Batman: Under the Hood 2 is overall a good item. It follows the events after the first volume in which it is revealed that the second Robin, Jason Todd, is still alive. This Red Hood is a vigilante who is willing to kill criminals. Batman must confront inner demons of guilt and try to stop Jason.

The art and inking is really good in this work, and the characters are pretty well-written. Jason still thinks that life is a "game" and believes that killing criminals is the only way to save Gotham. Batman, who refuses to kill, sees things differently.

Also, if you were curious how Jason came back to life, there will be some closure for you in this volume. The end came rather abruptly and unezpectedly, and I hope that a third volume shows up. Indeed, the way it was written strongly suggests that possibility. Overall, this is a good graphic novel.

After a great start to the year long "Under the Hood" Storyline, presented in the first volume, we are subjected here to string of fill-in artists to make up for the departure of outstanding series artist Doug Mahnke. Although Mr. Mahnke stays on for a few parts of this volume, the rest of the book is completed by Shane Davis, who does a great job, and Eric Battle, who makes a complete mess of the last two chapters. Sadly, the end result is a mish-mash of styles that the editors at DC could have avoided by changing artists only once, and at least trying to keep a consistant style throughout the book, which they failed to do.
The reviewer above points out some valid flaws in the storyline, such as the tie-in to the "Infinite Crises" mega-event from DC comics, which undermines the spirit of realism established in last year's outstanding Batman Begins movie as well as many fine Batman comics of the last two decades.
I disagree with the comments above regarding Black Mask, who is one of the better Batman villians of the last ten years. He has some funny one-liners and proves to be quite a menace to Batman, while the Joker is squandered as ussual.
Overall, the saga is worth reading, but your money would be better spent on the outstanding Batman and the Monster Men by Matt Wagner, or the classics like the Killing Joke, Year One, the Cult or Arkham Asylum.

I still am against the idea of Jason Todd (especially), whose death added another tragic layer to the Batman mythos, returning from the grave. The impact and fear of losing one's life in a heroic act - the ultimate sacrifice one could make - is almost nil in modern comic books. Characters die and return from the grave almost constantly, an unfortunate cliche that has hurt the mainstream's view of comics-as-art and rendered death as nothing more than a temporary setback for superheroes.

Aside from the very concept itself, Jason's return is also poorly executed. The new Black Mask, who is woefully out of character, is still present. The Joker is sacrificed to Jason Todd's credibility. And how does Jason come back, you ask? What's the cool creative explanation that isn't a tired IC-related explantion that doesn't fit the Batman universe motif? *Spoilers*: Superboy-Prime punching the walls of a paradise in another dimension is the explanation. Jason wakes up in his coffin and digs his highly battered young body out of his coffin and 6ft of dirt using only his belt buckle. The coffin had sensors that could detect people getting in, but amazingly could not detect people getting out. What kind of crazy silly sensors are those? A new coffin is reburied, and the greatest, I repeat greatest, detective in the world, who forensically examines the coffin in all its minutia, neither notices the reburial or the new coffin. I couldn't make this junk up. A must not read for batfans, in my opinion.

Judd Winick concludes the Under The Hood saga with a cataclysmic ending. Jason's desire for vengeance drives him to kidnap his murderer. Now Batman has a choice, kill Joker, or let Jason kill him.

An expertly written graphic novel. Had me on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next. Spectacular dialogue and intense action sequences build the tension leading up to the stunning climax.

Now unlike the fans who despise Jason Todd and his resurrection, I enjoy the fact that he's come back. It makes the book interesting and I like Jason's character. He's very different from Batman, and seeing the world through the eyes of somone who will cross the line Batman never will is a nice change that I like, I think it's always interesting when good guys go bad. For fans of Jason, this is a must read.