Warning! Spoilers ahead for Batman: Beyond The White Knight #1
DC's White Knight universe is continuing with Batman: Beyond The White Knight, featuring the birth of a new Batman in this new alternate timeline while also revealing the fate of a Jason Todd who was never killed by the Joker. Existing as Batman's first Robin rather than Dick Grayson, Jason Todd lived a much different life after Joker let him go. However, the first issue of this new series confirms that Jason Todd still became the Red Hood.
Written and drawn by Sean Murphey, the White Knight universe is an alternate timeline where the Joker becomes sane, reverting back to Jack Napier. At the same time, Batman becomes increasingly vilified as his war on crime creates massive property damage, eventually doing more harm than good in the eyes of the people and even Batman himself. Through the efforts of Napier, Batman decides to publically unmask and is eventually put in prison while Gotham is instead protected by the Gotham Terrorist Oppression unit of the GD, armed with Batmobiles and using funds that had been used to rebuild the city during Batman's war on crime. Now, Beyond the White Knight continues the story with a new Batman rising (Terry Mcginnis).
In Beyond the White Knight #1, Bruce is in prison when he learns about the new Batman roaming the streets of Gotham, having stolen a suit Batman created but refused to wear because it was too dangerous. However, Bruce also reunites with Jason Todd, a captain at Blackgate Penitentiary who had been relocated from Metropolis as part of Bruce's deal so he could finally reconcile with his first Robin. The former Batman apologizes for failing Jason, itting that he has seen him more as a brother when what he really needed was a father. Furthermore, Jason confirms that Joker let him go rather than killing him as he does in the primary DC universe. That being said, Jason's ission to Joker that he wished he'd never met Bruce combined with Batman having recruited Dick Grayson saw Jason going out on his own in a variety of different roles. The issue also teases that Jason still became Red Hood in this universe, albeit a more heroic one who had his own Robin.
According to the issue, a new White Knight series will soon begin that will showcase Jason's past as this new Red Hood with Batman: White Knight Presents: Red Hood #1. While this is certainly exciting, it also helps prove the idea that Jason was always destined to become Red Hood. Through his death by Joker, Jason became a darker Red Hood who eventually becomes an anti-hero and black sheep of the Bat-Family as opposed to this new Red Hood who seemingly took more inspiration from Batman himself despite their estrangement after Joker released him.
At any rate, this alternate Robin history is arguably more logical than the canonical version. It makes more sense for Batman to have struggled with his first Robin more than any other sidekick. However, the primary continuity largely considers Dick Grayson to be the greatest Robin there ever was. White Knight flipping the order and having Jason Todd as the first Robin is a pretty smart move while also creating a new history for his fate as a new kind of Red Hood in this alternate universe.
