Azrael (DC Comics)

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Azrael is an antihero and superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Denny O'Neil and Joe Quesada and debuted in Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 (October 1992). Both the original version and subsequent version are typically Christian assassins and vigilantes with a profound connection to a secret religious order derived from the Knight Templars. The original version of the character is Jean-Paul Valley Jr. a college student who discovers he is from a long hereditary line of assassins and enforcers of the Order of St. Dumas, an extremist sect of the Knight Templars who employs "Azraels" by manipulating and grooming them at a young age to silence dissent among their ranks and as field operatives for their agent. Ultimately rejecting their agenda and dogma, he instead joins alongside Batman as one of the "extended" members of the Batman Family, protecting Gotham City and dismantling the order. The character once also served briefly as Batman...

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