Rating: 
Summary: Good.
Review: I am a Batman fan and a Robin loather. So this book made me enjoy the death of this annoying 'Boy Somber'. And at the hands of who? My favorite villain, the Joker. To be serious, though, it is a very good and collective piece of comics, since this event was a milestone in the current Batman Universe continuity. Buy it.
Rating: 
Summary: an important history of batman but mediocre story
Review: i can't believe how jim starlin made this illogical plot. the idea is promising, the end of robin. it's an interesting and very potential idea to blow the readers' emotion but executed poorly as a whole story. the art: jim aparo, not the best choice for the story. his style is not realistic enough to convey a potential emotion. duet of neal adams and dick giordano or duet of don newton and alfredo alcala would be much better. thanks God the inker did a good job!! he really added deeper emotion in batman pictures. the colorist, adrianne roy, he is not a right choice for the story. his vibrant color pallette simply doesn't match with the feel of the story. it's better to leave the drawings without color or choose someone else. last thing, the story is so racist, not a good choice.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Important book, but poorly written
Review: I can't believe Jim Frickin Starlin wrote this storyline.
DC realized they'd made a mistake by making this new Robin such a badass. He was totally unlikable. So they made a decision whether by killing him outright, or giving him a mortal wound they would write him out. We get a hackneyed "looking for my birth mother" script with just too many ridiculous coincidences. (One candidate just happens to be a Batman villan, another just happens to be dealing with the Joker). What crap. Then on top of that, the Iranians, (this was pre-Gulf War remember) make the Joker a citizen and a delegate. Even in the comic-book world its impossible to surrender belief this much. Starlin probably needs to stick to the outer-space cosmic sagas.
But there are good points: the characterization of Batman comes through shining bright. He's visibly shaken now. For the first time, he contemplates murder. He blames himself. We also see more of the contentious relationship between himself and Superman.
But one thing about this book -- it changed the Bat universe for all time; the Joker is now in a class by himself among Bat-foes;
(it got personal, you might say) Jason Todd's memory continues even until this day, and of course it led to the introduction of the new, extremely popular Robin Tim Drake. (Who would have ever thunk that the sidekick could sustain a 100+ solo title run?) Of course, all that stuff comes in several successive books, not here. My recommendation: buy used if you can.
Rating:
Summary: Batman Beyond
Review: I found the book good but there were no surprises. Very much a product of the 1980s down to the Joker's new boss at the end of the story. I liked the inclusion of Superman, he wasn't necessary but it gave the Batman someone to help him get through the crisis. My title reflect the tendency in the movies and the animated adventures to use Jason Todd as the example that Bruce Wayne's partners live up to. The Animated Batman's Tim Drake (Robin II) is almost (in PG form) an exact duplicate of Jason; he eventually even becomes the Joker. Dick Grayson from the Batman Movies is even more of a miscreant and delinquent than Jason ever was. Terry McGinnis (Batman of the Future (Beyond)) is almost another Jason Clone. What is Warner thinking? Tim Drake (Robin III) is very popular and a great hero, Jason Todd was voted dead.... I guess that Viacom wants to corrupt everything American, maybe the company belongs to one of our Middle Eastern enemies.
Rating: 
Summary: This book is highly recommended for Batman fans.
Review: I found this book to be one of Jim Starlin's
and Jim Aparo's best efforts. In addition to having a great emotional impact, the artwork is
very well done. Anyone who wants to know the story behind the death of the second Robin should read this.
Rating:
Summary: An excellent story. One of Jim Starlin's best.
Review: I found this to be a very good story with plenty of suspense.
The part about the Joker stealing a cruise missile and trying to sell it to terrorists made me think about what might happen if someone really did get their hands on such a weapon. It was also interesting to see Jason Todd searching for his mother. I couldn't wait to see who it was. It was
so sad when she turned on him and handed him over to the
Joker. It was almost fitting when she died. It was really
tragic when Batman finally found Robin and knew before he
checked for a pulse that Robin was dead.
Rating:
Summary: An excellent story. One of Jim Starlin's best.
Review: I found this to be a very good story with plenty of suspense.The part about the Joker stealing a cruise missile and trying to sell it to terrorists made me think about what might happen if someone really did get their hands on such a weapon. It was also interesting to see Jason Todd searching for his mother. I couldn't wait to see who it was. It was so sad when she turned on him and handed him over to the Joker. It was almost fitting when she died. It was really tragic when Batman finally found Robin and knew before he checked for a pulse that Robin was dead.
Rating:
Summary: It is very exiting and suspenceful.
Review: IT IS GOOD, I THINK IT IS A VERY INTERESING STORY. IT HAS ALOT OF ACTION,BUT ITS ALSO KINDA SAD.
Rating:
Summary: The Death of Robin (Jason Todd)
Review: Sadly, with this amazing a premise for a comic book, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY doesn't venture into any new area other than establishing the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd, who most readers found blatantly annoying anyway. Over time, this tale will wane in popularity to other Batman tomes.
Rating:
Summary: Holy Homicide!
Review: The Joker killed Robin...maybe not Robin I,who was too old to be a Boy Wonder-but Robin II,who was too headstrong to be a truly efeective Boy Wonder. I wouldn't have had it done that way-but the genuine death of a lead character(so rare in comic books)adds more realism to the world of super heroes.
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