Batman : Journey into Knight #12 - DC

This book will wrap up this series. Basically it is the very beginning of Bruce's new carreer. He has to try to balance his desire for justice and vengeance with his responsibilities as the sole heir of the Wayne estate. Because of his reputation, and age and inexperience, two members of the Wayne board decide that this is a good time to take advantage and gain some wealth for themselves. Now in order to do this, they have to get Bruce out of the picture, just in case, and then cash in on one of Wayne's projects. To accomplish this, they capture Bruce and lock him deep in the bowels of Arkham so the rest of the world thinks he's dead. Unbeknownst to them though, Alfred is set up as the heir in the event of Bruce's demise. Who else is there? And of course Alfred isn't going to roll over and let anybody take advantage of the Wayne foundation. But all of this isn't really what this story is about. That's just the backdrop. The real story is Bruce's. It's about his learning to fit into his role. It's about Bruce adapting himself to his new situations and seeing him in a more unsure light than what we're used to seeing him now. Also this is his first meeting with the Joker. Overall it was a good series. It was a bit predictable, on the Wayne Foundation side of the story, but as I said that wasn't really what the series was about. The story on Bruce's side was very interesting. We also got to see more of the early interaction between Bruce and Jim Gordon. Who at this point wasn't the Police Chief, and also not completely trusting of someone running around Gotham in tights. It also looks like this is going to pick up in a new series in December, "Batman: Confidential". Or who knows, that could be something completely different. Anyways, good series, and maybe they'll try this again?