Bruce Wayne: The Road Home (DC story-arc) COMPLETE (chaoscon)

STORY ARC: Bruce Wayne: The Road Home
SERIES: Batman, Bruce Wayne: The Road Home, Batman: The Return
PUBLISHER: DC
SCANNERS: CPS (Legion, Psych), DCP (Frank Black, Grean Giant, The Last Kryptonian)
ORGANIZER: Chaos Conundrum (chaoscon)



('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 00.01) Batman V1940 #703.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 01) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Batman and Robin V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 02) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Red Robin V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 03) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Outsiders V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 04) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Batgirl V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 05) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Commissioner Gordon V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 06) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Catwoman V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 07) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Oracle V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 08) Bruce Wayne - The Road Home - Ra's al Ghul V2010 #001.cbz
('Bruce Wayne - The Road Home' 08.01) Batman - The Return V2011 #001.cbz



DESCRIPTION (from Wikipedia):

"Bruce Wayne: The Road Home" is a month-long event comic published by DC
Comics in December 2010. The event was intended as a conclusion to
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne limited series and as a bridge to the
ongoing story of the Batman family.

The event deals with the return of Bruce Wayne and the effect that it
has on a number of Gotham's heroes and villains, particularly upon Dick
Grayson, who has been using the alias Batman since Battle for the Cowl.

During October 2010, all Batman titles were suspended in favor of eight
one-shots, each dealing with a hero or villain. A final, ninth one-shot
simply titled "Batman: The Return" rounded out the event and acted as a
launching pad for the new continuity of the Batman universe,
specifically for Batman, Inc., a subsequent monthly ongoing title
written by Grant Morrison. Contents

PLOT SYNOPSIS:

More than one year after the supposed death of Batman during Final
Crisis, Bruce Wayne returns, armed with a new technologically
advanced suit, as well as a new identity, The Insider. The Insider,
recording his exploits in the White Casebook, determines how each of the
people that played a great part in the life of the first Batman have
been coping since his death. Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin successfully take down an incarnation of the Hangmen.
Although most of the Hangmen are defeated, one of them manages to
escape. Batman reveals that he orchestrated the escape of one of the
members in order to know more about them. Watching Dick Grayson and
Damian Wayne throughout this mission is the Insider, who comments both
on Dick's acceptance of being Batman, Grayson's success on keeping
Damian Wayne in line, as well as the dynamic both brothers share as
Batman and Robin. When Dick and Damian trace the last member to his
hideout, they are interrupted by the Insider. Their fight causes a
massive explosion that allows the member to escape. Despite the
machinations of Insider, Batman and Robin eventually capture the
escaping final member. It is revealed that the escape of the member
would have been used by the Insider for a much grander plan, but was
interrupted by Dick and Damian. By the end of the issue, Bruce Wayne
does not reveal himself to either Batman or Robin. Red Robin

Tim is in Amsterdam continuing his mission from Bruce. Tim is fighting a
group called the Council of Spiders. Prudence shows up to give Tim a
hand. Bruce shows up for a quick glimpse and attacks Tim and Prudence to
set the scene. Tim and Prudence escape and talk about The Global
Assassination Tournament. First the Hangmen try to kill the mayor of
Gotham now the Council of Spiders is trying to kill the mayor in
Amsterdam. Prudence sends a mysterious text message to someone. Vicki
Vale shows up at Wayne Manor to talk to Alfred. She shows him the tracer
and Alfred tells Vicki what's been going on with Bruce. Vicki is elated
that Alfred just spilled but she is sad that Bruce almost died. Alfred
tells her that no one will believe her and that the tracer is just a
toy. Bruce is doing some under cover work for the Council of Spiders. He
battles Tim but then switches the game on the Spiders. Bruce and Tim are
staying at a hotel and Bruce is suspicious of Prudence. At the end
Prudence is seen on the phone talking to Ra's Al Ghul about Bruce and
Tim. Batgirl

