Death in the Family Promo ad

[Petertime]

Hey

I am looking for a higher quality version of this image....
anyone have it in an old comic that they can scan for me?
Or direct me to a site that has it...

Thanks

[drwho]

Found this

http://batman.ugo.com/gallery.asp?img=5&gallery=batman_adeathinthefamily_comics

[COMIC GEEK]

and did you know it was only by 28 VOTES that decided the outcome.... 28 VOTES!!!!

[Mr.50]

and did you know it was only by 28 VOTES that decided the outcome.... 28 VOTES!!!!



They should have decided that if it was within a certain margin then that still counted as that he should not die. When you take statistical error into account there really is no way from those results to tell what the people wanted.

[The Xenos]

Can we get a vote to kill him again? :evilangry

[RowdyRodimus]

I still want my 50 cents back for my vote.

[Joe Night]

Did DC actually release the amount of votes on both sides?

[Captain Jim]

Not at the time. At least not publicly.

[TROUBLEZ]

Very tacky way of killing off a character. DC probably never intended to have Robin survive.
They already knew many fans hated Jason Todd, so what would be the point of having him survive? They would still end up with a character, who many disliked.

[simonti]

you can find it at here
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=198880
bye Hey

I am looking for a higher quality version of this image....
anyone have it in an old comic that they can scan for me?
Or direct me to a site that has it...

Thanks

[Paul Dee]

I still want my 50 cents back for my vote.


Why? You paid to vote to kill him and kill him they did. That they brought him back is irrelevant to your vote

[Kid Kyoto]

Looking at the ad it was only up for a few hours on 2 days so maybe 28 votes was statistically significant.

[AmyLoPan]

I was a wee lass when this was going on, so I didn't get to participate. However, my husband voted against. What a softie. :)

[Young Avenger]

and did you know it was only by 28 VOTES that decided the outcome.... 28 VOTES!!!!

I believe it was so close because the people who voted for him to live still thought Dick was Robin. If more people knew of Jason Todd the vote would have been a landslide. ;)

[Petertime]

Actually it was 72 votes,
I've got the actual numbers somewhere but the percentage worked out to be something like:
50.4% for him dying
49.6 for him living.

I wish I had been a DC reader when this was happening, it seemed like a fun thing to be part of.
Then again...voting to kill some one, even fictionally is a bit odd.

Thanks for assist everyone

[xnef1025]

Very tacky way of killing off a character. DC probably never intended to have Robin survive.
They already knew many fans hated Jason Todd, so what would be the point of having him survive? They would still end up with a character, who many disliked.
Actually, according to Denny O'Neil's postscript in the "A Death in the Family" TPB, the phone poll idea came before the possible death. DC wanted to do an experiment in fan involvement, but since it was going to cost the fans money to participate, they wanted it to be something really important. So someone's life had to be at stake.

"Robin was the logical candidate," because they knew the fans were divided over whether they liked him or not, and some people wanted Batman taken back to his loner roots for his upcoming 50th aniversary. There were two versions of Batman 428 completed awaiting the results on which would be mass produced(That's where that Jim Aparo art showing Batman smiling while holding Jason and yelling, "He's alive!" originated from). O'Neil himself voted to keep Jason around, not the least reason being a Jason-less future meant extra long hours in his office redefining and replanning future Bat-stories.

[PunisherFan]

I like that personally. It's diffferent ya know... rather than kill him off and have everyone pissed off they did something like this where it was the reader;s choice. Sure some people were going to be displeased at the result but at least there was a choice. I think the idea was pretty cool. The ad is a bit creepy but it's all fictional anyway so whatever.

[TROUBLEZ]

Actually, according to Denny O'Neil's postscript in the "A Death in the Family" TPB, the phone poll idea came before the possible death. DC wanted to do an experiment in fan involvement, but since it was going to cost the fans money to participate, they wanted it to be something really important. So someone's life had to be at stake.

"Robin was the logical candidate," because they knew the fans were divided over whether they liked him or not, and some people wanted Batman taken back to his loner roots for his upcoming 50th aniversary. There were two versions of Batman 428 completed awaiting the results on which would be mass produced(That's where that Jim Aparo art showing Batman smiling while holding Jason and yelling, "He's alive!" originated from). O'Neil himself voted to keep Jason around, not the least reason being a Jason-less future meant extra long hours in his office redefining and replanning future Bat-stories.

So was the phone poll idea supposed to be a one time thing or was it an idea, if successfull, they hoped to do again (slightly interactive comics)?

Like I said, I think DC already planned to kill him off, especially since the collecting craze was gaining momentum in the 80s and an issue featuring the Death of Robin was going to sell a helluva lot better than an issue that turns out he's alive.

DC also said they were surprised that the Death of Superman got so much media attention. They at DC said that this type of story has always been done since the 50s. Well, IMO, it seems DC was trying awfully hard to convince everyone that he really was dying, especially with putting a funeral arm band in the issue, polybagging it with the cover "Here Lies Earths Greatest Hero," the merchandising Death of Superman watches, etc etc. Keep in mind this was when Superman sales were slumping and the collecting/spectator craze was at it's peak.