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Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond by Dustin Nguyen, Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, John Stanisci

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16cxndles's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

murphyc1's review against another edition

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3.0

Really well-written story, tight plot, good pacing. Too bad the art looks like the work of a high school-aged fan instead of an industry professional's.

tmwebb3's review against another edition

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3.0

Felt lacking, but I don't know why. Just like the cartoon plus Cadmus. Had the elements I wanted, just was missing something.

mjthomas43's review against another edition

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4.0

Terry McGinnis has been working hard to win Bruce Wayne's trust as the new Batman (Beyond) but nothing every seems good enough. When someone starts killing Batman's old enemies plus a few innocents, the relationship is strained even further. A partial-resolution comes when an older Dick Grayson, a new Catwoman and the two Batman's team up to defeat an insane, Cadmus-created Dick Grayson clone bent on destroying pretty much everything. Bruce comes to a realization but old wounds cannot be forgotten so quickly.

Good story line and some interesting twists. The Batman Beyond explanation of "Gotham plus time" is fascinating when it focuses on emotional and mental states of the old players (as this work does) and the action is a good backdrop for the exploration of what has happened.

The one thing that bothered me about the storyline though was the behaviour of everyone just as the Dick Grayson clone appeared. No one, not even Terri, seems to question that this is a clone, even before the real Dick shows up to help. Sure, there's not much time, but the plot would have rung a little more true had there been a bit of thought along the lines of "Could this be Dick Grayson? Why would he do this? How exactly is this Dick Grayson not corresponding to what we know of the real Dick Grayson?" There is no time given to the thought of Dick-as-hero-turned-villain.

kellylynnthomas's review against another edition

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3.0

This wasn't my favorite Batman Beyond storyline. Bruce's character seems to be taken to extremes as a means to push the plot forward instead of for any real character development. His "development" at the end feels forced and emotionless. Terry, too, felt a little flat--no more than a tired teenager trying to prove himself to the old man. But there was no sense of the REASON he was working so hard. No sense of the troubled youth with a sense of justice that made the tv show so compelling.

The art, too, wasn't to my taste. I'm not saying it was "bad," I just felt it didn't fit my image of what Batman Beyond looks like. And, it's really weird seeing Terry Batman drawn as a hulking muscle hero.

The storyline, though driven by flat characters, was pretty solid. A villain calling himself "Hush" comes back and starts murdering old Batman villains. They did a good job connecting this story to the original Hush storyline, even though THAT Batman continuity and the Beyond continuity don't really like up (they changed a few details, but it still worked).

This is still worth picking up and reading, even though it's not 100% amazing.

fandom4ever's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond is actually a story set in the universe of the animated tv series ‘Batman Beyond’, unlike other comics sharing this title. A good story that does require you knowing the storyline of ‘Batman Hush’ to get the full effect of what’s going on. Bruce is being a complete jerk to Terry and Terry stands up to him; just because Bruce never had a life outside Batman, doesn’t mean he can’t. Because of this argument, Terry does some detective work on his own, and who he meets with is excellent, giving some more backstory as to what happened to certain characters between Batman the Animated Series and Batman Beyond. I can’t say too much without ruining the story but the lead up to the reveal of Hush was excellent. I did not see coming who it turned out to be at all. The art is pretty good except for Terry without the Bat suit on, who looks nothing like he should (and he’s from an animated series!) All in all, I recommend for fans of Batman the Animated Series and Batman Beyond, it’s gives us some more story from that universe.