Batman Arkham Asylum Madness

Es ist das Haus des Schreckens. Es ist das Haus an der Friedhofsmauer. Es ist der Ort, den Batmans gefährlichste und irrste Gegner ihr Zuhause nennen, und Sie sind herzlich eingeladen, vierundzwanzig Stunden in den Mauern der Arkham-Irrenanstalt zu verbringen. Willkommen zu BATMAN - ARKHAM ASYLUM: MADNESS. In diesem Band leben und leiden Sie mit den Krankenschwestern, Ärzten, Wachleuten und Insassen dieser berühmt-berüchtigten Anstalt. Man muss schon zu einem besonderen Schlag gehören, um hier zu landen, ganz gleich, auf welcher Seite des Gesetzes man steht oder welchen Job man ausübt. Denn wenn die Mitternachtsstunde naht, wird es Zeit, alle Hoffnungen fahren zu lassen; dann sehnen sich die Insassen und das Personal gleichermaßen das Tageslicht herbei. um ihrer geistigen Gesundheit willen. Beten Sie, dass Sie rauskommen, bevor die Nacht anbricht. Beten Sie, dass Sie rauskommen, bevor Ihre Schicht zu Ende ist. Beten Sie, dass Sie nicht den Verstand verlieren.

Arkham Asylum is the most feared house in all of Gotham City. It contains the worst that the city has to offer. It is the place The Dark Knight's most dangerous and psychotic foes call home. Sam Kieth invites you to spend 24 hours in Arkham Asylum, the most unsettling place in the DC Universe.

"It is the House on Haunted Hill. It is the Last House on the Left. It is the place that Batman's most dangerous and psychotic villains call 'home,' and you are cordially invited to spend 24 hours within its walls. Welcome to the Arkham Asylum: Madness, 97-page special where readers will live and move and walk among the nurses, doctors, security guards, and inmates. It takes a special type of person to end up here, no matter what side of the law you're on, or what your job is. For when the midnight hour approaches, all hope is abandoned and inmates and workers alike will wish for the daylight-- and for their sanity. Pray you get out before the darkness comes. Pray you get out before your shift is over. Pray that you do not go mad" -- dust jacket.

When the quake strikes Gotham, Arkham Asylum closes up tight as a drum. Freed from their cells, the inmates have taken a rookie guard hostage as part of a devious contest: whoever tells the scariest tale "wins" the guard…to do with him as they wish.

Written by BRUCE JONES Art and cover by SAM KIETH In this original graphic novel, Batman meets his foe The Mad Hatter for the very first time - landing The Dark Knight in a Wonderland he could never have imagined, hot on the heels of a white rabbit. But is this strange place real or a hallucination? Robin and Alfred believe he's deep in delirium - but if that's the case, how does he manage to resolve several mysteries that have plagued Gotham City for decades... This fantastic tale is spun by renowned comics writer Bruce Jones (THE INCREDIBLE HULK) with surreal art by Sam Kieth (THE MAXX, BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM - MADNESS, LOBO).

Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a staple of the Batman universe, evolving into a franchise comprised of comic books, graphic novels, video games, films, television series and more. The Arkham franchise, supposedly light-weight entertainment, has tackled weighty issues in contemporary psychiatry. Its plotlines reference clinical and ethical controversies that perplex even the most up-to-date professionals. The 25 essays in this collection explore the significance of Arkham's sinister psychiatrists, murderous mental patients, and unethical geneticists. It invites debates about the criminalization of the mentally ill, mental patients who move from defunct state hospitals into expanding prisons, madness versus badness, sociopathy versus psychosis, the "insanity defense" and more. Invoking literary figures from Lovecraft to Poe to Caligari, the 25 essays in this collection are a broad-ranging and thorough assessment of the franchise and its relationship to contemporary psychiatry.

Written by DAN SLOTT Art by RYAN SOOK and WADE VON GRAWBADGER Painted Cover by ERIC POWELL Collecting the edgy 6-issue miniseries, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL examines the dark underbelly of Gotham's notorious "House of Madness!" Warren White, one of Gotham's most successful financiers, thought he could beat his jail rap by pleading insanity. Now he's finding out why you don't cop an insanity plea in Gotham! Expect appearances by Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, and the rest of Arkham's regulars - plus the debut of several new Rogues!

Led by the Joker, the patients of Arkham Asylum take over the building and threaten to murder the staff unless Batman agrees to meet with them, a situation that results in Batman being pushed to the brink of madness himself.