#Warren McGinnis

[nightwings-blue]

"so do i look like him" but terry has warren's eyes, has his face shape, his frown, has that crease in between his eyebrows when he frowns and the same squint.

only to realize that he also has bruce's hair, piercing blue irises, strong chin, and his subtle smile after he finds out he has bruce's DNA too.

terry spending hours looking in front of the mirror trying to decide who he looks more like, if he really has his dad's features or if he was seeing things wrong the entire time.

[bluejaysandblackbats]

You're Just Like Quicksand

Fandom: DC Comics, Batfam, Batman Beyond

Summary: Jason Todd is ready to go into semi-retirement after fifteen years working with troubled youth, but one case in particular forces him to confront the sins of his youth and painful memories from his past.

Chapters: 15/?

Characters: Jason Todd, Terry McGinnis, Warren McGinnis, Mary McGinnis, Matt McGinnis, Bruce Wayne, Original Character(s)

Relationship(s): TBA

Additional Tags: Protective Jason Todd, Good Sibling Jason Todd, Retired Jason Todd, Multiple POV, Hurt/Comfort, Parent-Child Relationships, Canon Divergent AU, Angst, Mourning Jason Todd

Chapter Fifteen: Back of the Closet (Jason's POV)

Every day after I finished dropping Terry off, I spent a few minutes getting Avery-Marie cleaned up for dinner, and I checked on Andrew in his room. He’d taken up painting as a hobby, and he rarely came out of his room for anything. It was our normal. I knocked on the door frame, and Andrew looked up from his painting. “Whatcha working on, Drewby?” I asked. 

“Mom’s garden,” Andrew answered. I sat beside him, rustling a hand through his hair, and I kissed his temple. It’d been two years, and I still couldn’t get past the joy I felt looking at his face every day. “How was your day? Is your friend’s son okay?” 

“Uh-huh… I’m worried Powers is after him because of something his father found out… I’m gonna have someone look into it,” I answered. Andrew looked at me. 

“Are you gonna put the helmet back on?” Andrew questioned. I shook my head. 

“I don’t want to. I wanna see if the authorities can suss this out without help… Did you go to therapy today?” I questioned. Andrew nodded. I never pushed him to talk about it, but he’d tell me sometimes if he was in the mood to talk. Andrew continued to work on his painting. 

“I talked about you today… And Mom… Why weren’t you and Mom getting along?” What happened?” Andrew asked. It was a long time coming, but I was surprised he finally asked me about it. 

“It was my fault… I didn’t pay enough attention to her, and I never listened to her pleas about making nice with your grandfather. She just wanted me to work through my trauma. And I wanted to close it off and pretend it didn’t matter,” I answered, “Your mother was the sweetest woman I ever met. She was a good wife and an amazing mother. We weren’t gonna divorce… I would’ve stayed with her forever if I could’ve.”

Andrew smiled. I’d been seeing a lot more of that recently. Avery-Marie finished taking her bath, and she knocked on the door. “Uncle Andy,” Avery-Marie whispered as she knocked on the door. “Uncle Andy, can I show you something?” 

Andrew stopped painting, handed me his brush, and he let Avery-Marie in. He never turned her away. Even on his bad days, he gave her his full attention, showering her with love and affection like he used to do with Maggie. He picked her up and kissed her cheek. “What is it, Sugar Plum?” Andrew asked. 

“I made you something,” Avery-Marie whispered. She always whispered to him. He set her down, and she ran to grab her backpack before returning with a handmade suncatcher. “Grandpa put his present in the car.” 

Andrew opened his window and taped it there. “Wow. Thank you so much, Avie. Every time it’s sunny, I’ll be able to open my curtains and see the rainbow. This is so nice,” Andrew grinned. 

