Batman / Deathblow: After the Fire
DC · 2002 · 3 issues
About the series
In the wake of a devastating explosion that rocks Metropolis, Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo unite Batman and the black-ops specialist Deathblow for a gritty, three-issue DC miniseries from 2002. This hard-boiled thriller follows the two dark, pragmatic heroes as they navigate a conspiracy rooted in urban warfare and moral compromise. Bermejo's visceral, photo-realistic art grounds Azzarello's terse, street-level script in a world where even the most righteous vigilante must confront the cost of survival. A tense, character-driven cross-over that showcases two of the era's most acclaimed storytellers at the peak of their noir-inflected powers.