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A review by trike
Batman Beyond 2.0, Vol. 1: Rewired by Kyle Higgins, Thony Silas
3.0
This was my first experience with Batman Beyond besides seeing a couple clips of the cartoon. This is definitely *not* the place to jump onboard, though, as it continues an existing story, and at some point the new Batman, Terry, had a falling-out with the original Batman, Bruce, so now Dick is his mentor. I don’t know if in this continuity Dick was ever Batman or only Nightwing. DC continuity is so completely screwed up that I have no idea what is even relevant any more.
The stories here are fine, but I’m missing some context. I’ve always liked the design of the future Bat-suit, even if the face part doesn’t make sense. It molds to his face and around his moth somehow? Nanotechnology or something, I guess. Nice to see Commissioner Gordon on the case, except of course it’s Barbara, Batgirl herself, which adds another layer, and I quite enjoyed seeing the return of Man-Bat. For him, at least, we do get a complete backstory, since this seems to be his first appearance in the future, and that complete backstory does a lot of heavy lifting for both plot and the theme of second chances.
The art is good despite switching artists for different installments. I guess I should read the older books to see what happened. Maybe I’ll do that. Maybe.
The stories here are fine, but I’m missing some context. I’ve always liked the design of the future Bat-suit, even if the face part doesn’t make sense. It molds to his face and around his moth somehow? Nanotechnology or something, I guess. Nice to see Commissioner Gordon on the case, except of course it’s Barbara, Batgirl herself, which adds another layer, and I quite enjoyed seeing the return of Man-Bat. For him, at least, we do get a complete backstory, since this seems to be his first appearance in the future, and that complete backstory does a lot of heavy lifting for both plot and the theme of second chances.
The art is good despite switching artists for different installments. I guess I should read the older books to see what happened. Maybe I’ll do that. Maybe.