24 Facts About Jean-Paul Valley

Jean-Paul Valley is the first character to assume the identity of Azrael, a member of a group of assassins who were created by the Order of St Dumas to bring justice in Gotham City.

Jean-Paul Valley is the second character to take the Batman name for a short time during the Knightfall storyline, known to be a more brutal incarnation.

Over time, Jean-Paul Valley would overcome his brainwashing and fight alongside Batman and his associates.

Jean-Paul Valley is not moved by internal or external forces that he doesn't already understand.

In November of 2018, Jean-Paul Valley would appear as a member of an incarnation of the Justice League team known as the Justice League Odyssey until its end in December of 2020.

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Jean-Paul Valley only learned of his new status upon the death of his father, who was his predecessor, at which time his conditioning was activated and he was called upon to take up the mantle of Azrael.

Jean-Paul Valley worked with Alfred Pennyworth to find Leah after he had captured Bruce Wayne, using the Batman costume to kill the other Order members.

Jean-Paul Valley worked with Alfred, demonstrating a detective's intuition in tracking LeHah's movements and later risking himself to rescue Bruce despite his traditional mission of vengeance.

Jean-Paul Valley's name is not revealed to Alfred and Bruce until the end of the story, at which point he claims it was his father's name.

Jean-Paul Valley is given a job as a security guard at WayneTech headquarters, and becomes an apprentice crimefighter alongside Batman and Robin, learning basic detective work.

Jean-Paul Valley plays a pivotal role in the Knightfall story arc, in which he stands in as Batman after Bruce Wayne is defeated and paralyzed at the hands of Bane.

Jean-Paul Valley decides that Bruce's tactics as Batman are obsolete and believes that he must fight criminals on their terms which makes him far more brutal and merciless, often even showing little regard for innocent bystanders.

Jean-Paul Valley grows increasingly violent and delusional, allowing the mass murderer Abattoir to fall to his death, thereby allowing one of Abattoir's still-living hostages to die.

Jean-Paul Valley has control problems with Tim Drake's partnership, emphasized when Jean-Paul Valley almost strangles him to death and bans him from the Batcave.

Jean-Paul Valley suffers from continuous hallucinations of both his father and St Dumas who tell him that he is the real Batman and that he must avenge his father's death.

Jean-Paul Valley is then sought out by Bruce Wayne, who feels responsible for his mental breakdown after attaining and losing the mantle of Batman.

Jean-Paul Valley discovers that his father's killer, Carlton Leah, is still alive.

Jean-Paul Valley's design was updated, with his main weapon being his sword rather than gauntlets.

Jean-Paul Valley's character was essentially the same, working as an enforcer for the Order of St Dumas.

Jean-Paul Valley is defeated due to the timely intervention of Zatanna and is placed in a different suit with a new guiding AI based upon Batman's best personality traits to counter Ascalon's influence.

Azrael does possess several weaknesses: due to the mental conditioning from The System, Jean-Paul Valley is only able to access his powers while suited up and his normal personality is suppressed for a more violent one.

Originally, the Azrael costume worn by Jean-Paul Valley was considered of a red and gold Kevlar armor resistant to bullets.

Jean-Paul Valley sometimes carries a flaming sword, and uses two retractable daggers hidden in the gauntlets of his costume that can be charged with thermal energy to increase their destructive power.

Jean-Paul Valley's Post-Flashpoint costume is consistent with his original pre-Flashpoint version although instead of being Kevlar, it is a special suit stylized after a medieval crusader called the "Suit of Sorrows", a special armor with an advanced AI that pinpoints the weakness within an opponent and enhances his original Azrael personality, making him a more dangerous fighter.