![]() I dabbled in Batman a little, but it was a little too grim for me (remember, this would be right around Knightfall). ![]() My first pull was GI Joe, and shortly before the original Joe run ended, I started reading the 90s classic Superboy. Tony Thornley: I got into comics in the early 90s. Tom Smithyman: Tony, you’re a superhero guy, but you’ve never read this book? Tell me how that’s possible? More importantly, what did you think of it? A side story (or is it really the main story) tells the origins of the asylum through the tragic tale of Amadeus Arkham. Batman must endure a special kind of hell as he confronts most of his rogues’ gallery, from Killer Croc to the Mad Hatter – even Maxie Zeus. Writer extraordinaire Grant Morrison crafted the story, which has the inmates literally taking over the asylum. That’s right, I have an original first edition – WITH a Joke drawing courtesy of a very kind Dave McKean, who did the amazing artwork for this book. ![]() I’m pretty sure I picked it up in college which, for me, started in the middle of that year. It’s hard (impossible really) for me to think that this book came out in 1989. ![]() That meshes well with Tony Thornley’s love of capes, laser guns and swords. While I often am drawn to some of the more independent titles, I have a serious weakness for most things Batman. We’ve taken several weeks off because of some other commitments (my fault entirely!), but we’re back now with one of the seminal Batman graphic novels of the last 30-plus years – Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth. ![]()
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