Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition) | Grant Morrison

Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition) | Grant Morrison | Maybe Not So Much a Classic

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	Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition) Grant Morrison DC Comics, 2005 - 216 pages average customer review:based on 57 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

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ARKHAM ASYLUM

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY BATMAN COLLECTION, I MEAN ASIDE FROM THE ORIGINS AND WHAT NOT. THIS BOOK IS THE BEST DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF THE HOLDING PLACE FOR BATMAN'S ROGUE GALLERY.

ANYTHING WITH GRANT MORRISON'S NAME ATTACHED TO IT IS ALMOST GOOD AS GOLD, AND DAVE MCKEON'S ART TAKES THE ENTIRE STORY TO ANOTHER MANIC LEVEL.

IF I COULD GIVE THIS TO EVERYONE LOOKING, LISTENING OR DREAMING ANYTHING BATZ, I WOULD... 15 MILLION THUMBS UP!!!! AND AN AMAZON DISCOUNT TO BOOT!

Maybe Not So Much a Classic

Somehow being a huge comic and graphic novel fan and even being a big Batman fan - for decades - I never got around to reading this. I finally did and was pretty disappointed. Dave McKean's fantastic art made it worth reading, but the writing was not something that would make this book anything close to a classic in the Batman canon. The intercutting tale of Arkham's namesake is interesting but not that rewarding. The other tale featuring Batman's criminally insane foes comes off as rather simplistic and watered down when compared to some of the Dark Knights better books.

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