About this title: Batman: Arkham Asylum is Batman on the cutting edge, as he faces not only his most dangerous foes but his own inner demons as well. Full-color illustrations.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dc Comics
Date Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN-13:9781401204259ISBN:1401204252
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781401204259. read more
Edition: ANNIVERSARY ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TITAN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781845760229ISBN:1845760220
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 216 pages. (212 pages) in gotham city's home for the criminally insane, batman confronts his arch-nemeses, including the joker, two-face and more. before the battle is over, batman's mental straight-jacket will have been torn apart, exposing his every weakness and bringing him far closer to his foes than he could ever possibly have wanted! colour comic strip edition anniversary ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780446391894ISBN:0446391891
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Spine uncracked, book appears unread. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Subtitle: "a serious house on serious earth. " Beautiful McKean illustrations, creepy Morrison stpry... read more
Edition: First edition. Stated "First printing" with correct numbers 10-1
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Warner Books
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780446391894ISBN:0446391891
Description: Dave McKean. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover book is in Fine Condition with no writings, marks or defects. There are no cover or spine creases. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Bound in illustrated wraps as issued. Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book is in beautiful collector's condition read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Warner Books 1990
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780446391894ISBN:0446391891
Description: ISBN 0446391891. Trade Paperback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: D C COMICS
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781401204259ISBN:1401204252
Description: New. Batman: Arkham Asylum is Batman on the cutting edge, as he faces not only his most dangerous foes but his own inner demons as well. Full-color illustrations. read more
It's seems I can only really handle the truly terrifying, disturbing things in life when I see them in graphic novel form. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Not that insane super villains and their twisted antics against their super arch-nemesis can really be called representative of the "truly terrifying, disturbing things in life" but when you represent insanity in large, color illustrations, it becomes so much easier to envision and understand.
Recommended to fans of Batman, The Sandman series and the accompanying illustrations (it's not Gaiman, obviously) or just fans of messed-up stuff."
"I must admit that I was very excited to read this book. I didn't realize that there was a book of the same name as the recent (and excellent) Batman videogame and so I decided to check it out. The game doesn't borrow too much from the plot of the book. They both have Batman in an asylum captured by the inmates and run by Joker and they both have the journals of Amadeus Arkham woven throughout the narrative, but everything else is changed.
Lo and behold, the game is better. Not that there isn't a lot to love about this book. First the art is nearly perfect, rendered in stylized photogrpahy, modeling and paintings and woven in a unique array across the pages, it is gorgeous and evocative. The story, also, of Amadeus Arkham is striking and so too is the idea of Batman being just as crazy as the inmates and further, anyone who dedicates his life so fully to any ideal. Great stuff. Unfortunately the book is also all to quick to jump into silly pop psychology and is plane terrible even for pop psychology and is rampant with over the top displays of illogical emotion. In one particular segment, Batman, for no particular reason at all, remembers the night of his parents murder. That walking the Asylum halls could trigger this is believable, what happens next is not. Batman smashes a window, grabs a large chunk of glass and stabs himself in the hand, whispering the word 'Mommy.'
If you refrained from laughing there, many congratulations to you.
It's a shame that the book is too often terribly maudlin because the idea is sound, the examining of the psychology of villains and heroes is interesting and the art is gorgeous. If this book had been writtne by Gaimen, Moore, Loeb, etc. it could have been great. As it is, however, it's just good (give this review an extra star if you could care less about poor writing when there's great artwork involved: this is some seriously beautiful work)"
"I was recommended this book for its supposed ability to portray Batman in a way other graphic novels just haven't been able to. We were to see a Batman who would face his greatest challenge, not physically, but mentally.
That was the idea. The result of Morrison's efforts though is a book that lacks proper flow. It tries hard to be deep and thought-provoking, but it just doesn't have any complex layers.
Readers will be shocked to see how easily Batman's foes place him in a state of mental anguish. The action is limited, but the whining is in vast abundance.
The only positive quality I can assign to this book is the artwork.
Aside from that, I implore everyone to stay away from this piece. When your vague subplot proves ten times more interesting than your actual storyline...well you have a problem then Mr. Morrison..."
"I would love to do a dissertation on Arkham Asylum. I want a Ph.D in Nerd. I loved the idea of the Joker being beyond insane - being so far past what normal humans define as sanity that it's as if he's evolved to the next level of human awareness. It's balanced with a broken Two-Face who has been weaned off his coin and on to a deck of cards. The result is a man that can't make any decisions for himself, rendering him helpless and broken. And of course The Batman is in the middle of all of it, trying to define himself and decide what he is."
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