According to Dennis O'Neil, who took over as Batman editor in 1986, ' did hate him. Some of the mail response indicated that this was at least on some people's minds.' 'A Death in the Family' I don't know if it was fan craziness-maybe they saw him as usurping Dick Grayson's position. In 1988, Dennis O'Neil suggested that an audience might be attracted to the comics by being offered the opportunity to influence the creative process. Settling on the idea of telephone poll via a 1-900 number, O'Neil had decided due to discussions with DC Comics president Jenette Kahn that the poll should not be wasted on something insignificant.
O'Neil settled on using the poll to determine the fate of the second Robin.
