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Blackfire was locked up in the GCPD Lockup along with the villains that Batman defeated. Despite Blackfire's followers attempts at defeating Batman, Batman was able to grapple to the grate gate, took down Blackfire, and rescued Ryder. Blackfire prepared to sacrifice Ryder, but he was interrupted by Batman. He took part in human abduction and sacrifice, and believed the way to achieve immortality was to bathe in human blood.ĭeacon Blackfire was the antagonist in the Most Wanted Mission, " Lamb To The Slaughter."Īfter Batman rescued Oracle, Jack Ryder went to investigate the Lady of Gotham for his story, but he was captured by Deacon Blackfire and his followers for sacrifice. He hath separated me above all and promised me and my children their rightful place in the new kingdom." ―Deacon Blackfire's sermon Ī self-proclaimed deacon, Joseph Blackfire had a long history of tax evasion and other federal offences, and sold people several cons until he came to believe his own lie that humanity was fickle and soon to damnation and that he alone was blessed by God Himself.īlackfire had amassed a cult of Gotham City's homeless who accept his fanatical beliefs that the world's end was nigh and those who accepted him would be the ones to survive. He also has an extended lifespan.ĭeacon Blackfire appears in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by Marc Worden." I am the messenger of truth for the Lord hath anointed me with His sacred oils. Powers and abilities ĭeacon Blackfire has mind-control abilities. The ghost of Deacon Blackfire returns in DC Rebirth, attempting to possess his only remaining blood relative as a means of resurrection. īetween their first encounter and the time of Eternal, the Deacon has taken over the body of Maxie Zeus, in attempt to regain entry into this world. Deacon Blackfire refuses multiple times, and his disillusioned army turns on him and appears to beat him to death. Batman is able to break the pipe that he is chained to, and in a reversal of their confrontation in Batman: The Cult, orders the Deacon to kill him to prove himself in front of his followers. Batman, however, brought up the question of why Deacon Blackfire would not kill him himself, if he was as powerful as he wanted his army to believe. He attempted to do the same with Batman, keeping him chained and drugged in his basement for seven days and seven nights, but the Dark Knight's resiliency led to the Deacon ordering his devotees to kill him. The Deacon had an army of devoted homeless and underprivileged, but he also kept many of them drugged and under his control. In the same issue, flashbacks are shown of the previous time Batman encountered the Deacon. When Batwing and the Spectre (as Jim Corrigan) uncover the secret of the asylum, both are captured by Blackfire and his demonic army. In The New 52 reboot, Deacon Blackfire is an evangelist who is the center of the occult power permeating Arkham Asylum, with the Joker's Daughter as his enforcer.

Īs part of the Blackest Night event, Blackfire's corpse is reanimated by a black power ring and recruited to the Black Lantern Corps in Blackest Night: Batman #1 (October 2009). Blackfire's army turns on him and rips him to shreds. Batman refuses, and instead savagely beats Blackfire in front of his army.

After a brutal search through the sewers, Batman confronts Blackfire, who demands that Batman kill him, making him a martyr. Batman eventually breaks his conditioning, but its aftereffects make it difficult for him to capture Blackfire.

Blackfire captures and brainwashes Batman, temporarily making the Caped Crusader a member of Blackfire's cult, during which Batman breaks his cardinal rule of not killing. 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. He forms an army in the sewers beneath Gotham City, largely composed of the homeless. Fictional character biography ĭeacon Joseph Blackfire is the main antagonist in the four-issue miniseries, Batman: The Cult, to which Blackfire is a con man and cult leader who may be over 100 years old. He first appeared in Batman: The Cult #1 (1988) and was created by Jim Starlin and Bernie Wrightson. Blackfire claimed to be a Native American shaman who was entombed alive after being found guilty of killing a tribal chief and committing heresy. Blackfire is stated as being over 100 years old, and is often portrayed as a power-crazed charismatic con artist and cult leader skilled in manipulation and brainwashing.