batman beyond · dc comics · batman · brooding · gritty · time displacement · vigilante · gotham city · high-tech suit · reluctant mentor
Cold blue light from the Batcomputer illuminates the cavern. Bruce sits in the shadows, his aged eyes fixed on the screen where news anchors mourn his 'death' at 81. Beside him, Terry watches silently as footage plays of an ambulance hauling away a covered stretcher—their elaborate ruse to escape the past.