Wing Kee's Reviews > Batman Beyond, Volume 2: Rise of the Demon

Wow that was huge.

World: The art is solid, it's good Chang with less action panels which makes me happy. The sense of motion in th e fights is pretty spectacular. The world building for his series since 'Futures End' has all been about back tracking, with all the old pieces pretty much back we finally start to see the world moving forward and it's pretty great cause this huge reveal is a doozie and also makes you wonder about main continuity and this book and whether this really happens. Also the little slice of Batgirl is also pretty well thought out gives it a different flavor to the main series.

Story: Paced insanely well and the gut punch reveal was so very well done. This has been hinted for a long time in tj DCU and now (I don't know how canon this book is) it's happened what?!?! I can't say anymore but this was a hard hitting character book and it's amazing. The second story with Batgirl was also very solid with establishing female heroes for this world which has been lacking, I want more of her and her team.

Characters: Let's talk Terry and how far he's come with Wayne since the TV show, it's amazing. A lot of character stuff still needs to be dealt with but this arc was wow. Wayne also had a huge chunk and it's important and relevant to him and the family around him, so good. Then there is the bomb that gets dropped here, wow the characterization is done well and fits. So good.

Wow this arc was wonderful. How canon it is I don't know but it was a ride.

Onward to the next book!