[quote=@Eddie Brock]
[@Lord Wraith], that is a lovely hypothesis about the Death/Return of Superman, and I only wish it had been in the writers' minds when they conceived the story. :lol If that story were to be rewritten today with that message at heart, I could grow to love it, but I can't love it in its current form as an obvious sales gimmick.

As for Jason, I'm cool with him coming back simply because Under the Red Hood is such a great story. Someone finally takes Batman to task for never doing what needs to be done, according to some, and putting Joker in the dirt. What I care less for is that they felt obligated to keep Jason around once that story had run its course, eventually neutering him so he could come back into the Bat-fold.
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Well the story was obvious a sales gimmick, but I think the ideal might be there if you do some digging into the Man of Steel's creators. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were both children of Jewish immigrants so it's fair to say the religious imagery may not be accidental.

But yes regarding Jason you hit the nail on the head. Under the Red Hood is a good story, but I don't know if it necessarily needed Jason. Jason does add a lot to the story but I'm getting off course again. Like you said, there was no need to keep the character around and definitely no need to redeem him. At least Pre-Flashpoint Jason was still fairly antagonistic but as of the New52 he's almost unrecognizable. I've never understood why his fandom grew so rapidly. 

But as Blue Demon already pointed out, the audience for comics has significantly widened especially over the past few years and as such DC has had to make its characters appeal to a new audience something that [S]I hate to say it[/S], Marvel for the most part has been significantly better at over the years.