Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

It's time for another Bat-family episode, this week it's Azrael! We break down the Az-Bat and discuss how religion impacts his outlook on life! Plus we get real about current events - you won't wanna miss it! SHOW NOTES: Intro Talk about last week’s call to action Background (10:35) Jean-Paul Valley created by Denny O’Neill, Joe Quesada, Grant Morrison, and an uncredited Peter Milligan in Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 (Oct.1992) Jean-Paul Valley is a computer science student in Gotham City, who discovers his father was an assassin for a secret religious society called The Order of Saint Dumas, and that he is next in line He was sent to kill Carlton LeHah, who had murdered his father, and in so doing crossed paths with Batman - ends up saving Bruce and overriding his conditioning, becoming his own man Joins WayneTech, and after Bruce is paralyzed by Bane, takes over as Batman Operates much more ruthlessly, as a combination of his conditioning and his belief that Bruce is too lenient on criminals - after