Edited sentence: Azrael fights through the league of assassins to stay as Azrael.Azrael fights with Merlyn then Talia al Ghul.Azrael later fights Nightwing who need's to decide whether he should operate in Gotham.Dumas to act as Azrael.In the past you see Jean Paul Valley committing a brutal crime, and the order purity wonders if Valley has gone insane.In the present, you see the dangerous Batman imposter Michael Lane is recruited by the Order of St.Merlyn and the League of Assassins then appear to reclaim the Suit of Sorrows.The story of the series begins in Azrael: Death's Dark Night, continues in the annuals of Batman and Detective Comics, and continues in the beginning of the main series.When Nightwing makes his decision you see Lane's early days as a GCPD cop, and the Third Ghost of Batman.You then witness the creation of the New Order Purity and see Michael Lane's past