The hit Webtoons series Red Hood: Outlaws, starring fan-favorite Jason Todd on an ill-fated road to redemption, is in print for this second can't-miss collection!
The Outlaws try to go legit -- and fail spectacularly. The Justice League has issued a challenge to DC’s Dark Trinity, forcing Red Hood, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, and Bizarro to try and replace their goody-two-shoe counterparts as the heroes the world neither deserves nor needs.
In this original series, the Outlaws battle some of DC’s biggest Super-Villains and Super Heroes—but their biggest battles are among themselves. Can this team last? And can they find their own identities separate from Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman?
This is the second print collection of the hit Webtoon series Red Hood: Outlaws, starring fan-favorite DC antihero Jason Todd!
Patrick R Young is a Writer, Producer, and Director based out of Los Angeles. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he co-founded the production company BIG BAD FILM with partner Powell Robinson. Under this banner he wrote and co-directed the feature horror film BASTARD.
TBH I am a lot more invested in this series than in the Zatanna Webtoon series. It just feels so much easier to follow and is just a lot more straight-forward than the other. Jason is my favourite Robin so maybe I'm biased. I like how each book is like "one episode" like there's a different villain in each book, like a TV show. I am definitely excited to see what happens in the last volume but sad it's over so soon.
Since I read the Red Hood: And the Outlaws series on Webtoon, I decided to review all five “books” on here in one collective review.
Overall, I’m giving the series 4-stars but I will be candid- the very beginning, the overarching vibe, and the ending are the strongest points. (Also, ep. 54 was high art.) The middle was a bit messy and the characterization felt scattershot at times.
I’ll break it down.
The Good
- The artists are standouts in this one. They manage to juggle a uniquely Webtoon art style/aesthetic with a more traditional superhero comics form and structure in a seamless way. A lot of stories struggle to find their rhythm artistically, and this story was not one of them. The pacing was good, the color was vibrant, and even with the shifts between artists being noticeable, the overall vibe of the comic was consistent. It was beautiful to read at all times. (Again, ep. 54. If you know, you know.)
- I am such a simp for the Jason Todd, Artemis, and Bizarro trio. I love all three of them and adored them getting another series, especially one that did a great job of writing their group friendship dynamics. The banter was straight-up sitcom style, and I loved it. Young understood how the characters needed to interact with each other from the first panel and delivered.
- The series made sure to give all three outlaws equal attention instead of just being Jason Todd & Friends (TM). I really appreciated this because Bizarro is one of my favorites, and he never gets the spotlight. I also feel like most of the Red Hood comics don’t give Artemis enough attention, either. The series worked to remedy that and I appreciated it. (This is, paradoxically, one of the series’ struggles, too, so bear with me. I’ll get to that later.)
- Minor spoiler, but the Batman & Jason dynamic was right on. Especially in the later half of the series (if you’ve read it, you know what I’m talking about here). The EQ score between them is still a negative number, but I appreciated how their past and present relationship was handled. It felt both in line with canon and fanon, a hard balance to achieve, but a beautiful one to read.
- Again, this is both a highlight and downfall, but the characterization of Jason Todd was solid. He was moody. He was erratic. And he was still reminiscent of the doe-eyed young child who wanted to save the world. There were a few moments where I think the writer forgot that even though Jason plays dumb, he is not actually dumb (there was a “dumb jock” moment or two that felt out of line for someone who made a career out of organized crime), but they were few and far between. Overall, Jason was done well.
The Struggles
- Even though I love Artemis and Bizarro, I felt like this series tried to give all three characters “equal screen time” and it fell short in this mission. It did, in fact, give all three characters the same attention but I felt like Jason’s plot line and characterization was given the most creative consideration and attention while Artemis’s and Bizarro’s plot arcs were rather surface level and scattered.(This says something because there were often moments where I wondered if the writer fully understood the mental gymnastics of Jason Todd, either. Maybe I just have weirdly high characterization standards?).
- The romance between Artemis and Jason was off kilter, too, at times (again, in the middle). It felt too sudden, too fast, with no build up or serious tension. I know, I know- their chemistry is supposed to be implied because they’ve always had a “will they, won’t they” thing going on. Unfortunately, their relationship just felt off at times. I think it might be because they, individually, felt off at times, but I digress. The romance should’ve been a perpetual space for squealing and “oh my god, cute!” and instead, often left me going “wait, what”.
- My biggest critique is that the middle of this series was kind of a mess. So much of comics relies on the implied- gaps of time rushed through, boring events skipped, journeys and missions boiled down to a few key panels. Unfortunately, the middle of this series felt like a holey patchwork quilt- an assortment of scenes missing key connective tissue. I was able to follow what was happening, but I can see why it left lots of people confused. We would be following Jason present day, and then it would switch to Artemis in the past, and then someone was dreaming, etc. You get it.
While I slid into the negative at the end, don’t let that deter you from reading.
Overall, I had so much fun. I enjoyed the shenanigans, the group banter, and the art of this series immensely. While it wasn’t without its flaws, I would still recommend it. I can look past a chaotic middle for the overall energy (and synergy) of the comic and this one had great energy from the start.
