Related
Warning ! spoiler for Batman : Curse of the White Knight # 8
Batman’sbiggest rule is that he does n’t shoot down multitude . It ’s part of his moral computer code and has lead to numerous conflicts within his own Bat - Family . However , inBatman : Curse of the White Knight , Batman scrapped the computer code in parliamentary law to put down a scoundrel for good - and he seemingly succeeded , killing Azrael .
Sean Murphy and Matt HollingsworthBatman : Curse of the White Knighthas put Bruce Wayne and Batman in an all - fresh luminance . While the first White Knight spark began with a vulcanised Joker trying to make Batman the villain , Curse of the White Knight contract further objective at Batman ’s identicalness . In the level , it ’s revealedBatman is n’t a Wayne , as Azrael is really part of the Wayne bloodline . Azrael has sought vengeance on Batman - killing Jim Gordon , while nigh kill Batgirl . It’sall make Batman to reveal his real identicalness to the world , give away his fortune , and for him to go on one last mission before turning himself into the Gotham City PD : Kill Azrael and than put an end to his Batman persona .
Related : Multiple Joker Dragons Take Center Stage in DC ’s Death Metal
Batman and Azrael have a fiery face-off inBatman : Curse of the White Knight # 8.After a following where a aeroplane detonate and Batman tries to kill Azrael with a machine gunman , the villain tree him and say " there wo n’t be a city left , not after the inundation … " before Nightwing hits him with his car . Azrael plans on aim out the dam at the Gotham Reservoir . Batman and Nightwing apportion a heart - to - heart before Bruce perish after Azrael again . After catching up with Azrael at the dam , Batman bring out rapiers and tells him they should fight with his blade since it " is God ’s will . "
The two spar before fall onto a batmobile floating in the water . Azrael loses his brand to Batman and with petty defence force pass on , he asks Batman whether his parents know about the true history of the Wayne family : " Did they know they were swine draped in pearls ? Leeches fertilise from the bloody tit of Gotham . Fake patrician from a rotten line . An infuriated Batman slits Azrael ’s throat in a shameful moment . The two have one last moment before Azrael apparently phlebotomize out - although , it ’s not confirmed he snuff it . Batman : Curse of the White Knightends with Batman twist himself into prison and that his luck will be disperse across Gotham . Batman knew the repercussions of kill Azrael and bring out his individuality . Now , he ’s catch to pay for them . It ’s a meet destruction to a great arc that proved unafraid to shake up Batman ’s essence narration and beliefs .
Next : DC ’s New Batman is a actual DINOSAUR ( earnestly )
