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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Janelle Siegel (assistant)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-03-18.

Cover Details - "Battle for the Cowl"

Characters Azrael [Michael Lane]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Guillem March (signed)
Inks Guillem March (signed)
Colors Guillem March (signed)
Notes U.S. on sale date: 2009-03-18. Credits acknowledge special thanks to Grant Morrison.

22 page Azrael story "Book One: Simple Sacrifices"

Characters Azrael [Michael Lane; also as Batman (flashback)] (first as Azrael); Azrael [Abraham Arlington]; Order of Purity [Adrian Paratino; Felicidad Gomez; Garret; Leland McCauley (death)]; Nightwing [Dick Grayson]; Oracle [Barbara Gordon]; Marion Lane (Michael's sister; flashback; corpse); Gwendolyn Lane (Michael's sister; flashback; corpse); Batman [Lt. Muller]; Batman [Mr. Branca]; Jenny; Harvey Bullock; Jimmy the Bat (villain; death); Talia al Ghul (villain); League of Assassins [Hook (villain); Merlyn (villain); Shellcase (villain); Whip (villain)]
Synopsis The Order of Purity searches for a new person to wear the Suit of Sorrows.
Genre Superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Frazer Irving
Inks Frazer Irving
Colors Frazer Irving
Letters Sal Cipriano
Notes Credits acknowledge thanks to Grant Morrison.
Reprinted in Batman Monster Edition (Panini (de), 2004 series) #4

1 page DC Nation promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Nation [157]: Emerald City Comicon"

Script Ian Sattler
Letters typeset
Notes Ian Sattler discusses the upcoming Emerald City Comicon. House ad for Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #2.