Batman Beyond (comics)

Batman Beyond was a cartoon television series which aired from 1999 to 2001 as part of the DC Animated Universe. Focused on Terry McGinnis, a high-schooler who discovered Bruce Wayne's identity as Batman, he took up the mantle and patrolled the city of New Gotham years after Bruce himself retired the cowl. A spin-off comic was publised by DC Comics, with a six-part miniseries, "Hush Beyond," launched in 2010 to gauge interest in a new ongoing comic. The new ongoing began in 2011, written by Adam Beechen and following Terry as Batman in the years after the end of the animated series. A new ongoing began in 2012 as a digital series that appears in print in Batman Beyond Unlimited, along with Justice League Beyond and Superman Beyond.

For the tropes which appeared in the animated series, see Batman Beyond.

This comic series contains examples of:

 * Adaptation Dye Job:
 * Barbara Gordon is a redhead in the comic. Whilst she was a redhead in her youth, by the time of the series itself, she had long since turned white. Tim Drake's wife also seems to have been turned into a short-haired redhead, yet when she was shown in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, she had long pale blonde hair.
 * Mary McGinnis was a redhead in the movie, but black-haired here.
 * Artistic License Biology: We get that
 * Ax Crazy: Hush Beyond. And that's putting it mildly.
 * Back for the Dead/Dropped a Bridge on Him:.
 * Back From the Dead:
 * Big Bad: First, "Hush Beyond", who turned out to be an  and the ongoing series seems to be setting up   to be one as well.
 * Cloning Blues:.
 * Continuity Nod: Too many to list, both in the mini-series and the ongoing one.
 * This guy has documented most, if not all, the nods in both Batman Beyond and Justice League Beyond.
 * Darker and Edgier: Yes... a series that was already dark by the standards of children's television goes even further here.
 * Four Lines, All Waiting: Batman Beyond Unlimited, the 2012 ongoing, has a Batman feature, a Justice League feature, a Superman feature, and a Justice League Origins feature, all published in the same issue.
 * What really sticks out are Justice League Beyond, issues 6 and 7. Issue 6 has the League arrive on New Genesis in the aftermath of Kobra's attack. Issue 7 has an origin story about Warhawk. A reader could be forgiven if he thought the issues were from separate series.
 * Lampshade Hanging: Terry becomes upset that the new Catwoman doesn't want to flirt with him like the original Batman and Catwoman did and insists that they should do so just to hold up the tradition. Doubles as Crowning Moment of Funny.
 * Never Found the Body:
 * Recursive Adaptation: From comic to original series to sequel series to comic again.
 * Series Continuity Error: In this comic, Dick Grayson explains that he left the crimefighting business due to being shot by the Joker, at a point in Batman's career where he hadn't worked with a partner for a long time. However, Return of the Joker establishes that the Joker was killed by Robin, and Batman was clearly working with both Robin and Batgirl at that point, while Barbara Gordon claimed that Nightwing had simply moved to another city by then. Furthermore, given the context of Barbara telling Terry all about the Joker's death, it would have been extraordinarily remiss of her not to talk about Dick getting shot by the long-dead villain they were trying to identify.
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend: Bruce calls Max Terry's girlfriend in Issue #4 of the ongoing comic book series, which prompts Terry to use this trope almost verbatim.
 * Ship Tease: In Issue #4 of the ongoing comic book, Terry gives Max an affectionate peck on the cheek. Shippers rejoice.
 * The relationship between Terry and Aquagirl also shows signs of this trope, seeing as he just couldn't bring himself to hurt her when he was taking out the Justice League during a hostage situation involving his family.
 * Shout-Out: Terry busts out of a burning building with Paxton Powers riding an exact replica of the Batpod.
 * Shout-Out: Terry busts out of a burning building with Paxton Powers riding an exact replica of the Batpod.