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What it's all about...
Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's hugely popular tale sees the lunatics quite literally take over the madhouse. When The Joker and his psychologically-imbalanced cohorts gain control of Arkham Asylum and take a bunch of innocents hostage, the crazies challenge Batman to a deadly game of hide-and-seek in the mental home's dark corridors.

Why you should read it...
For many years DC's best-selling graphic novel, this depicts possibly the darkest incarnation of the Bat. Forced to enter his own psyche and face his demons, he's shown as a remorseless hunter whose search for justice leaves a whole host of bodies (both innocent and guilty) lying in his wake.