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B and J Comics
Azrael / Azrael: Agent of the Bat (Volume 1) – #48 – 1995–2003 – DC
Azrael / Azrael: Agent of the Bat (Volume 1) – #48 – 1995–2003 – DC
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🔥 Scratching The Surface
With a cover date of January 1999, this Road to No Man’s Land chapter was published by DC Comics and continues Azrael’s struggle for identity and redemption. Written by Dennis O’Neil, with pencils by Roger Robinson, inks by James Pascoe, and colors by Demetrius Bassoukos and Prismacolor, the issue places Jean-Paul Valley at the center of a deadly political conspiracy that threatens Gotham’s fragile future.
The story begins in Washington, D.C., where media personality and manipulator Nicholas Scratch stands over the corpse of Senator Esterbrook Halivan. As Scratch prepares to weaponize the senator’s death for his own rise to power, Azrael overhears the plot and attempts to intervene. Scratch quickly frames him for the assassination, turning security forces and the public against him.
Scratch orchestrates an elaborate public confrontation, ordering his devil-masked henchmen to attack him onstage so that he can “heroically” repel them and further incriminate Azrael. With footage flooding the press, the narrative is rewritten to portray Azrael as Halivan’s murderer.
As the crisis escalates, Batman confronts Jean-Paul in a moment of frustration and desperation. With Halivan gone—Gotham’s last political hope—Batman orders Jean-Paul to abandon the Azrael identity entirely, insisting the costume be destroyed. Nevertheless, Jean-Paul feels compelled to complete one final mission before laying Azrael to rest.
This issue deepens the tension between Batman and Azrael while introducing Nicholas Scratch as a manipulative new enemy whose influence reaches beyond Gotham into national politics.
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