Series
Description
Written by Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson and Ed Brubaker; Art by Steve Lieber,Scott McDaniel, Sergio Cariello, Roger Robinson, and more; Cover by ScottMcDaniel The conclusion to one of the most talked about Batman events of alltime! Batman's allies decide he's been framed for the murder of VesperFairchild. Now the Dark Knight must find out who did it - andwhy!
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
176 p.; 10 inches
Publication
DC Comics (2003), 176 pages
Pages
176
ISBN
1401200796 / 9781401200794
Local notes
Collects the conclusion to the Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive arc, being the "Atonement" story from Detective Comics #773-775 and the story "24/7" from Batman: Gotham Knights #32, as well as the entirety of Batman #606-607 ("Death-Wish for Two") and Batgirl #33 ("Father's Day").
Library's review
Some quite good stories, but the interweaving of them to provide a holistic sense of closure to the previous stories from the "Murderer?" and "Fugitive" arc is somewhat weaker than in the previous volumes. The main story concerns wrapping up the arc of Wayne's bodyguard Sasha, and it's a good,
Oh well. The story that actually does end the book, with Cassandra Cain's Batgirl bonding with the father she chose rather than the one she was born to, is a close second emotionally, and does bring a certain sense of closure. Even so, the aftermath gathered in volume 3 remains in my eyes the weakest instalment in this four paperback Batman saga -- a shame, considering that Sasha's fate and closure shown here is a satisfying finale to the strongest emotional arc the earlier volumes were setting up.
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gripping tale with some nice character work. It's also what opens the volume. Considering that several months explicitly pass during this story, and that the later, shorter stories are set much closer in time to the previous "Fugitive" volume, I strongly feel that the latter half or so of this story should have been moved to the end of the volume, using the other, shorter stories as interludes while time passes in the main one. That would not only have preserved an internal sense of chronology for the book, but have let the story end on the tracks in the snow, and the wonderful emotional beat they bring with them.Oh well. The story that actually does end the book, with Cassandra Cain's Batgirl bonding with the father she chose rather than the one she was born to, is a close second emotionally, and does bring a certain sense of closure. Even so, the aftermath gathered in volume 3 remains in my eyes the weakest instalment in this four paperback Batman saga -- a shame, considering that Sasha's fate and closure shown here is a satisfying finale to the strongest emotional arc the earlier volumes were setting up.
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