butbecameunpopularamongfans.EditorDennisO'Neilrecalleda1982SaturdayNightLivesketchinwhichviewersphonedin,votingtoboilorspareLarrytheLobster.Similarly,DCsetupa900 numbertoallowfanstodecideTodd'sfate,andfansvotedtokillhimoff.Todd'sdemisehadalastingeffectonBatmanstories,pushingthecomic-bookmythosinadarkerdirection.Itremainsapopularstoryamongreadersandhasbeenreprintedintradepaperback.Ananimatedinteractive-filmadaptation,Batman:DeathintheFamily,wasreleasedin2020.(Full article...) 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