Books : Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401204259
ISBN: 1401204252
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 216
Publication Date: November 01, 2005
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Studio: DC Comics
Sales Rank: 727

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In this groundbreaking, painted graphic novel, the inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over Gothams detention center for the criminally insane on April Fools Day, demanding Batman in exchange for their hostages.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 sworn enemies in order to save the innocents and retake the prison.During his run through this absurd gauntlet, the Dark Knights own sanity is placed in jeopardy.This special anniversary edition trade paperback also reproduces the original script with annotations by Morrison and editor Karen Berger.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Joker really are wild....
This is dark, creepy and so much fun. Got me hooked and ready for more. Those who are interested in the much more bitter side of any graphic novel will get a lovely little kick out of this one. I had to read it twice to take in all of the amazing details both written and drawn. It was wonderful to see the not so goofy side of the Joker and all of gang in Arkham, including Batman himself.

Rating:

- One Giant Headtrip
To start things off, this entire book is gorgeous. It's entirely painted and looks beautiful while capturing the insanity and twisted elements of the characters and the Joker is captured perfectly. I was also pleased that this comic had the backstory of how Arkham got started and became the twisted and insane manor it is. You get a deeper look into how twisted Joker is and what Arkham can do to the in-mates and gets pretty violent in parts. I'd rate this comic right below Killing Joke as far as Joker ... Read More

Rating:

- GREAT BOOK
Its a very good book, with awesome, yet graphic drawings,well maybe not that graphic. The joker is a pretty dark character in this book,very well written story, not exactly what I was looking for, but a great item for batman fans nonetheless.

Rating:

- Good Art; Poor Story
I liked McKean's artwork a lot when I first read this book but, returning to it today, the style seems overly familiar. In some places the level of darkness and number of symbolic artifacts seems to edge into self-parody.

The basic story is very weak -- Batman walks about the asylum beating up his old enemies. The real emphasis is on how these villians illustrate parts of Batman's character. Personally, I found this less than convincing.

Part of the problem for me is that I ... Read More

Rating:

- Disappointing
After watching The Dark Knight I was very excited and eager to read more about Batman. I have been a comic book addict ever since I can remember, but mostly I bought Marvel comics and had only occasionally read Batman. Anyway, I researched in the internet for the best / most important Batman TPBs available and Arkham Asylum was listed everywhere as one of them (in some places even among the top 5). For this reason and also because of the reviews here, I decided to buy this one. But it turned out to be ... Read More

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