The Crime Bible is a religious book that has appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics.
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 rock Cain used to kill Abel.
Publication history
The
Crime Bible first appeared in the 2006 to 2007 series
52, in the sections dealing with
Renee Montoya and
Kate Kane. 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.
The
Crime Bible later appears 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.[ 52 #25 (December 2006)]
Final Crisis
In
Final Crisis, Libra uses the
Crime Bible to organize
along religious lines.
[Brownfield, Troy A Brief History (Because That's All There Is) of Libra , Newsarama, May 1, 2008] The Religion of Crime uses the
Crime Bible as their central text.
Collections
The limited series was collected into one volume:
-
The Question: Five Books of Blood (128 pages, hardcover, June 2008, )
In other media
The
Crime Bible appears in
DC Universe Online. In both the hero and villain campaigns, the player is tasked with stealing it from Bruno Mannheim.
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