Batman Beyond #41 Review

Writer: Dan Jurgens/Artists: Sean Chen and Sean Parsons/DC Comics The two main plotlines in Batman Beyond finally converge in issue #41 as the identity of the mysterious Batwoman becomes common knowledge among our primary players and Terry McGinnis’ amnesia storyline comes to a close. The issue starts out with a reminder that Terry McGinnis was truly lost, oblivious and living without a clue in the world before Bruce Wayne stepped in to take him under his wing. After having his memories erased, Terry’s been hanging out with a woman named Constance who he only knows to be a failed scientist on hard times. In reality, she’s a failed evil scientist on hard times primarily because she took part in an evil plot and played a role in Terry’s father being murdered. She’s also in love with the arc’s villain, Blight, a former oligarch who’s now a walking nuclear reactor with only hours left before his body explodes. Terry also doesn’t know that what he believes is his first day at a new job is an attempt to kidnap him so that Blight’s mind can be transplanted into his non-nuclear body. Two things here: 1.) Why does Terry think it’s normal to have a casual conversation with a glowing man in a robotic body suit? Come on, man! 2.) At one point, Constance says that her plan is to help put Blight in a “younger, handsomer body.” Um, excuse me. Does this mean you’ve been looking at Terry this entire time like a lamb getting ready for some lustful slaughter? Not creepy at all! This is where ou…