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Batman

Arkham Asylum Anniversary Edition

By Dave McKean, Grant Morrison

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| Hardcover | 9781401204242

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In this groundbreaking painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day and demand Batman in exchange for their prisoners. Accepting their demented challenge, Batman is forced to live and endure the personal Continue

In this groundbreaking painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gotham's detention center for the criminally insane on April Fool's Day and demand Batman in exchange for their prisoners. Accepting their demented challenge, Batman is forced to live and endure the personal hells of the Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Two-Face and many other of his sworn enemies in order to save the innocents and retake the prison. During his run through this absurd gauntlet, the Darknight Detective's own sanity is in jeopardy. This special anniversary edition hardcover also reproduces the original script with annotations by Morrison and editor Karen Berger.

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    In the 1980s, graphic novels such as Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke offered a radical reformulation of Batman that transformed the character from pop icon into a gothic, existential, disturbed crusader for ve ... (read full critics)

    raintaxi published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  • " enjoy yourself out there. in the asylum. just don't forget...if it ever gets too tough... there's always a place for you here. "

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  • Story is not as deep as I'd hoped, but what's there is fantastic. The artwork puts this in its own category of graphic novels.

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    AlteredSoul said on Nov 3, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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