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Batman: Urban Legends #7 had a story leading into Batman Beyond: Neo-Year.
It opened on Bruce Wayne dead - Bruce Wayne having died of someone " overloading [his] pacemaker ".
He'd told that to Terry McGinnis, who'd found him in the Batcave.
Terry remembered those amongst Bruce's other dying words as he worked to figure out what'd happened.
" Do you remember when you first found this place, Terry?
" You were so angry, so impulsive. A.. thrill seeker.
" I knew right away..
Terry worked his way through the powerful in Gotham.
" And the darkness in the heart of the man holding it. "
Terry came eventually to the " interim CEO " of Wayne-Powers: " Tell me what you know. "
" Like a backdoor built into the system from the very start. "
The interim CEO's office went up in a blast - Terry went out the window.
" In his last moments, he saw past the alley..
" .. to the man I'd become, to the legacy I'd leave behind.
" .. He saw the bat before I did..
Terry fought through Gotham City, through its currents turned against him, back to the Batcave.
The villain addressed him there.
" I am the Living Gotham. "
" .. Batman is dead. "
A Bat-mech controlled by the Living Gotham laid into Terry as he remembered Bruce: " My legacy is fear.
A Batarang applied to a junction box took out most of the cave's infrastructure, including what the Living Gotham was driving Terry's opponent with.
There was enough left for Terry to trigger the blackout protocols via his suit.
" Do not let the flaw in my heart be Batman's legacy. "
The Living Gotham went offline..
.. and came back on.
Terry left, triggering the " contingency burn ".
He got Ace the Bathound out as the cave and Wayne Manor went up, denying the Living Gotham a point of manifestation.
(Pagecount's 9 and under 3/10ths of 29 from a story in Batman: Urban Legends #7 back in November 2021.
Writing's Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
Art's Max Dunbar, colors're Sebastian Cheng, and letters're Aditya Bidikar.
Publisher's DC.)
He'd told that to Terry McGinnis, who'd found him in the Batcave.
Terry remembered those amongst Bruce's other dying words as he worked to figure out what'd happened.
" Do you remember when you first found this place, Terry?
" You were so angry, so impulsive. A.. thrill seeker.
" I knew right away..
Terry worked his way through the powerful in Gotham.
" And the darkness in the heart of the man holding it. "
Terry came eventually to the " interim CEO " of Wayne-Powers: " Tell me what you know. "
" Like a backdoor built into the system from the very start. "
The interim CEO's office went up in a blast - Terry went out the window.
" In his last moments, he saw past the alley..
" .. to the man I'd become, to the legacy I'd leave behind.
" .. He saw the bat before I did..
Terry fought through Gotham City, through its currents turned against him, back to the Batcave.
The villain addressed him there.
" I am the Living Gotham. "
" .. Batman is dead. "
A Bat-mech controlled by the Living Gotham laid into Terry as he remembered Bruce: " My legacy is fear.
A Batarang applied to a junction box took out most of the cave's infrastructure, including what the Living Gotham was driving Terry's opponent with.
There was enough left for Terry to trigger the blackout protocols via his suit.
" Do not let the flaw in my heart be Batman's legacy. "
The Living Gotham went offline..
.. and came back on.
Terry left, triggering the " contingency burn ".
He got Ace the Bathound out as the cave and Wayne Manor went up, denying the Living Gotham a point of manifestation.
(Pagecount's 9 and under 3/10ths of 29 from a story in Batman: Urban Legends #7 back in November 2021.
Writing's Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.
Art's Max Dunbar, colors're Sebastian Cheng, and letters're Aditya Bidikar.
Publisher's DC.)