Amalgam Universe (Bruce Wayne: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1)

In this blending of the Marvel and DC universes, Jason becomes Deathlok, who once upon a time took up the role of 'Moonwing' when Dick Grayson went to college. Assumed killed when a supervillain blew up a building to kill Bruce Wayne and the Dark Claw (this world's Batman equivalent), Jason survived as a half-man, half-machine hellbent on revenge.

Robins with grim fates: 100%

American Dreams (JLA #7-#9)

When the Justice League are trapped inside hallucinatory alternate lives, Batman imagines a world in which he is retired and married to Selina. Bruce Jr is Robin II to Tim's Batman.

They are attacked by an aging Joker, who shoots Bruce Jr in the leg and threatens to continue wounding him until Bruce plays into the confrontation.

Batman's realisation. in this Grant Morrison-penned story, that his family are figments of his imagination stands in stark contrast to the similar scenes featuring Superman in Alan Moore's For the Man who has Everything. The differences between the World's Finest have rarely been more simply conveyed.

Robins with grim fates: 100%

Batman Beyond (Television show, direct-to-DVD film, tie-in comics)

Whether this counts as an Elseworld or the 'true' future of the Animated Continuity is really a matter of audience preference. As Bruce Timm says:

'... We still maintain that Batman Beyond is only a POSSIBLE future, mostly to placate the hardcore Batman: The Animated Series fans who choose to believe the Batman Beyond world will never happen...which is fine by me! Continuity's a fluid thing. I mean, "You Only Live Twice" COMPLETELY invalidates/contradicts "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", but I like'em both, so they both happened! There, see how easy that was?

I guess sub-consciously I WAS thinking about a link from Batman: The Animated Series to Justice League to Batman Beyond when I gave Batman his new big-ass ears and heeled boots, but I wouldn't swear to it...

Ultimately, though, since we want to use Joker in Justice League, obviously Robin can't have killed him yet...or maybe he never WILL...ow, my head hurts...'

Batman and Captain America (Batman and Captain America #1)

John Byrne's crossover story is (unofficially) set within the same continuity as his Generations stories. Bruce Jr makes an appearance as Robin II, with a slightly different haircolour to that worn in Generations (red rather than blond).

Robins with grim fates: None!

The Dark Knight Returns (Graphic novel)

Depicting the last days of Batman, this seminal story by Frank Miller caused the Elseworlds imprint to be created. As Miller began plotting and creating this work in the early 1980s, it follows that it should be a considered an offshoot of the Pre-Crisis continuity, though it was published at the same time as the Crisis itself.

More recent works, such as the 'All Star' series, have suggested that the world of the Dark Knight is entirely distinct from any other timeline and always has been.

Either way, this is arguably the most infamous Elseworld outlined on this page. Though Miller would go on to publically state his disgust at the phone-in to decide Jason's fate, apocryphal stories also claim that he was known to laugh when the character was mentioned to him in the years between 'Dark Knight' and 'Death in the Family', and declare him "doomed".

Other folklore surrounding 'Dark Knight' concerns rumoured changes to the narrative ordered by DC, with the original version stating explicitly that the Joker had raped Jason before murdering him. Jason's fate in the published version is only vaguely alluded to, but such details would be in keeping with the overall tone of sexual violence which is the cornerstone of Miller's trademark style.

Robins with grim fates: 100%

The Doom That Came To Gotham (Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham #1)

An Elseworld incorporating elements of HP Lovecraft's work, in which Dick, Jason, and Tim are all Bruce Wayne's wards. They have been away from Gotham for some time, travelling, when they take on some cargo which might be more trouble than it's worth.

Robins with grim fates: 100%

Hypertime (The Kingdom #2)

Infinite possibilities, infinite worlds. Hypertime was a narrative device which allowed for any and all potential futures, continuities, and storylines to have taken place somewhere. In a splash-page featuring a number of these realities, Bruce Jr could be seen in his Robin II uniform, despite the fact that author Mark Waid had previously dismissed the Batman II / Robin II tales with a dry "how quaint" in a trade paperback introduction.

Robins with grim fates: Unknown

Infinite Crisis (Robin #147, Batman #650)

When reality was shattered into its multiple possibilities, variant incarnations of the heroes were revealed. The universe next door to the main DC continuity still had Stephanie as its Robin. Red Hood had, moments before the shatter, been put into a potentially fatal situation, and every Bruce Wayne / Batman / equivalent screamed his name simultaneously.

Robins with grim fates: Unknown

Generations (Three miniseries)

In this Elseworlds by John Byrne, there is no 'comic book time' in which heroes stay at static ages for decades' worth of stories. Aging naturally, "Batman" must periodically be replaced by younger generations. Bruce Jr, here nicknamed BJ, takes up the role of Robin II (against his unnamed mother's wishes). He's in love with Supergirl and life couldn't be better.

But things become more complicated when Joker Junior decides to get serious about killing Batman and Robin, and halfway manages it...

Robins with grim fates: "Bruce Jr" survives, but "Robin II" is murdered, so let's call it 50%

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (Superman #423 and Action Comics #583)

The final chapter in the life of Pre-Crisis Superman, as envisaged by Alan Moore, perhaps best known for the question which begins it:

This is an IMAGINARY STORY...
Aren't they all?

World Without Batman (Gotham Adventures #33)

In this Animated Continuity Elseworld, Phantom Stranger shows Batman a reality in which Thomas and Martha Wayne weren't killed on their way home from the movies.

Two of the Evens make an appearance, though neither of them are Robins. Bruce Junior is the younger of Bruce and Selina's two sons (the older is Thomas) and Tim Drake is the Joker's lackey.

Robins with grim fates: 50%

World Without Young Justice (Young Justice #44 and #45, Superboy #99, Robin #101 and Impulse #85.)

This Elseworld also features two of the Evens, Jason Todd and Stephanie Brown. Though it's titled 'World Without Young Justice', a team of that name does exist, and Jason approaches them for help when he fears his life is in danger.

Meanwhile, Gotham City is protected by Batman and his Robin, a teenage girl named Stephanie Brown who saw her mother murdered by her father when she was a child.

This Elseworld is especially noteworthy for the blending of continuities it employs: Stephanie is from the Post-Crisis world, but Jason is here seen in his original, circus acrobat incarnation from the Pre-Crisis comics.

Robins with grim fates: 50%