Price: 24.95 USD; 30.95 CAD
Pages: 136
On-sale Date: 1989-10-05
Editing: Karen Berger (credited) (editor); Art Young (credited) (assistant editor); Jenette Kahn (credited) (editor-in-chief)
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Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
(Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 0 pages

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Reprints (8)

Issue Data

Awards:

Series Data

  • Color: color
  • Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
  • Binding: hardcover
  • Publishing Format: graphic novel
  • Publication Type: book

Indexer Notes

All artwork is painted/shadow box collage.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 2 pages

Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Actual cover is not identical to dust jacket cover. Instead it has an image of the icaronycteris as shown on pages 6-7 of book.

[Blank Pages]
(Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 3 pages

[A]
(Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Reprints (5)

[Indicia]
(Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page

Letters:
typeset
Reprints (2)

Arkham Asylum
(Table of Contents: 5)

credits, title page / 1 page

Letters:
?
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The Passion Play As It Is Played To-Day
(Table of Contents: 6)

illustration / 2 pages

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (13)

Icaronycteris [Icon]
(Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 2 pages

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (13)

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
(Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 2 pages

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (13)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

credits, title page / 2 pages

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (13)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages

Script:
Lewis Carroll (credited)
Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But I don't want to go among mad people...
Reprints (13)

A Serious House on Serious Earth
(Table of Contents: 11)

Batman / comic story / 102 pages

Script:
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Mrs. Arkham (dies in flashback); Pearl; "Mad Dog" Martin Hawkins (dies in flashback); Constance Arkham (dies in flashback); Henriette Arkham (dies in flashback); Charlie; Ruth Adams (introduction); Carl Jung; Aleister Crowley; Thomas Wayne (dies in flashback); Martha Wayne (dies in flashback); Joe Chill (flashback); Clayface; Croc; Dr. Charles Cavendish
Reprints (19)

Indexer Notes

All art work is painted/shadow box collage.
The Dr. Arkham flashbacks are a retelling of the story told by Len Wein in the entry for Arkham Asylum in Who's Who in the DC Universe (DC, 1985 series) #1. Constance and Henriette are named in this story.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages

Script:
Lewis Carroll (credited)
Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And is not that a Mother's gentle hand that withdraws your curtains...
Reprints (13)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Batman / character profile / 6 pages

Script:
Grant Morrison (credited)
Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (13)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited) (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:biography
Characters:
Grant Morrison; Dave McKean
Reprints (13)

[Blank Page]
(Table of Contents: 15)

blank page(s) / 1 page

[Dedication]
(Table of Contents: 16)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page

Script:
Grant Morrison (credited)
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Thanks to Judy Cartwright, Jim Clements, Neil Jones, Neil Gaiman…
Reprints (4)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks:
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors:
Dave McKean (credited)

[Blank Pages]
(Table of Contents: 18)

blank page(s) / 3 pages

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  1. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
    Batman
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. [Blank Pages]
  4. [A]
  5. [Indicia]
  6. Arkham Asylum
  7. The Passion Play As It Is Played To-Day
  8. Icaronycteris [Icon]
  9. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
  10. [no title indexed]
  11. ["But I don't want to go among mad people..."]
  12. A Serious House on Serious Earth
    Batman
  13. ["And is not that a Mother's gentle hand that withdraws your curtains..."]
  14. [no title indexed]
    Batman
  15. [no title indexed]
  16. [Blank Page]
  17. [Dedication]
  18. [no title indexed]
  19. [Blank Pages]
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