Red Hood #1

Let me begin by saying that I fully support a writer’s right to interpret a character in their own way. I was aware, prior to reading, that some fans had criticized the author for allegedly not engaging with the character’s existing material. I made a point not to let that influence my own reading, as internet fan communities can often amplify criticism unfairly or take comments... Read More

I would like to preface this review by saying a) this is as spoiler free as possible, and b) my focus will lean heavily on Huntress, since she's the main reason I picked this up.

Now onto the review… And all I can say is… Wow. I do not say this lightly: this is probably one of the worst books I have read in recent memory.

Writing

Let's start with the writing, because that's where... Read More

Do you guys want me to be completely honest? It wasn't that bad. I expected far worse. However, I do agree with most of things you said: the characterization is odd. The writer said she hasn't read any Red Hood or Huntress before writing this, and genuienly, you can tell she wasn't lying. But I saw some positive aspects and other traits of this issue I would like to address to ju... Read More

Every aspect of this feels like everyone involved knew they were wasting their time. Reading it for sure feels like they did. It's stiff, lifeless, and the characters created by GFM and Spokes are actually more interesting than the main, titular character or even the bland clone of Helena Bertinelli. Royale had more of a personality for only existing to die than Helena does while... Read More

.... so it was completely fine, what a suprise....

this was a standard exposition issue, theres really not much to say yet. I like the setting, I like what the writer has said about the story so far and I like the art. Excited to see where it goes !

But it seems everyone is so determined to hate this series they are grasping at straws or just making things up... complaints about Re... Read More

“What happened to you, Jason?”

(This review was uploaded a few days ago, it is now being reuploaded with my score.)

My local comic shop was kind enough to give me this issue two days early. I couldnt have been happier. So, after all this glazing, all this going to bat for the comic, all this headache and stress ASSURING itll be good, I had it, finally.

Now, the moment youve been wa... Read More

Let me preface this by saying this, Jason Todd is unfortunately my favorite DC character of all time. Why? Couldn't tell you. I've read every issue, shortened my lifespan by reading every single thing Lobdell written for him, witnessed some of the most misogynistic slop I've ever read solely because he was in it and yet somehow this author has managed to write something so comple... Read More

Now, I had absolutely no intention of spending any money on this, and thus no intention of a review, but my comic shop girls really wanted to talk about it given one of them is also a Jason fan and knows I'm one too. So, they let me read it with them in shop this morning, and we got to discuss, and I think the funniest thing said about this issue was this: "It sounds like someone... Read More

It’s so bad. There are no words in the English language or my own to verbalize how poorly written and paneled this is. Jason is painfully ooc, Helena is basically Gretchen’s self insert, the plot is bumbling, and the only positive is the background art of the set pieces. 

Why the fuck are we acting like Helena ever knew Jason as Robin? She didn’t. Why are we acting like they’re be... Read More

cbtwt desperately wants to convince you this is bad but it genuinely just isn’t, lol. fairly decent writing similar to an old noir novel, dynamic and beautiful art with interesting colors, not enough here to say everyone is “out of character” (which, honestly, to them = “jason todd would never say this in my ao3 fanfiction” or whatever). there are worse jason todd books and most... Read More

well, after hearing the discourse online, this wasn't exactly what i expected.

i want to start my review by stating that i do not agree with the author and her actions on twitter or other platforms, even if she now deleted her controversial posts (don't take this as me agreeing with the transphobes, fuck them) however i tried to give this a fresh start and try to separate the art... Read More

I like to judge a story by its own merits and not the people writing it (my favorite character, Midnighter, was created by Warren Ellis, so… yeah), therefore here’s my impression of this issue:

First, I really liked the setting of the story. New Angelique appears to be like a noir version of New Orleans but hotter and more problematic. The author does a good job of describing it... Read More

ok, that was pretty good! considering the only other thing i’ve ever read from gfm was beast world: gotham, which had a really intriguing interpretation of jason, i’d say this first issue is alright for what it’s worth. her interpretation of jason here is solid as hell. now as for helena, gfm has written her in a really interesting way and while the dialogue is ok (it’s really no... Read More

eveyone that’s pearl clutching over a few tweets needs to get a grip. the issue is fine, not the best or the worst thing i’ve read. Who cares if she didn’t read the source material considering the guy who’s written the most red hood is scott lobdell a man who’s actually admitted to s@xu@l harassment yet the comments are treating gretchen much worse than any of the reviews for his... Read More

3.5/5 stars. Giving it 5 though to try and help cancel out the transphobic folks’ ratings.

It wasn’t anything super special. Just your typical decent comic. It’s only the first issue, so there’s def time for it to become that. Jason is written very well, which I figured he would be since it was announced because GFM previously wrote him well in his Beast World story. The art was... Read More

I went into this completely neutral, and honestly... I still don't know how to feel 😭.

