DC's New Batman Beyond Turns Bruce Wayne Into Tony Stark
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Batman: Beyond The White Knight #2
In the latest issue of DC Comics' Batman: Beyond the White Knight, Sean Murphy's alternate Gotham continues with Batman resembling Tony Stark's Iron Man. Having broken out of prison to stop the new Batman that has emerged, Bruce Wayne ends up adopting two key traits that can be seen in the MCU's Iron Man 3, featuring a Tony Stark who's similarly grappling with a new status quo. Gaining an upgrade he never asked for, Bruce Wayne is now uniquely equipped in this new issue to track down Terry McGinnis who's become the new Batman.
Remixing the original Batman Beyond story, Terry McGinnis has no prior connection to Bruce Wayne in the alternate DC «Murphy-verse,» having been hired by Derek Powers to steal an experimental Batsuit from the Batcave that was so dangerous Bruce Wayne refused to wear it. Becoming a dark Batman for hire, an imprisoned Bruce Wayne decided that only he can stop Terry and his new suit, escaping jail and taking to the rooftops once more. However, the first issue ended with Jack Napier (the former Joker) standing in front of Bruce, despite having died in the previous Curse of the White Knight storyline.
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Now, Beyond the White Knight #2 sees Napier revealing that he's a hologram being projected from inside Bruce's own head as an artificial AI. Apparently, the real Napier stole a microchip from the Mad Hatter and inserted it into Bruce's head when he rendered the original Dark Knight unconscious in the past, ensuring that Batman would never be without the Joker. As such, Bruce justifiably starts suffering from a major panic attack in this new issue (bearing a unique
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