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Issue: Batman: Arkham Asylum - The 25th Anniversary Edition #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2014
 
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Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/05/2014
Volume:
Pages: 236
ISBN: 9781401251246
UPC/EAN: 978140125124651999
Price: $23.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 18 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Second printing available February 3, 2016; third printing available September 7, 2016; and fourth printing available April 12, 2017 (per comiclist.com).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: graphic novel
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FlagBatman: Arkham Asylum #[nn] published August 2020
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Genres: superhero
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First Line: A serious house on serious earth it is...
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Batman: Arkham Asylum

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The Passion Play As It Is Played To-Day

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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - The 25th Anniversary Edition

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First Line: But I don't want to go among mad people...
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A Serious House on Serious Earth

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dr. Amadeus Arkham (flashback); Mrs. Arkham (dies in flashback); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin flashback); Commissioner Gordon; Joker; Pearl; "Mad Dog" Martin Hawkins (dies in flashback); Constance Arkham (dies in flashback); Henriette Arkham (dies in flashback); Charlie; Ruth Adams (introduction); Two-Face; Carl Jung; Aleister Crowley; Thomas Wayne (dies in flashback); Martha Wayne (dies in flashback); Joe Chill (flashback); Mad Hatter; Clayface; Doctor Destiny; Scarecrow; Maxie Zeus; Croc; Dr. Charles Cavendish
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The Dr. Arkham flashbacks are a retelling of the story told by Len Wein in the entry for Arkham Asylum in Who's Who in the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #1. Constance and Henriette are named in this story.
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First Line: And is not that a Mother's gentle hand that withdraws your curtains...
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Character(s): Batman; Joker; Two-Face; Black Mask; Mad Hatter; Croc; Doctor Destiny; Maxie Zeus; Clayface; Doctor Milo
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Character(s): Grant Morrison; Dave McKean
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Thanks

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First Line: Thanks to Judy Cartwright, Jim Clements, Neil Jones, Neil Gaiman...
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Unquiet Ground

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Disclose Notes: Title page for bonus material illustrated with promotional image later used for 15th anniversary edition.
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Unquiet Ground: Afterword by Karen Berger

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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

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Disclose Notes: Full script and notes. Includes promotional art for the original graphic novel, later used as the cover to the 15th anniversary edition, and Grant Morrison's original thumbnail layouts for the first version of the graphic novel.
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An Arkham Asylum Gallery

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Disclose Notes: Thumbnails, warm-up sketch, original hardback cover, original Japanese cover, and other related artwork by McKean.

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