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Nate
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| Posted on 13-08-2005 23:57 |
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Talk about the most gloomish, distrubing book here.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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BigDaddy Gotham
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| Posted on 14-08-2005 00:59 |
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i actually havent read this ...yet! lol, just enver got around to checking it out, but it caught my attn when the anniversary edition came out a couple of months ago. ill likely check it out in another month or so when i believe the softcover will be released if i recall correctly from what is aw on the dc site. hows about a lil preview of what this is all about until then tho? 
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TheDarkKnight666
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| Posted on 14-08-2005 02:05 |
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i'd love to read it i heard its creepy
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Nate
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| Posted on 14-08-2005 03:03 |
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I've read it twice and its an example of a book that has to be read by everyone. Yes, its creepy. And distrubing too. But this book has somethign to do with that point where Batman and his villians like the Joker are alike with different goals.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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Darknight
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| Posted on 14-08-2005 22:48 |
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It is also very on the art end of comics. This is one of the few Batman things that the snobbish people can file under graphic novel. If you don't have time to read it, just flip through it and look at the pictures. It is really great.
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Drunken Fist
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| Posted on 15-08-2005 02:27 |
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It is definitely a dark and rather disturbing story. It briefly recounts the history of Arkham, and then focuses on Batman descending to the asylum, as the inmates have escaped and are holding the asylum employees hostage. The Dave McKean art is great, and some of the best parts are the little extras in the back. I have the first edition hardcover, so I don't know if this is in all the other versions, but there is a little thing in the back where the patients talk about their dreams. The Joker's is unsettling, and very revealing about what kind of person he is. It's a great book all around, and on the short list of "must read" Batman stories.
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TheDarkKnight666
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| Posted on 15-08-2005 14:53 |
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ill try to pick it up
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Detective
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| Posted on 17-08-2005 12:46 |
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How does Batman look in this? Or do I want to know? It's always in wrapper in the stores.
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| Posted on 17-08-2005 19:03 |
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I've been meaning to pick this up for a while now....
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BigDaddy Gotham
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| Posted on 28-10-2005 19:43 |
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well as most of you should now by now, theyve just released the paperback version of the anniversary edition which i hope to pick up in the next week or two. but in the meanwhile i was wondering if anyone knew anything about another book witha similar title and theme too i guess... "arkham asylum: living hell"
anybody checked this out yet? if so whatcha think, tell us how u like it and how it stands in comparison to the book this thread is really about, altho the answer might be obvious lol.
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Darknight
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| Posted on 31-10-2005 10:09 |
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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, was a miniseries that ran a few years ago. It was basically about a guy who pleaded insanity in court to avoid prison, so they sent him to Arkham. Things didn't work out to well for him.
It was a pretty good story, not really as artistic as Arkham Asylum is, more of just a good comic story. It is a good read, and focuses more on villains than the normal stuff does.
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