This is the final chapter of the Bruce Jones / Ariel Olivetti saga. Once again, I just want to warn you, that the artwork in this book is astounding. This book, and the last couple, should truly be considered pieces of art. They are just flawless. The only downside, is that this is going to spoil you for every other book out there. Truly amazing. "Girl before I met you, I was F.I.N.E. . . fine". We start out where the last book left off, Bruce has gone to the dock for the ransom dropoff, only to find Janie Rutledge floating in the water. Bruce also finds that Lilith stole the money rather that drop it off. She was in on it from the start. Alfred has found out the Lilith was not Janie's sister but rather her mother. When they get a better look at the woman's body, they figure out that it's not Janie, but the Billingsworth's butler's daughter, who was pregnant and who was dating Billingsworth's son. After that it really gets convoluted. It's a twisted tale of deceit, greed and masterful manipulation. Batman of course tracks her down, and on a leisurely drive in Malibu, she discovers that Bruce has a deceitful streak of his own, there's not really a million dollars in the briefcase. She also has learned that Batman is Bruce Wayne. "Little tip, sweetheart: you can't fool a woman once kissed!" But as Batman tries to stop her, she crashes and dies. Pity! Bruce Jones has put together a nice little opus here, and as I said, Ariel Olivetti's artwork is fantastic. It's going to be hard to follow up this story arc. It'll be interesting to see which direction they go.
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