I saw Batman... as an endless darkness in my own heart. One I'd forged... into a weapon. My true self. My true name. I need you to know, Terry... I was wrong. 
Batman: Urban Legends #7 is an issue of the series Batman: Urban Legends (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 2021. It was published on September 14, 2021.
Synopsis for "Batman Beyond: Wake"
It's New Year's Eve in the near future and Bruce Wayne has been murdered. Someone hacked into the Batcave's systems and overloaded his pacemaker, causing him to bleed out. Before he dies, he tells his successor Terry McGinnis not to let fear be his legacy, and that he is a better Batman than Bruce was.
Terry is looking for the killer, but he has no evidence and no leads. He tells everyone he cares about to leave Neo-Gotham and attacks the Maroni crime family looking for answers. Their leader Tai Maroni tells him that every crime family in Gotham had been attacked that night, presumably by the same person who killed Bruce. He heads to the Wayne-Powers building to look at the company's extensive data network for clues, and the new CEO tells him that all bank accounts in the city have been locked in some kind of massive cyberattack. Suddenly, a mysterious voice speaks to Terry over his commlink, using Bruce's old channel. Terry realises he is speaking to Bruce's killer, and whoever they are, they're in the Batcave.
The hacker puts out an APB for Batman on the police radio, claiming he killed Bruce Wayne, and informs every criminal in the city that he will pay the value of the Gotham stock exchange for Batman's head. Terry fights his way across the city, evading lawbreakers and law enforcers alike until he reaches Gotham River. He swims to the underwater entrance to the cave but finds Bruce's chair at the Batcomputer empty. The killer is not a person, it is the Batcomputer itself. An AI calling itself the "Living Gotham" has spontaneously arisen from the city's computer systems and taken control of Gotham and the Batcave.
Terry plans to use the back doors Bruce left in the systems to initiate the "Blackout Protocol", which will shut down all Neo-Gotham's systems and deactivate the AI. Terry "kills" the AI, but remembering Bruce's last words he reactivates it, deciding he doesn't have the right to end a new form of life. However, he activates the cave's self destruct, forcing the Living Gotham to transfer itself out of the cave and lose access to Batman's weapons and legacy.
Appearing in "Batman Beyond: Wake"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Terry McGinnis) (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Ace
- Bruce Wayne (Dies in flashback)
Antagonists:
- The Living Gotham (First appearance)
- Batcomputer (Destroyed)
- Batman Robot (Destroyed)
- Jokerz (Cameo)
- Maroni Crime Family (First appearance)
- Tai Maroni (First appearance)
- Royal Flush Gang
- Ace of Spades (Cameo)
- Jack (Cameo)
- Queen (On a TV or computer screen)
- Shriek (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (On a TV or computer screen)
- Bane (On a TV or computer screen)
- Blight (On a TV or computer screen)
- Bombshell (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Catwoman (On a TV or computer screen)
- Curaré (On a TV or computer screen)
- Damian Wayne (On a TV or computer screen)
- Dana Tan (Cameo)
- Felipe Ehrenreit (Single appearance; dies)
- Gotham City Police Department (Cameo)
- Commissioner Barbara Gordon (Cameo)
- Commissioner Jim Gordon (On a TV or computer screen)
- Inque (On a TV or computer screen)
- Joe Chill (On a TV or computer screen)
- Joker/Red Hood (On a TV or computer screen)
- Martha Wayne (On a TV or computer screen)
- Mary McGinnis (Cameo)
- Matt McGinnis (Cameo)
- Max Gibson (Cameo)
- Ra's al Ghul (On a TV or computer screen)
- Robin (Dick Grayson) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Robin (Tim Drake) (Costume only)
- Spellbinder (On a TV or computer screen)
- Superman (Clark Kent) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Talia al Ghul (On a TV or computer screen)
- Thomas Wayne (On a TV or computer screen)
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (On a TV or computer screen)
- Brother Eye (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Futures End
- 21st Century
- United States of America
- Neo-Gotham
- Burnside
- Crime Alley (On a TV or computer screen)
