Terry McGinnis: Batman Beyond Appreciation 2022

[Tulku]

I know I am repeating myself, but Neo-Year is a far better version of Batman Beyond than "Beyond the White Knight." White Knight has now gone off on a Red Hood tangent. Although the last issue of Beyond The White Knight told us the story would "continue" in the Red Hood spin off, that isn't technically correct...yet. The first issue seems to be set quite some time prior to the events of Beyond. I am sure it will eventually catch up but, frankly, it all smells to me more like a marketing scheme than a story.

By contrast, Neo-Year is approaching its finish in style. A superior storyline to White Knight and with a recognizable Terry-being-Terry and showing (one again) that he is the One True Future Batman.

[The Invincible Beawulf]

I'm a very happy person!

'Batman Beyond To Return From DC In 2023, Honest': https://bleedingcool.com/comics/batm...n-2023-honest/

[Fergus]

I know I am repeating myself, but Neo-Year is a far better version of Batman Beyond than "Beyond the White Knight." White Knight has now gone off on a Red Hood tangent. Although the last issue of Beyond The White Knight told us the story would "continue" in the Red Hood spin off, that isn't technically correct...yet. The first issue seems to be set quite some time prior to the events of Beyond. I am sure it will eventually catch up but, frankly, it all smells to me more like a marketing scheme than a story.

By contrast, Neo-Year is approaching its finish in style. A superior storyline to White Knight and with a recognizable Terry-being-Terry and showing (one again) that he is the One True Future Batman.

Agreed.
Happy to know that Neo-Year is coming back in 2023. Hopefully we are talking first half of the year.

[GamerSlyRatchet]

I'm a very happy person!

'Batman Beyond To Return From DC In 2023, Honest': https://bleedingcool.com/comics/batm...n-2023-honest/

Neat! I should've figured they wouldn't have given Terry a brand-new design just to show it off for a single issue.

[HsssH]

So the mini wrapped up and I don't know. I think that it is always an issue when superhero comics deal with A.I. because they have to punch things and A.I. is not really something that you can punch, but I feel like this is was one of the weaker endings for A.I. threat that I have seen in a while. Sword of Gotham and Lumus also ended up being just there.

[Tulku]

I tend to agree with you that evil A.I. tends to be a poor choice for a comic book villain. The writer can really only make them interesting by having the A.I. not behave like an A.I. Still, I thought this miniseries handled the concept better than, oh, the Brother Eye storyline from a few years back (when brilliant Brother Eye can defeat all superheroes but can't find Gotham on a map. Literally.)

I admit that I did not like the "kill Bruce" start to this story, but now that we are at the end, I have to say that I am looking forward to a Batman Beyond series that does not have Bruce lurking in the background and just letting Terry be Batman. I hope that is what the return of the series in 2023 will be.

[HsssH]

Yeah, good point on Brother Eye and whole Futures End storyline by extension.

[CrimsonEchidna]

Draper-Ivey confirmed at NYCC that he will be penning and illustrating a Static/Batman Beyond one-shot next year.

[Frontier]

I thought this was a random pairing until I realize they teamed-up in the cartoons.

[K7P5V]

I thought this was a random pairing until I realize they teamed-up in the cartoons.

"Future Shock" is where it happened. Definitely, a classic (IMHO):

[Tulku]

I thought this was a random pairing until I realize they teamed-up in the cartoons.

Exactly. The two animated series did a fun cross-over. I am on board for the one-shot!

[Tulku]

And speaking of cross-overs, there were the episodes that connected to the Zeta Project. I'd welcome another one-shot with Zeta. And Ro.

[K7P5V]

Awesome! Now that he's (relatively) back to his old self, I'd welcome the return of...

Mr. Freeze

[Primal Slayer]

Terry and the general Beyond-verse was a perfect example of how to move on from OGs and bring in exciting new characters/villains and its a shame that DC never grew to know how to take full advantage of that.

[Frontier]

Terry and the general Beyond-verse was a perfect example of how to move on from OGs and bring in exciting new characters/villains and its a shame that DC never grew to know how to take full advantage of that.

Yeah, I mean...I'm as big of the OG's as anyone, but it really set a bar for legacy heroes in a way.