“I’m gonna start dinner,” I whispered to excuse myself. Andrew would help Avery-Marie with her homework while I cooked. It always calmed my nerves. I liked dinnertime. It was the only time I had to clear my head and focus on a single task. I didn’t have to think about Abigail surrendering custody of Avery-Marie to me. I didn’t have to think about Michael being tangled up in the magic scene in Louisiana. I didn’t have to think about Andrew’s agoraphobia. When I cooked, it was just me and the stove. Today, I made burgers and french fries. It was Avery-Marie’s favorite. I brought our meal to Andrew’s bedroom, and we ate at the little table by his closet. Avery-Marie sat on my knee while we ate. Andrew took his pills with dinner. After dinner, I put a movie on for Avery-Marie, and Andrew took a nap beside her. 

**

When nighttime came, Andrew listened to the police scanner before bed. “That’s a code I haven’t heard in a while,” Andrew whispered. 

“What’s that, Drew?” I questioned. 

“The code for masked vigilantes. At Wayne Powers on the roof. Do you think it’s Grandpa?” Andrew asked. I shook my head. “Dad?”

“It’s Terry,” I answered. There was no doubt or hesitation in me when I said it. It had to be Terry, and I felt my blood run cold. Andrew frowned and nodded at me. 

I shook my head, feeling torn between my duty to Warren and his family, and my duty to my family. It felt like the same thing. Warren, Mary, Terry, and Matt felt like family… But Andrew grabbed my hand. “You stepped away because you didn’t want to hurt kids… Now you have the chance to save one. Go ahead, Dad,” Andrew reassured me, “Don’t be gone too long, or I’ll call Uncle Dick.”

“Uncle Dick is in California,” I whispered before kissing his forehead, “Comms are in my bedroom.” 

I left the room and got dressed in the last model of my costume. I hadn’t worn it since the kids were babies. They knew about it. That wasn’t a secret to them. 

I took my motorcycle through the old passageways to get there faster, and I could tell from the sound of the security guards that Terry was there already. I turned comms on, calling straight to the cave like old times, hoping someone was on the other line. “Anyone on the line?” I questioned. 

“Hood?” Bruce’s voice half-exclaimed on the other line. 

“What’s his location and why would you let him wear the—?” I heard a gunshot and a hissing noise before looking up to see Terry in the Batman suit tailing a plane. “He can’t do this on his own—.” 

“The kid is in the suit against my wishes… But he’s got it under control. He’s got a natural talent for this… Go home, Hood. Stepping in now would only jeopardize his safety. Unless you’d like to talk about—.” 

“Listen here, you sick old man. I’m only coming there, so I can chew you out for allowing this curse to take another kid,” I whispered. The drive to the cave felt like it took an eternity, but it was only a few minutes. Bruce sat in his chair, looking more alive than I’d seen him in years. He had a distinct twinkle in his eye. I hadn’t seen that in him since I was a little boy. 

“He said he’s heading straight home… I didn’t know he was one of your kids. If I did, I wouldn’t have hit him so hard when I caught him down here. What’s your opinion on his mental state?” Bruce asked. 

I couldn’t lie to him. “Terry craves adrenaline, and he’s smart… Intuitive and compassionate. He has a record and a past, but that’s not reflective of how strong his conscience is. Terry feels guilty for things that he’s done, and he has a strong desire to set things right even if they seem completely out of his control. He’s deeply empathetic… More than anyone I’ve ever seen, and I originally planned on partnering him up with a defense attorney before I took a step back from work two years ago… I’m not gonna be able to talk him out of this, am I? And I can’t tell his mother. That’d kill her,” I answered. 

“He reminds me of you… He’s got a smart mouth, but I think that comes with being a teenager,” Bruce replied. 

“You like him… You lonely old—. You want him back here, don’t you?” I questioned. 

“This city’s falling apart. I think he’s fresh, and I appreciate his raw talent. If you say no, I’ll respect that—.” 

“But he won’t. I know how this works,” I interrupted. I wanted to blame Bruce this time, but I knew it was as much his curse as mine.

[empressgeekt]

headcanon - batman spawn growled as babies

made on mobile. Apologies in advance.

