Haha, glad to be back :) You motivated me to consider returning here in some capacity. Hope I won't stop with one series.
Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1
| Writer | Sean Murphy |
| Artist | Sean Murphy |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
"A lot can change in 10 years, especially in Gotham! Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne, may be behind bars, but the real criminals are still out there. Gotham Motors CEO Derek Powers has seized control of the Wayne family's assets and is using them to transform the GTO and the city they've sworn to protect. Crime is down, but at what cost?
A new Batman has emerged in Powers's city, and only Bruce is fully aware of the dangers to come. It's time to destroy the mantle for good, but he'll need one of his forgotten sons' help to do so. Enter Jason Todd...the first Robin?!
In this thrilling sequel to the blockbuster comic book hits Batman: White
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Get Your Comic On - Neil Vagg
Mar 29, 2022A tantalising return to Sean Murphy's Gotham. The ten year time jump acts as a tremendous reset of the White Knight world, moving the characters along and making room for the introduction of Terry McGinnis and Derek Powers. Read Full Review
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AIPT - Chris Showalter
Mar 29, 2022Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1 is visual storytelling at its finest. Panels and sequences blend seamlessly together to create a gritty narrative tapestry that grabs you by the throat and never lets you go. Additionally, all of the trappings of a traditional Batman Beyond story are present in this issue. Sean Murphy and Dave Stewart's Neo-Gotham is appropriately bathed in darkness with neon-red highlights, and Terry's Batsuit has never looked better. However, the series' writer-and-artist has plenty left up his sleeve to keep even the most die-hard Beyond fans guessing. Read Full Review
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DC Comics News - Carl Bryan
Mar 29, 2022Sean Murphy has tapped a vein in Black Label by rewriting the Batman legend in his own way. He trimmed where he needed to, mixed around some characters, and strayed enough from Batman canon to make this all new and fresh. This Batman timeline is worth every penny of your hard-earned cash! Read Full Review
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ComicBook.com - Matthew Aguilar
Mar 30, 2022Batman: Beyond The White Knight #1 captures your attention instantly with its eye-catching visuals, but it's the oh-so-human family dynamics at the center of it all that makes it so damn great. If you've been on the fence as to diving into the White Knight Universe, this is the perfect place to start, and if you do you might find yourself jumping all the way in. Read Full Review
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The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Mar 29, 2022Murphy has a wonderful visual eye for both character and action. The style is fantastic and the action moments are both thrilling and fun to see. Read Full Review
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Comic Watch - Dustin Gebel
Mar 30, 2022With a perfect encapsulation of the various adapted styles from Batman films and TV, Beyond the White Knight #1 is an excellent start to this series. It will be fascinating to watch how Murphy diverts and reinvents the lore and expectations from Batman Beyond for his universe as the series continues. This is a definite pick-up for both continued and new readers to the Murphyverse, as the book does an excellent job of contextualizing the larger series without giving away too much in Murphys art. Read Full Review
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The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Mar 30, 2022I was really impressed with Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1 overall, and definitely want to read more. Some things were discussed such as a falling out between Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, which I hope is explored further in future issues. Plus, I'm also intrigued about what will happen with Harley's daughter, more of the confrontation at the end of the issue, and what will happen when Terry and Bruce finally meet. Overall, I highly recommend picking up Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1. Read Full Review
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9.0
Dark Knight News - James Attias
Mar 29, 2022This is highly recommended to anyone who loves Comics, Batman: The Animated Series, and Batman Beyond. Read Full Review
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GWW - Brian Villar
Mar 29, 2022Overall, Murphy has been able to stay consistent with his storytelling, and it is evident in Batman: Beyond the White Knight #1. For fans of the previous two installments, it is worth staying on and picking up this issue. As he can manage new and old readers without giving one or the other preference helps develop the new story. I still have some reservations that there might be too much going on for him to explain everything adequately, but we have learned not to underestimate his storytelling. Read Full Review
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Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Mar 29, 2022Overall, this is a fast-paced first issue that drops a whole lot of twists and sets up some intriguing new directions, but its roots as a dark-and-edgy reboot hold it back a little. The cliffhanger was predictable, but I'm not sure it'll push this story forward. Still, overall intriguing. Read Full Review
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8.0
Kabooooom - Matt Morrison
Mar 29, 2022Murphy's artwork remains on-point and Dave Stewart's colors as suitably vivid as in earlier outings. The only flaw to this diamond is that it cannot stand on its own and some familiarity with the original series (to say nothing of Batman Beyond) is needed to fully appreciate it. I envy those readers new to this wonderfully wicked world for the journey they are about to begin, though as an old fan this return to Gotham City is far from unpleasant. Read Full Review
