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[@myopicmanatee6432]

What makes Azrael as a character work for me is how much the mask changes Jean Paul Valley. As a civilian he is a lovable dork and comes off as kind and compassionate. While under the mask he is initially still capable of empathy and kindness. The system and exposure to toxins turn him into a monster while wearing the mask. Watching him try to overcome this and become a genuine hero is an excellent arc.

[@triplecrosscounter]

Yeah at first he just got a little more aggressive when he put on the mask but after a certain point he became a whole different person whenever he put on the mask.

[@kylescomet6984]

Perfectly said. Exactly why JPV is in my top 10 DC characters

[@roiroije243]

Azrael is awesome. He should be used more.

[@trippi-jingles]

Aw thanks, I appreciate it.

[@marty2265]

If Bruce trained he’ll do it the Batman way

[@camarochronicss1947]

Yea after arkham knight I was ready for a azrael batman game. Well I guess if u look at him as a hero and dont try to kill batman as it's a option part but yea he was so badass

[@dominikcobb1355]

Not Azrael, Jean-Paul Valley.

[@dawnwaddell7314]

Absolutely

[@largeroyster]

The real reason batman doesn't kill is his comics would end incredibly fast

[@loop5720]

Lmao, but him not killing makes more good story for the comic, lol

[@sircartier4422]

Lmao he should kill the joker tho, really no one would say anything, probably make a holiday over it

[@symbiotevenom1718]

@@sircartier4422 did you not see under the red hood

[@sirgentlebread7302]

@@sircartier4422 Gordon would. During Hush Batman was close to killing joker when Gordon came there on time and told him that if he killed Joker he would personally lead the squad to hunt him down. Because Justice has to lead.

[@sirgentlebread7302]

Nah, even if he killed his comics would still keep going. Dont believe me? Just read some old 90s comics of different heroes to see how many variations you can get. Heck read the old batman comics as well when there was a new villain every issue.

[@PedroGhost12]

"WHO... Who are you?" "I'm Batzrael" So, two batmans at the same time huh... selina couldn't be more happy

[@dawnybreed9551]

I almost mistook "Batzrael" for pretzel....Selina is gonna have a pretzlious time.

[@hitkid2456]

The comic itself calls him "Az-Bats" I believe.

[@triplecrosscounter]

In the comics azbats meets catwoman and at first she mistakes him for bruce but later she tells him that she knows it's a different guy. When jean paul asks how she knew she tells him that not only would the real batman not be afraid of her approach but he also reeked of "biochemical attractants" and that jean paul was almost sterile in comparison.

[@JonaD757]

This is one of my favorite Batman series arcs. Jean-Paul is a fascinating character. He messed up real bad, but he is still pretty cool.

[@NamekJedi]

I hope he makes it into injustice 2 dlc. I really like him.

[@notamimic7253]

Jedi nite79 he probably won't 😭

[@theberserkerarmor6511]

Jedi nite79 Hopefully he becomes a premier skin for robin

[@johnsantos507]

Jedi nite79 John Paul is the first Azrael?

[@pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195]

John Santos hes the only Azrael

[@Phil-pg1rd]

Yeah, i really would like him but the idea of spawn in the game is also really cool. If it came down to it i'd ask for spawn dlc and a premier skin for batman of azrael's suit, seeing how it wouldn't be the first game to copy over bat's moveset to him (aka bm: Arkham Knight)

[@caspianhorlick4529]

Knightfall was such a great story arc, I loved the art as well

[@randominternetsurfersurfin7595]

"The Batman that kills" I thought that was my shitock.

[@Jensmilerdh]

Red Hood lol

[@kurtwagner1915]

My favorite character ever in DC was Jean-Paul Azrael.

[@maybetoby]

No lie, Azrael is one of my all-time favorite comic book characters. I have all 100 issues of his solo comic, and almost all of his action figures. I loved the replacement heroes. Azrael, Eradicator, and Scarlet Spider.

