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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (often shortened to Batman: Arkham Asylum) is a Batman graphic novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean. The story follows the vigilante Batman, who is called upon to quell a maddening riot taking place in the infamous Arkham Asylum, a psychiatric hospital housing the most dangerous supervillains in Gotham City. Inside, Batman confronts many of his enduring rogues gallery, such as the Joker, Two-Face, and Killer Croc. As Batman ventures deeper, he discovers the origin of how the asylum was established, the history of its founder Amadeus Arkham, and the supernatural and psychological mystery that has been haunting the mansion.
Upon its release, the graphic novel garnered commercial and wide critical acclaim and is considered by many to be one of the greatest Batman stories of all time, and one of the best works in Grant Morrison's career. Morrison's narrative and Dave McKean's artistic style were described as more mature, unique, psychologically-driven and horror-oriented take on the Batman mythos and the distinctiveness from other conventional superhero works.[1] The graphic novel would later become the definitive story of Arkham Asylum, a critical part of the Batman mythos. The critically acclaimed, similarly titled video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, the first game in the Batman: Arkham series, was partially influenced by the graphic novel.[2]
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Batman (Fictitious character), Comic books, strips, English poetry, nyt:paperback-graphic-books=2009-09-06, New York Times bestseller, Adversaries, Cartoons and comics, Enemies, Graphic novels, Fiction, Heroes, Science fiction, Comics & graphic novels, superheroes, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Superheroes, Comics & graphic novels, science fiction, Comics & graphic novels, general, Comic books, strips, etc., Batman (fictitious character), fictionShowing 2 featured editions. View all 21 editions?
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Arkham Asylum: a serious house on serious earth
2004, DC Comics
in English
- 15th anniversary ed.
1401204244 9781401204242
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Arkham Asylum: a serious house on serious earth
1990, DC Comics Inc., TITAN BOOKS LTD
in English
1852862807 9781852862800
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"Batman created by Bob Kane"--P. [11].
In addition to the material originally published in 1989, this edition includes the full script with annotations by Grant Morrison, thumbnail layouts by Grant Morrison, original covers by Dave McKean, and an afterword by Karen Berger.
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