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In 1988, the Joker killed Robin aka Jason Todd, in the legendary Batman story A Death in the Family. But Jason almost didn’t die. For Robin’s 80th anniversary, here’s a glimpse of what nearly happened, Jim Starlin’s unused pages from DC’s own archive.

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