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Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive, Vol. 3

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This is the third volume in the Bruce Wayne-Murderer?/Bruce Wayne-Fugitive storyline. The storyline is interesting. Bruce Wayne is framed for the murder of an old girlfriend, and the Bat-family; Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey try to figure out who framed him. Is it someone who knows Bruce Wayne is Batman or is that coincidence? How did they get through Batman's state-of-the-art security system. And most surprising of all, how does Batman himself react to the frame-up? After years of life on the edge could Batman actually have lost it?

The ideas are sound, but the execution lacks something. Maybe the story takes too long. After the success of the Cataclysm/No Man's Land crossover, the Bat books were given free reign to do longer stories, but this one doesn't seem to need all the space it occupies. Or maybe it's empty. There could be a lot more characterization in places, instead of action that doesn't seem to have anything to do with the story until the end.

This story is definately worth reading, but it's not going to be one of the immortal moments in the annals of Batman.

Volumes two and three of Bruce Wayne Fugitive can both be slightly accused of misrepresentation. The first half of #2 basically has nothing to do with the main ongoing story and is more a continuation of Greg Rucka's previous Evolution storyline. Then the Bruce Wayne saga essentially ends with this volume, and yet there is one more, with its' contents being more accurately described as an epilogue than an intrinsic part of the story, combined with a few more unrelated single issues. While bits and pieces of both are important, this practice of deception is certainly disappointing and somewhat dishonorable. The last two volumes could have and should have been edited and subsequently collected into one larger book. I may not have picked up the last one if I had known more about its' exact contents. Shame on you, DC.

This is the third volume of Fugitive? That story was more or less wrapped up in volume 2. So there seems to be some loose ends such as saying goodbye to his bodyguard, now released from prison and working for Checkmate and some episodic stories here and there.
Batman fans here are just too kind with their rating. Why are DC artworks so inferior when compared to Marvel?

Bruce Wayne: Murdered and Fugitive series is a good story arc. Nothing exceptional either in the story or the art. For some reason though, I do like the interaction of the other characters with Batman as the question his innocence.

I do recommend it. I have read it a couple of times, so it is good enough to read more than once.

David Cain, the man that almost framed Batman for murder, and Batgirl's father, has important testimony to deliver. There are those that do not want him to do so, and have hired Deadshot to kill him.

Batman has two problems, he has to protect Cain, and he has to find a way to get Cain to actually want to live.