Okay, so I was watching cute baby clips on YouTube to make me laugh after a bad day. And I came to this clip with this cutest baby girl who growled at her brother when ever he made her upset instead of crying.

Now all I can think of is a baby damian growling at Talia, and here just being weirded out. Like "great he's trying to learn intimidation tactics young" but on the other hand he's too cute and helpless for it to really work they way damian wanted it too. Even Ra's was confused the first time Damian did it to him and it took a lot to stun the demon's head. The Al Guals had ni idea where this came from, and just chuck it up to damian being damian. Besides the boy grows out of it quickly.

The Helena does the same thing years later, and Damian remembers his mother mentioning that he did that. Then Alfred walks in and says that Bruce did the same thing as an infant. Selina finds the whole thing hilarious.

Even further in the future Warren and Mary mcginnis would wonder why their sons were so insistent that they were wild animals as babies.

[theycallme-ook]

dont know if u are still taking the prompts but if u are, could u pls draw baby terry with his father? im having thoughts abt them since terry turned one this month

Sometimes I think abt how young Warren and Mary must have been when they had Terry. Anyways.

[dailydccomics]

finally someone other than a Flash is fucking around in the timeline Batman Beyond vol 6 #48

[starryoak]

One thing that I think is an understated sadness in the JLU episode “Epilogue”,  is that while it’s not explicitly stated, along with the reveal of who Terry is, that also tells you the likely reason Warren and Mary McGinnis divorced. After all, Warren, unbeknownst to him, had his own genetic material overwritten with Bruce’s, so that they could make another Batman eventually; it’s both an interesting explanation as to why Warren and Terry/Matt look nothing alike, but it… also kind of tells you that it’s likely the reason Mary and Warren divorced is because Warren believed Mary was cheating on him.

And, well, there wouldn’t be anything to disprove that! Genetically, Terry and Matt aren’t Warren’s children. But that basically means that Mary wouldn’t be able to explain or defend herself because, even if she had never slept with anyone in her life but Warren, she would always be seen as lying, because even an objective analysis would indicate she had to be.

It actually reminds me of a few cases like that in reality, not the idea of genetic information being overwritten, but a real life case of someone’s children not being their biological children despite objectively giving birth to them; Lydia Fairchild was a woman who, during a routine paternity test to enforce child support, seemingly was not the mother of her two children, while her ex-partner was the father, she was not! She stood accused of fraud as a result of this, and as she was pregnant with her third child at the time, the court ordered a witness present at the birth to collect blood samples and testify in court. When the DNA tests returned, she was apparently not the mother of the baby in question either, despite the obvious evidence to the contrary! Her defense attorney uncovered a similar case to Lydia’s where another mother had been found to not be the biological parent of her own children, it had been uncovered that this was due to a condition called chimerism; when fraternal twin zygotes merge into one singular being in the womb, this leads to the person being born with two distinct sets of DNA. When DNA from her parents were collected, Lydia’s children were found to be her parent’s grandchildren, and when DNA from a cervical swab was tested, what do you know? Her children’s biological parent was her own unborn twin!

Yes, this entire damn post was an excuse to share an interesting medical fact, if you were wondering.

[red-jenny]

Batman: Beyond the White Knight, Sean Murphy, 2022-2023

[obscure-batfam-bracket]

[bluejaysandblackbats]

You're Just Like Quicksand

Fandom: DC Comics, Batfam, Batman Beyond

Summary: Jason Todd is ready to go into semi-retirement after fifteen years working with troubled youth, but one case in particular forces him to confront the sins of his youth and painful memories from his past.

Chapters: 14/?

