Pilot: Arkham Reborn
This week’s Impulse article focuses on the premiere issue of the three-part mini-series, Arkham Reborn. The name kind of gives the basic set-up away—the recently blown-to-smithereens Arkham Asylum receives new brick and mortar—but the real bulk of the issue comes from an unexpected source. Here’s a preview:
Welcome to another installment of Pilot! As comic book readers ourselves, we at Impulse know how important it is to get a quality bang for money spent on a single issue. Comic prices add up, after all! So every so often we’ll take an in-depth look at a new title or mini-series. We’ll give you the heads up on whether it’s is worth getting into or passing up. If it’s good, then you’ll know. If it’s not so good … well, we read it so you don’t have to.
Heroes are defined by their villains. For Batman and Robin and their allies, Gotham’s rogues are no exception. Gotham bears a pulse similar to that of its characters; whether considering heroes or the lunatics who they hunt, the city acts as a thriving playground that fuels the vicious activity. Of course, the beating heart of the expansive Gotham lurks in the background, away from the sirens and floodlights on rooftops. Arkham Asylum offers pitiless refuge for the criminally insane who the costumed heroes beat up and drag into the confines of its stone walls. However, the asylum with an infamous past was built on a foundation as mad as its colorful inmates, and the new mini-series Arkham Reborn emphasizes the link between the old and the new. True fans of Batman comics will be sore to miss the construction not only of a new Arkham, but a new philosophy in dealing with its patients, as well.
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