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When the unbeatable Bruce Wayne eventually yield old age , he encounter a young hoagie to gestate the Batman name - andBatman Beyondwas born . But it was n’t just the handing over of time that lead to Batman ’s retirement : it was a future mathematical group of DC supervillains , and Bruce Wayne ’s own technology that finish up ending his crimefighting calling . And thanks to the world of DC Comics , and the continued comical series set against the background of Neo - Gotham , the on-key origin story ofBatman Beyondcan ultimately be told .
It may have been seen as a continuation or spinoff story for fans of theBatman Beyondanimated series , but Dan Jurgens and Bernard Chang have spun some impressive new chapter in theBeyondsaga since the DC Rebirth relaunched the series . Not only wasBruce Wayne returnedto his role as mentor to Terry McGinnis , but his corking foe returned as well , reanimate one of Batman ’s most iconic murders .
The parade of unforgettable moments for dice - hardBeyondfans may have hit a new height , revealing to fans the truth of"Batman ’s last case,“the reason Bruce Wayne became his own worst enemy , and most importantly … why the story is n’t terminate just yet .
Batman Goes To War With The Banes
Even casual fans can agnise that Bruce Wayne eventually get too physically imperfect to by rights defend the city of Neo - Gotham , and wound up entrust the Beyond suit and its many Gadgets and abilities toa young protege , Terry McGinnis . But the latest arc of theBeyondcomic series shows the specific moment that Bruce Wayne recognise he could no longer be the Batman . Well … the bit he realise he wastoo physically brokento ever bust the cowl again - and which villains were responsible for the damage .
The villains were known as The Banes , patent successor to the original Venom - fueled , first-rate - strong crook ( who actually played an extremely minor use inBatman : The Animated Series ) . As the ripened Bruce explains through his recollection of his last days in the cowl , just one replacement to the ' Bane ' name would have been challenge , but not invincible , much like the original . But with FOUR superpowered monster in a Venom furor , Bruce must basically go to war , with his best fighting 24-hour interval well behind him .
He emerges triumphant , obviously , but the engineering science he needed to develop so as to vanquish these foes is real heart of the story - and a major add-on to theBatman Beyondfiction that ’s still developing .
Bruce Wayne is Finally Broken
For those who may have forget , or never knew how thepresumed - dead Bruce Wayne returned to the next ofBatman Beyond , the story hinged heavily onTerry discovering a new Batsuit- more advance and unnerving than the standard . regrettably , once Bruce wake up from his coma he was shocked to see his " prototype " being used by his protege , urging him to dispatch it immediately for reasons Terry could n’t grasp . Now , the comics reveal that Terry was n’t the first to wear it … and it was no image . It ’s the combat suit Bruce create to give his get on trunk the advantage need to defeat The Banes so many year ago .
It ’s hard to ideate , but the suit is even more driven than Batman , essentially taking the number one wood ’s nates when the one wear upon it begins to break . Blocking out infliction and wield control over the suit ’s weaponry , the unreal intelligence helped Bruce Wayne defeat The Banes when he showed that he no longer could . Despite busted rib and shattered vertebrae , the suit lead Bruce to victory … until it , too , was damage to the distributor point of collapse . Bruce ’s dead body was permanently broken , and the suit of clothes was locked off in the Batcave .
At least until Terry witness it , walking blindly into the same dangers Bruce narrowly survived .
Can Terry Succeed Where Bruce Failed?
We wo n’t instantly spoil whether or not Terry manage to overcome the programing of the Batsuit - or what fatal crimes , if any , he carries out before Bruce supervise to address the situation , but the news report itself set a substantial plus to the Batman Beyond mythology . It ’s been years since DC impart the onward - expect animated series and its comic books to the Canon of the DC Universe , and since the company ’s Rebirth , the future has seen just asany twist as the present ( or past ) . Apparently , that now admit the time to come of Bruce Wayne … not to mention the restoration of The Joker to Neo - Gotham , and the luck of Damian Wayne , whose own insertion to the AI combat suit is also explore in this same arc .
Fans should n’t interest about the present of the DC Universe catching up to theBeyondfuture any time soon , with DC ’s top Divine prompt devotee that some of their most ambitious stories are still to come . WhereBeyondis concerned , that intend a re - first appearance to Nissa , the Batgirl of the future . If that ’s not enough comfort , keep in mind that Bruce ’s ' Battle of the Banes ' sees him an old , greying , mystify zep already - mean he ’s still got a LONG career ahead of him before his final fight .
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Batman Beyond#11is available now .