- anyway i read like four episodes when this initially came out and nonchalantly hated it - no other thoughts other than jason looks pretty in it and also the plot sucks ass - i really do appreciate jason having an undercut and tattoos - only saving grace rn is jason being in it and the art being stellar - bizarro listening to last days by black canary lmaooo - jason reusing old jokes win - I FORGIVE THIS WEBTOON OF EVERYTHING JASON HAS AN EAR PIERCING IM SCREAMINGGGG - he is such a pg 13 effboi in ths series - he has such ultimate 'i can fix him' energy - another thing i like abt this jason: brown eyes AND visible scars everywhere - can only list things to do with the art bc otherwise i'd have to think abt the writing - it just keeps getting worse - actually bizarro only person who gets good character writing with the arc of him always distracting himself from the loneliness through shows and movies and music and being so much more self aware than anyone gives him credit for - red hood outlaw more like BIZARRO DESERVES TO BE FREE OF JASON'S BUFFOONERY - oookay episode 25 is genuinely great - yesss comrade jason. class conscious jason - a little bit floored by how good this episode was compared to to how mid the rest of the series is - so in this awful alternate universe this thing takes place in the US runs on. CRYPTOCURRENCY ??? - the writers really went AND GUESS WHAT!! TIME FOR 2016 ERA POLITICAL COMMENTARY!! - so far the only good episodes out of ....FIFTY SIX ....are 25, 26, and 28 - HE HIJACKED HIS TWITTER - no okay. okay. this was a ride.
Patrick R. Young and Nico Bascuñan return for the second printed volume of the Red Hood: Outlaws series. Having been given the keys to the Watchtower, the Outlaws have a month to serve as the newest Justice League. Their first major mission brings them into contact with the mystical Medusa, returned from Hell to petrify humanity. Despite jumping on the case, misleads and false truths leads to a violent confrontation that ends with Medusa a victim of her own gaze. The second global trek sees the team chase after a brand new Mirror Master, one who comes from a different part of the multiverse. This version of the criminal is stealing items to power up his dimension-hopping abilities; the Outlaws must determine if they are up to the challenge while facing their potential counterparts from alternate universes. Pat Young continues to present an entertaining premise of having Bizarro, Red Hood, and Artemis be the newest Justice League. The failed press tours, red herrings, and self-doubt gives the storyline more nuance, as each of the three protagonists struggle with the weight of their world added to their own personal problems. Nino Bascuñan continues to punch above his weight class with his art chores, shifting from massive fight scenes to quiet couch moments with ease. Red Hood: Outlaws Volume 2 continues to provide hit after hit for the Webtoon/DC Comics collaboration.
4/5🌟 This exciting volume follows straight from where the last one left off, I truly enjoyed it and had a blast reading this. The complicated relationship with Artemis and Jason is really interesting and seems to fit the characters and theme perfectly—what I mean is, they both seem awful at relationships; which is maybe while they’ll work. It’s clear that the team cares for each other and is trying to make their current situation as the temporary Justice League successful. Additionally, I really loved the peek we had into Bizzaro’s inner dialogue for a unique change, seeing how his opposite speech affects his perception of himself and how he believes others to perceive him. The cliffhanger ending was really something, I enjoyed the multiverse aspect and am really intrigued as to where that will go. Overall? A great volume. Was very much worth my time.
Going to do this now because doing later is not working.
I feel Jason is out of character as he wants to be the Justice League with his friends. Seems off but I have not read many Red Hood comics.
The adventures they go on are …lazy? Self indulgent?
Yah not sure I will read more or at least pay for more. Red Hood looks like a dork with the haircut etc. The art is amazing however but anime feel.
The “cliff notes” version is this is not for me.
Ops also : I dislike the “pop references” as I reread TF Robots in Disguise after TF Prime and pop references make rereading years later distracting. The social media interaction is fun but I feel makes things harder to believe people do not know hidden identities. Stupid of me but whatever.
I'm... Always skeptical on anything that tries to push the alternate universe Jason Todd Batman idea, so I'm not necessarily looking forward to that, but... The art is at least getting more consistent in this. I'm still not sure it's my favourite series out there, there's a lot of characterization I'm not vibing with on Jason's end, but I'm unfortunately woefully underread on both Bizarro and Artemis but need to find other things. I feel like I want better for this series, so that's why I keep holding on, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I just know it feels off. This was stronger than the first volume, with some actual motivations felt, but can we do anything that doesn't just play on Jason's death now please DC?
Again weird pacing, but maybe I’m not used to how comics work compared to books.
Fun story and better art style, it sets up mysteries well and I like the modern aspect of it, like Jason getting cyber bullied or Eurale smoking a vape. This is also why reading makes you smart because I didn’t know that Medusa had a sister in Greek mythology and now I do.
I also like how well comics tends to explicitly include LGBT+ characters. Artemis and Euryale having a previous relationship is excellent.
Rating this in regards to the WebToon. I am going to be honest in saying that I only finished the series because it was related to Batman. The storyline itself was really clunky at times. I had actually stopped reading for a bit and had to pick it back up once this series finished on webtoons
I forgave the first volume for quite a bit, including the basic plot, because I like the characters. But since this volume isn't really an improvement, I think I'm going to call it even here.
Much better than volume one as far as the characterization goes (not great, but better), but also like...what in the world was going on with the plot lol it was aaaalllll over the place
I read up to episode 21 on webtoon and I think it’s the end of the second volume in paperback. I liked it, a lot. I’m loving bizzarro but not as much Artemis…she’s just flat, especially the romance with Jason (in my mind she’s a lesbian💔) but overall it’s good with a really pretty artstyle