Arkham Asylum
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Arkham Asylum is a prison that features in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
The New 52
Overview
Inhabitants
Staff
- Jeremiah Arkham :
Patients
- Joker :
Notes
- Arkham Asylum was created by Dennis O'Neil and Irv Novick where it made its first appearance in Batman v1 #258 (October 1974).
In other media
Television
- In the Gotham television series, Arkham Asylum was shown to be part of the Arkham District within Gotham City. It was said to had been closed down 15 years ago with the Wayne family sponsoring the redevelopment of the site to help the unfortunate. After their death, Mayor Aubrey James planed to improve upon the district using the Arkham Plan created by Thomas Wayne. It was usurped by the crime families of Gotham with both Carmine Falcone and Sal Morani fighting to take control of it. Hostilities would erupt when key councilmen being murdered by the opposing family through a hired hitman who killed councilman Zeller that was allied with Maroni and Council Ron Jenkins allied with Falcone. Jenkins was burnt alive by the hitman within Arkham Asylum leading tot he involvement of the Gotham City Police Department to catch the murderer. Afterwards, Mayor James held a press conference regarding the Arkham Plan stating that Falcone would handle the small housing developments in the Arkham District whilst Maroni refurbished the Asylum itself to make it operational.
Films
- In Batman: Assault on Arkham, Arkham Asylum featured in the animated film. Amanda Waller dispatched the Suicide Squad to the Asylum in order to recover a thumb drive in the Riddler's cane containing Task Force X files that needed to be recovered.
- In Suicide Squad, Arkham Asylum was shown in the DC Extended universe in the live-action film. It was shown in flash back sequences where the Joker was locked away inside and visited by psychiatrist Dr. Harleen Quinzel.
- In Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants, Arkham Asylum made an appearance in the direct to video animated film. An Arkham Division (ARK) was shown to exist in the Gotham police with officers stationed as security for Arkham Asylum. The Penguin and Mr. Freeze broke into the Asylum where they freed Bane, Killer Croc, Chemo and Clayface.
Video games
- In Batman: Arkham Asylum, the location served as the primary setting within the video game. A viral website that released with the game identified ArkhamCare that was the public face of the institution that offered a range of services for the care of patients.
- In Batman: The Telltale Series, Arkham Asylum was mentioned in the 2016 video game. Mrs. Cobblepot had supposedly been falsely committed to the institution by Thomas Wayne who had sent other innocents into the Asylum. Harvey Dent desired to shut down the institution and replace it with a state of the art mental health care facility. Oswald Cobblepot along with a group called the Children of Arkham had formed with the intention of publically exposing Thomas Wayne's imprisonment of innocents to the public.
Appearances
- Batman:
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