In 2015, DC Comics began publishing a series of trade paperbacks under the banner heading, ‘Batman Arkham’. The books were standalone titles which focused on Batman villains, including the Riddler and Two-Face.
Each volume of Batman Arkham contained a collection of tales relating to a specific villain – i.e. Batman Arkham: Riddler contained a selection of Ridder-themed stories. The stories were taken from across the decades, to showcase the different incarnations of the villain over the years.
If you are collecting the Batman Arkham books, or you are considering collecting them, then you will need a list of all the titles that have been published to date – and that’s where this post can come in handy. Below is a list of all the graphic novels in the Batman Arkham collection (Batman Arkham: Hugo Strange, Batman Arkham: Clayface etc), to help you find the titles you are after.
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A list of Batman Arkham graphic novels
To date, DC has published fifteen volumes in the Batman Arkham series. The books include:
- Batman Akrham: Poison Ivy – Batman #181, #339, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #42 – #43, Batman: Poison Ivy #1, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #3, Batman Villain Secret Files #1, Detective Comics #23.1, Gotham City Sirens #8, Joker’s Asylum: Poison Ivy #1, Secret Origins #36, The Batman Chronicles #10, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18, Who’s Who in the DC Universe #5 and World’s Finest Comics #251-252
- Batman Arkham: Mister Freeze – Batman #121, #308, #375, #525, Batman Annual #1, Batman Gotham Knights #59, Batman Legends of the Dark Knight #190 – #191, Batman Mister Freeze #1, Detective Comics #373 and #595
- Batman Arkham: Scarecrow – Detective Comics #23.3, #73, #389, #486, #540, Batman #189, #296, #373, #523, #524, Batman Annual #19, World’s Finest #3 and Joker’s Asylum: Scarecrow #1
- Batman Arkham: Riddler – Detective Comics #140, #142, #377, #822, #837, Batman #171, #179, #292, #317, #362, Batman: The Riddler #23.2, Brave and the Bold #183, Joker’s Asylum II: The Riddler #1, and Legends of the Dark Knight 100-Page Super Spectacular #2
- Batman Arkham: Penguin – Detective Comics #58, #610, #611, #824, Batman #155, #374, #548, #549, Batman: Penguin Triumphant #1 and Joker’s Asylum: Penguin #1
- Batman Arkham: Hugo Strange – Detective Comics #36, #471, #472 and #942, Batman #356, Batman Annual #10, Batman: Gotham Knights #8 – #11 and Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18
- Batman Arkham: Clayface – Detective Comics #40, #298, #478-479, Outsiders #21, Secret Origins #44, Batman #550, Catwoman #4, Batman Gotham Knights #69, 70, 71, and Batman Secret Files and Origins Villain #1
- Batman Arkham: Killer Croc – Detective Comics #525, #660 and #808 – #810, Batman #358, #359, #471, #489, #512, #521 and #522, Batman and Robin #23.4, Joker’s Asylum Killer Croc #1, and Batman Chronicles #3
- Batman Arkham: Ra’s al Ghul – Batman #232, 243 and 244, DC Special Series #15, The Brave and the Bold #159, Detective Comics #750, Batman Annual #26, Nightwing #152, and Batman and Robin #23.3
- Batman Arkham: Man-Bat – Detective Comics #400, #402, #407, Man-Bat Vol. 1 #1 – #2, Secret Origins #39, Showcase ’94 #11, Man-Bat Vol. 2 #1 – #3, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #5, Batman Black and White #2, and Detective Comics #23.4
- Batman Arkham: Black Mask – Batman #386 – #387, #484 – #485, and #648, Detective Comics #553, Catwoman #16 and #83, and Black Mask: Year of the Villain #1
- Batman Arkham: Two-Face – Detective Comics #66, #68, #80, #513, #563, #564, Batman #234, #346, #397 – #398, #410, #411, Batman and Robin #23.1, World’s Finest #173, Batman Two-Face #1, Joker’s Asylum Two-Face #1 and Batman Chronicles #8
- Batman Arkham: Victor Zsasz – Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 – #4, Batman: Streets of Gotham #10 – #11, Batman Chronicles #3, Batman: Batgirl #1, Detective Comics #815 – #816, Detective Comics #18, Rogues Gallery #1, and an unpublished story intended for Batman: Gotham Knights #12
- Batman Arkham: Joker’s Daughter – Batman Family #6, #8 – #9, #16, #19, Batman Joker’s Daughter #1, Batman the Dark Knight #23, Detective Comics #482 – #483, Titans Secret Files and Origins #2 and Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files and Origins #1
- Batman Arkham: Talia al Ghul – Batman #232 and #656, Detective Comics #411, Batman: Son of the Demon #1, Batman: Death and the Maidens #9, President Luthor Secret Files #1, Batman Villains Secret Files 2005 #1, Red Hood: The Lost Days #1, Batman and Robin #12, Batman Incorporated #2-13, and Batman #34 – #35
- Batman Arkham: Catwoman – Batman #1 and #355, Catwoman (1989) #1 – #4, Catwoman (1993) #54, Catwoman (2002) #25, Catwoman Secret Files and Origins #1, and Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #70 & #71
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Do all of the books feature the same creative teams?
The books feature stories from different eras, different corners of the DC Universe, and different characters. As such, the creative teams vary across the collection and include Gerry Conway, Mark Buckingham, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Charlie Adlard, Bill Finger, Geoff Johns, and Gardner Fox amongst many others.
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