Detection at its' best This second installment of the four part "Bruce Wayne" saga centers on everybody but him. Babs, Dick, Tim, and Cassandra put on their thinking caps while trying to figure out what in the world actually happened that fateful and tragic night, and as they would eventually learn, the weeks leading up to it. The detective work involved is remarkably detailed and well conceived, with each player contributing their own special area of expertise to the entire endeavor. Batman is mysteriously absent, leaving it up to his distraught Batfamily to hopefully find and decipher various missing pieces of this perplexing puzzle. Part of their thought process, while pondering the possibility of a frame, leads to the next logical question. Who was it directed at, Bruce Wayne or Batman, and to follow up on that further, if it was directed at Batman, it infers that person knows his secret identity. The plot certainly thickens, and while some details may have been uncovered by its' conclusion, there are still many unanswered questions, but isn't that exactly what makes any whodunit so compelling and enjoyable?
Graphic SF Reader Checkmate is interfering in Gotham, and Batman is not too happy. Poisoned heroin has turned one triad member into a birdman, and both the Bat and the Game are trying to track down a supplier.
Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive, Vol. 2 it's ok on it's own, a little better combined with the rest of the series
much better than "Bruce Wayne - Murderer?" ***This is a review of Fugitive Volume 1 only***
Be sure to pick up "Bruce Wayne - Murderer?" before ordering this book. That's where you'll get all the exposition (Bruce is framed for murder, goes to prison, breaks out, etc.). That book is spotty, but still worth picking up. It has so many writers on it, there doesn't seem to be a single vision for the book.
On to this book, "Fugitive #1"...
This book is much, much better. We still have a bunch of writers (Grayson and Brubaker are the standouts, and even Dixon is OK) but it somehow works here. The story has a more natural flow to it than the last one. There's a lot of the "Bat-family" in this (Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Batgirl, etc.) trying to clear Bruce's name. Not very much Batman here. It's a solid mystery with some fun detective work. I didn't even mind the Robin and Batgirl chapters (these are usually pretty crummy titles).
There is no resolution at the end of this book, so you'll have to buy the later books to get answers to all the questions raised here.
I had a great time with this. Check it out!
Great! This graphic novel is the second in a two-part series. In the first part of the series, Bruce Wayne was framed for the murder of a woman, and had to go into hiding, even closing down the Batcave. In this volume, Batman goes on the trail of poisoned heroin that has hit the streets of Gotham City with a bang. Who is selling this heroin, and why? Somebody very powerful is behind all of this, and only Batman can get to the bottom of it. But, what can he do to clear his name?
This is another great Batman graphic novel. The story itself is complex and gripping, and I found the illustration work to be great. So, if you are a fan of the Dark Knight, then you should check out this book it's great!
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