Azrael: Agent of the Bat #47

Part of DC's 1998 "Road to No Man's Land" build-up, this issue of *Azrael: Agent of the Bat* arrives as a bonus 2-in-1 flip book — and the cover makes clear something significant is beginning. The striking cover by Glen Orbik, Roger Robinson, and James Pascoe depicts Azrael in his armored suit, blazing swords at the ready amid a fiery orange backdrop, while Batman swoops in below — a guest appearance the cover proudly announces. Adding to the intrigue, a golden-gauntleted figure identified as Nicholas Scratch looms large in the upper right, promising a compelling new presence in Azrael's world courtesy of writer Dennis O'Neil, artist Roger Robinson, and inker James Pascoe.