Scary without the mask?

[circa81]

I was rereading Batman 599, that's where Bruce is in prison for murder. When Bruce was kicking the crap out of these skinheads, when he was finished with them, on page 20... Man, he actually looks scary, WITHOUT the mask. Anyone remember what I'm talking about, and does anybody know if the're has been other story where Bruce Wayne sans mask looked scary?

 

[circa81]

Anyone?

 

[da3dl3us]

Gotta check out the issue. I'll post my comments then.

 

[Mladen]

I remember that one, though I think I read it in the Batman: Fugitive trade instead of the actual issue.
When the guards come in and he's standing there looking cold and ruthless, yes?... Definately, looked dangerous, and given the prison setting and the fact that up until then everybody thought he was a defenseless dumb playboy made it all the more menacing.
Can't think of another similar example...

 

[da3dl3us]

Yeah,I agree. A pretty bad-a example of bruce without mask

 

[Kaizer]

don´t have my scanner here, so had to go with my webcam, but here´s the page in question:

another one from the same TPB:

 

[Cobblepot]

In the Azrael mini-series Bruce looked pretty mad aswell when he bursts through a wooden floor drained in fluid.

 

[CConn]

A little off topic, but Batman: Fugitive was a damn good story in general. Probably in the top 10 best Batman stories ever, IMO. Very underrated.

 

[circa81]

Hay Kaizer, could you PLEASE scan that page and e-mail or just post it online for me?

 

[TwilightPro101]

Well, he reason to be that way. He couldn't don the suit and get to things, so he had to shell himself up and bring in some level of the Bat. By doing what he did, he was more or less putting as much fear into the people in their as he could to just survive.

And I agree, it was one of the best.

 

[Mladen]

A little off topic, but Batman: Fugitive was a damn good story in general. Probably in the top 10 best Batman stories ever, IMO. Very underrated.

I only ever read Bruce Wayne: Murderer and it was pretty good, especially the fall-out with all of the sidekicks at the end. So fugitive is the sequel trade? Is it as good? What about the third volume (whatever its called)?

 

[TwilightPro101]

I only ever read Bruce Wayne: Murderer and it was pretty good, especially the fall-out with all of the sidekicks at the end. So fugitive is the sequel trade? Is it as good? What about the third volume (whatever its called)?

Fugitive is the follow-up arc, where-in the Batman persona takes over and at first flat out ignores solving the murder at first. All of the sidekicks continue to go out of their way to solve the murder and by the end of the second trade, we find out who actually murdered Vesper Fairchild and things are brought to balance.

 

[The Englishman]

So what happens in the third trade?

 

[TwilightPro101]

The third trade wraps everything up, solves the murder, and frees Bruce of his charges.

The Breakdown:

With Batman free, the Batman Family continues to investigate the circumstances of the crime. Many start to doubt Bruce's innocence, but Batgirl and Nightwing realise that infiltration of the Batcave is possible, and also realize that Vesper was methodically killed- the killer using a nerve strike to incapacitate her while beating her enough to show without it being fatal- whereas the evidence suggests it was a 'spur-of-the-moment' move on Bruce's part. At the same time, Batman launches his own, independent, investigation into his framing, and steadily uncovers a conspiracy. At the same time, a confrontation between himself, the Joker and Catwoman prompts Batman to realize how important his Bruce Wayne identity is; he moved to protect a wounded criminal because that is what his father, Thomas Wayne, would have done. An earlier meeting with the detective who comforted him after his parents' deaths serves to reinforce the importance of Bruce Wayne in Batman's life; as far as the detective is concerned, it was Bruce Wayne's life that was forever defined by the death of his parents... and the detective is also convinced that, whatever Bruce Wayne became that night, he did not become a killer.

After returning to the Batcave and apologizing for his past actions, Batman reveals to the Batman Family that the murderer is David Cain. Cain had been hired by then-President Lex Luthor to discredit Bruce Wayne for his stance against Luthor during the No Man's Land storyline; however, Cain subsequently deduced Batman's true identity- recalling his own acquaintance with a young Bruce when Bruce went to him for training- and was thus able to frame him for a crime where the only motive was Batman's desire to protect his identity. Capturing Cain, Bruce's name is subsequently cleared.

This story runs through Azrael #91, Batgirl #27 and 29, Batman #600-601, 603, and 605, Batman: Gotham Knights #27-28 and 30-31, Birds of Prey #41-43, Detective Comics #768-772, and Nightwing #68-69.

 

[Kaizer]

bigger version:

 

[warren_sparta27]

I'll have to have a look at that story arc. I'm currently reading No Man's Land, pretty awesome so far.

 

[Cobblepot]

This is Bruce looking mad!

 

[Zombie_samurai]

awesome