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Regarding the change from blue to red. When Azrael was fighting the mob and getting fired upon, his suit's paint started chipping off and he looked like he was covered in splotches of red. When the suit's paint fully peeled off due to a fire, it revealed that his armored suit was completely red underneath. No doubt this was done for artistic purposes to differentiate him from Batman during the climax as his "true colors" were revealed.

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Originally Posted by EternianJerkian

I thought that was the point of it? To poke fun at how 'extreme' a ton of 90s comics were and the popularity of the edgy anti-hero thing. And that the real Batman doesn't need a bulky suit of armour (except for when he actually does require such a thing, of course, like any other device or gadget he uses to take down particular villains). Was that the point of did my brain make up excuses for it? It's been such a long time since I've read comics from that era.

Pretty much. The reason why the Knightfall Saga succeeded in impressing readers was that Knightfall's story was specifically written to showcase why Batman was better than whatever the 90s wanted him to be. This was further reinforced by Azrael making rash decisions and being more unhinged than Batman.