So first of all I think this should have come out after H2SH finished since it referenced it several times. This is no fault of the book, because I think the original release schedule had H2SH finishing before this was released.

As far as character designs go Jason's haircut is atrocious, I may... Read More

This isn’t a comic it's a creative war crime. Red Hood #1 is so offensively incompetent it feels like an intentional act of vandalism against storytelling. Every page is a masterclass in failure: the writing is sub-literate, the plot is nonexistent, and the dialogue sounds like it was scraped from a fanfic generator on its worst day. Jason Todd is gutted and paraded around like a... Read More

“Sorry, Cher: it's not personal. You pulled the wrong fuckin' thread is all.”

It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Truthfully, I went in expecting a lot worse. It felt very much like a 1980's pulp noir vibe, and I think that's what the author intended.

However, it doesn't fully feel like Jason? I don't know how to describe it, but this definitely feels like someone wh... Read More

Hell yeah another red hood series that gets cancelled due to the communities unrealistic standards to a character who was written so shitty they literally killed him off. Just kill him again at this point, no writer will ever get through to this fanbase. Story was cool. I see a lot of people crying over a single text bubble. As a super batfan and batfamily fan I liked it. Obvious... Read More

it was just a typical exposition issue. most definitely not the worst thing I’ve ever read (as some people would have you believe this comic is) but not anything groundbreaking. the art wasn’t as bad as everyone was making it out to be. coloring was great. New Orleans inspo was great. Jason’s suit is fine. I like Helena’s earrings. Perhaps I’m too easy to please.

don’t like that... Read More

While I agree with the decision to cancel the book, and I'm not particularly happy with a professional writer behaving the way she was behaving online(not just yesterday btw, but multiple times on social media) but I'm particularly unhappy with DC. It's standard practice to do a background check on anyone that you're hiring, freelance or not, that includes such things as social m... Read More

Honestly? It wasn’t that bad. I definitely think it would work better as a story with original characters instead of making it a Red Hood story, but c’est la vie.

This is the first issue, so obviously there’s a lot of set up happening. I think the mysteries surrounding what’s going on in New Angelique as well as the new characters are pretty interesting. The narration style also... Read More

God ok. I’m gonna preface this by saying I have nothing but respect for the visual artists working on this project. I really tried to give this one a chance. I figured I wasn’t gonna be a fan of it so I simply tried to read it with a non biased mindset. But god, it is that bad. The way Helena is written feels misogynist almost? Despite saying no one bosses her around she’s obedie... Read More

Allllllllllllllll right folks! I read it! Small preface; i know JACK SHIT about Red Hood OR Huntress so yeah.

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Je vais d’abord commencer par le personnage de Jason : je sais que ce n’est pas forcément la faute de l’auteur, mais pourquoi garder l’horrible statut quo de hush 2 ? Et ce design juste horrible ?? Je comprends pas pourquoi Jason doit toujours être aussi mal écrit, et dirigé aussi simplement que par un « c’est un gentil qui tue ». Pour compléter ça, pourquoi il a des vrais balles... Read More

I’ll preface this by saying I only have a surface level understanding of why people dislike this author since seeing these scathing reviews. Never heard of her before.

That being said, from what I can gather i don’t think this book is nearly as bad as anyone is making it out to be. What’s the opposite of rose colored glasses? This seems like a case of a book being review bombed b... Read More

Sorry folks, but I actually enjoyed reading the first issue of this new run of Red Hood. I am not particuarly caught up with the Hush 2 storyline, but I did find it interesting that Jason is unfiltered, he’s dumped Gotham, ditched his foster-father’s watchful eye and is in a new city.

I am not familair with Gretchen Felker-Martin’s works, but the pacing and writing of this first i... Read More

I gotta admit it's incredibly funny watching people have the most pathetic possible crashouts over a book that basically does the shit people say they want with Red Hood. It's violent, it's sweaty and sexy, no-holds barred! It even jumps directly off the events of Hush 2 to explain why Jason is in his new situation.

It's really not bad, it does try to give Jason more dimension th... Read More

Yeah, uh, Red Hood #1 was bad; all these 5-star reviews had to be paid for or something, there’s no way anyone unironically thought this issue was a masterpiece. It wasn’t, like, offensively bad- it was just regular bad. The art ranged from pretty good to mediocre, the coloring is bad though and brings down the art a lot; the writing is just… bland. It could have been written by... Read More

I tried to read this with an open mind but I still didn't like it. I'm not even going to talk about the author (whom I don't like) but I didn't like almost anything about this.