Characters: Jason Todd, Terry McGinnis, Warren McGinnis, Mary McGinnis, Matt McGinnis, Bruce Wayne, Original Character(s)

Relationship(s): TBA

Additional Tags: Protective Jason Todd, Good Sibling Jason Todd, Retired Jason Todd, Multiple POV, Hurt/Comfort, Parent-Child Relationships, Canon Divergent AU, Angst, Mourning Jason Todd

Chapter Fourteen: Fathers and Sons (Terry McGinnis' POV)

I hadn’t heard from Jason in over two years, but he was at the funeral. I thought it was strange. I wondered who invited him. I wondered why he stood so far away. Mom couldn’t move. She couldn’t process any of it. So, we stood beside her as everyone paid their respects and went home. They could go home. I couldn’t. I could never go home again. I had to officially move in with Mom once they let me into the crime scene that was once my dad’s apartment. Everyone left, and I stayed behind. Mom took Matt home, and Jason finally approached. I couldn’t pretend. I resented him for letting me go without a reason. So, I let him have it. I couldn’t remember what I said, but I know it was harsh. He stood there, tall and strong with sadness in his eyes. Jason didn’t move. He didn’t flinch. I tore into him until I didn’t have any other words to describe how I felt. And without missing a beat, he said, “I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you… But I knew you were good. I wouldn’t have done that if I didn’t think you could handle it… But I missed it. Every moment.”

I swallowed hard. My stomach was in knots. It only took a few little sentences for me to forgive him. I knew he’d understand my grief. My anger. My emptiness. “What are you doing here?” I questioned, my voice breaking as I asked him. 

“I promised Mary that I’d look after you while you got your things. I also promised her that I’d try to get you to eat. We could get whatever you want,” Jason whispered, “We’ll go eat… And then we’ll get your stuff. I promise.” 

“Why? Why now?” I asked. 

“Because I lost my parents as a kid. And in retrospect, I think I needed someone who could show me how to process grief without being pacified with emotionally addictive coping mechanisms. Are you alright with me coming around for a little while?” Jason questioned. I wanted to say no. I wanted to pretend I didn’t need him, but I couldn’t lie. I nodded. 

** 

After Jason took me to eat, we went to the apartment. Jason came with me, and he stood by quietly while I packed everything that I could into a box. Everything I owned fit into one big box. It made me feel sick and empty in my chest. I looked up at Jason, almost pleading for him to feel it for me. Feel my pain.  

“One of the kids in my program took my family from me. He got too attached… And he—. He developed a jealous streak. He thought I passed his case on because of my children… And he took them from me. I was afraid that those feelings would keep me from helping you… And I didn’t want to make the same mistake of passing your case onto someone else, so I stepped away. Besides, you were so independent. You didn’t need me as much. You and Warren were doing alright. But, he—. He called me. He said something changed a few months ago. What was it?” Jason questioned. The confession seemed out of place. 

“It wasn’t like that. I get into with some guy at school sometimes, but it’s—. Dad was swamped at work. He didn’t have the time to talk about it anymore… So, I stopped explaining. I’m not messing around with gangs or stealing anymore. I swear,” I promised him. He nodded. “I would’ve understood if you told me what happened to your kids. I’m sorry, Jason.”

“It’s—. Thank you… I probably should’ve explained, but I—. It’s a lot to dredge up,” Jason replied, “Which is why I want you to talk about this on your own time. I’ll be available whenever you feel like talking about him. I spent a lot of time talking to Warren. We became friends. He was kind to me.”

“What did you have in common with my dad?” I questioned. 

Jason smiled as tears slid down his cheeks. “He had a normal life… Normal problems… But this—.”

“Feels wrong… I don’t think Dad would’ve opened the door for those twips,” I interrupted him.

Jason nodded as he looked around. He must’ve seen something because his jaw tightened. “Terry, after today… don’t come back here. Something’s not right. This isn’t—. If you see something weird, I want you to call me,” Jason whispered. He stepped into the doorway, and I could tell there was something wrong in his eyes. A switch flipped, and he scanned over everything. 

“What is it?” I questioned. Jason shook his head as he took me to his car. His face went dark, and he looked around. 

“I don’t know… I just feel strange about all of this, Terry. Get in the car, and I’ll take you to Mary’s. It’s getting dark,” Jason whispered. He shut the door and got in the driver’s seat. I looked at Jason. 

“Does this mean I’m back in the program?” I asked. I felt stupid as soon as I asked it. 

