Today, ROBOT 6 introduces its new weekly feature "By the Numbers," which takes a look back at the events of the past five days ... in numbers. The biggest, or at least most-discussed, story of the week was undoubtedly Grant Morrison's decision to kill off Damian Wayne in Batman Incorporated #8, a little something to remember the writer by as he wraps up his six-year run on the Dark Knight.
That development, naturally, stirred memories of 1988, when DC Comics bumped off a far less-popular Robin in an even more controversial manner: by having the readers decide whether Jason Todd lived or died ... by calling a 1-900 phone number. The Joker may have wielded the crowbar, but Batman fans handed down the death sentence.
2. Batman--The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Dark Knight, by Les Daniels
3. Scott Snyder's Jan. 13, 2013, interview with Comic Book Resources
4. Batman #428 (December 1988) and Batman #635 (February 2005)
5. eBay.com