Not even taking into account the bad, superficial characterization (which I can understand since is a first issue.), the writing is just bad, it's bland and at no point I felt that pull and curiosity for w... Read More

Pretty middle of the road here so far. Not enough has really happened to get a feel for the story and the characters yet but I'll break it down into my pros and cons.

Pros: - I like the noir style that they're going for and I think that vibe could be really fun for a Jason story.

• The art itself is decent and gets the point across for the most part.

Cons: - Not a fan of the way... Read More

I wrote most of my thoughts on my tumblr but the abridged version is that despite how hyped up this run as been, and it being compared to a flaming car ride, this feels more like an old car struggling to get its engine started and shambling down the road. It’s not unreadable by any stretch of the word but it feels awkward and cliched at a lot of moments.

Honestly kinda feeds into... Read More

i cannot fathom how THIS is the story that was keeping huntress out of the new birds of prey book. dc continues to be misogynistic and unapologetically racist with how they portray their black women. absolutely disgusting and disappointing that the female writers dc sparingly hires make a mockery of the art with their personal fetishes, i suppose the devin grayson curse continues... Read More

Series ive been dreading to review. How is it? Meh. The epitome of meh/ fine. Great fucking art. Like i love this art with the colouring. Its besutiful. Good engaging plot but the dialogue omg. I domt like it alot. Its so unnatural to me. It genuinely reads and sounds like a cheesy old noir detective film. It works sometimes but then it doesnr work alot of times. I fet teh fact t... Read More

Started good but ended too quickly, which in this case isn't bad because the storyline is decent. Red Hood is chasing down someone who is killing police in a pretty nefarious way. Good plot, good action, and decent dialogue.

I like that this is contiguous with the H2SH storyline over in Batman. I don't know much about JT aside from the basics but he doesn't seem like a terrible c... Read More

Yeah, this isn't a very good issue, I wanna preface that I do not condone hating on Felker-Martin for being trans nor Pro-Palestine, but on its own, this isn't very well written, Jason and Helena's characterizations are so off, you can tell there was no attempt at researching or understanding these characters, which really hampers my enjoyment. Not to mention, the artwork, while... Read More

I'd also like to preface this by saying that this is no means negative because of what the writer has said/done but rather because of the comic itself.

As a Red Hood fan this one hurt. But we start with the positives

Jeff Spokes' art is incredible. As many gripes as I have with the writing, the art is impactful and enjoyable. He deserves loads of flowers.

The cast and Jason out o... Read More

i do like the inked art, that is really impressive, but overall i do not like this run very much. its just really demeaning towards helena. not even taking jason into account and focusing on helena, i really dont understand why she is here. it makes it even worse that they pulled her from bop for this. it harms helenas character and demeans her to being a maid for jason, without... Read More

i went into this thinking i would get hives and possibly a 10 year curse inflicted on me. thankfully it didn’t but this was still ass.

MY GOD… okay GFM writing wasn’t horrible here. but it wasn’t great either. it was simply boring and i can’t even give the excuse that well it’s the first issue. bc batman #1 (2025) was great. it’s boring. i like suicidial jason though.

i think the... Read More

I really dislike this book, the characterization feels weird af and I don't like the plot, or this pairing.

On the other hand, the art is pretty good, and I'm putting my rating up specifically because I don't want this writer to get dogged on, because I know it'll lead to eventual blatant discrimination.

I hope the rest of the series is better.

Edit: While the transphobia is stil... Read More

i want to give this the benefit of the doubt because it's an opening issue... but this was not very good, and to say it being anything more then meh is being way to kind. 

the dialogue at times felt like a poorly written fanfic with A LOT less love put into it. it's clear that felker-martin doesn't know these characters nor gives enough of a shit to actually even try to understan... Read More

I happen to think red hood needs a reinvention, this is not it. And my hot take is that this is not radical enough. I kinda like it, but not

Acab Jason is an ok start, but its far from classic radical reinventions like Moore's Swamp thing, Jhons's Green Lantern, or Morrison's Animal Man here are some alternatives that may or may not be jokes:

Criminal red hood: his two most famou... Read More

Writer said she hasn't read any comics. Let me just say; you can tell.

definitely not as bad as some people are making it out to be. some of the characterization is obviously odd, but i went in expecting as much based on the author's comments. im a bit confused in regards to the h2sh connections because ive refused to read that storyline but that's my own fault (it would help if h2sh stopped getting delay after delay).

i should admit too that im not... Read More

You know what, suicidal Jason does interest me.

Anyway, better than I was expecting! A lot of set up, an obligatory flashback to H2SH which I don't think anyone cares about. Who even knows if it's references comics that are out yet or not thanks to the crazy delays. I liked the art. I was a little worried about it feeling too stiff, but I think it works. I really liked the atmosph... Read More

got the opportunity to read this one early. the only possible comparison i can draw is that meme where it’s like “he would not fucking say that”….yeah….thats the vibe it’s got going on…

Oof. Let's start by saying, I'm not a Red Hood fan. Jason is my least favourite Robin and I don't really care for the character.

