Wow, this was really good, a police procedural / murder mystery about when Bruce Wayne was accused of murder.Īnd it’s a great concept, the victim was found in Wayne Manor, in the morning, when Bruce and Sasha have been out all night roughing up villains and protecting the innocent. Some of the final chapters got a little strained or disconnected - at one point Batman, continuing his never-ending war on crime in Gotham, is stuck fighting a horde of zombies (!) - but it ends on a cliffhanger, and damned if I don't want to read the sequel ( Batman: Bruce Wayne, Fugitive) to see how it all shakes out for him.
Things then get kicked up to the next level when Wayne escapes from custody and decides to completely assume his Batman alter ego, refusing to be addressed by given name as if that persona now ceased to exist. The storyline starts gaining momentum once various concerned members of the 'Bat family' (with trusty Barbara 'Oracle' Gordon calling the shots for Dick Grayson's Nightwing, Stephanie Brown's Spoiler, Tim Drake's Robin, and Cassandra Cain's Batgirl) or long-time allies (Black Canary- yes!!!) arrive on the scene to either work their own version of an investigation or just assist in battling the ever-present criminal activity in Gotham City. Though the evidence is mostly circumstantial, Wayne and his bodyguard Sasha Bordeaux are imprisoned until the trial. Said victim is Vesper Fairchild, an investigative journalist who had briefly dated Wayne the previous month. However, in this instance the home involved is stately Wayne Manor, and the prime suspect is pegged as millionaire/philanthropist playboy Bruce Wayne. Holy wrongful arrest, Batman- say it ain't so! Batman: Bruce Wayne, Murderer? was, despite that awkward-ish sounding title, an ambitious 600+ page miniseries that begins much like any other standard murder mystery story - a bullet-riddled corpse is discovered on the floor of a mansion. on charges of murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder, and attempted rape." - courtroom bailiff, on page 103 "Case# 4372 - The People of Gotham City versus Bruce Wayne.
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