From the Batcave: Azrael
I remember when Michael Lane appeared towards the end of Morrison's Batman Inc. I was a bit confused. I thought he died when helicopter crashed during R.I.P., but he is alive and.. Azrael? Well, turns out he had a bit of focus after R.I.P. that I wasn't really aware of because I never cared about the original Azrael so why would I pick a series about another Azrael? I don't know anything nor do I care about the original Azrael so I can't say how faithful and compatible this new version was with what came before. So yeah, it all starts during Battle for the Cowl event with Death's Dark Knight miniseries. And I'm going to jump ahead and say that those 3 issues are only ones with Azrael that are worth picking up. Why? It sets up Lane in his new role and thats all you need for that later appearance to make sense. Irving also does the art and that provides some visual continuity with Morrison's run. As for Nicieza, I'm not a big fan of his writing, but he d...