{"product_id":"batman-arkham-asylum-dc-compact-comics-9781799506997","title":"Batman: Arkham Asylum: DC Compact Comics","description":"\u003cb\u003eGrant Morrison and Dave McKean's all-time classic Batman story is now available in a portable, 5.5\" x 8.5\" format!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by legendary comics creator Grant Morrison and beautifully drawn by artist Dave McKean, \u003ci\u003eBatman: Arkham Asylum\u003c\/i\u003e stands as one of the most perennially revered Batman comics of all time. Now, this celebrated graphic novel is more accessible than ever before, in a casual reader-friendly Compact Comics Edition! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1920, following the death of his disturbed mother, brilliant psychologist Amadeus Arkham began the conversion of his ancestral home into a hospital for the treatment of the mentally ill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than half a century later, the Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane is a place of dismal corridors and oppressive shadows--a dark riddle in stone and timber, best left unsolved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin its claustrophobic walls, the demented and deformed enemies of the Batman brood in padded cells and unlit cellars, dreaming of a day when they might rise up and overthrow the world of reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat day has finally come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is April 1st, and the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Led by the Joker, Arkham's inmates issue a terrible ultimatum to the man responsible for their imprisonment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Batman must descend into this heart of darkness, confront his greatest foes, and face the truth of his own divided identity -- or condemn himself to share their fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DC Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781799506997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Grant Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299206365365,"sku":"9781799506997","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6f7e6e2c-fc85-4fdc-a47a-ad955bc0b719.jpg?v=1751985753","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/batman-arkham-asylum-dc-compact-comics-9781799506997","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}