Dick comes to terms with what he didn't do to help Prodigy, but claims his failures doesn't justify the destruction of the city. Back in the circus, due to jealousy, Dick allowed the Prodigy to be nearly beaten to death. Azrael forces Dick to come to terms with his childhood sin. Despite her sisters pleading, Selina refuses to kill her sister causing her to fail Azrael's tests.ĭick Grayson is the last to be tested by Azrael, and is confronted by an old acquaintance from his time in the circus, only known as The Prodigy. Selina's test is whether or not she will sacrifice her sister in the name of God. Selina is the next to be tested by Azrael, who has been joined by his sister, Maggie Kyle. Not wanting to lie, and actually fail the test, Tim admits his lack of faith, and Azrael deems him unworthy of saving the city. Azrael judges Tim with the Sword of Sin, and see's that his is truly free of sin, but before the city can be spared, The Crusader interjects, claiming he did not honor god, while he saved those trapped inside of a burning church. Not willing to sacrifice anyone's life, Tim manages to save all the bystanders, and make it to the mayor in time to spare him.

The test is whether or not Tim is willing to sacrifice the lives of the innocent to save a sinner. Azrael hold's Gotham's mayor captive, while The Crusader endangers countless innocents on Tim's path to saving the mayor. Meanwhile Ra's al Ghul charges Fireball full of solar energy, turning him into a living bomb, capable of leveling the city.

The Crusader suggests that the three heroes were summoned there by god, and Azrael believes that they should be tested individually to see if there is one good soul, that is worthy enough to have Gotham city spared from God's wrath. In between the Angels of Death and the destruction of Gotham City stand Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Selina Kyle. The Crusader claims the city is drenched in sin, deserving of God's wrath, to which Azrael agrees. But standing in Azrael's way will be the likes of Dick Grayson, Tim Drake and Selina Kyle.Īzrael returns to Gotham where he meets the crazed zealot, The Crusader, who vows loyalty to him. The story depicts Azrael, as he sees Gotham City as the modern day Sodom and Gomorrah, and they only way to purify the city from its sins is to destroy it. Rachel Gluckstern Judgment on Gotham is a 2011 comic book story arc that ran through monthly series.

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