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Batman : Urban Legend #6 Review

[Jason Part- Long Post]

So, i know a much more groundbreaking and exciting news comes from Tim Drake story (congrats!), and while as a bi i feel kinda happy but let me just continue my habits as a Jason Stan. beside i'm not into Tim Drake so i don't feel qualified to review his story

Jason's story in a Urban Legend comes to an end!

Is it a good ending? depended on what kind of Jason that you hold dearly into your heart. If you're like me that prefers dark independent Jason, who's unique to the batfamily because of his moral and ideology, it's a huge bummer. But if you're a batfam fans, it feels very sweet. Even as a non batfam fans, i admit this story warms my heart and left me with some emotion.

Anyway, continue to the story. so Jason trying to save Batman from Cheers, he entered the batcave looking for antidote when he looks into Batman suit. Something that he will wear when he's fighting later on because the suit is effective for Mr.Freeze's ice (althought heavy)

During the fight, Jason got gassed and then we see what's Jason's happiness looks like, yep, for Bruce to kills Joker and they get to be family again, standard.

But our hero prevail, he fought the gas, and then in a dramatic way, the batfamily comes to help thanks to Oracle. He managed to give the antidote to Bruce. Bruce, very shocked by the happiness he saw and the untested antidote, becoming very on the edge and almost try to kill Cheer but it was stopped by Jason, knowing that it's not a real Batman and how Cheer is not the person that Batman should kill. Very batfam material.

Next, we have ending for Tyler. His mother pull trough and they have a new life. It's all good. I think this is the most reasonable ending because as much as we want to see Jason-Tyler together, there's no way it'll work without Jason giving up his vigilantee life or Tyler to be another child soldier. I just hope Tyler will be in this run more.

Next, Bruce and Jason have conversation and this is the biggest bummer for me. JASON SAID HE'S GIVING UP GUNS. If you love Red Hood and hate Batman like me, this feels so wrong. But with the way this story told, i kinda get where it comes from

Jason did kill Tyler's dad because he's emotional for seconds while he's holding gun. And while Tyler's dad is an asshole who drugged his own kids, Tyler's future is almost in jeopardy if his mother doesn't pull trough. So Jason's dialogue is right. Death has a way of rippling out to others. in this case, Tyler.

For ending scenes, we're given vision of Bruce's version of happiness when he was gassed . Turns out, he want exactly the same thing with Jason. To kill Joker and have Jason back.

DC won't ever let batman kill the Joker so to discuss it will be pointless. But that Bruce's panel where he was sadly smiling is so fluffy, even when i'm dissapointed with this ending

In the end, Jason got a gift from B, which turns out to be his old costume and an invitation for family dinner

Now, as a fan of independent!Jason and not a fan of batfam, this feels insulting. like, why do Jason need Batman permission to be The Red Hood? why do Jason needs that bat symbol? it feels very degrading to Jason's character. especially now that Jason decided to giving up on guns. Let Jason be his own man, argh!

But, does it means that Jason and Bruce finally made up? can we put endless conflict of Bruce vs Jason to rest? Can Jason finally have some chance to be happy and healing, despite of losing his unique characteristic?

See, as much as i'm trying to be positive, Jason giving up gun still super bummed me out. now he just the former robin who, what? Idk DC's plan with this, beside of making him less friendly version of Dick Grayson

While I don't agree with how he sees Jason like, AT ALL, i still think it's a good story. Chip manages to reach his goal from the interview of him that i managed to read : to explore the dysfunctional relationship of father & son and making this a family story. Is this the Jason that we adore from UtRH? Hell no, but at this point, we're waaaay past that.

And at least with this we get more logical story on why Jason hangs out with batfamily now and why Bruce and Jason get along in Future State.

thank you for reading!

P.S : And this is just my guess but maybe DC or Chip just want to be more politically correct by not letting their hero use gun? because let's face it this Jason is not an antihero anymore. he's a batfam now.