Stephanie is fighting the Insider, who is stealing a rifle from
Waynetech R&D. He runs away but, Stephanie is not hurt. Oracle tells
Steph that she should stay away from him and maybe leave it to the Birds
and Steph promises she will leave it alone but, with her fingers crossed
behind her back. So, she asks for Proxy’s help and beats up some guys in
the alley. She then goes to the presentation at crime alley because she
knew that the Insider was targeting someone on stage. She finds the
Insider and she says that he must be very clever or very sloppy. Then
the Insider shows himself and he is Bruce. Steph slaps him in the face,
and departs, remarking "I'm glad you aren't dead". Meanwhile, Vicki Vale
stops Barbara and says she has made the connection that she was Batgirl
but she denies it. Barbara managed to clone Vicki's data and find out
what she know. Steph meets up with Bruce and Steph has a long talk with
him, saying that being Batgirl was the first time in her life that she
is doing things because she wants to, and he cannot take that away from
her. He allows her to stay Batgirl. Bruce meets up with Alfred and Bruce
sees that Alfred really believes in Stephanie. Alfred asks why Bruce has
not looked for Cassandra and that was because Bruce already knows where
she is and so does Tim. Bruce says it was all part of his plan for
Cassandra to let Stephanie become Batgirl. Outsiders

The road home continues into the Outsiders. In Markovia there have been
riots against Geo-Force and even assassins hired to kill him. Looker
returns and greets Katana. Halo does not remember Looker because of her
memory issues. Vicki Vale decides to meet up with Creeper for some
journalist advice. She asks him about publishing something that she
knows can hurt certain people and he tells her not to. Geo-Force is
happy to see Looker again. The Outsiders go out into the riot and try to
stop it without hurting anyone. The entire time Bruce has been watching
the Outsiders and taking notes in his journal. Bruce fights each of them
and wins, even against Geo-Force. At the end, Bruce is talking to Katana
and she says that she missed him. He wants her to keep an eye on the
Outsiders and he leaves. Catwoman

Selina and Ivy are at a very exclusive party at Club V. Selina is
following Vicki Vale to see what she's doing there and catch her next
move. There is also an auction at the party and there is one item in
particular that catches Selina's eye. It's the Fabled Pink Mynx. It
brings memories back to Selina about a time when she tried to steal it
at a party and Bruce chased after her. All of a sudden Harley Quinn
bursts through the doors and is livid. She sees her "babies" in cages
and sets them free. Everyone runs out of the building. Vicki was at the
auction to meet with a secret informant from Wayne Industries that did
not turn up. She was at her apartment when she gets a call from the
informant and leaves her apartment unattended. Selina sneaks in through
the window and finds all the information Viki has on them. She sees that
Vicki even has info on her. Vicki comes back in and Selina leaves.
Selina is waiting on top of the roof and Bruce comes up to her as his
current alias Insider. He wants to know the info she gathered from
Vicki's apartment and she tells him. Bruce then says something to Selina
that takes her back years ago and it suddenly clicks that she knows it's
Bruce. Commissioner Gordon

The Penguin sends two supervillains (one superstrong and one with
electrical powers) after Vicki Vale. She herself was at the GCPD having
rough talks with Gordon when the two supervillains attack with the aid
of corrupt cops. While they try to escape, the Insider is alerted by
Oracle, with whom he had earlier made contact, of the situation. He
arrives at GCPD and beats the 2 villains. He has some talks with Gordon
and tells him to allow Vicki to leave before leaving himself. Later,
Oracle informs Bruce who ordered the Penguin to send the villains: Ra's
al Ghul. Oracle

Oracle is helping the Insider get Vicki Vale out of harm's way from Ra’s
al Ghul’s army. The Insider asks Oracle to get some help to beat the
army of Ra’s al Ghul named “The Seven Men of Death”. She was going to
get the regular Birds of Prey but they are overseas. So she gets Hawk,
Dove, Man-Bat, Batgirl, Ragman, and Manhunter. Oracle thinks of her past
and how she was ready to give up when she lost the use of her legs.
Bruce told her she cannot give up and with those words she never did
give up. Batgirl then contacts Oracle and Oracle stops thinking of the
past. Batgirl tells her that she and her team are ready to fight “The
Seven Men of Death”. They fight them. Vicki gets caught in an explosion
but the Insider saves her. As the Insider gets attacked Vicki runs and
reaches a pay phone, but she gets captured. Ra's al Ghul

However, Vicki is eventually rescued by Bruce, and gives the immortal
her word that she will never reveals his secrets. Vicki realizes that
Bruce's mission is bigger than the truth she's seeking, and decides not
to expose his secrets and to become his ally. During the conflict, Ra's
realizes that Vicki is a descendant of Marcel du Valliere, a French
soldier and one of the few who challenged Ra's and his warriors
centuries before Batman. Ra's claims that du Valliere stole the woman he
attempted to court with.



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