Review: 'Batman Beyond the Complete Series'
Robert Greenberger posts at ComicMix:
I admit to being leery when Warner Animation announced their plans to follow the amazing Batman the Animated [Series] with a next generation hero called Batman Beyond. After all, it was a clear departure from the source material and there was no knowing how this would work.To continue, click here: http://www.comicmix.com/news/2010/11/23/review-batman-beyond-the-compl ete-series/.
As it turns out, there was little to fear. The series, which ran from January 1999 through December 2001, honored the past and showed us a future Gotham City that still needed a Dark Knight. Rather than just add wrinkles and gray hair to all the familiar figures, things have changed. Dick Grayson seems to be gone, Alfred and Jim Gordon are dead with Barbara Gordon now the police commissioner. And sitting in the gloom of Wayne Mansion is a still-angry, infirm Bruce Wayne.
He knows there’s work to be done and in time, targets teenager Terry McGuinness as his successor. The youth has just lost his father to violence and Wayne’s appeal sounds logical so he signs on to don a high-tech cowl, sans cape. With Wayne barking orders in his ear, Terry is the new Batman, instilling fear in the hearts of 21st century criminals.
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