[@trippi-jingles]

Aw, you're my favorite character as well!

[@maybetoby]

@@trippi-jingles do you mean the Megazord lol

[@Power3DHD]

@@maybetoby Which Azreael? Jean Paul Valley or Michael Lane?

[@maybetoby]

@@Power3DHD Jean-Paul Valley

[@Pondy33]

RIP Benny. You and Rob helped me escape when I needed to. You’ll be missed

[@scufflingboogaloo5006]

I love azrael and I hope they do more with him in the future.

[@trippi-jingles]

I love you too!

[@tommytomato3987]

I have the knightfall comics as a kid. The suits is my favorite batman suit, flame thrower, shirikens and claws...

[@haustyl12]

Azrael is still my favorite bat character. I used to call his costume "the suit to kill bane".

[@xavmidge4155]

Love him he's my favourite comic book character got all the traits I love

[@tilaNmanx]

"And take your precious daddy with you." I love Azrael so much. You want to save him so much while he's constantly doing shit that makes you "JP noooooooo". Knightfall are by far my favorite comics.

[@clarktooncrossing3975]

The Knightfall suit is making a comeback? SWEET! You should totally recap the original Knightfall story after World War Hulk!

[@ACMCUK]

Barry kitson did a great job on the art of the 90s series and his supporting characters were good too Brian and Lilhy

[@BryanLomax]

Lilhy had a great arc too, eventually becoming a villain. It was a very slow progression and I'd loved to have seen it play out further.

[@neillobo5057]

Hey man. Really love the fresh videos you're dishing out. The new vids are awesome. Thanks.

[@slinkycarrot9394]

This channel and ComicsExplained are the only channels i look forward to seeing on youtube, keep doing what you guys are doing!🖒 You're all awesome and thank you soo much for being youtubers💖😁😁

[@haroldjordan3504]

I've always loved Jean-Paul Valley, he's so cool. Though since everyone says Bale's Batman doesn't count as a killer since he let Ra's die instead of killing him that must mean Jean-Paul isn't a killer either since he only ever just let someone die.

[@dawnybreed9551]

Azrael in a nutshell: Wanna see an older Jason with blonde hair without getting captured and becoming the Red Hood?

[@BryanLomax]

Nah!

[@dawnybreed9551]

@@BryanLomax Yah!

[@BryanLomax]

@@dawnybreed9551 if you say so pal.

[@dawnybreed9551]

@@BryanLomax Nah jk. I know jack shit about comics. I just came here cuz I saw Azrael from the Arkham Knight game, nothing much.

[@BryanLomax]

@@dawnybreed9551 🤣🤣🤣

[@jordyplaysgamesAUTISMYEET]

Question: if batman doesn't want the joker to escape but can't kill him, why doesn't he put the joker in a medically induced coma? Or remove and/or detatch sertain nerves at the base of his skull, preventing him from moving ever again?

[@darthknightwingphoenix2081]

jordy plays games he tried it in The Dark Knight Returns. Read it! It's good! Just stay away from it's sequels, they suck.

[@jordyplaysgamesAUTISMYEET]

Darth Knightwing Phoenix he's never tryed removing a piece of his spine tho, and that's something joker could never recover from he'd be quadrapoligic

[@mcangelolacson9059]

jordy plays games "writers"

[@GM-ew4fv]

jordy plays games batman believes second chances lol people say why doesn't batman kill joker well becuase batman thinks its his fault for turning the joker into the joker

[@sentinel225]

jordy plays games but that would be worse than death so...

[@ninjor9800]

Thanks for uploading this, I love this character.

[@iceman90734]

"Is Azrael just a product of the 90's and should stay away?" Me: **Looks down at right arm consisting of Knightfall Azrael in Red** Me: No...no I think he's pretty fuckin' great, and I reread the 3 graphic novels that make up the complete Knightfall story at LEAST once a year.

