A terminal blood condition has set Azrael over the edge. Having once again donned his Batman armor, Jean-Paul Valley has hurled himself into a confrontation with Batman. Provoked by the fact that Batman has done nothing to prove Bruce Wayne innocent of the murder of Vesper Fairchild and goaded on by visions of St. Dumas, he flees a confrontation with Batman, Robin and Nightwing in the cave seeking to fight on his own territory.
