Jason Todd could be lifeless (once more), and followers are being requested whether or not he must be (… once more).

This week’s episode of DC Universe’s Titans ended with a cliffhanger, because the superhero cleaning soap opera is wont to do. Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites) and Starfire (Anna Diop) have been unable to cease the murderer Deathstroke (Esai Morales) from dropping Jason Todd (Curran Walters) off of a constructing. The younger Robin plummeted and the present reduce to black, leaving followers within the lurch for per week.

However in the mean time, DC Universe’s boards have one thing for them to do: Vote on whether or not Jason ought to dwell or die.

“Will he dwell or will Jason Todd die?” says the ballot description. “Take the ballot under to let your voice be heard! This isn’t the primary time that Jason’s destiny was left to the whims of others; will historical past repeat itself or will he dwell to mouth off one other day?”

The outline refers back to the 1988 Batman story arc A Demise within the Household, through which the second subject ended with the potential loss of life of Jason Todd, the second Robin. Readers have been supplied the chance to name a 1-900 quantity and vote on whether or not he ought to survive.

The ballot was the brainchild of Batman writer-editor Denny O’Neil, who thought giving DC’s viewers management over a plot may drive gross sales — and who knew that regardless of his prominence, Jason wasn’t a extremely popular character. Readers had 36 hours to name one among two numbers akin to their selection, each of which charged a small payment. Within the meantime, O’Neil, author Jim Starlin, and artist Jim Aparo started prepping two completely different following points: one the place Jason lived, and one the place the Joker succeeded. In the long run, he died most terribly.

Jim Starlin, Jim Aparo/DC Comics

Within the postscript on the primary A Demise within the Household assortment, O’Neil shared that the ballot recorded 10,614 votes. However regardless of that turnout, the tally was in favor of Jason’s loss of life by a mere 72-vote margin. Jason died, and remained lifeless for almost 20 years, till he was revived by … nicely, it’s a protracted story.

As of the writing of this put up, DC Universe’s ballot is repeating historical past by operating neck and neck, with 7059 votes for Jason to dwell, and 7154 votes for him to die. However an episode of tv has a for much longer turnaround than a problem of a comic book ebook.

Replace: After Polygon reached out to DC Universe, a consultant was capable of affirm that the subsequent episode of Titans has already wrapped. The ballot is only for enjoyable — not for Jason Todd’s destiny.