[@wingus79]

I remember this character, I haven't seen this comic in a long time. thank you for doing this character this brings back some very good memories :)

[@monteasewilliams4084]

Thanks for the awesome video Benny. This is one of my favorite versions of batman.

[@master-of-many-fandoms2020]

“I... might have had problems.” We all do, buddy. We all do.

[@christianram25]

Benny!!!!! I love your style. I feel the 90s Azrael Batman, Spider-Man 2099, etc were some of the coolest designs growing up in the 90s. I'm happy they finally brought him back with that suit.

[@jabronijones90]

Nice work on this video, Benny. Very well done!

[@judahfakile3916]

i really love the new format of the know your universes

[@proudson3409]

The Batman comics now seems like its about topping a badass act with another one,endlessly?

[@theheartofthestorywetell1081]

I grew up in the late 80's and was a teen in the 90's. Of course I loved Azbats... I also like Jared Stevens as Fate (The doctor is out), and the whole 2099 run from marvel. These older stories get talked down a lot, but there were some great gems in them. The idea of Azreal, fighting against his own 'nature' and the system trying to do the right thing but not always knowing what the right thing was, spoke to me.

[@captainfordo2780]

Honestly Azrael and the Redhood need to have a comic where they share their ideals and struggle not to cross the line. Where they take on the order of saint dumas and capture joker and red hood does not kill him but delivers him to arkham.

[@mrfarooqi5179]

Thanks for the incredible content

[@marquezwestbrook8452]

Love the videos good work

[@josephjenkins8306]

I honestly love Azrael Batman to be 100% honest like when I was a kid that's what brought me to wanting to learn more about comics and I mean yeah he went all psycho but what her hasn't bc I can't count how many times you will see a hero lose it but he was awesome and the series was awesome and I love this channel and eligible monster and also comics explained I think you guys are awesome especially since Im to broke to buy comics it's nice to have stories that I've wanted to read but to poor to by and also way to busy to read to see these things be brought to life by you guys ! Keep doin what you're doing bc it is freaking sweeeeet

[@osiancoleman8447]

Top 10 people to take the mantle of batman 10.Batman 3000 9.Jason Todd (very briefly but was batman unofficially in battle for the cowl.) 8.Tim Drake (very very brief in battle of the cowl and was also batman Beyond for a bit but I'm not sure if it's in cannon.) 7.Bane (Forever evil the Arkham war one shot) 6.Damian Wayne (batman 666 and Damien son of batman version) 5.Jean Paul Valley 4.Jim Gordon 3.Terry Mugginess (Batman Beyond) 2.Dick Grayson 1.Bruce Wayne

[@Meekkhi]

Are you saying top ten characters to be batman or top ten characters as batman there's a difference

[@mitchbray6637]

I love Azrael and like you, I loved his '90s series. I am so glad he's back. Bruce, Tim, Dick, Barbara, Helena, Cassandra Cain and Alfred. That was MY Bat-family and Legends of The Dark 120 is my favorite comic featuring that version of the Bat-family. Too bad it didn't show Alfred as well.

[@omkarbhosale2481]

Could you please do a story on Bryan Hitch's 'Justice League' especially the recent 'Legacy' arc. And love your work, great job mate 👍

[@dyllanrodriguez2828]

Knowing more about him makes me excited for sure.

[@deathmatch10]

I'm so glad they brought him back and soooo hyped for the azbat suit!

[@thecatherinegriffin2610]

Hey man i just want to say that i really appreciate your channel. You keep it focused on comicbooks you dont turn it into a giant political discussion. I wish some other comicbook channels did the same. Keep it up bro!

[@CactusJackIV]

Great video, seems to be a lot of hate for ol' Azy. Glad to see a video throwing some love his way.

