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Batman: Arkham City Comic Book First Look

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  • Posted 04/04/2011

DC Comics’ upcoming Batman: Arkham City comic series is the recently announced bridge between Batman: Arkham Asylum and its sequel, Batman: Arkham City.

The six-issue miniseries is slated to fill fans in on what happened between the games. The comic picks up roughly one year after the events of Arkham Asylum and finds Quincy Sharp, the former Arkham warden, being elected mayor of Gotham City.

Sharp’s first act as mayor is to shut the asylum down and establish a new maximum-security "home" for Arkham’s residents, Arkham City, near the heart of Gotham City.

The city takes a decidedly new approach to dealing with its residents, letting them roam free and do whatever they like so long as they keep it within the city’s walls. What could go wrong? Oh wait, did we mention that the new mayor appoints Hugo Strange, a genius psychologist who knows Batman’s true identity, to run the joint?

The comic’s story is being handled by Paul Dini, the acclaimed writer who penned both games in addition to working on comics and the animated series starring the iconic hero.

Dini’s encyclopedic knowledge of the dark knight and his intimate understanding of the game’s story should ensure the comic series will feature teases of what to expect from the upcoming game. We were able to get hold of the first five pages of the first issue of the series, which kicks off in May when the first two issues ship and will continue monthly. Take a look at how the story begins, and enjoy the fantastic art by Batman: Arkham City concept artist Carlos D’Anda, who knows his way around a comic thanks to his time working at DC Comics/Wildstorm. Check back for more on Batman: Arkham City in the months to come as it heads toward its fall release on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

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44 Comments

  • uncle_bren_bren

    Posted Apr 14, 2011 1:30 am GMT

    @bubsy6087 nice depth perception

  • spfnz

    Posted Apr 12, 2011 12:07 am GMT

    Batman is the ultimate, can't wait for this and Chris Nolans 'Dark Knight Rises'. On another note! Search "Sexy Sells - Another Hitachi Day " on Youtube. Sizzlingly funny new video. Let's make it blow up!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzEs4Iv1S0A

  • bubsy6087

    Posted Apr 11, 2011 4:25 pm GMT

    It's giant batman: crouch walking down the side of a building!

  • dw207

    Posted Apr 11, 2011 11:45 am GMT

    cool

  • -HCMF-

    Posted Apr 10, 2011 8:25 am GMT

    neato, batman on roids

  • gizmo_thrax

    Posted Apr 8, 2011 2:01 am GMT

    re punksterdaddy

    Incognito comics and silver acre have online stores. Forbidden planet have stores in many cities as well as an online store, I think you can even order direct from DC's website now. Just type comic shop into your search engine and if you are lucky there may be an independent comic store nearby.

  • 00J

    Posted Apr 7, 2011 4:59 pm GMT

    Will the Batmobile be in this game? I wish these expert game designers would make a snadbox Superhero game, OFFLINE. Where the player can just be presented with a City and develop whatever SuperHero they want... Then Night and Day the Player could hit the Streets, Rooftops and Subways looking for crime to stop, and people to save. Having a Secret identity... The player would have to eventually obtain a secret identity but it would only be needed when the player notices that his contacts "NPC" relations start to get pulled in and used against him, as a weakness by the criminal factions. The game would build random events based on the Criminal NPC's motivations like wanting money, respect, controlling an area etc... What happened to the innovation in games today? There are some good games, but they seem to be "safe" games, cookie cutter games. No one takes a risk anymore, just Crysis, er Gear of War, er Call Of Duty, er Serious Sam, er Doom er...

  • Dominicobaggio

    Posted Apr 7, 2011 7:05 am GMT

    they could have made the comic like the game. instead of the rubbish gray/yellow batman... (im thinking the game isnt yellow, but now my memory is hazy on colours lol) but looks good, wonder if we can get our hands on it in uk

  • Legojake94

    Posted Apr 6, 2011 8:17 am GMT

    wow thats cool i wonder how much xD

  • GAMEslave54

    Posted Apr 6, 2011 6:49 am GMT

    the belt is psychologically a cod piece. it says im ballsy try a fight with me.

  • feryl06

    Posted Apr 6, 2011 6:15 am GMT

    I always wondered why is batman's belt yellow? You would think it'd be black or gray considering it kind of stands out for someone who's trying not to bring attention to himself.

  • dew1412

    Posted Apr 6, 2011 4:59 am GMT

    waoowwwww so cooll.........!!!

  • acenitro

    Posted Apr 6, 2011 1:12 am GMT

    nice very nice

  • Big_Evil666

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 9:13 pm GMT

    man i so want this

  • DrasRexen

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 5:50 pm GMT

    I'll be checking out this series.

  • HeroOfTime16

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 12:45 pm GMT

    It most likly wont be in the CE but they will be making a collected trade of this after the six issues come out, and wow this about like two months old news gamespot.

  • GoKuVeGeTaGoHaN

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 10:50 am GMT

    I'll definitely read it! I need to know the events between Asylum and City :[

  • weisguy119

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 9:50 am GMT

    Comic sure does look interesting. I'll have to look for it at my local comic shop.

  • weisguy119

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 9:45 am GMT

    I hope the game doesn't suffer from sequelitis (I'm looking at you Dragon Age 2). Please match the quality of Batman: Arkham Asylum - don't just rush Arkham City and hope to ride the fame of the first game to massive profits. All I ask is a little effort for my money.

  • shervin_ba13

    Posted Apr 5, 2011 8:52 am GMT

    @bijanjoker
    ye zare fek kardam didam rast migi...to chand salete?