Batman Beyond
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One of the most striking villains fromBatman Beyond , Spellbinder , has been hand raw life sentence and a makeover inDC Comics . While this Spellbinder is n’t the same Ira Billings who tangled with Terry McGinnis in the Neo - Gotham of the future , their costume and fresh quality component take well-defined inspiration from their animated incarnation . With a surprising raw liaison to theBatgirls , this novel Spellbinder looks to be more dangerous than ever before .
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While Charles is a deviation from both the original Golden Age Spellbinder ( an creative person name Delbert Billings ) and his animated counterpart , the influence ofBatman Beyondcan clearly be seen in this new figure . No longer just an artist , Charles is an art therapist , call back his rootage as a psychologist inBatman Beyond . Ira billing used his perspective as a pleader inTerry McGinnis ’s high schoolto influence teenagers inBatman Beyond’sseason 1 , episode 10 , " Spellbound . " Charles takes this premise a tone further – he name inBatgirls#3 that his practice has allowed him a residency at Arkham Asylum , open him access to Gotham ’s most unsafe intellect .
The clear homage to the Spellbinder ofBatman Beyond , however , is Charles Dante ’s costume . While it ’s not the same ghastly orange bodysuit , it shares the same silken line and color pallet - only reversed . The stringy form is now adorn in an all - black suit , outline with orangish accents and button . rather of a spiral mask , the fresh Spellbinder tire a tusk mask , sightless and demonic . He still keeps the signature twist whorled practice , however , represent as both a button impound to his lapel and as the background in his speech house of cards .
The DCAU has had a profound effect on manyBatman villains ' comic history , notably rewriting Mr. Freeze ’s entire backstory and introducing Harley Quinn to the funnies existence . Now it wait like Spellbinder is get a similar discourse : rather than perpetrate from the original character , elements of the animated version have been coalesce together to make a powerful new funnies debut . Taking the best ofBatman Beyondand work it straight to theBatgirls , Spellbinderis back in business at last .
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