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ibnjah's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
oddmara's review
5.0
YET AGAIN AMAZING. I haven't enjoyed a Batman saga in a while, and honestly? This was an absolute joy to read. (besides the azrael bit which. by God. the world would be a better place if we stopped inserting Jean Paul in all of the Batman storylines)
First of all. Everything to do with Cass?????? Fucking insane. The strongest part of this entire story was her. Her acting as Vesper Fairchild and getting beaten up by Dick to figure out how she was killed? Brilliant. Her seeing Batman as a murderer and feeling another father figure slip through her fingers? Insane.
Her visiting Cain at the very end and ending up beating him up and telling him that if he kills ever again she kills him? Ahhhh. Wow. Wow. Batgirl slayed this arc.
Bruce's interaction with the cop? And him telling Batman that he doesn't believe Bruce killed Fairchild? And just being overall heartbreaking? (It being completely obliterated by Azrael because why wouldn't it be?) Genuinely sweet. His character development in this story was amazing to witness, someone actually understands batman.
Similarly when he reconciles himself with everyone AND APOLOGISES???? Sobbed. He's just a guy. A guy with so many issues but a guy nonetheless. When he gives Cass a little birthday present at the very end because it's been a year since she's been batgirl? Bawled.
Sasha's prison arc was also great, although the end was a bit. Well. Much. Idk. Romance with Batman always feels so displaced.
Finally, the killer being revealed??? And the motives???? And the confrontation with Batman about it???? 10/10. Truly an amazing batman arc.
First of all. Everything to do with Cass?????? Fucking insane. The strongest part of this entire story was her. Her acting as Vesper Fairchild and getting beaten up by Dick to figure out how she was killed? Brilliant. Her seeing Batman as a murderer and feeling another father figure slip through her fingers? Insane.
Her visiting Cain at the very end and ending up beating him up and telling him that if he kills ever again she kills him? Ahhhh. Wow. Wow. Batgirl slayed this arc.
Bruce's interaction with the cop? And him telling Batman that he doesn't believe Bruce killed Fairchild? And just being overall heartbreaking? (It being completely obliterated by Azrael because why wouldn't it be?) Genuinely sweet. His character development in this story was amazing to witness, someone actually understands batman.
Similarly when he reconciles himself with everyone AND APOLOGISES???? Sobbed. He's just a guy. A guy with so many issues but a guy nonetheless. When he gives Cass a little birthday present at the very end because it's been a year since she's been batgirl? Bawled.
Sasha's prison arc was also great, although the end was a bit. Well. Much. Idk. Romance with Batman always feels so displaced.
Finally, the killer being revealed??? And the motives???? And the confrontation with Batman about it???? 10/10. Truly an amazing batman arc.
newbarrel's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
nate_reads's review
While not my favorite of Batman stories ever written it was above average because of the all of the supporting characters. Batman stories are usually above average many other superhero stories simply because its Batman and his Bat-Family. So its hard to have a terrible Batman story but I am sure that those exist as well I just haven't come across one yet. As I said previously this was above average because of the supporting cast I am also a fan of this era of Batman. I like Cassandra Cain - Batgirl and Barbara Gordon - Oracle, Ted Kord - Blue Beetle, Tim Drake - Robin. Don't get me wrong I enjoy current and modern versions of the characters as well but I have more nostalgia for this time period so these stories are always going be enjoyable on another level I liked the conclusion of this story that was started in the previous volume but I do feel these two collections suffered a little bit from the way the collections were edited together. I feel that story probably made more sense when it was released in serial format. However if you are a fan of mysteries this one was enjoyable.
jhouses's review
3.0
Con la singularidad de ser una etapa de la serie regular de Batman en vez de una serie limitada, se trata de un arco argumental que agrupa las series de la familia murciélago. Esto a la vez lastra la trama principal, que es secundaria en los títulos que no son propiamente de Batman, y le da profundidad al permitir otros puntos de vista. El dibujo es bastante malo en general pero el guión lo compensa. Los capítulos iniciales son mucho mejore que el desenlace y hay bastante relleno en forma de villano de la semana. Una gran culminación para una estupenda etapa del personaje.
rashthedoctor's review
4.0
You can read this review along with other on my blog at https://ablogaboutbook.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/graphic-novel-review-batmanbruce-waynefugitivebatman-bruce-waynefugitive-part-2/
The Concluding Chapter of the Fugitive saga , answers a lot of questions and delivers on some points and even brings back some light into the life of Bruce Wayne and yet on many level it falls a little flat in comparison to it's predecessor which I reviewed HERE!
