In 1988 DC Comics created a campain for readers to decide if Robin lives or dies!! You might remember that in the Batman comic books they had a storyline called A DEATH IN THE FAMILY where at the end of one issue the new Robin had been trapped by the Joker & then they had a cliffhanger as to what would happen to him. Then, DC Comics published a full-page ad in most of their comics giving you, the reader, a 1-900 number to call to decide if he lived or died. I vividly remember when this was going on & it was kinda creepy. This was not the classic Dick Grayson Robin we all love but a new bratty kid Batman sort of adopted to be the new Robin. Alot of people didn't like him because of his attitude. Anyway, the votes were real close but everyone decided that ROBIN SHOULD DIE! In the next issue of Batman they did just that. The Joker beat Robin to death with a crowbar! Here's the full-page ad they ran...it's a dark piece of Batman comic book history.
