Red Hood



Red Hood is published by DC Comics. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Red Hood #52: 22 Dec 2020

Current Issue

 * Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #1: 26 Sep 2023

Next Issue

 * Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #2: 24 Oct 2023

Status
A two-issue "Gotham War" tie-in started September 2023.

Main Characters

 * Red Hood/Jason Todd


 * Artemis


 * Bizarro

Trade Paperbacks

 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 1: REDemption - Collects vol. 1 #1-7. "No sooner has Batman's former sidekick, Jason Todd, put his past as the Red Hood behind him than he finds himself cornered by a pair of modern day outlaws: Green Arrow's rejected sidekick Arsenal, the damaged soldier of fortune, and the alien Starfire, a former prisoner of intergalactic war who won't be chained again. As a loner, Jason has absolutely no interest in this motley crew of outlaws. So what's he going to do when they choose the Red Hood as their leader?" - -  -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 2: The Starfire - Collects vol. 1 #8-14. "When Jason and the team find out that Starfire is one of the most feared (and dangerous) commanders in all of space, the team will take to the stars to help decide the fate of the throne of Tamaran." - -  -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 3: Death of the Family - Collects vol. 1 #0, 14-17, plus Teen Titans #15-16. "It’s Red Hood and Red Robin vs. The Joker! And how will the death of Damian Wayne drive Batman into battle against Jason Todd?" - -  -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 4: League of Assassins - Collects vol. 1 #19-24 & Annual #1. "Following The Joker’s attack, Jason Todd finds himself lost in his own past. Kori and Arsenal set out to the far reaches of the globe to rescue him, but when they come face to face with Hugo Strange and the League of Assassins, the team might reach its breaking point." - -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 5: The Big Picture - Collects vol. 1 #25-30, plus DC Universe Presents #17-18. "Ra’s al Ghul is back, the Outlaws are being held captive, and Jason Todd has lost his memories." - -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 6: Lost and Found - Collects vol. 1 #32-34 & Annual #2, plus stories from Secret Origins vol. 3 #2 & 5. "Red Hood and the team deal with the fallout from Kori’s past and learn that an unexpected villain has returned to make things much, much worse for them!" -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 7: Last Call - Collects vol. 1 #35-40 & Futures End #1. "After discovering who kidnapped Starfire, Red Hood turns to the only thing he knows can overcome them: Venom, the drug that made Bane a super-powered killer!" -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 1: Dark Trinity - Collects vol. 2 #1-6 & Rebirth. "With his new status as a villain, Red Hood plans to take down Gotham's underworld from the inside. Joined by a fallen Amazon named Artemis and a half-baked Superman clone named Bizarro, this dark trinity will soon discover that the line between hero and villain is harder to discern than they might think." -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 2: Who Is Artemis? - Collects vol. 2 #7-11. "With the dangerous Black Mask defeated, the Outlaws gear up for their journey to Bana-Mighdall and shocking secrets from Artemis’ past come to light! Who is this mysterious Amazon warrior? What is her relation to Wonder Woman? And what makes her quest for the Bow of Ra so personal?" -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 3: Bizarro Reborn - Collects vol. 2 #12-18 & Annual #1. "Bizarro's final days are upon us! As Red Hood and the Outlaws rush home to Gotham City in an effort to save Bizarro's life, a new threat is unleashed in the form of Solomon Grundy! Can the Outlaws stop Grundy's rampage without their most powerful member? Who unleashed the monster in the first place? And can Grundy be defeated in time to save Bizarro from certain death?" -


 * Red Hood and the Outlaws, vol. 4: Good Night Gotham - Collects vol. 2 #19-25. "There’s never been a better time to help your favorite super-villain take over the world, defeat an archnemesis or rob a bank. Even the bad guys need a little help, and with the Henched app, you can find the perfect evil boss for you! Just don’t be surprised if Red Hood and the Outlaws show up to your budding henchmen convention and stop your dreams dead in their tracks." -


 * Red Hood: Outlaw, vol. 1: Requiem for an Archer - Collects vol. 2 #26-31 & Annual #2. "Banished from Gotham City and estranged from the Outlaws, Red Hood takes up residence in Appleton, a would-be American town that's a secret haven for the criminal operators. When Red Hood gets his hands on a crowbar and starts handing out some bloody justice, it really stirs up the hornet's nest... But Batwoman joins the fight and both Kate and Jason find themselves exiled from Gotham for taking the law into their own hands." - -  -


 * Red Hood: Outlaw, vol. 2: Prince of Gotham - Collects vol. 2 #32-36 & Annual #3. "The Red Hood becomes the Prince of Gotham, as he embarks on a hostile takeover of the Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge and Casino! But Jason Todd soon finds out that running Gotham City’s underworld is even more dangerous than it sounds—and things get even more complicated with the return of Essence, not to mention Penguin’s revenge plot." -


 * Red Hood: Outlaw, vol. 3: Generation Outlaw - Collects vol. 2 #37-42. "Leave it to Red Hood to get Lex Luthor's strangest offer of all: to train the next generation of super-villains in the DC Universe! As the only super-villain in the world to have trained under Batman himself, Red Hood is the ideal instructor. But has Jason Todd fallen so far that he'd take on the task of forging tomorrow's Legion of Doom or Crime Syndicate--or is he trying to work from within to undermine Lex's villainous machinations? Will the kids of Generation Outlaw trust Jason Todd, and will they ultimately prove to be the end of his old teammates?" -


 * Red Hood: Outlaw, vol. 4: Unspoken Truths - Collects vol. 2 #43-50. "Magic and metahumans are everywhere, but good and evil are easy to spot—right? Red Hood and the Outlaws are about to discover that the line between moral and immoral is very thin indeed. Red Hood, Artemis, and Bizarro have battled many threats together…but they’ve never faced a veritable army of the damned! Which is what is happening during the protests on the streets of Qurac as the Untitled prepare to strike at the heart of humanity! It’s a battle that will take the Outlaws literally to hell—but will they be able to find their way back?" -

Hardcovers

 * Red Hood and the Outlaws: The New 52 Omnibus, vol. 1 - Collects vol. 1 #0-27 & Annual #1, plus Teen Titans vol. 4 #16 & Batman vol. 2 #17. -

History
First published in 2011.

Volume 2
Writer: Scott Lobdell. Artist: Dexter Soy.

Volume 1
Writer (Issues #1-18): Scott Lobdell. Writer (Issues #19- ): James Tynion IV. Artist/Covers (Issues #1-11): Kenneth Rocafort (Issues #1-11). Artist (#19- ): Mico Suayan.

Publishing History

 * Volume 1: #1-40, 2011-2015 (Red Hood and the Outlaws)
 * Volume 2: #1-52, 2016-2020 (#1-26 as Red Hood and the Outlaws; #27-50 as Red Hood: Outlaw; #51 & 52 as Red Hood)

Future Publication Dates

 * Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood #2: 24 Oct 2023
 * Red Hood: Outlaws, Volume One: 05 Mar 2024

News & Features

 * 17 Feb 2012 - The Owl Signal: Lobdell Hunts Owls with Red Hood & The Outlaws
 * 20 Oct 2011 - Scott Lobdell on Red Hood, Starfire, Sex & Gender Inequality
 * 01 Jul 2011 - Reader’s Guide to the New DC Universe: Red Hood and the Outlaws

Links

 * DC Comics - Publisher's Website