[@rahjbombino890]

He was the shiznit! Vigilante was also 1 of my faves of the 90s. But then again it was a different time and we needed those characters to be what they were. Boy I miss those days

[@garrethgoodworth2494]

I loved him in the 90's. Glad he's back!!!

[@bradleykennedy9958]

Your a cool guy with an incredible channel. You gotta stop putting yourself down. Jokes or not. Your dope dude .

[@shannongreen4065]

Even though i havent watch any of your recent thanks for the cool work

[@brendan4657]

read this comic a few months back, so long didn't read it all. I remember reading this from the local library at a young age

[@aaronwilder2775]

I love these videos !!!

[@jonathancramer4176]

I always thought Azrael was a dope character . When I was younger I was obsessed with him . They need to give him more shine , a cameo in a movie or something would be awesome if done right .

[@coreymasoy7034]

Great episode ⭐🔥💯

[@jasonbean7296]

I would never have read this. Now, I'm intrigued. Thanks.:)

[@darkhoodthefirst3758]

I LOVE AZREAL SO THANKS FOR DOING THIS

[@josemaflores6712]

Finally! Thanks! Could you do the complete intelligence storyline please?

[@TheMasterdunn]

I like this on how he explains this

[@codyreed2496]

I loved the concept it was a great story which shows the importance of bat-man

[@8RONZ3M4N]

Azbats!! I remember listening to the BBC audio drama adaptation of knightfall on the radio in the 90's. It was awesome!!

[@bardocktheagyar7576]

I loved the knightfall story line in the 90's its when i really got into comics even though the 90's comics get put diwn alot i loved them death of superman, knightfall all these comics were great

[@jasoncrihfield4563]

Jean Paul Valley is my favorite Azrael and alternative Batman. I love how DC incorporated so many different things into the Rebirth continuity from the Pre New 52. It is a nice little wink and nod to the past that made them great for the fans. If they decided to go with Michael Lane's Azrael, I don't think I would have cared about his inclusion to the DC universe.

[@ComicgeddonTV]

I really liked the Jean Paul Valley Batman... i liked it even more when he recolored his batman suit red and becsme Azrael Agent of the Bat

[@niconicovoid7323]

Can they retcon Ben Aflecks Batman? Like just say he was Azrael theres no way Bruce Wayne would blow up buildings with his Batmobile with no regard for if there were people inside them

[@jjjbj5965]

You kinda got what you wanted but idk if batinson will be any better

[@andrewjensen1146]

I thought that Batman specifically requested for Jean Paul Valley to take the mantle. He did not want either of the Robins to face Bane. My memory of Knightend is probably off, but I remember Azrael nearly strangling Robin, and Batman's response was, "I want no part of that, I'm sure if you looked deep into your heart you would find that you share some of the blame."

[@Willowphase2]

I loved Knightfall comic series and that version of Batman in the '90s and the BBC radio version was great as well (which combined Knightfall and Knightsend).

[@kingkai6569]

I like seeing him back and I also loved him in Arkham knight

[@BeachBumm4U]

Any good character can continue on with good writers and artists. I first read Knightfall and his first appearance Azrael Sword of Azrael, and loved them. He and Batman have similar issues, though Bruce is absolutely against murder, even to save his own life. I hope to see Jean Paul in the future, it’d be excellent to have Azrael fight with his red AzBats armor alongside the Bat Family, as he struggles to do the right thing, since nobody ever truly stays dead in comic books.

[@aleph-el9089]

Azrael Batman is AMAZING! Can you please do the knightfall Batman series?

[@naturalice79]

I loved this when I was a kid too!!

[@ll7868]

Batman issue #500 where Azrael took down Bane was amazing. I kept that issue in a box for nearly 20 years until I sent it, and a few others incl. the full DC vs Marvel series, to my favorite YTers kid brother last Xmas.

[@thebaneking4787]

I love this channel

[@ronniegreen3348]

I hope all of you have a good day

[@soiherduliekmudkipz8294]

I LOVE seeing azrael again,he was awsome to me and i was very sad when died

[@knightshifter2201]

Literally the best Batman ever!!!

