Terry officially entered mainstream DC continuity in the 2014 New 52 maxiseries, The New 52: Futures End.
From 2012, DC began publishing three Terry-related comic books: Batman Beyond and Justice League Beyond most prominently, though the character also appears in Superman Beyond. The 2010 story Superman/Batman Annual #4 returned to the DCAU Terry's story, as later did a 2011 Batman Beyond miniseries. In Batman # 700, Terry's mentor is not Bruce, but Damian Wayne, who had become the third Batman after Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson (in other words, Terry would be the fourth Batman). Superman/Batman (comic book) #22 (2005, which predates Superman/Batman Annual 4) was the first comic to depict McGinnis as existing in the future of Batman and the characters of the mainstream comic book DCU. Countdown introduced Earth-12, an alternate universe with its version of Terry McGinnis and other Beyond-like characters. For a long time, he was not considered a character for the main DC Universe.
McGinnis was created for the Batman Beyond animated television series, as a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, originally meant as a character for the DCAU. 4.3 Lord Batman's Synthetic Kryptonite Batsuit.The former was conceived and raised by Warren McGinnis, whose reproductive DNA was rewritten to match Bruce Wayne's. Their biological relationship is unknown to both Terry and Bruce at first. In the DC animated universe continuity, he eventually learns that he is a biogenetic son of Bruce Wayne (under covert genetic engineering by Project Cadmus). Terry McGinnis is the vigilante known as Batman in the future, having taken over the mantle after the aging Bruce Wayne went into retirement. The character was created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and first appeared in the pilot episode of the animated television series Batman Beyond (1999–2001), voiced by Will Friedle. Utilizes high-tech equipment and weaponsīatman ( Terrence "Terry" McGinnis) is a fictional superhero appearing in media published by DC Entertainment.Skilled martial artist, street fighter, and hand-to-hand combatant.