Batman Beyond
Warning ! Spoilers beforehand forBatman Beyond : Neo - Year # 1
DC Comics ' new miniseriesBatman Beyond : Neo - Yearsees the Dark Knight of Tomorrow becoming a fugitive following the death of Bruce Wayne . Having been mentored by the original Batman as check in the darling animate series , Terry McGinnis is facing a major condition quo teddy now following Bruce ’s murder inside the Batcave itself . The city of Neo - Gotham has come live with sinister intentions , forcing Terry to go on the run if he ’s to continue the bequest of Batman in the wake of losing his mentor / father .
Seen in a prelude featured inBatman : Urban legend # 7 , the aged Bruce Wayne was murdered when his pacemaker was intentionally overcharge by Ne0 - Gotham itself , having gained sentience with malicious intent . Forced to blow up the Batcaveand Wayne Manor so Bruce ’s resources could n’t be used against him , all Terry had by the prelude ’s close was his suit and the training he received from his secret biologic father . Now , Batman Beyond : Neo - Year # 1begins Terry ’s new adventure in solemn from Collin Kelly , Jackson Lanzing , and Max Dunbar .
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In this first issue , Terry is completely on his own aside from hisultra - muscular batsuit , having send his surviving family and friends off from Neo - Gotham so the living metropolis ca n’t use them as surety or put them in risk to get to the succeeding Batman . Furthermore , the new Dark Knight is forced to go old - shoal , using pen and paper rather than recording his case notes digitally which the metropolis could access . However , the most ambitious part is Batman ’s status as a fugitive with the malign city having become the GCPD against Terry , put the slaying of Bruce Wayne at his feet along with several more offense .
Losing Bruce combined with his fugitive status puts the succeeding Batman in a major unexampled space that ’s unbelievably intriguing . Not only is Terry faced with the unique challenge of being his ownBatman beyond the ideals of Bruce Wayne , but he ’s trying to do that while attempt to save a metropolis that ’s actively work against him . Neo - Gotham has control over all of its own system and infrastructures , include the authorities and the banks . The power it wields is the definition of straight-out while Batman is absolutely at square one , have none of the support or peter he had in the revivify series .
While tragic , Terry McGinnis ' raw status quo without Bruce Wayne is adept . Working to keep a metropolis from itself with nothing but his suit is a dynamic way to begin a movement that ’s wholly his own and truly " beyond " . Given the sheer scope and index Neo - Gotham has and its garbage disposal , it ’s going to be exciting to see what kind of programme Terry comes up with to take it down . While this first issue may see him shin to keep his chief above water , the future Batman swears more than once to Bruce ’s ghost that he ’ll endure , promising to keep the bequest alive as this newBatman Beyondminiseries continues .
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