

- Jean-Paul Ludovic Valley, acting as Azrael, confronts Carleton LeHah. Lehah tries to shoot Azrael, but Azrael injurs Lehah and manages to escape.Azrael stumbles, bloody and bleeding, to the apartment of his son, Jean-Paul Valley. Before Ludovic dieds, he gives some instructions to his son.
- Bruce examines a evidence from scene of the incident, notes that weapons dealer Carleton Lehah owns a penthouse nearby.
- Jean-Paul Valley uses intructions from his father to abandon his body. a pair of mysterious men come to remove it. Then he finds 40,000 dollars in various currencies, and further directions to fly to a small airfield in Switzerland. He is picked up by a man, then driven to a small village deep in the Swiss Alps. There he is met by Nomoz, a short hairy man who tells him about his father's occupation. He tells the timid Valley that he will instruct him in "the system", and by extention, how to become Azrael.
- Batman investigates Carleton Lehah's penthouse. He plants a bug and listens in. He hears Lehah mention "old Dumas will be in for a surprise."
- Batman investigate around the crime scene again and discovers Ludovic's sword hidden in a cellar. It is emblazoned with the symbol of the Sacred Order of St. Dumas
- Meanwhile, Nomoz uses hypnosis to activate "the system" in Jean-Paul. Jean-Paul has suddenly become a "tough guy." Nomoz states that although Valley has a the skills and knowledge, he does not yet have the body.
- Back in Gotham City, Oracle helps Batman learn about the Ancient Order of St. Dumas.
- Nomoz explains to Jean-Paul the role of Azrael as an Avenging Angel, and how the role was hereditary.
- Bruce and Alfred travel by private jet to Switzerland, where they continue their search for Lehah. From their helicopter, they see a an area landscaped to look like the symbol of the Order of St. Dumas.
- Meanwhile, Nomoz is giving Jean-Paul the Azrael costume for the first time, when hears Bruce and Alfred's helicopter.
- Unknown to both parties, Lehah is observing from a ridge, where he seeks to test a new weapon, despite the objections of his accomplice. He fires the weapon, causing an explosion...


Vanishing Angels & Sudden Death

#1 - Vanishing Angels & Sudden Death



- Bruce and Alred's helicopter crashes, they survive, but the site is completely destroyed.
- Jean-Paul and Nomoz have survived the explosion because they headed to an underground shelter.
- An avalanche happens as a result of the explosion, covering the underground shelter and damaging the chopper used by LeHah to escape. After their copper had crashed down, Lehah felt the presence of Biis, a demon lord considered an archenemy of Azrael. Under his influence, LeHah murders his accomplice.
- Suddenly, the ground beneath Bruce and Alfred under them begins to crumble. From underneath comes a hovercraft with Nomoz and Jean-Paul inside.
- Bruce, now dressed as Batman, is attacked by Azrael and left behind in the snow. Instead of following the hovercraft, Batman and Alfred decide to check the hideout the vehicle came from. They find information about the Order of St. Dumas.
- Nomoz explains to Jean-Paul that Lehah was the treasurer of the Order of St. Dumas, but recently betrayed them by draining a bank account. Azrael was sent to deal with him. Lehah is especially dangerous because, as treasurer, he has informations about all the members.
- LeHah, now acting as Biis, starts a manhunt of the people who belong to the Order of St. Dumas. Nomoz, being aware of that fact, decides to go with Jean-Paul to visit an old member of the Order who is currently hospitalized. Just as they arrive in the hospital room, they realize Biis is already there. Jean-Paul is shot many times and pushed through a window, falling down to certain death.


Azrael Does Not Protect

#2 - Azrael Does Not Protect



- Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth are heading to the hospital where a member of the Order of St. Dumas is hospitalized, when suddenly they see Jean-Paul Valley apparently falling to his death from a hospital window.
- Bruce enters the hospital through the window just in time to stop Biis from killing Nomoz. Biis then tries to escape but is followed by Bruce. They fight, but Biis manages to drug Bruce and take him away.
- Meanwhile, Alfred and Nomoz decide to work together to stop Biis and rescue Bruce. They take Jean-Paul to a hideout of the Order of St. Dumas so he can recover. Then, they decide to go to the houses of the possible next victims.
- Biis is faster, and he murders another member of the Order before Alfred, Nomoz, and Jean-Paul can do anything.
- Alfred, Nomoz, and Azrael go to the mansion of order member Mr. Harcourt to prevent his murder. However, Biis is already inside and posing as Batman with the costume he took from Bruce.


Direct Action

#3 - Direct Action



- The  security team at Harcourt's mansion attempt to subdue Azrael. They fail, but Azrael soon finds he is too late Harcourt has already been murdered by Carleton LeHah, disguised as Batman.
- LeHah tries to escape in a car. Azrael tries to stop him, but Lehah escapes.
- Alfred, Azrael and Nomoz travel to LeHah's possible location: an oil refinery in Texas.
- Meanwhile, LeHah is holding Bruce Wayne captive in the refinery. To appease his demon lord Biis, LeHah tortures Bruce with hot steel heated by a blowtorch. But Bruce talks to him, confusing the man and buying some time.
- Alfred, Nomoz, and Azrael try to find a way in. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes a nearby electrical tower, causing a power failure that grants access into the building. 
- Just before LeHah fires a bullet at Bruce, Azrael throws a flaming knife at him, causing LeHah to fire at some pipes at the roof. The pipes started to leak oil, which soon ignites.
- Azrael saves Bruce by using the fireproof cape of Batman's costume and carrying him out of the explosion. LeHah is left inside and apparently burns to death.
- Nomoz reproaches Azrael for saving Bruce, saying that he has disgraced the name of the Avenging Angel. Jean-Paul answers that he is no angel, implying that he has gained control over the system.


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