I LOVE Batman Beyond so I figured I'd give this book a shot and wow do I hate this. The book tries to tell a Batman Beyond story using characters from the mainline continuity and I think it fails miserably.

I'm not a fan of the original Hush and I dont find this version very compelling either. And while it could be argued that the appeal of Batman Beyond is more so Terry's relationships and not his rogues gallery, the relationships aren't done well here either. Terry's family and girlfriend are hardly featured in the book for us to care and Terry's relationship with Bruce treads a lot of old ground, with Bruce being too hard on Terry and always complaining about him not being "committed enough to the mission". It's a huuuuuuge regression of Bruce's character. He is far more bitter and controlling in this book than he ever was on the TV show and it gets very old, VERY quickly. It also can't keep it's own continuity straight, introducing elements like why Dick Grayson retires in a way that contradicts things the book has established as canon, such as The Return of the Joker and when the Bat-family started to fall apart.

The art is pretty all over the place too. Sometimes things look pretty passable, but other times the faces and body proportions look downright garish. The fight scenes are pretty forgettable too since they aren't staged in interesting areas and aren't well choreographed. The cover art for the individual issues is great, but that's really the only positive thing I have to say about this book. This felt like a waste of my time. Not worth the read.