Arkham Asylum

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Arkham Asylum (Template:IPAc-en) is a fictional psychiatric hospital appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in stories featuring Batman. It first appeared in Batman #258 (October 1974), written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Located in Gotham City, the asylum houses patients who are criminally insane, as well as select prisoners with unusual medical requirements that are beyond a conventional prison's ability to accommodate. Its high-profile patients are often members of Batman's rogues gallery.

History

Located in Gotham City, Arkham Asylum is where Batman's foes who are considered to be mentally ill are brought as patients (other foes are incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary). Although it has had numerous administrators, some comic books have featured Jeremiah Arkham. Inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft, and in particular his fictional city of Arkham, Massachusetts,[1][2] the asylum was introduced by Dennis O'Neil and Irv Novick and first appeared in Batman #258 (October 1974); much of its history was established by Len Wein during the 1980s.

Arkham Asylum has a poor security record and high recidivism rate, at least with regard to the high-profile cases—patients, such as the Joker, are frequently shown escaping at will—and those who are considered to no longer be mentally unwell and discharged tend to re-offend. Several of its staff are corrupt or insane.

Gotham criminals deemed "criminally insane" or "mentally unfit" by the court of law are treated at Williams Medical Center before being assessed if they are dangerous enough to be committed to Arkham Asylum.[3]

Origins

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Arkham Asylum in Detective Comics (vol. 2) #14 (January 2013). Art by Jason Fabok.

Arkham Asylum has a long and brutal history, beginning when its architect became mentally unwell, killed several workers with an axe, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Arkham.[3] Arkham's founder, Amadeus Arkham, previously killed his mother due to her mental illness and suppressed the memory, believing her death to be a suicide. Later, serial killer Martin Hawkins, also known as Mad Dog, kills Amadeus' wife and daughter. Following this, Amadeus kills Hawkins during electroshock therapy and is committed to Arkham, where he eventually dies.[4][5]

Publication history

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Arkham Hospital in Batman #258 (October 1974). Art by Irv Novick.

In Batman #258, it is named as Arkham Hospital, although it is not clear what kind of hospital it is. Arkham Asylum first appeared in another Dennis O'Neil story the following year, but it was not until 1979 that Arkham Asylum completely replaced Arkham Hospital, and the occasional Arkham Sanitarium, as the institution's name. Also in 1979, the move to have the asylum closer to Gotham had begun; that was completed in 1980, when Batman #326 by Len Wein described the asylum's location in the suburbs of Gotham City.

Arkham Asylum has been demolished or destroyed several times in its history, including Batman: The Last Arkham, Batman: Knightfall, and Batman Eternal.[6]

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Patients

Originally, Arkham Asylum was used only to house genuinely mentally ill patients having no connection to Batman, but over the course of the 1980s, a trend was established in having the majority of Batman's adversaries end up at Arkham.

Arkham Asylum is also featured in other DC Comics publications, apart from the Batman comic book titles. In Alan Moore's run in Swamp Thing, the Floronic Man is detained there and, in The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman, Doctor Destiny escapes the asylum to wreak havoc on both the real and dream worlds. It has also been featured in varying capacities in a number of DC miniseries events, such as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Identity Crisis, Day of Vengeance and Countdown to Final Crisis, among others.

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Others

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Graphic novels featuring Arkham Asylum

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Batman's rogues at Arkham Asylum. Cover art of Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81 (September 1998 DC Comics). Art by Glen Orbik.

Arkham Asylum is featured in the graphic novels Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, Batman: The Last Arkham, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, Black Orchid, Arkham Reborn, and Batman: The Man Who Laughs. A Serious House on Serious Earth has been critically acclaimed, having been called "one of the finest superhero books to ever grace a bookshelf."[46] IGN ranked it as number four in a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels, behind The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, and Year One,[47] whilst Forbidden Planet named it number eight in their "50 Best of the Best Graphic Novels" list.[48]

Other versions

  • An alternate future version of Arkham Asylum appears in The Dark Knight Returns.
  • Arkham Asylum appears in JLA: The Nail, where it is destroyed during a battle between Batman and the Joker.
  • Arkham Asylum appears in Batman: Crimson Mist, where a vampiric Batman kills most of its inmates.

In other media

Television

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See also

Notes


References

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