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

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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
Sales Rank: 290
Studio: DC Comics

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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.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A Strange Bat Tale
This is not your typical batman. Heck, this is not even the Miller Dark Knight. It makes Miller's Dark Knight seem like a puppy dog. This Batman kills and he kills with no reservations. Batman does not really behave as Batman but I can totally accept that because even a superhero has his moods or split personalities on certain days, no? The story is somewhat contrived as Batman is called to Asylum for help only to be put in a test where he has to face all his nemesis' and in the end everyone learns a lesson. It is deep and dreamy and the illustrations are fittingly dream-like and resemble abstract fine art. You won't even recognize Batman in this book. It is one of those books where you love or hate and guaranteed you will love after a few more readings if you're up to the task.

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- BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
Batman: Arkham Asylum, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean, was originally published in 1989. The fifteenth anniversary edition also contains Morrison's original script and storyboards. The inmates of Arkham Asylum have taken over the institution, and will only release their hostages if Batman comes inside. Batman deals with his own sanity as he confronts the usual crowd of villains.

Dave McKean's art is dark and atmospheric, and it fits the book perfectly. However, it's often so dark that it's difficult to tell what's going on, and a look at Morrison's script shows that the art doesn't incorporate half the imagery Morrison was going for (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).

Morrison goes for image overload here. Christian, pagan and mystic imagery are through the roof. Morrison throws all of it into the pot with the pretentious treatments of Freud, Jung and psychology ... Read More

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- Insert Batman to sell comic books
Wow what can I say about this graphic novel... I honestly didn't like this book, but just because I didn't like this book doesn't mean I can give it a 1 star. It was a book, it had color and technically it was completed. After reading this book I felt like the author's just wanted to shock me. It didn't feel like a true batman story, and the ending was a joke. I don't want to give anything away, but the way they made Harvey look in this book was horrible. Took his coin away and moved him Tarot cards, give me a break.

On the extra content, it's nice to have, but it's completely unneccesary. Infact after reading through it I was certian that the author was just trying for the shock and aww effect.

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- Good, but not Great
This is a pretty good Batman story, but has a few problems. First I'll start with the good. Personally I really liked the art work here. It's not the traditional comic book art work (which might bother some), but I think it fits the story they're trying to tell here. I like the theme and ideas of the book. It's easy to imagine with all the criminal master minds in Arkham that they would be able to take over the place (they seem to escape from there easy enough). Also, drawing comparisons between Batman and the crazies he's always battling against. Finally, I like this type of characterization of the Joker where her is a crazy kind of scary.

Now, for the not so good. Frankly I thought it was kind of short. I like my graphic novels to be lengthy and take some time to read. I blew right through this one. The other thing that I found kind of lacking was not a whole lot actually happened. I mean the ... Read More

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