[@KamuiCage]

The original batman suit with the knightfall claws was nice

[@mlo009]

The jaw-less mask was too cool back in the 90s. And his suit was extreme as hell with crazy gadgets. It's like Batman went ham.

[@DarthScrewtape27]

He’s absolutely a product of the 90s. He served his purpose. I’m not opposed to him being re-examined

[@ratedtriplex]

Dick didn't turn down being Batman. Bruce didn't ask him saying "he was his own man" or something like that. After Bruce came back and beat Azbats, he had Dick be Batman for a while. Also, Bruce left Gotham while Azbats was Bats to track down Robin's father and the doctor that was helping Bruce recover. Bruce kinda fell in love with her. I keep telling myself that this is an Azrael story and not a Knight fall/quest/end story but there's a lot of cool stuff to talk about. Like the time he faced Catwoman or the Joker, his 1st and 2nd fight with Bane. Azbats vs Nightwing.

[@joe3019772008]

the knight fall trilogy was my most incredibly favorite series in the older batman comics,when they made jean paul into the knightquest batman it was just fucking awesome.

[@metamtx3455]

I love this comic series

[@larrykingofsea9242]

I like this new style

[@_art_by_k_a_8441]

Amazing story.

[@azraelangelofred]

I always liked Jean Paul Valley and I'm thrilled that he's back.

[@sonofsparta6633]

I'M WITH YOU BENNY IM GLAD HE IS BACK !!!!

[@corvidus]

Could you do one of these caracter explenations on J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter?

[@chenierderrick]

I loved Azrael Batman! I was 12 when Knightfall came out. It was so cool.

[@azorahai3603]

Templars like Assasins Creed? I didn't know it was a real thing.

[@kratosthebeast4696]

You do know the Templars are real don't you

[@azorahai3603]

kratos thebeast4 i guess i do now, I never heard of them and never bothered to look them up

[@aimmingo]

Go ahead and look it all up. Happy hunting!

[@thuggalugga2167]

Marquise West ong

[@TheOssie98]

you must be living under the same rock as patrick

[@BigMike00]

One of the best

[@fivecentnickel4363]

I like seeing him back

[@Joe-fq6bz]

The suit was cool and knightfall is such a great storyline. My brother loved that 90's costume

[@corralg73]

His is one of my favorite , I hope all really good development and storyline

[@citizensupreme4705]

Wait...Wait sooo is the know your universe back?!!!AWESOME

[@triplecrosscounter]

I always wished they did a 2 part movie where the first movie has the events of sword of azrael and bane's back story, with more time being given to sword of azrael since everyone already knows bane. The first movie could end on bane freeing the innmates of Arkham and the second movie can have batman taking care of the villains and then getting broken by bane for the first half of the movie. The later half of the second movie has Azrael's 2 confrontations with bane with the movie ending after Az beats bane in the train.

[@IANGEL101I]

Awesome. Could you do a video on the other Azrael, Michael Lane?

[@hobohealer5933]

I literally was just watching something about Batman and this came on.

[@freemancoleman7515]

So im just getting into comics and was wondering where to begin so that im all caught up. I watch your videos to get a history, but im totally lost on whats going on now.

[@DarthArachnious]

His red and gold Knightfall suit was awesome. When that action figure became available I trolled the city trying to find it.

[@inthewildnorth5470]

I have been out of comics for some time except for Saga. But I picked up all of the "I am Bane" comics and now that I know that Azrael, A character I loved so much that I have his entire comic run is back... Well I am in!

[@ninjor9800]

The hero we need.

[@CallMeJozerr]

Thank you so much for saying that Batman used to be a fucking brute before you started this sortyline. Youcthe #GOAT comicstorian

[@Phil-pg1rd]

Knightfall was absolutely amazing