“Is that what you want?” Jason questioned. 

He wanted me to say it. Not for his ego. I don’t think he had one, but it was all for me. He wanted to know what I wanted. And he needed me to ask him. I started hyperventilating, and Jason tapped the dashboard between us until I calmed down. “I don’t know what I’m gonna do without my dad,” I mumbled.

“And I can’t fill that space, but I can create a space for you to cope if you’ll let me help you,” Jason answered. 

We didn’t say anything else for the whole ride home, and he walked me up to the door and said goodbye to my mom and Matt before leaving. And somewhere in between me entering my room and seeing Matt, I dropped my dad’s picture and found the disc. And that’s when I decided to get involved with Bruce Wayne. I didn’t know much about the old man, and I didn’t really care, but I needed his help. I knew I couldn’t go to Jason because he’d tell me not to get involved. He would’ve taken over, and I wanted my own answers… and it was Mr. Wayne’s company. 

**

Jason picked me up from school after Powers’ people accosted me. He pinched the bridge of his nose, before sighing. Avery-Marie sat in the back seat, kicking her feet. She had noise-canceling headphones on. “Are you okay?” Jason asked.

“I’m alright… Is that Avery-Marie? She’s so big now,” I whispered. 

“Yeah… She’s in kindergarten… Why is Powers’ muscle hassling you?” Jason questioned. 

I shook my head like I didn’t know, and he accepted it. He knew I was lying, but he didn’t push for an answer. “Powerphones off,” Jason commanded, and Avery-Marie looked up. 

“Grandpa, can I have a cookie in the car?” Avery-Marie asked. 

“Sure, Avie. Did you see Terry in the front seat?” Jason questioned.

“Hi, Terry! Do you want a cookie too?” Avery-Marie offered. Her blonde curls reached past her shoulders, and she wore glitter star stickers on her face. “Grandpa, is Terry coming over to play?” 

Jason tapped the steering wheel as he started driving. “Not today, Sweetpea… Terry’s busy.” Avery-Marie pouted as she handed me a cookie.

“Maybe some other time… ‘Kay, Avery-Marie?” I offered. 

Jason nodded. “If he’s free, maybe he can babysit sometimes,” Jason suggested. He wanted me at the office. I knew what that meant. He wasn’t ready to let the situation with Powers go. Not completely anyway.

[stolenheartchronicles]

Here's how I would introduce Terry McGinnis.

In this post, I've described my vision for how DC comics should be split into three separate and simultaneous eras - past, present and future. I would request you to read that post first.

So, I would set the Batman Beyond storyline about 20 years after the Future era of DC comics.

At this point, Bruce and Selina are in their 80s, and still happily married.

The story opens with Selina's death.

A terrorist organisation goes after the Wayne Family. They shoot a ray gun at Bruce but Selina pushes him out of the way. The Ray hits her but doesn't harm her instantly.

Days later Selina dies in her sleep due to a blood clot in an artery caused by the Ray.

Bruce is devastated and wants revenge.

A scientist who worked for a weapons manufacturing company, Warren McGinnis, finds out that the company has secret links with that same terrorist organisation. He finds out about this new weapon (the ray gun that killed Selina), and how the company gave it to those terrorists. He tries to expose them, but they have him killed and make his death look like an accident.

His son, Terry suspects that his father was murdered and tries to investigate. He gets captured by a wing of the terrorist group.

Helena Wayne rescues him, but tells him to go home and not to get involved.

However, Bruce sees a bit of himself in the kid and agrees to help him get justice for his father. He takes Terry under his wing and begins training him to be a detective while helping him investigate his dad's murder. Cassandra Cain agrees to train Terry in combat.

Both Damian and Helena disagree with what their father is doing. They tell him they understand he's grief stricken, they all are. But also ask him not to use this kid for his own revenge. Bruce assures them that that's not why he is doing this. That he really does see potential in young Terry McGinnis.