However, having this version of the character spin out of H2SH was an awful idea. Jason has had a lot of character development over the last decade or so and H2SH completely ignored it and reverted him back to a former version. It came out of nowhere. F... Read More

This was pretty cringe as expected. I only read a couple of mini stories from anthologies from this writer, but I knew this wouldn't be good after we were 5 pages into the story. Jason's narration is atrocious, edgy, try hard stuff, worse than Lobdell by far imo.

Helena is a shell of herself and her costume and whole attitude sucks. Both the main characters are nothing like they s... Read More

If you’re a red hood fan this book is not for you. It’s clear the writer has read little of the source material or cares for it. Jason Todd and Helena are written ooc. The dialogue between them is awful. The only positive is the art but even then the paneling doesn’t fit sometimes throughout the book and the new red hood costume design is pretty bad.

For Christ sake bring back the outlaws and fire this woman immediately

The day for Red Hood to have another ongoing series has finally come! To kick it off its got a pretty interesting plot and the artwork fits the vibe of the story so far. I do miss Jason actually having a helmet but i will just hope he get one later on. I had to pick up the last Dell'Otto cover on the shelf, such a sick cover!

I am interested to see Huntress and Red Hood's relatio... Read More

This makes Scott Lobdell look like Alan Moore. Wow

To be honest, I didn't know there was any type of discourse about this book, until I got to my friend's house after our Comic Run and saw the negative reviews.

My honest guess is that people have preconceived notions about the author and therefore are digging super deep into this book to find stuff to hate about it.

I dunno, I'm easily entertained. Plot seems interesting, art is... Read More

Avoiding spoilers - it’s just fine, as could have been expected. I don’t care about Jason and we don’t have enough to go on yet to see what Helena’s arc here will be. The art is a really pretty style (Helena looks the best she has in years) and I’m interested in where the mystery goes. Not that much happens yet, but that’s par for the course as far as modern comics go. I’m thinki... Read More

Ugly designs for Jason and Helena, HILLARIOUSLY bad dialogue, almost fanfiction level. Somehow Felker-Martin made Jason even more boring?

The politics of Felker-Martin, I do not care for except for the fact that she was celebrating the death of a father, like Jason is a product of the trauma that comes from violent murder and if the writer doesn't understand that murder is bad the... Read More

I read a lot of whining about nothing. This issue was fine. Jason’s “voice” sounds the same as most other things I’ve read with him (it’s not a ton, but still). He’s always been full of self doubt, and he still would be after what just happened with Batman. I know a lot less about Huntress, but she was barely in this. It’s a little soon to know if her character was “butchered.” T... Read More

I am so tired of being a die-hard Jason Todd fan man, we have a fuck-ass new charcter design, cliches and tropes galore, and writing that made me set the book down and audibly question wtf I was reading. Like come ON why do we constantly have to redip in the seemingly never-ending pool of Jason be mad about Batman not killing the Joker, oh my god how many times are we gonna do th... Read More

I truly do not understand the reviews here, it’s some combo of Jason Todd fans and prob author hate, who I am no big fan of but this story is totally fine. It seems like Jason is just the most polarizing member of the bat family. Go look at the recent Lemire/Nguyen robin and Batman, the first issue complete shit but then people say it’s ok to good.

I don’t know that much about Ja... Read More

Good:

• New Angelique seems like an interesting setting .
• Exploring red hood outside of his hate of Batman.
• Royale seems like a cool character.

Bad:

• I can't help feel like this dialogue was very boring.
• I feel like this issue could have done a better job at building anticipation. Why does Jason want to solve this mystery? Why should I care as a reader. It was more like, "there's... Read More

Honestly, my biggest gripe about #1 is they should have delayed it after delaying H2SH. Like yeah, clearly Jason and Bruce have a falling out, but it felt weird to not be in-the-know about exactly what happened--and not even for plot reasons, but for the simple fact that H2SH #6 was supposed to be released before this debuted. 

Everything else was kinda just a nothingburger. The a... Read More

I'm not big on Jason Tood, nor have I read much featuring him--but I decided to give this a shot.

It isn't AWFUL, but I can't really give an accurate review of how well Jason and Helena are written. Honestly, this opening issue feels a bit generic, and doesn't move me enough to continue with this series. Helena didn't do much for me here. The whole thing is kind of a bit... boring... Read More

everything about it is bad, red hood and huntress are so ooc it doesn’t even feel like the characters we know + helena is just there like 🧍‍♀️, she looks like a sidekick when she’s so much more and has so much depth, DC hates to give power to amazing female characters it’s such a shame. i also wanna know why jason has a police baton ? LIKE WTF, he’s chopped, he says stuff like "w... Read More

Between Felker-Martin's tight script and Spokes' immersive, moody artwork, this is the most interested I've been in Jason since Under the Red Hood. The action choreography is immaculate.

