a couple of common misconceptions i've seen about a Death in the Family.
(These are purely based on the og storyline, I can't speak on any adaptations or retcons)
-"Jason and Shiva canonically look enough alike for Jason to suspect she's his mother, even Bruce agreed it was possible"
Jason's suspicion of Shiva had nothing to do with looks. Jason had found his birth certificate, on it was his real mother's name, but everything except the first letter was scribbled out. So Jason found all the female names in his dad's addresses that started with S.
Bruce was initially skeptical of Jason's reasoning
However, when he met Sheila for the first time, he immediately knew she was Jason's mother due to their resemblance.
-"Jason didn't die because he disobeyed orders, he died because his mother betrayed him"
It's both actually, Sheila for sure got him killed, but Batman did very much tell him not to go into the warehouse, he actually begged him to stay put.
and the very next page:
I get why people don't like hearing it, but it's objectively what happened.
-"Shelia hated Jason/felt no remorse for betraying him"
She isn't winning Mother of Year by any means, but she did feel some remorse.
And after the Joker betrayed her, instead of fleeing herself like Jason told her to, she tried to help Jason escape too.
And in her last moments, she praised Jason, saying he was a good kid who deserved better than her.
-"Batman wanted to kill the Joker but Superman stopped him!"
This one's not true at all. Batman was pretty set on killing the Joker, and Superman did say he would stop him if he tried. But by the time the confrontation between Batman and the Joker happened, Superman was busy disposing toxic gas somewhere safe.
(Supes even says "He's all yours")
The fight between Batman and the Joker ended when the helicopter they were on started crashing. Batman bailed hoping the crash would kill the Joker, obviously that's not what happened. Superman was not there and did nothing substantial to stop him.
It's also worth mentioning Bruce gave the Joker the option to surrender earlier in the issue.
+ I am going to hold off on commenting on this scene:
Until I read NT #55, but a lot of talk I've seen about it seems a little disingenuous to me.
