He’s like a overtly religious Lyle Lanley trying to sell Gotham City a monorail to heaven. It’s the classic tale of a snake oil salesman. The key to Blackfire’s character is that he gives Gotham’s hopeless something to believe in that isn’t immediately villainous or terrifying. “Batman: The Cult”, written by Jim Starlin, beautifully drawn by Bernie Wrightson, and colored by Bill Wray, tells the story of Deacon Blackfire’s subjugation of Gotham City’s homeless and poor, his rise to power over the entire helpless city, and his eventual (obvious) downfall. You’ll probably get a sense of what broadly happens over the course of its four oversized issues, and that’s only because Blackfire’s current “circumstance” in “Batman Eternal.” With that in mind, I suppose I’ll mark this article as having light spoilers for the events of “The Cult” and recommend that everybody read this tremendous Batman tale either way. If Azrael is incarcerated at the Gotham City Police Department, Deacon Blackfire and Azrael develop an animosity towards each other as both villains consider themselves to be God's rightful representative.As I always try to, I’m going to explain to you why this story is so very good without spoiling the whole thing for you or giving you a detailed plot rundown. Moments later at the Gotham City Police Department, Deacon Blackfire is handed to Aaron Cash and the police officers with him to have him locked up in their cells. After the cultists are defeated, Batman disables the electrical generators powering the sacrificial cage, defeats Deacon Blackfire, and frees Jack Ryder. Batman arrives at the Lady of Gotham statue where he fights Deacon Blackfire's cultists to get to Deacon Blackfire and Jack Ryder. He is seen at the Lady of Gotham statue about to sacrifice Jack Ryder when he gets too close in investigating Deacon Blackfire's cult. Deacon Blackfire is the villain behind the "Lamb to the Slaughterer" side quest.
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