DC Comics August 2022 Solicitations Spoilers follows.
Former Batman Returns In 30th Anniversary For Sword Of Azrael!
Newsarama reports.
The former replacement Batman returns – reluctantly – in the new series Sword of Azrael…
…Jean-Paul Valley, AKA Azrael, AKA Angel of St. Dumas, AKA the one-time more violent replacement Batman, is back as the star of his own limited series.
The August-debuting Sword of Azrael #1 is written by Dan Watters and illustrated by Nikola Čižmešija. If that creative team sounds familiar, it should – Watters and Čižmešija paired on the ‘Sword of Azrael: Dark Knight of the Soul’ three-part serialized story from Batman: Urban Legends #8-10 that leads into the new Sword of Azrael six-part series…
…”The warrior angel of St. Dumas returns!” reads DC’s description of the new series. “Jean-Paul Valley does not want to be Azrael ever again. All it has brought him is pain, violence, and misery. He has sequestered himself away at a monastery in Europe to find peace. But when a young woman who claims to have the same System programming that made Jean-Paul into Azrael arrives at the monastery, he won’t have a choice but to don his violent mantle of Azrael once more to protect her from the deadly assassins who wish her harm…”
…DC promises the series will redefine what it calls one of the Batman world’s “most iconic and fierce characters…”
…”The Angel of St. Dumas’s faith is challenged!” reads the description. “Azrael has returned to Gotham City after a long time away, unsure of his purpose and having his faith constantly challenged by demonic developments in the city. The arrival of the new antagonist the Poor Fellow will change Azrael’s future forever.”
Sword of Azrael #1 and Sword of Azrael: Dark Knight of the Soul #1 both go on sale August 2.
Intriguing.
