Batman: Beyond the White Knight #4
| Writer | Sean Murphy |
| Artist | Sean Murphy |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
The hunt continues as Bruce Wayne searches for the most dangerous offspring in Neo-Gotham, the daughter of The Joker! Little does he know the new Batman is right behind him, waiting for just the right moment to strike and put an end to the older generation of heroes in the city. All seems to be going according to plan for Derek Powers, as his true intentions are revealed. Plus, Ace the Bat-Hound joins the story!
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AIPT - Chris Showalter
Jun 29, 2022Compelling and action-packed, Batman: Beyond the White Knight #4 sidelines Bruce Wayne in favor of placing the rest of the Bat-Family in the spotlight. The result is utterly enthralling as Sean Murphy provides meaningful answers to several of the series' questions while posing even more. I am excited to see how Murphy resolves the answers to these questions in upcoming installments. Read Full Review
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10
ComicBook.com - Matthew Aguilar
Jun 29, 2022Batman: Beyond the White Knight continues to hit new heights, as issue #4 delivers some long-awaited conversations and reveals that kick the larger narrative into overdrive. Read Full Review
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9.2
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jun 28, 2022Murphy offers some crisp, clean and highly detailed art throughout the issue. I love the visual call backs to the Animated series as well as the style of the action. Read Full Review
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8.4
Comic Watch - Dustin Gebel
Jun 29, 2022Batman: Beyond the White Knight, and the Murphyverse at large, feel like an excellent cover of the Batman Animated series, along with some elements of the post-Crisis and New 52 continuities. Murphy and Stewart take those established characters and elements like Duke Thomas, Terry McGinnis, and even Jason Todd, and tweak and twist their core elements to mold them into something unique. Its an excellent way for the team to play in a world that feels adjacent to these iconic or foundational interpretations of the characters, and Gotham as a whole, but still makes them seem original and surprising, issue to issue. Beyond the White Knight is a perfect place to jump into the Murphyverse and get the toes wet, especially for fans of Duke or Terry, to see if they enjoy these new interpretations of the characters. Read Full Review
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8.0
Dark Knight News - James Attias
Jun 29, 2022Batman: Beyond The White Knight #4 is a wonderful issue that sets up the next title in this story about Red Hood. This was a great chapter that scratched all of the itches I was starting to feel about the series. Read Full Review
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7.0
Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Jun 28, 2022After last issue's offensive new origin for Derek Powers, combined with the creator's controversial online presence, I was skeptical about this series going forward. Fortunately, it does still have some things going for itparticularly a tense sense of action that leads to great chase segments. Read Full Review
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7.0
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Jun 29, 2022While Batman: Beyond the White Knight #4 is very exciting, it is left unclear as to how the story will proceed. This is supposed to segue into a spinoff about the Red Hood, but are they leaving the story open-ended, pausing it, or will these events continue in a new title? It seems like the story is just getting started and it would be a shame if it just ended. It's doubtful they are going that route, but hopefully, we'll see more of the Tomorrow Knight soon! Read Full Review
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4.0
Batman-News - Theresa Campagna
Jun 28, 2022I've just had to come to the realization that I just don't love the world of White Knight as much as I thought I did when it started. So much mischaracterization and drama has been drawn out for, I think, a lot longer than it should have been. This series is going on a hiatus now, but hopefully the second half will finally reconcile the political Gotham that Murphy has been dealing with and bring this entire universe to a final conclusion. Score: 4/10 Read Full Review
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8.0
this issue wasnt as engaging as the first three issues but we'll see how it goes.
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8.0
Great story so far, this is probably the worst issue so far..... but only because one of them had to be. But it's still a great story. The only issue I have with this book is dick Greyson's character, he's soooooooooo out of character but it's out of continuity. So I hate bashing it for having him not be himself... when he isn't truly our boy wonder. I really like what they did with Terry in this issue. That sets this up for a a sweet team up down the road, if what we all want out of a Batman beyond series.
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8.0
Here is a slower issue. I personally tend to enjoy those more as they flesh out the characters and the world the writer is trying to present. Murphy does a good job here is giving more depth to each of his characters, from Bruce and his relationship with Jack/Joker, Derek Powers, Duke and Barbara, and finally, Terry and his parents. Hopefully we'll see more of the latter but seeing as this story is at it's midway point, I wouldn't be shocked if there wasn't much more developments. It is a truncated and reimagined version of the Batman Beyond origin after all. I see several complaints about the lack of action and they aren't wrong but I really think if that's all that is drawing you to a comic you have a short attention span or less of a des more
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7.5
Looking forward to Joker's daughter's villain's journey.
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7.0
It's a pretty boring chapter in terms of action but, it did have good moments that kept me invested.
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6.5
I wasn't really a fan of how petty Dick Grayson was in this issue. Also i think this issue will be read better in a trade. The art is good as usual.
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5.5
All those words and still feels like such an empty gesture. The world is underdeveloped. I don't care about any of these characters. And the one character I kept complaining about (Joker) is sorely missed as it's clear that version of the character is the only true compelling thing Murphy did with The White Knight. Terry, Hood, Quinn, Bruce, Barbara, and Gotham are left as lifeless husks as far as elsewhere stories go. Least the art is still pleasant to look at.
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5.0
The book is really butchering Dick Grayson. He's so out of character and nerfed and so far there's no real explanation for this behavior. This, combined with the very disturbing origin story Powers got last issue, are good reasons to drop the book.
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If this is a parody, then well done. If not... lol
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I almost feel sorry for people who've wasted so much money on this Tumblr fic that have to trick themselves into liking it.
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