To preface this, I do want to say that I am generally pretty unfamiliar with Red Hood. I’ve never been the biggest DC fan, but saw that a new series was starting and figured I would jump in. I will also say that I know full well how much people love and respect the character.

With all that out of the way, I will say I thought this was fine. A little generic, a little cliche, but... Read More

I'm kind of intrigued to see where that cliffhanger is going, but at the same time it feels so messed up for no reason. The last three pages are a desperate attempt to get the reader to care about this random police officer by showing she has a husband and two daughters, followed up by the ending where it's implied she's being mind-controlled into killing herself. Otherwise, the... Read More

It was strictly okay. There is a lot of hate in these reviews for it, but it was decent. I have not read the H2SH story line and I am coming in pretty green from only reading the Batman: Under the Red Hood/other storylines involving the Red Hood in a small role. I know next to nothing about the Huntress, so I can’t speak too much about her aside from this issue. I am a HUGE fan o... Read More

This was a really good first issue, cray edgelord or not, this was very well made. Jeffery Spokes absolutely kills it on art, his style not just delicious but the visual storytelling as well pretty damn great. The voice for Jason and the hard boiled approach to this story is rich with atmosphere, the initial mystery setup very intriguing. This is most definitely the best thing to... Read More

i am not going in with any expectations and the first issue is honestly pretty good. the art will take me some getting used to - not bad, just some odd faces here and there. i understand there is some controversy around the writer and i don't personally care

edit: one thing. i don't like the mask

edit 2: never mind it's been cancelled

Turns out after all that drama the real problem with this book is Jason Todd is boring as fuck

I really like the art in this issue. The way the background characters blend in. Let's you know you are in the bayou. Jeff Spokes gets a thumbs up. For now I'm keeping an open mind to the story. I feel like this takes place after "Hush 2" or Jason was just reliving "Under the Red Hood." I did like how they handled the flashbacks when Jason is thinking to himself. 

My main complai... Read More

People have been insufferable about this book—writing full-on theses about what an asshole the author is. Funny how nobody ever did that for the cis guy who churned out mediocre Jason Todd stories for years while being an actual sexual predator. And then the issue finally drops and it's... normal? Fine? Idk, man. Hell of a world we live in.

I bought issue 1 and I was excited for it.. Unfortunately, today I discovered that the writer, Gretchen Felker-Martin, is a disgusting monster. I am canceling my sub immediately, and will never again spend a penny on anything she touches. 

People really overstated how bad it was. Yes the writer is unbelievable cringe on twitter, Jason is a dumbass and Helena is OOC. but tbh the issue itself was just mediocre. Nothing amazing, nothing mind-bogglingly bad. I would even say I’m disappointed by how not-bad it was. Kinda wanted to read a pile of coal. 

Also it’s so sad that Spoakes keeps getting bullshit gigs. First Jenn... Read More

This is my first time reading Red Hood content and not sure how to feel about it. I’m intrigued that the story does not take in Gotham, I feel like that is exciting.

I enjoyed the narration, it made me feel like I was there feeling the heat in New Angelique, but what’s going on there with The Tower? That is the question I am interested to see answered, and why I’ll probably conti... Read More

Leaving this review feels like navigating a minefield but here we go.

I am no Jason Todd fanboy but I feel like we have some real insecure boys up in here.

The art was pretty good. Some of the dialogue was stilted in the back half. I don’t have much else to say, this does not deserve the hate it is getting in the slightest.

This is a 3/5 book for me but I’m giving it extra stars... Read More

Honestly? That wasn't so bad. I'm actually excited that Jason gets a new city for himself. The exchanges with Helena were not as emotionally-charged as I expected (good thing). Jason gets betrayed after putting his trust in someone else; typical, unsurprising. He's also got suicidal tendencies, which makes sense.

It's mostly set-up, but I think it was a nice introduction. In terms... Read More

Didn’t really care for this in the slightest red hood is a character that nobody can seem to nail he’s just constantly in a loop of the same mindset over and over again he can never grow or anything he’s just stuck forever. I do not care for this costume in the slightest it’s just so nothing it looks like the CW green arrow costume NOT red hood. Overall it just lacked substance I... Read More

A good opener, drenched in sweaty neo noir monologuing and moody sunburnt oranges, it sets a compelling atmosphere but finishes just as it's begun.

