Beginning with Batman: The Animated Series (1992), the DC Animated Universe (the DCAU for short) has brought tales of DC Comics' greatest heroes to literally generations of television viewers. The DCAU is also responsible for creating numerous iconic characters that eventually made their way to the main DC Universe like Harley Quinn, Renee Montoya, Mercy Graves, Livewire, and Batman Beyond himself, Terry McGuiness. Though the television series have since ended (you can still catch then on the DC Universe streaming service and home video) the DCAU lives on through direct-to-video animated films, most recently last year's Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019), as well as numerous comic book adaptations.
The newest comic book foray into the DCAU is Batman: The Adventures Continue (2020) brought to life by the writing team of original Batman: TAS producers Paul Dini and Alan Burnette and artist Ty Templeton, who also penciled the very first comic book series based on Batman: TAS, The Batman Adventures (1992). This new comic book begins just after the television series The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997) ends. The cover of the new series is posted below and features a rather interesting addition never before seen in the proper DCAU: Deathstroke the Terminator.
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| Deathstroke never appeared in an episode of the original DCAU, but there he is, above Harley Quinn, the Riddler, and Killer Croc. Art by Dave Johnson. |
As of this writing, Batman: The Adventures Continue has only released two issues with no real sign of Deathstroke just yet. But as the cover above suggests it is only a matter of time before the world's greatest detective and the world's deadliest assassin officially lock horns for the first time in the DCAU.
