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[Otis McNutt 395]

Welcome to the first post of Bag & Card a forum post dedicated to reviewing the wonder of comic books.

Batman Beyond #1

Picking up right after the events of "Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker" Batman Beyond #1 not only continues the adventures of Teen-Bat-In-Training Terry McGinnis but a:so officially adds his story to the DC Universe.

The book opens amid a Massacre at Neo-Gotham's branch of Cadmus Labs. Elderly project director Amanda Waller has discovered that an unstable individual who was house there has escaped. As the shadowy man attacks a bum and steals his clothes a fight breaks out on the roof above. The mystery man is angered to see the pretender Batman (Terry) fighting Spellbinder one of his rogues. After taking the villain out and declining an invite to join the JLU, Terry leaves. Meanwhile the mystery man pays a visit to an elderly man named Phil and after tasering him attacks him with two knives to send Batman a message.

Back at the Cave Terry comes upon Bruce tinkering with something in a closed off section of the cave. After being stonewalled to what it is A call of a muder draws Bruce's attention a man named Philip Cobb is dead. In his prime Cobb was a Batman villain named Signalman. Upon reaching the scene they find many mentions to the number 2 which seems to implicate Harvey "Two-Face" Dent who died long before. The clues lead to St. James Hospital the Neo version of Arkham Asylum. The next target for mystery is Jervis Tetch aka The Mad Hatter. Batman arrives in time to save a nurse from the knife wielding mystery madman who tells the frightened woman to "Hush".

Hush Beyond Part 1: History Repeats