I've read Jason Todd's original run as Robin and The Huntress' first issues from the 80s, so still not caught up with either characters development over the years, and still intend to, but I can't imagine there's even enough here to w... Read More

cool setting. noir, pulpy vibe to it. we get to see Jason again in his own book, and he is pretty on brand--drama/trauma from Batman, blasting guns without compunction, trying to fix a wrong. There is an interesting villain and Helena so far has provided mystery and critical assists. The art is beautiful, and I really enjoyed the action sequences and the coloring. 

I still have a problem with Red hood's design, and I think that the art is the weakest part of this book. Some panels just looked ugly. The art isn't bad, but it isn't anything good either. The story sets up an interesting mystery. It does have some "edgy" moments, but overall it introduces us to the new status quo fairly well. My problem though, is that we don't now the end of t... Read More

Writer: Gretchen Felker-Martin

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This writer is disgusting and vile, and DC needs to fire asap. Just simply terrible. Has no business writing period, and needs serious help. Removed from pull list immediately. And this issue purely sucks. I could write better stories, and that is scary.

It’s fine! The prose is pretty similar to other stories this author has written like Cuckoo and Manhunt. I just have to be in the mood for her, which I happened to be this time round. I’ll be honest and say I’m here for Helena but there wasn’t much of her so I can’t really judge how she is written. The art is cool and I like the coloring. The double iris panel was cool at the end... Read More

Absolutely horrible. The characterization of Helena isn't even there, she's limited to just an ass shot and looking seductive, the issue opens up framing black people as violent cop killers, black people seem to be used as props, the writter is an absolute weirdo and it's already leaking into the work.

I’m enjoying this so far. The pacing is quick and consistent, with a new city and a new villain that keep things clear and straightforward. Gretchen’s callback to H2SH is noticeable, especially in the way Jason’s struggles there left him in a difficult place back in Gotham. What I’m interested to see is how he manages to build himself up again, step by step, and eventually face his enemies.

hm. Currently wondering if the people involved read the comics of the characters involved? If so, they read with their eyes closed

I think this was over hated before release. If this came out 10 years ago it would’ve been rated better. It just doesn’t feel like something that’s being written in 2025.

There’s nothing groundbreaking about the story but it’s interesting nonetheless. Jason is only a little more emo than normal but who can blame him. I just hope Huntress doesn’t get treated horrible by the story.... Read More

Honestly, picked it up and had a good time with it, I like the more crime side of it all and was nice to have Red Hood as the main guy

I agree with everyone else though, just keep the first appearance costume of Red Hood, that was already perfect so we dont need to keep experimenting and seeing what costume would fit him better.

Otherwise I'd recommend it, just added an extra hal... Read More

Oh so yall are just REALLY transphobic huh? You’ve been raising such a stink over this book for months, and for what? The art was beautiful, the story was a little choppy but overall fine and inoffensive. There’s no reason for you to get worked up over this at all. Shame on you.

I feel bad for the artist who is clearly talented. This writer has no business in comics. Their Bluesky account has been deleted or banned(for good reason) but they are clearly a disturbed individual who needs help.

everyone had me expecting this to be terrible but like. it’s fine. jason’s characterisation was decent if not super specific, the art was good for the backgrounds/architecture and very… not good for the people, the mystery did hook me and i thought the action sequences were pretty good. i like the mood and the atmosphere. the absolute worst of it is the way poor helena was treate... Read More

Hate is overblown. It's literally fine, not groundbreaking but not worse than RHaTO2011 are you kidding? Waiting until further issues to form a full opinion since not a ton of note really happens here.

Not only did my boy lose all his swagger but he also seems to have lost all the development connected to the outlaw run for some reason

Dialogue written like an edgy teen's diary Bffr

I really wanted this to be good, Jason is my second favourite DC character(after arsenal, DC make a solo arsenal run and my life is yours) and I hate to see that his new book is ass. I hope they tur... Read More

never have written a review before, all I need to say is this was the worst thing I have ever read in my entire life. I feel bad for anyone who is a Red Hood fan, this feels like it could butcher his entire character for years. Did the person who wrote this even read anything about him?

I’m from Louisiana I’m telling to you the dialog in this comic is almost offensive, you don’t have to drop, “cher” every five words to portray a nawlins accent smh. So much potential with this character and his fresh start please do better…

I really liked the art. It's a shame we don't see more of this artist drawing RH. I mean, Jason's design gets criticized a lot, but I liked it. The haircut is funny, but hey, I think it's better for the design to leave a bitter taste in your mouth than for it to leave absolutely no taste at all.

About the writing. There wasn't writing. Big meh to me.

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I'm on the fence...

I'm a recent Red Hood fan catching up on older material. This first issue felt like the creative team threw a bunch of different ideas on a whiteboard and then just put them on paper. I'm going to pick up issue two out of respect for the character, though Huntress felt forced into the story.