Bruce's equation with Terry would be similar to how it was in the Batman Beyond show. Only in this timeline, he isn't a broken and lonely old man. He has lived a full life in spite of all his trauma.

He has a picture of his late wife and partner Selina Kyle Wayne right next to the Bat Computer. He often talks to her. He carries out conversations with her as if she's responding to him, teasing him, scolding him etc. She's very much alive in his heart.

Selina's death is what brings Terry into Bruce's life. Becoming a mentor to the young man gives Bruce a new purpose, and helps him survive losing the love of his life. Until he too passes away a few years later.

And if we want to spice things up with some additional drama, maybe Terry has a crush on Damian's daughter! 🤭🤭🤭

I'd love to know what my fellow Bat Fam fans think. Thanks for reading. 🙏

[sreppub]

The potential inclusion of Terry McGinnis (Batman Beyond) into the current Batfam is something I like thinking of! Imagine, we futz with the timeline a wee bit and suddenly we have Warren and Mary McGinnis both dying when Terry is 8, with Warren being an employee of Wayne Enterprise and now we have orphaned Terry (and maybe his baby brother Matt as well)

And Bruce has to solve the murders! But who will take in these 2 black haired, blue eyed boys-BRUCE VOLUNTEER’S AS TRIBUTE ahem, to look after them, they are the children of his employees after all!!

Cue things like, Terry discovering the Batcave! Damian having to learn how to be a big brother! Then create his own graduated identity and hand off the Robin baton to Terry. Terry eventually having a stint as Robin? Or perhaps he goes…imma be Batboy lol.

And during this time…

(Spoilers for the Epilogue of the entire DCAnimated Universe)

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And somehow some DNA testing occurs, bad guy, canon where Terry takes a DNA test to see if he can be a kidney donor to an ailing Bruce (maybe make it Damian in this timeline for max bonding), some 23&Me stuff to find more of the McGinnis family, etc. And ooops it’s discovered Terry (and Matt) are biologically Bruce Wayne’s sons. Wwwhhhaaaattt???? Bruce! Did you sleep with a married woman 8-9 years ago??? And then again 1 years ago?

Then we discover how, like in the DCAU canon, Amanda Waller did some nano bot unethical human experiment stuff where she stole Bruce’s DNA, put it in some nano bots and injected them into Warren McGinnis, and those bots overwrote his reproductive DNA with Bruce.

See in Canon Amanda was like, the world needs a Batman and this one is getting Old, and went about recreating one. In canon she analyzed a bunch of couples, found one in the McGinnis’s that most matched Martha&Thomas’ profile, overwrote Warren’s DNA to have Bruce’s DNA, and hired a Hitman to kill the McGinnis’s to re-create the Wayne murder in front of Terry. But the hitman chickened out and eventually the project was abandoned. And life went on, the McGinnis’s got divorced, Terry was an angsty teen, the Warren got murdered and Terry became Batman anyway (but later).

This was all revealed YEARS after the original Batman Beyond show ended (but it was maybe the plan all along? It kinda explained why the 2 red headed McGinnis parents has 2 black haired sons lol) during the final episode of Justice League Unlimited, where Terry has been Batman for years and years and is all grown up now lol

So instead here we have the original Hitman actually pulling the trigger. (This might mean bb Matt isn’t born, but whatever, BABY). And Terry’s parentage is discovered and Amanda is uncovered and blah blah Bruce is all, MY BABIES NOW.

(Also, Batman Beyond has the most tragic Tim Drake story line…)

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End spoilers

Cool thought! Did you mean to send this to *me*, though? I don't think I've ever talked about batman beyond lol

[wrdn-tabris]

like terry was very much living full time with his dad it seemed while matt was living full time with their mom. which does not make the most sense to me plus it doesnt seem like smth that is. commonly? done??

then of course the show never rlly goes into it bc warren dies and terry moves in with his mom, it never really explains that and just makes ur own conclusions.

after terry was released from juvie did warren get full custody over him? or was he like ‘terry will function better with me’ after the divorce. like he obv still spent time with matty but its like so confusing n u never rlly get any hints to why it was like that

anyways what was up with the custody situation with the mcginnis family

[officialbruciewayne]

When the FUCK were you people gonna tell me about Joker Junior and what happened to Tim?

