Pick it up today, either in back issue bins or in one of many trade collections this story appears in. I’d say probably the only bad thing about it is the completely bizarre Batmobile design of the era and I don’t think that one is Breyfogle’s fault. It’s a genuinely great comic and it’s completely timeless. It’s not just “good for a Batman story” or “good for the big two” or anything like that.
When I read stories like this, it just makes me think that I wish I’d gotten into Batman a little earlier. I’m still personally discovering that I actually like Batman.
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His cadence of speech is haunting (which letterer Todd Klein captures so perfectly), and Breyfogle and Adrienne Roy make his gaunt pale form feel more like a supernatural boogeyman than an all-too human serial killer. Both Grant and Breyfogle are at the height of their power when he’s on the page. Zsasz makes his first appearance in these issues, and if you didn’t know that going in, you’d easily assume that he’d existed for years. On the flip side, though, is the actual villain introduced here. Grant captures this perfectly, creating a fantastic antagonist, who isn’t a villain. Yes, he’s doing what he’s doing to cure patients, but he’s doing it in cruel and unethical ways, using therapies that would even get most fake doctors drummed out of the profession. Jeremiah is a fantastic antagonist that you can’t help but hate.
While many fans will point to Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On A Serious Earth as the ultimate modern version of Arkham, this story has a much stronger influence on the Asylum as we see it today. This is an absolutely fantastic Bat-read (sorry, not sorry). Unfortunately, Jeremiah Arkham has recently taken over administration of the facility that holds his family name, and he won’t let things like ethics or morals stand in the way of curing his patients, and that includes Batman! Batman and Gordon concoct a plan to get him into Arkham to try to discover how Zsasz is committing the latest string of crimes. The logo is more complicated and less satisfying to look at compared to city’s. It looks fantastic in the Arkham knight dlc but is a bit iffier in its original game release. The serial killer Zsasz has struck again, but he’s still locked up firmly in Arkham. Asylum (The same as city’s but less refined. (s22) BATMAN and all characters, their distinctive likenesses, and related elements are.
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