Deacon Blackfire

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Deacon Blackfire
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Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman: The Cult #1 (1988)
Created by	Jim Starlin (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist)
In story information
Full name	Deacon Joseph Blackfire
Team affiliations	The Underworlders
Notable aliases	Shaman Blackfire

Deacon Blackfire is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, and an enemy of Batman. He first appeared in Batman: The Cult #1 (1988).

[edit] Fictional character history

Deacon Blackfire is the main antagonist in the four-issue miniseries, Batman: The Cult. Blackfire is a religious fanatic who may be over 100 years old^[1]. He forms an army in the sewers beneath Gotham City, largely composed of the homeless. Blackfire uses this army to begin a violent war on crime, which escalates into him taking over the entire city, resulting in it being isolated from the rest of the country. Blackfire captures and brainwashes Batman, temporarily making the Caped Crusader a member of Blackfire's cult. Batman eventually breaks his conditioning, but its aftereffects make it difficult for him to capture Blackfire. After a brutal search through the sewers, Batman confronts Blackfire, who demands that Batman kill him, making him a martyr. Batman refuses, and instead savagely beats Blackfire in front of his army. Blackfire's army turns on him and kills him.