Bruce Wayne has faked his death but has returned as costumed vigilante 'The Insider,' and in this volume he basically spies on his extended Bat family and jots down notes in his 'White Casebook.'Sounds thrilling, riiight? Well, after the initial chapters (which included Dick Grayson as Batman / Damian Wayne as Robin, Tim Drake as the newly minted Red Robin, and a pretty boring tale with the Outsiders) I almost threw in the towel in disinterest. But I stuck it out and I'm glad I did -- the better...

I was surprised this book actually had quite good reviews. I found it... ok at best. I still haven't even finished some of the one shots, I'm just not bothered. Most of it is pretty boring and the art for the most part is pretty uninteresting. The book is just not really very essential and skippable. I found it interesting at points, especially in the batgirl one shot and a little bit in the batman and robin i think it was? Overall, a skippable and overall boring book.

3.5 stars There are only two reasons to why you should read this:a). You want to end the Vicky Vale arc that started in Battle for the Cowlb). You have been reading all the series that came out or changed with Batman RebornOtherwise you're wasting your time and the experience of enjoyng this as it should.

Come see the softer side of Batman...Well, maybe not softer. It is Batman, after all. But. It appears that being presumed dead and getting lost in time has had an effect on the Dark Knight. Could it be that Bruce Wayne is actually sentimental? It would seem so. Of course, since he is The Batman, sentimental takes on a whole new form.Instead of simply announcing his return to his rather extended Bat-family (and rolling out some chips and dip), he takes on a new persona (The Insider) and proceeds

Decent if seemingly pointless story about Bruce Wayne checking in on the major members of the Batman Family after his return from being lost in time. The only real plot thread this tied up comes from Red Robin, with Vicki Vale hot on the trail of outing Bruce as Batman, along with everyone else he works with. But that storyline always felt superfluous. I mean, OF COURSE a minor character like Vicki Vale isn't going to succeed in her mission, so why are we spending time on something we know is wo...

Really 3 stars, but the extra star for the panel where Steph clocks him. BEST PANEL EVER: Y/MFY?Enjoyable, with Bruce oscillating wildly between charming and asshole during each encounter as only he can.

Bit of a letdown, this book is the quintessential inessential tie-in. While the story of Bruce Wayne's return was being told in the Grant Morrison books of the time, this miniseries finds Bruce debating whether to reveal his return to his allies - and ultimately, repeatedly, thinking better of it. The consequence is a repetitive series of vignettes in which Bruce Wayne is only an observer, acting like a jerk while hiding from his friends. A few shining lights in this volume include a great Steph...

Set during Grant Morrison’s Batman run right after The Return of Bruce Wayne, Bruce is back but doesn’t want to reveal himself right away because DC wanted to make some more cash on a useless tie-in - I mean, “for artistic reasons relevant to the character at this time”! Unfortunately Morrison has no hand in this one which is largely why it sucks. Instead DC assembles some of the worst comics writers around like Fabian Nicieza and Mike Barr to cobble this garbage together. So Bruce puts on a new...

Gotham's original Dark Knight Detective has been away from his city. Now that he has returned, in stead of announcing it to his family, friends and allies Bruce Wayne decides to test them. Test them to see how they managed without him. And to see who he can use for his future endeavor, which will be Batman Inc. He tests/observes the new Batman (Dick Grayson) and Robin (Damian Wayne), the Outsiders, Batgirl (Stephanie Brown), Oracle, Catwoman and Jim Gordon. Bruce is very pleased overall with how...

Bruce Wayne has passed through death and resurrection and returns to Gotham. Keeping his return secret, even from his closest allies, he adopts the alias Insider and begins investigating the legacy he left behind as Batman. His mission becomes complicated when reporter Vicki Vale plans to print the truth of Batman's identity, making her a target for heroes and villains alike.My biggest problem with this book is the premise and how that reflects on Bruce as a character. I'm not saying it's out of...

You’d think that after being stuck in the past after being presumed dead that upon returning to the present that Bruce Wayne would head immediately for Wayne Manor for a long hot shower, a gourmet meal prepared by Alfred and a good night’s sleep. But that’s just not how Batman rolls. Instead of announcing his return to his friends, he decides to do a bit of skulking about in a suit that gives him super powers that allows him to spy on and interact with various members of the extended Bat-family

Bruce Wayne: The Road Home is a collection of the eight tie-in issues, which proceeded after Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne limited series published by DC Comics. It collects all eight tie-in issues, which focused on one character. Each tie-in focuses on Bruce Wayne as the Insider to observe how Gotham City coped in his year-long absence.Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Batman and Robin (★★★☆☆) has Dick Grayson as Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin successfully take down an incarnation of the Hangme...

Vikki Vale is hell-bent on uncovering the identified of Batman and telling all of Gotham. These stories follow Vales hunt for Batman, while also following the Bat-Family, as they protect Gotham, and Batman's identity, while they think Bruce is dead. Some stories are better than others, but it's totally worth 📚 reading.

(B+) 76% | GoodNotes: An increasingly redundant hit and miss sampler of related titles, impeding The Road Home with roadside distractions.

Reading anthologies is usually a chore.Nicieza is hard to read - not because he uses big words (not much), but because he writes everything that should be shown or conveyed. Really? You need pages from the journals of each of your protagonists to tell a story? That's quite a lovely set of crutches. And frankly, what dialogue he does put in characters' mouths comes out like lead.The Outsiders story taught me why I've never picked up one of those books.Miller's not bad in the Batgirl issue....Afte...

2.25 starsBruce returns from being "dead," but then he just runs around in a disguise "testing" all his friends and family members like an a-hole. (Why?) Surprise, he learns nothing surprising.This volume does wrap up the "Vicky Vale figures out Batman's secrets" story line, which provides most of the plot here, but it's spread pretty thin.Sometimes, I enjoy plot-thin comics, but I need the characterization to be strong. And since this is mostly Bruce spying on his allies, there's not a lot of i...

And so Bruce Wayne returns to check up on the “Extended Batman Family” which means he tests them in his own supersuit and reveals himself to some but to others he holds off. But the real focus is upon Bruce Wayne watching his family and commenting on their pros and cons in his memoirs which are usually woven into the panels. There's some guilt and remorse which is to be expected with Bruce Wayne. There's also memoirs by other characters, too. Just look at the change in script or color to differe...

Really, this was just about an average read, hence the three star review. I had hope for this TPB, because The Battle for the Cowl highlighted the supporting cast in the Batman family. This volume, which pretty much wraps up Bruce's return to 2012 after being trapped in past, doesn't highlight the characters as well as it should have.The best examples of giving a good amount of screen time to the supporting characters were the Stephanie Brown and Selina Kyle installments. In these instances Bruc...

Excellent in what it does. Not an ambitious attempt (like The Return of Bruce Wayne or, admittedly, all of Grant Morrison's work) or a narrative of grandeur, just a typical enjoyable Bat-family story. In brief, Batman has returned to the Gotham City of his timeline after his journey through time, but before making his return known to all of his allies (Tim Drake was present during his return from point zero), he wants to observe how they have been dealing with crime fighting during his absence.

Bruce Wayne is back from the dead, and has taken a new persona as the "Insider" as he "tests" the members of his family to see how they have fared without him.Oh, and also Vicki Vale is there and she knows all the bat-family's identities, and she's after the proof she needs to publish the scoop of the century. I liked this quite a bit. Most of the issues were pretty strong. (Though I have really never cared for Gotham's Lois Lane counterpart.)My only real issue is with Bruce's "Insider" suit. It...