Batman Beyond Proves Bruce Wayne is a Terrible Mentor
Bruce Wayne has mentored a number of pupils during his time as Batman, fostering and training his young wards to be formidable side-kicks who eventually grew up to become superheroes in their own right, though just because he has done it a few times doesn’t mean he’s any good, and Batman Beyond proves that Bruce is actually a terrible mentor.
Batman’s first protege was Dick Grayson who Bruce Wayne took in as his own when Dick’s parents were killed by a Gotham City mob boss. Under his leadership, Dick Grayson became the very first Robin, honing his skills enough to pass on the side-kick mantle and become the hero Nightwing. Since Dick, Batman has trained Tim Drake, Jason Todd, and Damien Wayne to Robins, all while fighting by their side out in the field. However, when Bruce Wayne can no longer accompany the person he is mentoring during their nightly patrols, he lets his true colors show and they are not pretty.
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In Batman Beyond #3 by Adam Beechen and Ryan Benjamin, Terry McGinnis is battling a deadlier copycat of the iconic Batman villain Hush, a copycat who is later revealed to be a perfect clone of Dick Grayson created by Amanda Waller. During the fight, Bruce Wayne is on comms with Terry while manning the main computer in the Batcave, acting as informational backup to Terry’s Batman, though he isn’t much help in this instance. Since this version of Hush is actually a perfect clone of Dick Grayson, Terry is getting pretty badly beaten by him during this fight, making it impossible for him to communicate with Bruce. However, Bruce doesn’t care what Terry is going through as he is screaming in Terry’s ear the entire time he’s getting pounded by Hush to
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