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The DC Comics miniseriesArkham metropolis : The fiat of the Worldshows how hallucination and a flaming blade makeAzraelthe most life-threatening member of theBat - Family . Throughout the serial publication , Jean - Paul Valley aka Azrael follows the order of what he believe to be an Angel Falls sent to guide him on his quest to restore order to the city after the Joker ’s A - Day attempt onArkham Asylum .
These elements call back to Azrael ’s yesteryear as the brainwash assassin of the Christian cult sleep together as the Order of Saint Dumas . Batman saved Azrael from that path , and even let the scarlet crusader enactment as his replacement after Bane broke his back in the classic 1993 storylineBatman : Knightfall . However , Azrael was much more trigger-happy than Batmanand suffered from hallucinations of his father and Saint Dumas . This behavior top to him becoming more and more unhinged until the original Batman was able to return and arrest him . He has since been an ally of the Bat - Family , although he is not as well - known as other fellow member .
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Arkham City : The Order of the Worldby Dan Watters and Dani sees Professor Pyg exploit Azrael ’s inclination for delusion . Pyg uses No - Face to flim-flam Jean - Paul into hunt down other bunk inmates with a ghostly camouflage . Eventually , Azrael is captured by Pyg and place into a jury-rigged insane asylum with those he has fought before . After getting free from his cell , Azrael deal to take down Pyg , No - font , the Mad Hatter , the March Hare , Doctor Double - X , Ratcatcher , Doctor Phosphorous , and Nocturna all on his own . Through a determination born from spiritual fervor alternatively of a childhood promise , Azrael is more life-threatening than Batman . That , combine with his willingness to mutilate his enemy , makes him a bigger threat to Gotham ’s scoundrel than any of his friend .
Azrael exhibit how he stacks up against other members of the Bat - Family in 2017’sDetective Comics # 961by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez . After his programming by the Order of Saint Dumas reasserts itself , Jean - Paul forgets who he is and seek to carry out the Order ’s want . He attacks other members of the Bat - Family , and is able to singlehandedly take on Batwoman , Orphan and Batwing all at once . He is only defeated when Batman and Zatanna show up and put him to sleep with magic . Yet even with such narrative speak to the power contain within him , Azrael remain an often overlooked , even second - level ally to the Bat - Family .
AlthoughBatman has been in the asylumas both himself and as Bruce Wayne in the past , no other allies of his can still make that claim . This makesAzraeluniquely irregular , and means that the other extremity of theBat - Familyshould keep a closer eye on him in the time to come . As is now made official inArkham City : The Order of the Worldby a certified Arkham doctor observing Azrael , " You — the substantial you — would be institutionalized . "
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