(2014 [January 2015])

DC, 2014 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
19.99 USD; 23.99 CAD
Pages
236
On-sale Date
2014-11-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [peel]
ISBN
978-1-4012-5124-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401251246 51999
Editing
Karen Berger (credited) (editor - original graphic novel); Art Young (credited) (assistant editor - original graphic novel); Scott Nybakken (credited) (editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Binding
softcover
Publishing Format
graphic novel

Issue 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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Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Philip Larkin (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A serious house on serious earth it is...
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Indexer Notes

Epigraph taken from Church Going by Philip Larkin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Indexer Notes

Publication data.

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

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Half-title page.

The Passion Play As It Is Played To-Day (Table of Contents: 4)

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Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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typeset

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Icaronycteris [Icon] (Table of Contents: 5)

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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - The 25th Anniversary Edition (Table of Contents: 6)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters
Dave McKean (credited)

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Indexer Notes

Title page.

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credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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typeset

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lewis Carroll (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But I don't want to go among mad people...
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A Serious House on Serious Earth (Table of Contents: 9)

Batman / comic story / 102 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
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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Indexer Notes

All art work is painted/shadow box collage.

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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foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lewis Carroll (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And is not that a Mother's gentle hand that withdraws your curtains...
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / character profile / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Joker; Two-Face; Black Mask; Mad Hatter; Croc; Doctor Destiny; Maxie Zeus; Clayface; Doctor Milo
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
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Characters
Grant Morrison; Dave McKean
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Indexer Notes

Creator biographies.

[Thanks] (Table of Contents: 13)

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Grant Morrison (credited); Dave McKean (credited)
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks to Judy Cartwright, Jim Clements, Neil Jones, Neil Gaiman...
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Unquiet Ground (Table of Contents: 14)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Batman
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Indexer Notes

Title page for bonus material illustrated with promotional image later used for 15th anniversary edition.

Unquiet Ground: Afterword by Karen Berger (Table of Contents: 15)

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Script
Karen Berger (credited)
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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (Table of Contents: 16)

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Script
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited); Grant Morrison (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited); Grant Morrison (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
typeset

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Indexer 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.

An Arkham Asylum Gallery (Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 16 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
Dave McKean (credited)

Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

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