The Man Behind the Red Hood!

Plot summary

Over the course of a month, Batman teaches the students many things and decides that they are ready for a real case—that of "

The students discover that the Red Hood decided to steal one million dollars from the Monarch Playing Card Company, but was thought to have been killed after jumping into a basin of the company's chemicals following a confrontation with Batman.

The Red Hood hears of the re-opening of the case and attacks the school. Finally, when Batman unmasks him, the Red Hood turns out to be the school gardener. Batman questions him and finds out that the school gardener had captured the real Red Hood and left him locked inside a tool shed. He decided to commit crimes and frame the Red Hood.

Batman, Robin and the students discover that the "Red Hood" is in fact their old nemesis, the

• Batman #213
• ISBN 9781401233761
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• ISBN 9781563898105
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• ISBN 9780517190326
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• ISBN 9780446391252
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• Limited Collector's Edition C-39

Cultural impact

This story includes the first origin story of The Joker, Batman's greatest enemy. The Joker's origin from this comic has been used in various Batman-related media, including the 1989 film. The story would be updated in later storylines, including The Killing Joke and Zero Year.^[2] It was chosen as one of the comic books to represent "Batman In The Fifties" "Batman From The '30s To The '70s", and as one of "The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told".

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