To reclaim his damaged soul, to redeem the mistakes of his past and to make a difference in a Gotham City that has been torn apart by the death of Batman, Azrael must make a decision: become a hero and die, serving in Heaven or reject the opportunity and live, damned to suffer in Hell.
This issue makes no secret of the fact that Lane's story as Azrael is only beginning. It's unclear when or where we'll see him next, but I'm hoping the wait won't be too long. Azrael: Death's Dark Knight has proven to be a great pitch for a longer story, which is more than I could have hoped for from a mere tie-in project. Read Full Review
Overall, while not being what this Azrael fan was hoping for when DC announced that Azrael was coming back, IF, and only IF, Irving stays as the artist and they move Azraels adventures out of Gotham will this new Azrael have a chance at developing into a good character (its ok if hes based there, but Gotham has enough heroes available to beat up on the average thugwho surprisingly just cant seem to take the hint after all these years that Gotham isnt really a great place to be a, well, thug). Getting him out of Gotham, giving him some challenges worthy of his potential power and tweaking his outfit a bit might just make the monthly worth checking out. Read Full Review
Unnecessary Batyle For the Cowl tie in and all around boring and portly drawn comic. Don’t waste your time like I did