Show Guide

Batman Beyond

1999 The WB Ended 30 min Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction
8.5our take /10
8IMDb /10
Batman Beyond tells the story of Terry McGinnis was just an ordinary teenager...until his father was mysteriously murdered. Suspecting foul play at his father's company Wayne/Powers Corporation, Terry meets Bruce Wayne and learns a secret identity hidden for d

Our Review

The show that proved the DCAU could invent, not just adapt. In 2039 Gotham, an aging Bruce Wayne (Conroy, magnificent as a bitter old man with a bad heart) passes the cowl to Terry McGinnis, a hot-headed teenager with a high-tech Batsuit. The premise could have been a cheap spin-off; instead it became one of the genre’s most thoughtful meditations on legacy: what does it mean to inherit someone else’s war?

The future Gotham is neon-noir cyberpunk, the villains mix original creations (Inque, Blight) with legacy echoes, and the Return of the Joker movie — the uncut version — is one of the darkest, best things the DCAU ever made, closing the Tim Drake chapter with horror-movie gravity. Years later, Justice League Unlimited‘s Epilogue retroactively made the whole show a secret masterpiece of the DCAU’s mythology.

Verdict: Watch it. The future of Batman was in good hands.

Seasons

Batman Beyond — Season 1

13 episodes
Season 1 of Batman Beyond premiered 1999-01-10 and ran 13 episodes through 1999-05-22.

Batman Beyond — Season 2

26 episodes
Season 2 of Batman Beyond premiered 1999-09-17 and ran 26 episodes through 2000-08-19.

Batman Beyond — Season 3

13 episodes
Season 3 of Batman Beyond premiered 2000-09-16 and ran 13 episodes through 2001-12-18.