The official DC blog, The Source, has posted up this story about the return of Batman Beyond.
The return of Terry McGuiness has been hotly rumoured for a while now. DC had always said “No” for years, and then mysteriously swapped that to “wait and see” last year, which hinted something was in the works.
It’ll be interesting to see what direction they go with with the character. Will it be true to the tone of the series, or will they take the opportunity to try and put a different spin on things?
It’ll also be interesting to see where it fits in with the continuity, as obviously JLU gave us the flashforward episode that served as a way to wrap up Batman Beyond, featuring a Bruce plagued by health problems, and an adult Terry discovering that Bruce was technically his biological father. However my hope would be that the new miniseries gives us a more classic Batman Beyond setting (or perhaps even set a little while after the tv series to allow for some flexibility with the cast and the kinds of stories they could tell).
I can’t wait for this to come out. I hope it does well and convinces DC to use Terry McGuiness a bit more. In this days of the multiverse being back, there’s no real reason one of the 52 worlds couldn’t have Batman Beyond as its future.
