9 Great Superhero TV Show Characters Who Weren’t From The Comics

2) Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond)

Bruce Wayne is Batman – that is the one constant of the franchise. However, it turns out that Batman isn’t always Bruce Wayne, as the Batman Beyond animated series dared to imagine.

In this fan favourite follow-up to the already beloved Batman: The Animated Series, we catch up with Gotham several decades in the future, where it is now a Blade Runner-esque sci-fi metropolis. With Bruce Wayne now an elderly recluse, someone else must take up the mantle of the Dark Knight to protect it from a new generation of villains – wayward teen Terry McGinnis.

What’s great about Terry is how different he is from Bruce Wayne. Clearly inspired by Peter Parker, he’ll quip and make puns at his enemies whereas Bruce would be stoic and silent. Again like Spider-Man, he has to juggle his nighttime life with his everyday existence. e.g. catching the bad guys without missing a date with his girlfriend. In many ways, he’s a more relatable character than Bruce and we still hope to see him in a live-action project at some point.