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InDC Comics , Batman Beyondhas bring out a all different side of the Batman mythos , due to his difference to the original Batman , Bruce Wayne . Unlike Batman protégés like Dick Grayson , Jason Todd , Tim Drake , Stephanie Brown , or Damian Wayne , Terry McGinnis never knew Bruce Wayne ’s Batmanwhen he was in his prime . Rather , because he has only know Bruce as an onetime man in Neo - Gotham , Terry has had the chance to offer a much more decisive view of Bruce ’s habit and strategy as Batman , a fact highlighted in the current series , Batman Beyond : Neo - Year .
InBatman Beyond : Neo - Year , Terry is struggle with the responsibilities as Batman in the wake of Bruce Wayne ’s slaying . The metropolis of Neo - Gotham itself has get along alive , and is waging war against the new Dark Knight by way of tech forged by the untrustworthy heading of Wayne - Powers , Donovan Lumos . Thus far in the serial , Terry has grappled with the loss of his mentor as he return dissimilar lesson that Bruce taught him . Crucially , however , Batman Beyond has delineate the difference of opinion between him and the original Dark Knight , a fact that may just save his life .
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InBatman Beyond : Neo - Year#4 by Collin Kelly , Jackson Lanzing , Max Dunbar , Romulo Fajardo Jr. , and Aditya Bidikar , thing take a turn for the high-risk for Terry when a new baddie called the Sword of Gotham read control of his ally , Officer Beam . The Sword of Gotham is a suit of armour made by Lumos that can confiscate to any Gothamite , put Batman Beyond in a hard spot while fight someone he cares about . But in campaign Beam ’s Sword of Gotham , Terry comes to a realization about a difference between him and Bruce : he is n’t afraid of the city , nor does he use concern as a weapon the way Bruce did . Instead , he sees the city as a " friend " in need of " preservation , " a drastically different approach from the original Batman , whose thought of Gotham was entrenched in both harm and paranoia . As such , Terry is a more in force Batman than Bruce , because he is n’t blockade by his own reverence of what he is trying to save .
This point sets the stage forTerry McGinnis ’s reinvention of Batman ’s placein Gotham City , and reflect his unequaled view that he has as a fictional character . In contrast to Bruce , Terry grew up in Gotham City , and while he has seen his mediocre share of violence , include the loss of his don , his view of Neo - Gotham is n’t framed by its worst scene . By seeing Neo - Gotham and its citizen as a " friend " instead of a " supervillain , " Batman Beyond breaks out of the negative oscillation of psychic trauma and violence that shaped Bruce ’s experiences in the role . It supports a conclusion that Gotham is , at its gist , a place populated by ripe people , rather than a office overproduction by supervillains .
Batman Beyond : Neo - Yearhas define the agency that Neo - Gotham has evolve past thefear that Bruce ’s Batman used so extensivelyin his persona , and Terry is no exception . Without Bruce ’s paranoia and veneration of the city , Terry has a much more street - spirit level relationship with Neo - Gotham , reflective of average the great unwashed trying to live on their lives . By get this tie to the city , Batman Beyond is prim up to be a more effectivehelper for Neo - Gotham , because his cause isnotbuilt around fearing what he is trying to protect . In this way , Batman Beyonddoes whatBruce Wayne ’s Batman was never able-bodied to do : foresee Gotham City as a friend , or else of a foe .
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Batman Beyond : Neo - Year#4is uncommitted now from DC Comics .
