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B and J Comics
Azrael / Azrael: Agent of the Bat (Volume 1) – #52– 1995–2003 – DC
Azrael / Azrael: Agent of the Bat (Volume 1) – #52– 1995–2003 – DC
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🔥 Devil Down Below
Published with a cover date of May 1999 by DC Comics, this chapter of the ongoing No Man’s Land saga continues Azrael’s dangerous descent into Gotham’s fractured landscape. Written by Dennis O’Neil, penciled by Roger Robinson, inked by James Pascoe, and colored by Rob Ro and Alex Bleyaert, the issue presents a tense mixture of psychological dread, urban danger, and human desperation.
The story opens with Mitzi Fredang trapped in the unstable upper floors of a collapsed Gotham building, while the monstrous Calibax lurks below. Meanwhile, Nicholas Scratch manipulates a pair of U.S. Marshals, hypnotizing them into transporting him toward Gotham under the guise of delivering a message. Azrael observes Scratch from a distance but is approached by Mrs. Jasper Fredang, who begs him to help her find her missing daughter. Reluctantly, he agrees.
To gain access to the Marshals' boat, Azrael creates a fiery distraction, allowing himself and Mrs. Fredang to slip aboard. Scratch forces the Marshals to ferry him across as well, until gunfire breaks his hypnotic hold. Azrael intervenes, neutralizing the attackers, though Scratch uses the chaos to escape deeper into No Man’s Land.
Inside the ruined building, fear and hunger push Mitzi’s companion Benny into reckless behavior. Venturing below for supplies, he crosses paths with Calibax and is killed, leaving Mitzi alone and terrified. Hearing her screams, Azrael rushes in and confronts Calibax in a brutal struggle. Though weakened, he manages to hurl the creature from the building, ending the threat.
Mrs. Fredang arrives moments later, overwhelmed with emotion at seeing her daughter alive. In a startling moment of catharsis, she fires a gun at Mitzi—missing intentionally—explaining that she needed to release the pent-up anguish of their ordeal. Mother and daughter then embrace, offering Azrael a rare moment of warmth and hope within the bleak confines of No Man’s Land.
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