Batman Beyond returns to fight a murderous, sentient Gotham City in April's Neo Year limited series
Announced this past September, DC's Batman Beyond: Neo Year featuring the return of Terry McGinnis will debut in April and DC has given Newsarama a first look at the description of the first issue along with six new covers to the series' first three issues.
The six-issue monthly series is written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (Kang the Conqueror) and illustrated by Max Dunbar (Batman: Urban Legends, Robin).
Taking some inspiration from writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli's Batman: Year One (one of the best Batman stories ever), Batman Beyond: Neo Year will redefine Terry's role as Batman following the murder of his mentor, Bruce Wayne.
"Neo-Gotham is alive and has killed Bruce Wayne," reads DC's description of Batman Beyond: Neo Year. "It's rejected Terry McGinnis as Batman and offered him the chance to escape. Terry turned it down - he is the city's protector, and he will uphold the legacy of Batman. Now Neo-Gotham will do everything in its power to destroy Terry, including creating brand-new villains to fight him. Terry's first year without Bruce Wayne begins…does he have a fighting chance?"
And if that all sounds very figurative, it's not. In September 15's Batman: Urban Legends #7 Terry learns the killer of Bruce Wayne was the Batcomputer that gained sentience and took over all of Neo-Gotham's computerized systems.
That story leads directly into Neo Year, which DC describes as a beginning of a "new future for Batman Beyond!"
Terry McGinnis initially made his first appearance on TV in the animated series Batman Beyond. In the show, Terry is a high schooler who inadvertently discovers the retired Bruce Wayne's secret identity, becoming the Batman of the hi-tech, cyberpunk-fueled city of Neo Gotham
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