"The Last Arkham" launched three new characters into the Batman universe Victor Zsasz, Jeremiah Arkham, and Amygdala, who were reunited in a story arc during the " Knightfall" story arc. The pair fight in the sewer and Commissioner Gordon arrives in time to arrest Zsasz. Zsasz collapses the tunnel in on Nightwing, but is stopped by Batman who had made the agonising journey through a microwave sensor to stop him. The pair split up and Nightwing encounters Zsasz in the tunnels below the building. Batman is put back into holding, but is freed by Nightwing, who had come to investigate. Batman defeats all the inmates and begins to wonder about Jeremiah Arkham's sanity, as Amadeus Arkham was in fact the asylum's first inmate. Whilst this continues, Zsasz escapes through the tunnels which he had purchased and kills the builder and another inmate in order to cover his tracks. This explodes when Jeremiah forces Batman to fight Amygdala and other inmates from the asylum, including the Joker, the Mad Hatter, and Egghead. Learning of Batman's incarceration through private talk with Jeremiah, Zsasz guesses Batman's insanity is obviously a ploy and begins to plant seeds of hatred towards Batman in Jeremiah's mind. ![]() However, Jeremiah Arkham is unaware of this plot and begins to break down Batman mentally and physically. Determined to prove Zsasz guilty, Batman and Commissioner Gordon stage Batman's insanity in order to get him committed to Arkham and further investigate. When Batman stumbles upon a series of murders, resembling the serial killer Victor Zsasz's MO, Batman begins to investigate only to find Zsasz has been imprisoned in Arkham Asylum during the course of the murders. The asylum is revamped and fitted with numerous new security measures. ![]() "The Last Arkham" begins with the destruction of the old Arkham Asylum at the hands of its new administrator, Jeremiah Arkham, who inherited it from his deceased uncle, Amadeus Arkham. The comic was written by Alan Grant and drawn by Norm Breyfogle and was responsible for the introduction of several new characters into the Batman universe. DC Comics later compiled the four issues into a trade paperback in 1995. The storyline began in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992), and finished in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4 (Sept. ![]() " The Last Arkham" was a four-part Batman story arc that started the Batman: Shadow of the Bat comic book series in mid- 1992.
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