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Azrael Vol. 0: Death's Dark Knight
In the wake of BATMAN R.I.P and BATTLE FOR THE COWL, writer Fabian Nicieza (SUPERMAN, TRINITY) and artist Ramon Bachs (RED ROBIN) introduce an all-new Avenging Angel. Michael Lane is an ex-police officer that was recruited to take part in a secret program to train a place for Batman but was drafted by the Order of Purity to take on the mantle of Azrael, God's Sword Justic...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
August 3rd 2010
by DC Comics
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Readers of Bat-comics might remember Michael Lane as one of the ill-fated Batman replacements cooked up by GCPD and the military. Ill-fated is an essential requirement on the CV of anybody who tries take on the Azrael mantle and wear the haunted armour. It wouldn't be a job I'd shortlist but he does make for a cool though underused character. This book collects the three issue Death's Dark Knight mini-series and the two part 'The Eighth Deadly Sin' from the two main Bat-book annuals. Bruce Wayne...more
The miniseries is so convoluted it's almost unreadable. It seemed like Nicieza was trying really hard to pull off a Morrison-style story, but didn't come anywhere close. Some of the worst dialogue I've read in years, with almost every speech bubble having some forced pause for emphasis on a word that needed no emphasis. Everyone speaks cryptically, even to people they have no reason to speak cryptically to. Nicieza can do better than this, and hopefully the subsequent Azrael stories will improve...more
Not a bad reintroduction of the character to the standard DCU. I cannot see a way that this remains a long running series. Michael Lane has too much emotional baggage, and is already started down the road to insanity. His definitions of justice are more than a little too biblical for my taste. Yet, the character's personality is well defined in this brief TPB.
Very violent, and full of character. The new Azrael is an intriguing character and I look forward to him turning up again.
Amy Michelle
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Fabian Nicieza is an American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, and Thunderbolts, for all of which he helped create numerous characters.
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