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But Why Tho? - Collier "CJ" Jennings
Mar 29, 2022Batman: Beyond The White Knight #1presents a unique take on the Batman Beyond universe, and its visually stunning art makes up for a bumpy story. Hopefully, future issues will continue to explore this new world and show how Terry grows into the Batman fans know and love. Read Full Review
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Batman-News - Jeremy Bernard
Apr 21, 2022A terrifying return to the world of Batman Beyond. The art, coloring and letters all work off each other incredibly well and there are a plethora of little details that I'm discovering and absolutely loving. Hopefully Sean Murphy continues showing us how terrible Batman and Napier's well-meaning schemes actually are but the writing is still creating these arguments based on flawed premises. Read Full Review
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This book is just perfect, one of the easiest 10/10 of my life
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Its a incredible issue of one of the most brilliant universes ever made in DC continuite, the art in thais comic its amazing same to the script
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Wonderful start. Clearly a certain person and their alts are hurting something, this is one of the best-selling series, and it is not due to its previous fame, but the quality of its narrative.
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Pick of the week!
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perfection
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This was amazing start to the third part of Murphy's White Knight trilogy. I can't wait for more.
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One of the best issues i read. Kindblowing art
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9.0
I don't know what it was about this, but I enjoyed this a whole lot more than the previous two miniseries. Especially, Curse of the White Knight. Maybe it's just that the new status quo is much more interesting than what came before. I will say the ending didn't make me excited, but up until that point, I was in.
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Man i loved this week of dc's comics. i really like this issue. and people should be really putting out that whole Terry's half Asian drama. it really isn't even noticeable in the story.
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Solid start. As always with Murphy the art is the star and this is a beautiful showcase. It's dark and his use of space in the darkness especially his shadows on the walls is amazing. The opening isn't much to write home about other than seeing Terry don the suit. I'll agree with those who have mentioned that it could have been written better there. The only other example I could find was the most egregious example of expository dialogue I have seen in a while during Bruce's conversation with Duke. Bruce and Jason interacting is everything I could ask for, main continuity or not and this take on the mythos is a fun reimagining.
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This is a perfect start to this universe. SGM is the man at giving you a new take on a classic Batman tale, and making it his own. I loved the tweeks to the regular continuity and the Batman beyond continuity. This book gives a great foundation for this tale to start from! I can't wait for issue 2. Let's go bat family. We got a good one in the making here!
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Really curious about Time Drake as this is the first time he's been mentioned in the white knight continuity, and curious to see if he will ever play a role in this or upcoming series.
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I liked it. It has the enjoyable Murphy art, a good start to the story and a new take on Batman Beyond.
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It was good, correct to the rhythm of this series, it series is not one of my favorites but it has been interesting, and this issues in special was good
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Main continuity DC comics may have not been enough to awaken me from post Future State slumber, and I sure still feel more than burned out with comics because of it, but more White Knight? Hell yeah I'm gonna read and review it, you betcha. The series starts on a rather lower note compared to previous two stories. Remember the opening scene from the original White Knight, so reminiscent of The Killing Joke? Or a completely detached flashback from Curse we've got to wait to fully understand? Here we meet Terry, who in a true deus ex machina fashion finds the Beyond batsuit prototype, because no one ever found it before him, apparently. This could, and should have been written differently, no joke. Good thing is, the comic gets better f more
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Bruce Wayne is a jailbird and I love it!
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A lot of set up and intros as this title gears up for Jason Todd, Powers, and Terry. Timeline wise, it isn't too beyond what we've seen the last few miniseries other than a few fancy buildings in the background, a high-tech suit (from the past), and Batcops! Let's see where this goes.
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Good art. Amateurish level of writing.
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What a cringefest. Murphy should take some time to learn how to write instead of name-searching himself on Twitter on the time. Just shows that being friends with Scott Snyder is more important to DC than having writing talent.
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Murphy needs to learn how to write this is awful. Its art is the only thing good about this comic.
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