Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond

Reconend for any batman or batman beyond fan especially if liked hush

First of all, I would like to say that the book, in my opinion, isn't as bad as the other reviewers have said. The book has tons of easter eggs laying around in the characters that are mentioned and that pop up that would excite any comic book nerd (like myself). It is not a "Hush" rip-off! It is something completely different and even though i appreciate what the writer has done here, I think it could have had a better reveal!The biggest flaw I found in the book was how Bruce Wayne was interpreted. He just keeps shouting "McGinnis" every few pages, and there was a time when he kept calling himself "stupid old man"...eh, not the Bruce I know or would ever want him to be!All in all, I give this book 4 stars, because the story is starts out fantastic, but ends up as only being good. But still not bad! I like how Terry McGinnis (the new Batman) is portrayed here, and the art is great. It may be inconsistent at times, but that's just the artist's style!Not a perfect book, but for the price here on Amazon, its great and worth a read!

I'm a big fan of Batman Beyond, owning most of the dvd's, and I loved this futuristic take on the character. This volume collects a new story taking place after the events of the animated series, but prior to the unofficial series finale that took place in the third season of the Justice League animated series.Fans of the series will enjoy this story, there are numerous nods to continuity from the animated series, the Justice League Unlimited, old Batman allies, and foes, and Terry's friends make appearances. It's a lot of fun, and the story flushes out some more of the backtstory as to what happened to Bruce Wayne in his later years as Batman. We know the fate of Tim Drake in this timeline as it was told in the Return of the Joker animated movie. However, other than a throwaway reference to Nightwing when Barbara Gordon replies in response to Terry's question about all of the heroes ending up bitter, "Look up Nightwing sometime, has he got stories . . . " This story tells us what happened, and it's powerful stuff.I've seen the mixed reviews here and I have to respectfully disagree. If you were a fan of the animated series, then this is well worth a try, it's a lot of fun, and adds a good amount to the existing Batman Beyond mythos. Enjoy!

I had heard that Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond wasn't very good. The complaints were that that the artwork was bad, the plot stunk, it had nothing to do with the cartoon, etc. I ignored those concerns and read the comic anyways. I have to admit that the criticisms were almost all right. I say almost because the story was actually quite interesting, and many of the problems of the story were solved or justified in the last quarter of the plot. Sadly, however, it ignored much of the established continuity, and that was it's main, but unfortunately not it's only, problem.The story begins in "Neo-Gotham" where Terry McGinnis, aide to the aged Bruce Wayne and current Batman, lives with his mother and brother. The new Batman seems to have brought the city under some semblance of control and order. This is in sharp contrast to the disaster it had descended into once Bruce retired from being Batman around twenty years earlier.Into this backdrop, a new villain comes. He is murdering the villains of the elder Batman's "Rogues Gallery", and he has been nicknamed "Hush" after the old villain due to his bandaged-wrapped face, similar to the original Hush's get-up. Even worse for Bruce and Terry, like the original Hush, Tommy Elliot, this new iteration knows all of Bruce's secrets, including that he was Batman.The race is on now to save as many of the members of Bruce's and Terry's "Rogues Galleries", as well as anyone else this maniac doesn't like, before he kills anymore of them. Worse yet, the new Hush seems to have no problem killing anyone "in his way" no matter how innocent they may be. But the greatest shocker is who this madman really is, and why the shadowy Cadmus organization is involved in this whole affair.The story really had the possibility to be interesting, and would have been so, if not for some problems. This was sad, as the introduction of a new, though unrelated to the old one, Catwoman, had possibility for future stories. But even this was not enough to overcome the problems with this graphic novel.The problems were basically three. The first one is not as serious, but was still an annoyance. That is the artwork. The characters looked almost nothing like in the cartoon series that spawned this comic book. No one resembled who they were supposed to resemble. I have no problem saying that the artist must have never watched the series, or if he did, decided to ignore it. Of the characters, only Barbara Gordon looks remotely like her animated self, and that just barely. If this were the only problem, it would be minor, and the story a fine one, but this is the least of the problems with this tale.The other two problems are with aspects of the story. For one thing, continuity is ignored. There are nods to concepts from the animated series, but only nods. The story seems to feel free to throw out elements left and right, sometimes mere pages after referencing the plot point they ignore! Essentially, this reads more like Adam Beecher's (the writer) alternate universe fan fiction of the story.The third major problem is related, and that is the effort to seemingly make this a future of both the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) in which the series is supposed to be placed, and to make it a somewhat plausible future to the pre-Flashpoint reboot DC Comics Universe. This is my surmise as to why so much was ignored, and why so many villains and situations were included which were never used in the cartoons, who in fact interfere with the time line and aesthetics of the cartoons.Between the above, the horrible characterization that is completely different from the cartoon, and the rehashing of old story lines (such as Bruce and Terry learning to trust each other), one can easily conclude that Beecher had his own story to tell and ignored what he didn't like, or else that he was forced by higher-ups to put in things that really made no sense within the larger continuity. Either way, they just didn't care, and it shows in what was a colossal disappointment... almost.The tale took a complete 180 degree turn, as I said, in the last quarter of the tale. Much of the bad characterization, and rehashed old stories were explained by the stress that Terry and Bruce are under, and, for Bruce, the combination of fear of his own mortality from old age and his unexpected love for Terry (whom the cartoon's producers stated he knew from right after he met him was his son). In a nutshell, the plot problems for the story itself were wrapped up and solved neatly at the denouement of the comic.The story was still far from perfect, and this was made worse by the continuity and artwork problems. Nonetheless, the story was pretty okay in the end, and while not great, was certainly worth reading for dedicated Batman fans.