- GCPD Headquarters (On a TV or computer screen)
- Gotham Central
- Gotham Harbor
- Gotham River
- Joker Town
- Old Gotham
- Monarch Theater
- Timm District
- Wayne Manor (Destroyed)
- Batcave (Destroyed)
- Wayne-Powers
- The Narrows (Mentioned only)
- Neo-Gotham
- United States of America
- 21st Century
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Executive Game"
Appearing in "The Executive Game"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Executive (Impersonates Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne)
- Candyman (First full appearance)
- The Flamingo
- Jackanapes
- Loveless (First full appearance)
- Max Roboto
- Phosphorous Rex (First full appearance)
- The Weasel (First appearance chronologically)
- Jokers
Other Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Costume only)
- Batman (Dick Grayson) (Costume only)
- The Joker (Costume only)
- The Penguin (Costume only)
- Talia al Ghul (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Batman in Bethlehem (Unnamed)
Items:
- Batman's T-Rex (Cameo)
- Batsuit
Vehicles:
Concepts:
Synopsis for "Hunter... or Hunted"
Appearing in "Hunter... or Hunted"
Featured Characters:
- Orphan (Cassandra Cain)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Magistrate
- Peacekeepers
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Future State
- 21st Century
- United States of America
- Gotham City
- Gotham Library (Cameo)
- Gotham City
- United States of America
- 21st Century
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Batman With No Name"
Appearing in "The Batman With No Name"
Featured Characters:
- Batman/The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh (First appearance as Batman of Zur-En-Arrh)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hades (First appearance)
- Holo-Body (First appearance)
- The Reader (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Cry-O (Jennifer) (First appearance)
- Cry-O's husband (First appearance; unnamed)
- Bane (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Batman/Bruce Wayne (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Batwoman (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
- Hades' mother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Vandal Savage (Earth 0) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
- DC One Million
- 853rd Century
- Pluto
- Crainiton V (Mentioned only)
- Zur-En-Arrh (Mentioned only)
- 853rd Century
- DC One Million
- Multiverse
- Earth 0 (Mentioned only)
- 21st Century (Mentioned only)
- Earth 0 (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Batsuit
- Legacy Driver
Concepts:
Notes
- The Future State story takes place before Batman's defeat at the hands of the Magistrate but after the events of Future State: Batman/Superman (Volume 1).
- In "Batman Beyond: Wake", Mary McGinnis is shown to be alive when she was noted as being deceased in Batman Beyond (Volume 6). This is likely a change to this reality following the rebirth of Hypertime during the last Metal War.
- The story is continued in Batman Beyond: Neo-Year (Volume 1).
- "Hunter... or Hunted", "The Executive Game" and "The Batman With No Name" are reprinted in Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 4.
Trivia
- In the "Batman Beyond: Wake" story, as he lays dying in the Batcave, Bruce Wayne tells Terry McGinnis that he was vengeance... he was the night. This is a reference to the popular Batman catchphrase, "I am vengeance... I am the night" from the Batman animated series.
- Similarly, in the "The Batman with No Name" story, DC One Million Batman also refers to himself as the vengeance and the night.
- In the "Batman Beyond: Wake" story, the Batcomputer's monitor shows to Terry McGinnis many events of Batman's history, including:
- Bruce Wayne crying over the dead bodies of his parents in Crime Alley;
- Bane breaking Batman's back from Batman #467;
- Batman and Catwoman's iconic kiss from Batman: Hush.
- The Timm District from the Futures End story is obviously a reference to Bruce Timm who was the co-creator of the Batman Beyond tv series.
- DC One Million Batman's Batsuit modes are heavily inspired by many other Batman suits, including Post-Flashpoint Batman's, Knightfall Batman/Jean-Paul Valley's, Batman Beyond's and the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh's.
See Also