From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! — Jim Starlin

In 1988, the pop culture world was rocked when comics readers were given theopportunity to decide the outcome of one of the medium's most controversialquandaries: Should the Boy Wonder die? While history has taught us one answer tothat question, a second answer is now told -- What if Robin lived?Jason Todd, the second teenager to wear the mask of Robin, survived a brutalbeating at the hands of maniacal Joker, but his wounds run deeper than flesh.The already volatile Jason is haunted by what happened to him and is unwilling toconfront his demons, so Bruce Wayne brings in a psychiatrist to talk to him. CanJason recover from his ordeal? Is the Batman ultimately to blame? And then there isthe question on everyone's mind: who killed the Joker?Writer J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League International) and artist Rick Leonardi(Nightwing) spin the story of what would have happened if the fans had chosendifferently. From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! collects the entirefour-issue miniseries along with Batman #426, #427, and #429 and the faux-simileissue Batman #428: Robin Lives! that lead up to this momentous elseworld.