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He is elected Mayor of Gotham with the reluctant help of Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin, whom he blackmails into killing the other mayoral candidates by holding his mother, Gertrude, hostage.

Galavan is the power behind a group of insane criminals called "The Maniax" who terrorize Gotham, but betrays them by killing their leader, Jerome Valeska, making him a public hero. This incarnation's alter ego is Theo Galavan, a billionaire industrialist who is secretly the heir apparent of the Order of St.

Azrael made his live-action debut in the second season of Gotham, portrayed by James Frain.

See also: Jean-Paul Valley in other media and Michael Lane in other media Television

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In The Multiversity: The Just, which takes place on the alternate Earth-16 (where the grown sidekicks and children of superheroes live on an Earth free of crime), Damian Wayne, the new Batman, has a variation of Jean Paul's Azrael suit in a glass display in the Batcave. This version, whose origins remained a mystery, appeared as a supporting character in the Titans stories in the late 1980s.

An unrelated character also named Azrael was created by Marv Wolfman and José Luis García-López and debuted in Tales of the Teen Titans #52 in 1985.

He is defeated by Valley and supposedly falls to his death, only to resurface in Gotham City early on in the Underworld Unleashed crossover event wearing one of Valley's 'Batman' armored costumes and engaging in illegal underground fights after having made a deal with Abra Kadabra (acting on behalf of Neron) for his soul in return for his life.

Early in the Azrael series, another man is supposedly selected and trained in the same way as Valley and the Chinese man to be Valley's replacement.

Dumas' enforcer has been passed on since medieval times.

A Chinese man, supposedly given the same training as Valley and an identical costume, is briefly under the control of the Order.

In Azrael Annual #1, the character's role as Azrael is depicted in more depth, and he is now identified as just Ludovic Valley.

Valley's father was the previous Azrael, as seen in Batman: Sword of Azrael (in which he was identified as Jean-Paul Valley Sr.).

Others Ī number of other characters besides Valley and Lane have assumed the identity of Azrael in the DC Universe: In Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #1 (May 2009), the character was re-introduced as the current Azrael, as part of Battle for the Cowl, a storyline told in a three-issue miniseries format written by Fabian Nicieza. Michael Lane was originally introduced in Batman #665 (June 2007) as the alter-ego of the supervillain Bat-Devil.

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In media, the Michael Lane incarnation of Azrael has been featured in the Batman: Arkham series of video games, voiced by Khary Payton, while an original iteration of Azrael, Theo Galavan, appeared in the second season of the television series Gotham, portrayed by James Frain. They are typically portrayed as antiheroes and reluctant allies of the superhero Batman and the Batman Family, battling forms of manipulations employed by their respective orders, violent tendencies shaped by tragedies in their life, and proving themselves trusted allies to Batman. Dumas and/or its derivatives (i.e the Order of Purity), secretive religious organizations seeking to restore justice to Gotham City through religious extremism.

Both iterations are Christian vigilantes and assassins created by the Order of St. The second character to assume the alias was Michael Washington Lane, in Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #1 (May 2009).

The original version, Jean-Paul Valley, was created by Denny O'Neil, Joe Quesada, and Peter Milligan, and debuted in Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 (August 1992). The suit itself is also protective, considered bulletproof.Īzrael is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Post-Flashpoint: Suit of Sorrows possess an advanced artificial intelligence that enables Azrael to strike at the weak point of his targets.

Pre-Flashpoint: Suit of Sorrows grants Azrael superhuman attributes, the skills of previous bearers, and the ability to revive the bearer akin to a Lazarus Pit should they die while having the armor on.

The chief suit piece of Azrael, the arcane Suit of Sorrows, grants various abilities dependent on the continuity: