Arkham Asylum #[nn] (1990) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Arkham Asylum (DC, 1990 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: [June] 1990
Key date: 1990-06-00
On-sale date: 1990-04-12
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $14.95; 19.95 CAD
Pages: 132
ISBN: 0-930289-56-0
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Batman, Bruce Wayne.

On the record: Harvey Award - Special Award for Excellence in Production (1990).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth	cover	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
1	-	blank page(s)	1
2	A	illustration	1	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
3	Indicia	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
4	Arkham Asylum	credits, title page	1
5	The Passion Play As It Is Played To-Day	illustration	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
6	Icaronycteris [Icon]	illustration	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
7	Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth	illustration	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Dave McKean
8	-	credits, title page	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
9	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Lewis Carroll; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
10	A Serious House on Serious Earth	comic story	102	script: Grant Morrison; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Amadeus Arkham, Batman Origin, Jonathan Crane, John Dee, Harvey Dent, Doctor Destiny, Commissioner James Gordon, Joker, The Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, Scarecrow, Jervis Tetch, Two-Face, Bruce Wayne Origin
11	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: Lewis Carroll; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
12	-	character profile	6	script: Grant Morrison; pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Batman, Black Mask, Clayface, John Dee, Harvey Dent, Doctor Destiny, Joker, Waylon Jones, Killer Croc, The Mad Hatter, Professor Milo, Preston Payne, Roman Sionis, Jervis Tetch
13	Biographies	text article	2	pencils: Dave McKean; inks: Dave McKean; colors: Dave McKean
14	-	blank page(s)	1
15	Dedication	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Grant Morrison, Dave McKean
16	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
17	-	blank page(s)	1

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Fifth Printing	price 14.95 USD; 24.95 CAD; barcode 76194120258700115
Second Printing	barcode 76194120258700112
Third Printing	barcode 76194120258700113
Fourth Printing	price 14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD; barcode 76194120258700114

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Batman: Arkham Asylum 15th Anniversary Edition #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-0425-9	2005	On eBay ›
Batman: Arkham Asylum 15th Anniversary Edition #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0424-4	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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