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THE BATMAN STRIKES, a monthly comic book based on the new TV cartoon, THE BATMAN ended its successful run last year with issue #50. The DC Comic was pencilled by Chris Jones and inked by Terry Beatty. This ended an eleven year run on various "animated-style" Batman books for Terry -- beginning with BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES #18. The covers for Terry's first and last books of that run are shown below.
B&R ADV. #18 cover by Ty Templeton, interior art by Brandon Kruse and Terry Beatty
THE BATMAN STRIKES #50 cover and interior art by Christopher Jones and Terry Beatty
Terry is no longer inking a monthly Bat-book for DC, concentrating instead on RETURN TO PERDITION, a 180 page graphic novel sequel to ROAD TO PERDITION. The book is written by Max Allan Collins and will be published as part of the Vertigo Crime Line. Still, he has found time to ink several issues of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, and is lookng forward to revisiting Gotham City from time to time. One of Terry's isues of BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD is collected in this new trade paperback. Here (minus logo and cover copy) is James Tucker's cover illustration for the book.
DC Comics has collected previously published issues of THE BATMAN STRIKES and BATMAN ADVENTURES in digest form. Covers of the first three are shown here. Terry's inks are featured throughout both books. Click on the covers to order!
Also in bookstores is BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES GUIDE by Scott Beatty (no relation, honestly!) -- chock full of illustrations taken from the comics inked by Terry. There are even a few illos inked by Terry in the accompanying SUPERMAN volume. You can order them both online by clicking the pic.
In the years Terry has worked on the various animated-style Batman comics they have won several Eisner Awards, inlcuding "Best Graphic Album" for the Batman & Superman Adventures book, World's Finest
Trade paperbacks containing the first six issues of both Batman Beyond and Batman Gotham Adventures, as well as a Batman Adventures: The Lost Years collection, have been published by DC -- check your local comic book shop or bookstore or click on the pics to purchase.
