The Crime Bible is a fictional religious book that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. The book and the religious groups that have formed around it exist within DC's main shared universe, known as the DC Universe.
| Crime Bible | |
|---|---|
 The first page from Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood #1 depicting a page from the Crime Bible, with art by Steve Lieber and Eric Trautmann. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | 52 |
| In story information | |
| Type | Book |
| Element of stories featuring | Darkseid |
The book deals with the exploits of Cain and his works of evil in the world, in association with Lilith. The copy of the Bible seen most often in the DCU allegedly has a cover of stone, made from the physical rock used to kill Abel.
Publication history
editThe Crime Bible first appeared in the 2006 to 2007 series 52, in the sections dealing with the characters Renee Montoya and Batwoman. The story was continued in the later part of 2007 in Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood, a five-issue limited series featuring Montoya as the Question.[1] Since then, it has reappeared as the inspiration for the villains facing Batwoman in Detective Comics, in which a rift develops between the followers of the Crime Bible based on differing interpretations of its teachings.
Bruno Mannheim uses the Crime Bible to help in running Intergang.[2]
Final Crisis
editIn Final Crisis, Libra uses the Crime Bible to organize supervillains along religious lines.[3] The Religion of Crime uses the Crime Bible as their central text.
Collections
editThe limited series was collected into one volume:
- The Question: Five Books of Blood (128 pages, hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1799-0)[4]
In other media
editThe Crime Bible appears in DC Universe Online. In both the hero and villain campaigns, the player is tasked with stealing it from Bruno Mannheim.
References
edit- ^ Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ 52 Week Twenty-Five
- ^ Brownfield, Troy A Brief History (Because That's All There Is) of Libra Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, May 1, 2008
- ^ "Trade profile at DC". Dccomics.com. 2010-04-21. Archived from the original on 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
External links
edit- Crime Bible at the DC Database Project
- Into the Crime Bible With Greg Rucka, Newsarama, August 31, 2007
- Geoff Johns Talks to Greg Rucka About The Crime Bible: The Five Books of Blood, Newsarama, October 31, 2007
- Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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