While it may be beloved by comic and animation fans, Batman Beyond has yet to make a truly mainstream debut. Despite his amazing design and visually ambitious world, Terry McGinnis has yet to appear in a live-action production, with his continuing adventures taking place firmly on the comic page. But one brilliant bit of cosplay shows just how well Terry could work in live action.
Terry McGinnis is the Batman of the near future, patrolling Neo-Gotham in the dark of night. Terry has a whole host of his own unique rogues that he faces off against, as well as a few returning from Bruce’s days. He first appeared in the 1999 show Batman Beyond and was an instant hit. But despite this major popularity, DC has rarely brought him back outside the comics, and even then, he rarely gets to interact with the main universe. But that hasn’t stopped passionate fans trying to bring the character to life every chance they get, as seen with cosplayer voodoocreates.
The cosplay shows Terry against a series of bright lights, perfectly capturing how the future Dark Knight still somehow embraces Bruce’s tactics on the neon-soaked streets of Neo-Gotham.
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Terry McGinnis Suit Works In Live Action, As This Cosplay Proves
Cosplay by voodoocreates and thatsquad
Terry McGinnis started out as a kind-hearted punk kid. He wasn’t too good to help others, and he wasn’t above breaking the law to do it either. One day, after an altercation with the criminal gang the Jokerz, Terry’s father was murdered. This led Terry to steal a batsuit from an elderly Bruce Wayne. This was Terry’s start on the journey to being Batman. While they got off on the wrong foot, eventually, Terry and Bruce would become partners and help clean up Neo-Gotham.
The Batman Beyond show had plenty of fans with a killer opening and an interesting look at the future of Gotham that was featured in Batman: The Animated Series. But despite all this popularity, Terry McGinnis has never appeared in live action. That’s a shame, because Terry’s all-over batsuit is a particularly ambitious design, raising questions as to how realistic it can look in live action – a question only cosplayers are ready to answer. But Batman Beyond isn’t just a costume – it’s a world. Every Batman fan knows Gotham, but decades in the future, it’s a city transformed, and the kind of ambitious setting that deserves the big screen.
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Terry’s comics – most recently Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic – have done an amazing job showing what happens to the Batman mythos after Bruce takes off the cowl. Some villains go straight, while others are totally transformed – for example, a kaiju-sized Killer Croc in the city’s deep sewers. Members of the shattered Bat-Family have new roles, and the city itself has moved on, embracing a cyberpunk setting that’s still evolving in DC’s canon comics. Hopefully, fans will one day get to see this future Gotham on the big screen – but until then, awesome cosplay shoots like voodoocreates and thatsquad’s show how much promise Batman Beyond truly has.