Wanted to go into this with the highest hopes I could have considering all the discourse I had heard on how ass this would be. And yeah it was major ass. The writhing was strange and the paneling stranger. I hate this look for red hood but I wanted to look past that as much as I could and hope at least the story was good and it was fine I’m interested to see what happens but I do... Read More

Ding ding ding we have a winner for: MOST GENERIC COMIC EVER WRITTEN 😭

Giving this a five star even though it isn’t to offset you whiny fucking freaks. Get off Twitter!

gee guys bet it feels good to review bomb a trans woman. i would never know

comic so ass they cancelled the run and refunded comic shops for this first issue.
holy guacamole, batman!

(no kidding tho, the actual reason for the cancelation is fvcked up and would not happen to a cisgender male writer)

mid at best but not awful. and maybe im just new here but if a character gets "mischaracterized" for like, a decade, maybe and just maybe that's how he truly is and people refuse to acknowledge it

The art was actually pretty decent, I mean the suit is still shite but besides that solid art. The writing however is not good, why is Jason’s inner monologue so bland and blunt. He does know how to string conversation. It was aight I guess. Only joking, Jarvis pass me a beer!

This is not bad whatsoever, but it’s also not especially good.

Ignoring the writer herself and how’s she’s an awful person, she had mentioned off-handedly that she had not read anything revoking Jason nor Helena and that shows very much. This run very more focuses better as a piece of independent comic material, rather than something that is attached to others.

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Unspectacular in it's suckage, which might be the worst thing this could be. I was hoping to see a bigger swing, even if I hated it, and it's not even that.

No spoilers! Might I say the art style fit the story perfectly. I’m hooked so that’s good. If you go into it with the mindset you don’t like Redhood just skip this then. Besides that I had a blast.

A decent #1, introduces us to Red Hood and the Huntress, and this threat of The Tower. Art is pretty good, but I did get a little lost during some of the action sequences that were shown in multiple, page-wide, but very short panels. Interested to see how this plays out.

Ignore the review bombing and read it for yourself, it’s fine.

Sometimes I think to myself 'Hey I wonder what's going on in mainline comics'. Then some trash book like this brings me back to my senses. Awful writing, monotonous art, everyone has the same face.

My bank account thanks you again DC.

The issue is good. I like the plot of The New City. Although, Jason's characterization is somewhat strange, and Helena still doesn't convince me. It's a good start. It's solid.

It was fine guys. I might be biased because I much prefer a more villainous Red Hood, but this was still written well enough to be able to lead into good things in the future. 

I will say that while the art is fantastic, the panel layout makes me want to vomit. Almost every panel is so wide and zoomed in so you can barely tell what's happening.

Not a whole lot that grabbed me here, honestly. I’ve always been intrigued by this character and was happy to see an ongoing I could try but the characters were all pretty boring and none of the setup really intrigued me in any way. Also, marketing this as a mature title and doing very little to differentiate it from a normal title was an odd choice.

Honestly? It’s not bad if you don’t remove Jason’s character from the past. Given, there’s some potential but the writer admitting that she hasn’t read any comics with Jason in it can be good or bad moving forward.

It has a nice crime drama feel to it, similar to the early days of Detective Comics. I think there’s something here, I just don’t know what yet.

Jason has had some of the worst arcs in the past 20 years of my time reading comics. This isn't that bad, comparatively. Do I wish it was better? Absolutely. But this is literally a character that is more interesting via fanon and imagination than reality, and just a missed opportunity.

Not as bad as people made it out to be, this feels like a regular issue #1. Jason definitely feels like an angsty teen, huntress feel a bit random for this story and The art is good. I’m interested to see Jason in a detective role.

Solid first issue. Never delve deep into Red Hood or Huntress so this series could be up my alley . Will be picking up future issues

I actually enjoyed this very much and deals with what happened in hush 2 I thought Jason’s voice in this was pretty normal and find all the hate online to be hyperbole The art is great sort of noir in a way I really like it

Tbh? The story feels okay but it doesn't feel like a Red Hood or Huntress story. It feels like they just put OCs over established characters (despite Jason being ran through the mud over the years) just to sell this run.

The hot saliva subplot was goated as hell man you can tell this is a mature readers series

balancing out the review bombs. my actual opinion is 2.5

Nowhere near as bad as most people are saying. Sure there’s some imperfect dialogue, but it’s a solid comic that succeeded in both catching my interest and setting up the next issues.

honestly? not as offensive as people are saying, it’s a first issue so there’s not much to go off of. the art is fine, even good at times, the character design is less than ideal in my mind. the writing was just a little bland to me at times. probably won’t pick up the next issue

I'm not even jumping on the hate train with this but please get Gretchen off Red Hood.

