What is included for canon for the new Batman Beyond Unlimited comics?

Question

For possible canon sources we have:

• The original TV series
• The original comic series
• The Return of the Joker (DVD)

In the original TV series Batman (Terry) travels to the Fortress of Solitude in the The Call 1 & 2. And yet in the Batman Beyond Unlimited #2 he says this while conversing with Superman.

I would think he already knows that Superman has a sort of trophy room. It is within the Fortress of Solitude.

In the same comic issue Batman (Terry) refers to how Tim Drake ended his crime-fighting career originally. Is he referring to the events of The Return of the Joker? Or something else?

Answer 1

You're correct in that he's referring to the events of Return of the Joker. The canon for the new Batman Beyond series ought to be surprisingly large. It would contain as a start:

• Batman Beyond (tv series)

But that series was part of the larger DC Animated Universe of the 90's and 00's. That means the canon should also include:

• Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
• Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
• Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
• The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997–2000):
  • Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
  • The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
• Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
• Justice League (2001–2004)
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
• Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006)

(I've pruned the series that probably will never come up in the Batman Beyond series, but I expect there to be references to the old Justice League adventures and villains. The complete listing is in my link above.)