Jean-Paul Valley
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Jean-Paul Valley is Azrael, a man raised and conditioned by the secret Order of St. Dumas as a sleeper agent and assassin, first appearing in Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 in 1992. Created by Denny O'Neil and Joe Quesada, he became most widely known for temporarily replacing Bruce Wayne as Batman during the Knightfall storyline in 1993-1994, after Wayne was incapacitated by Bane. He later headlined his own ongoing Azrael series that ran for over 100 issues.
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