Guys let’s be honest, this comic is not that bad. The writing could be a lot worse and I want to read another issue. GFM is a controversial person to some, but I think she did a solid job with this issue.

jason is 2/2 for bad series this year it's rough out here for jason fans

also the character design is really ugly sorry

I really enjoyed it! I think the story has a great start and it left me wanting to see what happens next the art is awesome a noir feel and i love the Jim Lee variant I got

People giving 2 stars or lower are probably lying or didn't really read it. It's actually pretty good. Maybe 3.5/5. 

It felt very surface level. I was interested in the case Jason was working, but the characters did feel very surface level, like the voice didn't fully reach. I like the new city, but the issue overall feels strained by the current batman run.

Nothing burger issue. Please just give my boy a good run

read it, put it down, bought something else. besides character design, the art style for the city is cool.

Absolute insane mischarectarization for both jason and helena. Never understood why theyd ship theme tg it js makes everything weird

Regression Jasons charcater and ooc Helena? 😮‍💨 whatever

Horrible issue, free Helena from Jason Todd, this author and this story

quite a simple read, but not engaging or interesting enough to grab my attention, i would say i’d be interested in reading more to see if the story picks up but i believe the rest of the issues got cancelled..so yeah

I haven't read mine yet,But dam all the negatives about this writer,Ya'll gonna drive the sales of this book! Maybe this is just what she wanted!

Not good and very boring the art is fine nothing amazing but the writer is the worst.

Two words: "wet saliva"

I cannot fathom how DC continues to fail to do something good with this character

I haven't read this yet; I read of bad reviews. But I am really excited to read this. I know I'm going to like it.

i hope it gets fucking cancelled bc what the hell was that

Edit: it really got cancelled 🙏

It’s a shame this got cancelled I’d love to see it continued

There's absolutely nothing wrong with this first single issue, not a big deal if you don't fall for internet fandom discourse bullshit

I give up on Jason Todd fans there truly is no pleasing them. Every thing made with him in it is “out of character” where that phrase has been used so much with him that I don’t even think he has one anymore. The book however was a silly edgy pulpy fun time.

Awful book + the writer is a terrible person.

Look it’s wasn’t as bad as everyone is making it out to be look I’m not saying it’s perfect no but it has a good chance at developing into something it’s definitely a growing one not a hit out of the park on the first go

Ok it’s really not that bad, it’s not without its problems but I think we just need to give it time.

Also, just… just bring back the helmet… please.

Now THIS is a number one! I was left wanting with last weeks with Batman but holy cow this delivered in blood covered spades! The Jim Lee varient cover goes hard!

Well, now that the run is confirmed over, the best parts about this comic are the following: 1. Jason uses guns again. 2. The art by Jeff Spokes 3. The variant cover by Jim Lee

This is pretty in character, this is like the emotional version of jason in the three jokers, It's fine , I don't know why every one's freaking out. 

Such good visual design all around. New Angelique seems like a really fresh setting. Humans are complicated and aggressive, overzealous inquisitioning is creepy and dishonest.

if you had handed this to me and blacked out the cover and all the credits, I could probably be convinced this was written by Jason Aaron.

Waste of paper.! Writing is horrible.

Honestly I didn't hate this, did I love it no, but I did enjoy reading it, which looking at the review score not a lot of you did which I can understand there wasn't a lot there but I dunno, I kinda like it, I didn't hate it

WHAT WAS THAT!?!?!?

Well, that's it. With the news of this book being now cancelled, I can't say I am terribly sad. Not because this was a bad comic, but mostly because it was a continuation to H2SH and the less we talk about that, the better.

First issue is fine. Still don't know why Helena is hanging around in New Angelique...

Not bad, reviews thought itd be a bad first issue. Worth my $5 and 5 stars

Terrible book even worse author. 🤮

this shit is so ass man

This comic book was sexy and yall are ignorant. BLOOP *fly away in my roflcopter*                      

I had a very very low bar for this book and because of that it was above my expectations. Still not that good tho.

i figured this was a good way to start with rh comics but im second guessing it /: lemme go check some rh guide/reading order and then i'll come back to this

ay pues equis la verdad, si estan raritas la conversaciones pero esperaba algo mas cringe lol

is this even jason todd

It’s fine. I am intrigued by the last page, at least.

👎👎👎

My boy is shooting people again. Good for him. Not a fan of the art style, but might turn out interesting.

Quite bad

All I’m going to say is that Helena calling me “Boy Wonder” would do things to me I couldn’t hide.

it was trash

Very mid

Gonna be honest... NOT a horrible start? I've read worse admittedly.

kind of forgettable

talvez, só talvez, o moletom e a jaqueta de couro não estejam ajudando com o calor

Liked it

Servicebale start all things considered

It’s a first issue and it’s just fine

it’s fine