This doesn't make it any easier for any of us, but it was a different continuity, and I was not Batman when it happened. Just as I am not Batman now.

But Batman was the son of the Bruce Wayne in his world- who I believe was also not Batman -named Terry McGinnis, whose father, Warren McGinnis' reproductive gametes were replaced with this version of Bruce Wayne's, so that Warren and Mary McGinnis' biological son would be Bruce Wayne and Mary Mcginnis' biological son. I believe this was done via flu inoculation, but you should all still get your shots. I know the identity of the person behind this.

What happened to your brother- even a different version of your brother -is horrific, but it was also private and not my place to tell you about. Particularly since I did not learn of these events until long after the dust had settled. I keep your secrets too, Jaybird.

[docgold13]

Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Derek Powers 

A corporate shark of the highest order, Derek Powers would stop at nothing to become the most successful businessman out there.  He ran Powers Technology and attempted on numerous occasions to take over Wayne Enterprises.  Bruce Wayne had long since stepped away from the company and once Luscious Fox retired, Powers finally had the votes needed to orchestrate a merger, creating the conglomerate, Wayne-Powers with Powers himself as the chief executive officer.  

Wayne-Powers would go on to branch into multiple fields, absorbing numerous smaller companies and making Powers incredibly wealthy and powerful.  

In his unhinged efforts to augment his wishes and influences, Powers began to focus on weapons manufacturing, specifically biological agents to be sold to overseas entities.  Herein, Powers had his scientists cultivate a deadly, mutagenic nerve toxin.  In order to test this toxin, Powers arranged for an employee to be infected, making it look like an accidental leak.

Dying from the infection, the employee managed to smuggle out information on what Powers was up to, passing it along to Warren McGinnis.  Powers was aware that McGinnis had this information and he had his agent murder McGinnis and stage the scene so that it appeared a random crime perpetrated by the street gang known as The Jokerz.  

Warren’s teenage son, Terry, looked into his father’s murder, an investigation that ultimately led him to Bruce Wayne and resulted in the youth taking on the mantle of the new Batman.  As Batman, Terry was able to break up Powers’ scheme and prevent the sale of the biological weapon.  In the ensuing fracas, Powers was exposed to a lethal dosage of the nerve toxin.

Powers was rushed into treatment and bombarded with mutagenic radiation in hopes of counteracting the toxin.  The process succeeded in saving Powers life yet left him gravely transformed.  He was changed into a living dynamo of radioactivity with translucent skin.   Somehow he was able to evade prosecution and remained the CEO of Wayne-Powers.  Yet his condition continued to worsen and his efforts to reverse it all failed.  He slowly descended into madness and the super villain known as Blight.

Actor Sherman Howard provided the voice for Derek Powers, with the nemesis first appearing in the debut episode of Batman Beyond.   

[batspecter]

BATMAN: INTO THE BATVERSE

This isn't really anything serious, just a fun little swap AU. (Logo made by GameKidsFran on Twitter)

Terry McGinnis - Miles Morales

Bruce T. Wayne - Peter B. Parker

Barbara Gordon (Thrillkiller) - Gwen Stacy

Bruce Wayne (Gotham By Gaslight) - Spider-Noir

Carrie Kelley/Rookie - Peni Parker/SP//DR

Batmongoose - Spider-Ham

Blight - Kingpin

Warren McGinnis/Phantasm - Prowler

Nora Fries/Mrs. Freeze - Doc Ock

Jackson Chappel/Bane - Scorpion

Mr. Fixx - Tombstone

The Joker - Green Goblin

Batman One Million - Miguel O'Hara

Batman (1968 Cartoon) - Spider-Man (1967 Cartoon)

Batman Slapping Robin Comic - Spider-Man Pointing

I'll do Across eventually lol