Authors - Greg Rucka, Kelley Puckett, Chuck Dixon
Illustrators - Devin Grayson, Ed Brubaker, Pete Woods , Trevor McCarthy , Steve Lieber , Phil Noto , Lonardo Manco , William Rosado , Dave Johnson , Rick Burchett , Roger Robinson , Scott McDaniel , Rick Leonardi , Damion Scott
The book had a lot of good thing to look forward to as not only was the revelation of the criminal a bit of unexpected the mind behind the set up was really a shocker . But aside from the simple conclusion of the story there were many other good things going for this series .
One of the key things that was specially endearing for this book was the book focused on the possibility of a world with no Bruce Wayne and just a Cold , Calculated and more Effective Batman . The book delves into why the world needs Bruce Wayne as much as it needed Batman and does it spectacularly .
In the end the best thing that the book did was humanize Batman and bring a ray of hope and light back into the character that seemed to have disappeared since the events of No Man Land and Death of Jason Todd and Paralysis of Barbara Gordon .
For as good as the mystery , the Humanizing and characterization maybe the book was dulled out for some strange reason and this was done by addition of lots of irrelevant and off topic filler stories . This broke the rhythm of the story one too many time and became quite annoying .
Some of the actions of various characters also didn't make much sense on many point and the whole Sasha thing was also very weird and abrupt .
The Art was just horrible and inconsistent and I have talked about it in my part 1 review as well , the reason for the inconsistency was the amount of artists used and the story spanning through multiple issues . The various art styles were very annoying and most of the art styles were actually pretty bad .
Part of the charm behind the book was readers pondering how Batman will get out of this whole mess and then get his name cleared without revealing he is Batman and the first part was done very well but the part about clearing Bruce Wayne's name was done very abruptly and felt pretty anti-climatic
While the first volume of this epic and lengthy story was very much one of the best plot-wise , this book fell short because of it's filler stories that kept breaking the rhythm of the book . That said the overall mystery and the key plot was really nice and the story was still very good and I would still recommend the two part books for Batman fans, but compared to how good the first book was, the 2nd one was a little flat and it became a somewhat above average book instead of what promised to be a superb story
The Concluding Chapter of the Fugitive saga , answers a lot of questions and delivers on some points and even brings back some light into the life of Bruce Wayne and yet on many level it falls a little flat in comparison to it's predecessor which I reviewed HERE!
Authors - Greg Rucka, Kelley Puckett, Chuck Dixon
Illustrators - Devin Grayson, Ed Brubaker, Pete Woods , Trevor McCarthy , Steve Lieber , Phil Noto , Lonardo Manco , William Rosado , Dave Johnson , Rick Burchett , Roger Robinson , Scott McDaniel , Rick Leonardi , Damion Scott
What I liked :
The book had a lot of good thing to look forward to as not only was the revelation of the criminal a bit of unexpected the mind behind the set up was really a shocker . But aside from the simple conclusion of the story there were many other good things going for this series .One of the key things that was specially endearing for this book was the book focused on the possibility of a world with no Bruce Wayne and just a Cold , Calculated and more Effective Batman . The book delves into why the world needs Bruce Wayne as much as it needed Batman and does it spectacularly .
In the end the best thing that the book did was humanize Batman and bring a ray of hope and light back into the character that seemed to have disappeared since the events of No Man Land and Death of Jason Todd and Paralysis of Barbara Gordon .
What I Didn't Like :
For as good as the mystery , the Humanizing and characterization maybe the book was dulled out for some strange reason and this was done by addition of lots of irrelevant and off topic filler stories . This broke the rhythm of the story one too many time and became quite annoying .
Some of the actions of various characters also didn't make much sense on many point and the whole Sasha thing was also very weird and abrupt .
The Art was just horrible and inconsistent and I have talked about it in my part 1 review as well , the reason for the inconsistency was the amount of artists used and the story spanning through multiple issues . The various art styles were very annoying and most of the art styles were actually pretty bad .
Part of the charm behind the book was readers pondering how Batman will get out of this whole mess and then get his name cleared without revealing he is Batman and the first part was done very well but the part about clearing Bruce Wayne's name was done very abruptly and felt pretty anti-climatic
Conclusions:
While the first volume of this epic and lengthy story was very much one of the best plot-wise , this book fell short because of it's filler stories that kept breaking the rhythm of the book . That said the overall mystery and the key plot was really nice and the story was still very good and I would still recommend the two part books for Batman fans, but compared to how good the first book was, the 2nd one was a little flat and it became a somewhat above average book instead of what promised to be a superb story
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