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Detective Comics #772
Bridget Haines |
| Title: |
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Principle |
| Cover Date: |
September 2002 |
| Story: |
Greg Rucka |
| Pencils: |
Sergio Cariello |
| Inks: |
John Nyeberg |
| Colors and Separations: |
Jason Wright / Wildstorm FX |
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Synopsis: (WARNING! SPOILERS!)
Part sixteen of "Bruce Wayne: Fugitive!"
finally returns the attention
of this book
back on Sasha Bordeaux. Its been
some 6 months
since the arrest of Sasha and
Bruce Wayne,
and our heroine has spent the
majority of
that time locked up in prison,
having been
conviceted asn an accesspry to
Vesper Fairchild's
murder. Here we begin to see
the strain on
Sasha as her doubts have come
up again, since
Bruce escaped, and left her behind.
I apologize for the brevity of
this synopsis,
but being so far behind, and
still feeling
unwell, it's a necessity. Sasha
is approached
by a stranger (I'm assuming this
is the cleaner
from the last issue who shot
Batman when
he tried to climb in his window).
She is
offered her freedsom if she lies
and claims
Bruce killed Vesper. The man
plays in his
desertion of her.
Sasha almost takes him up on
the offer, filling
out a full confession. But as
she brings
it when she next has a visitor,
it turns
out this visitor is Alfred. After
they subtly
exchange facts that they both
know Bruce
is Batman, Alfred's encouragement
to her
is enough to build her back up,
and she delivers
the papers back to the stranger
with the
words Go to Hell on each of them,
rather
than a confession. It's called
taking a bullet.
Analysis:
Cover:  (4 of 5cowls)
There is something about this cover that
I really likeI don't know who Weber is, or
the undecipherable name beneath his, but
this is a unique cover which very well illustrates
the contents of the book. The looming, gritty
bat perched atop the cage holding Sasha,
signifies how the Bat has freed himself,
but left her to rot, as the world holds it
over her head. She is at once in his shadow,
and surrounded by him. I would have liked
to have seen the title bar in a contrasting
color though. It makes the book blend in
too much in the stands..
Story: (5 of 5 cowls)
Yay! It means a gret deal to me to see that
Sasha did not give up, or give in to the
bribe of her freedom. But like any human
being, she considered it, and needed some
guidance to steer clear of it. It's Sasha's
humanity that drives us to defend her, and
hold her in such high esteem as a character.
She bends, but she never breaks. Rucka has
painted such a wonderful picture of this
character for us. I hope very much she stays
with us for a long time to come.
Artwork: (2 of 5 cowls)
Afraid I'm not really pleased with Cariello's
work here. I miss Lieber already. There just
seems to be something missing in his work,
as if I could almost feel his disinterest
in drawing this particular story. There's
no spirit behind it. Steve Lieber's gritty
style was less "pretty" than I
tend to gravitate towards, but there was
emotion in it, expression, personality. This
work to me seems flat, drawn in reaction
to the story rather than being the story.
The coloration doesnt help. Folks, the monochrome
ONLY worked with Martinborough's simple clean
lines. Either drop it, or get the man back.
We all loved him. The dull yellow-orangecolors
do nothing for me here. This is Cariello's
first venture in the TEC world, perhaps he'll
improve over time, and we haven't seen his
Bat yet, though he'll be hard-pressed to
draw a more impressive one than his predecessor.
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