It is these kinds of multilayered approaches to the timeworn Batman tropes that highlight newer and sometimes riveting concepts from within the franchise, and Murphy has shown his dedication in turning the Batman mythos on its head. Chaos so intense and harmful that it put Jason Todd’s life in mortal jeopardy at the hands of The Joker, and has now generated a new vigilante who works at the behest of a ruthless weapons dealer. Though he previously pledged to serve his debt to society in the name of law and order, the Gotham Bruce returns to demonstrates that all that his efforts have sown is chaos.
It feels refreshingly untethered while exactingly precise in its discussion of what kind of a future Batman will leave once he’s no longer able to fight against the city’s ills. Though Bruce will likely be hunted by his former protégés, including Commissioner Barbara Gordon and Gotham Terrorism Oppression officer Dick Grayson, there’s a suaveness to Murphy’s approach to this aspect of the Batman mythos. Previously depicted as an increasingly reckless, but ultimately accountable man with genuine empathy hiding underneath his stony exterior, Murphy sets up this older Bruce as a man who regrets his choices after seeing their disastrous consequences, consequences he has been deaf to while behind bars. What Murphy seems to be setting up, clearly preparing to twist the classic Batman Beyond narrative, is a discussion over how Bruce Wayne should be viewed in light of the dangerous legacy he has left behind. He breaks out of prison with the aid of former Robin and current prison guard Jason Todd to stop Terry once he discovers Powers’ plot. Related: Peacemaker Proves DC's Mature Label Needs to Expand Beyond Batman With the old Gotham rogues’ gallery now dead, the issues opens highlighting a young Terry McGinnis who steals the Beyond suit, as per his cartoon origin, but this time at the behest of evil industrialist Derek Powers. Batman: Beyond The White Knight is the third series in the main continuum, following Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight, gracefully pivoting from the deaths of most major Bat-villains in the previous series into a futuristic Beyond-era timeline. Since the days of Frank Miller’s seminal series The Dark Knight Returns, the issue of the effects of Batman’s violence on future generations of Gothamites (especially the vigilante ones) have become a staple of the Batman mythos, particularly the occasional post-apocalyptic yarns such as those in the White Knight universe.
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