Azrael

Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in the 1992–1993 four-issue limited series Batman: Sword of Azrael, created by Dennis O'Neil and Joe Quesada, and later as a supporting character in various Batman Family titles, before gaining his own self-titled series (also by O'Neil). The character also adopted the alias Batman during the Knightfall storyline. He is named after the traditional Ange... more

Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in the 1992–1993 four-issue limited series Batman: Sword of Azrael, created by Dennis O'Neil and Joe Quesada, and later as a supporting character in various Batman Family titles, before gaining his own self-titled series (also by O'Neil). The character also adopted the alias Batman during the Knightfall storyline. He is named after the traditional Angel of Death and shares the name Azrael with a Teen Titans character introduced years earlier, making him the second Azrael in the DC Universe. The character first appeared in the series Batman: Sword of Azrael, released in 1992. Part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline involves an Azrael three-issue mini-series written by Fabian Nicieza. Jean-Paul Valley, a university student in Gotham City, is unaware that he is the latest in a line of assassin-enforcers for "The Sacred Order of Saint Dumas", a sinister secret society, and had received... less