When the Batman Beyond animated series debuted you in 1999 I was 10 years of old and completely captivated by the adventures of the future Dark Knight. A few months ago, now 30 years old, I ordered the boxed set and revisited the series, and it has held up over the last 20 years! But I found myself wanting to spend more time in this world, so I looked into the comics, in every reading order I found Hush Beyond was the starting point, and as soon as I started I couldn’t put it down! I have since ordered the next four TPB in the series, in my opinion Adam Beechen is the definitive writer for Batman Beyond!

Hush Beyond was a good story with quirks and turns at every available turn and made me want to read on and on. The artwork doesn't follow the polish of the new #52 type comics but that isn't the theme of the drawing technique looking at the latter comics. For example Human revolution or 2012 Batman Beyond Unlimited series. I'm a pretty motivated collector of the Batman Beyond series and hope they keep up the good work :).

Hush is awesome as always.Batman is awesome as always.Story is good and artwork is pretty dapper.Definitely recommend.

Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond (Batman (DC Comics Paperback)) Mit dieser im Original 6-teiligen Serie wird der "Batman of the Future" (deutsche Bezeichnung für "Batman beyond") entgültig Bestandteil dessen, was allgemein als "DC Universum" bezeichnet wird und somit auch Teil des Batman-Mythos.Dieser Einstand ist sehr gelungen. Die Geschichte, die Autor Adam Beechen hier präsentiert, ist zwar keine "Rückkehr des Dunklen Ritters", aber deutlich in diese Richtung gehend. Dabei aber deutlich positiver zu lesen. Optisch schlägt es das Miller & Janson-Gespann deutlich. Ryan Benjamin und John Stanisci liefern eine saubere Arbeit ab, die eher an Pat Lees "Dark Minds" Vol.1 erinnert.Auch die Schlusspointe wer hinter den Morden an Batmans früheren Gegner steckt ist eine Homage an "Hush" von Jeph Loeb und Jim Lee sowie an "DK 2" von Miller allein.Wer auf gute Unterhaltung steht und mal gern einen etwas anderen Batman lesen will, sollte sich diesen Band einfach nicht entgehen lassen. Ich habe es nicht bereut. Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond (Batman (DC Comics Paperback))

Nice comics

This is a great comic book. The only downside to this is length but it's a good story. Just like the animated series it picks off at a plot point you wouldn't want to miss. The drawing are intriguing and pop out into the light almost 3-D. Great revamp and picks at everything you like and don't like about Terry McGinnis. Story makes sense, great villain. If you're wondering if it has that dark Batman vibe, oOOh yes, you get sucked in, you feel awkward and there's nothing like Bruce Wayne to spruce up a cemetery. If you want to get back into comic books this is a great start.