Red Hood vs. The Joker #1 Launches as DC K.O. Round 8 With a Brutal, Personal Showdown

Overview

• DC published the one-shot on December 24 as Round 8 of All Fight Month in the DC K.O. tournament.
• The issue is by writers Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson with art by Dustin Nguyen and Giuseppe Camuncoli, plus Mark Morales, John Kalisz and Steve Wands.
• Reviewers describe a revenge-driven character study of Jason Todd with visceral fights and visual callbacks to Death in the Family and even his pre-Crisis acrobat past.
• The bout unfolds across Ace Chemicals, the room where Joker killed Jason and a graveyard, with dynamic layouts and double-page spreads singled out for praise.
• A Justice League Watchtower coda pushes the larger DC K.O. narrative forward and tees up the next installments.