The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, commonly referred to simply as Arkham Asylum, is a psychiatric hospital in the DC Comics Universe, usually appearing in stories featuring Batman. Many psychopathic criminals from across the DC Universe, have been imprisoned within the Asylum (and also escaped from it).
Below, I present a list, a inmates of the famous Asylum of Gotham City, along with brief information about them.
A man of mixed origins. From his own fractured mind comes the tale of a man, a failed comedian whose wife and child were killed in an accident. He was conned into helping some criminals rob a chemical factory. The robbery went wrong and to escape he threw himself into a vat of chemicals. Eventually he washed up on a shore his skin bleached chalk white, his hair dyed green and his face stretched into a terrifying grin. The shock of seeing himself pushed him over the edge and he became the clown prince of crime the Joker.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #260, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, in Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness, in Joker's Asylum, in Underworld Unleashed: Batman: Devil's Asylum, during Batman: Knightfall, in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, etc.
Pre-Crisis Jonathan Crane grew up a solitary child in the late 1920's, wiry and full of mischief. Even as a boy, Crane exhibited the characteristics that would determine the course of his life: cruelty and an obsession with fear.
As he grew older, Crane developed a bookish personality and an interest in psychology. His pursuit of this interest eventually landed him in a teaching position at Gotham University in 1941. While this position afforded him opportunities undreamed of in his youth, he found himself ostracized by his colleagues. While Crane spent every dime he made on books and scholarly pursuits, he ignored the trappings expected of his rank in society. His colleagues ridiculed him privately for his clothes, his mannerisms and his reclusive lifestyle. Stung by their censure, Crane determined that to have both books and affluence, he needed far more money than his university income would allow. To meet his aims, Crane turned to crime. His modus operandi was based on his own obsessions with the psychology and an insulting description used by his colleagues: Jonathan Crane became The Scarecrow.
Post-Crisis Jonathan Crane was a strange boy. He delighted in frightening the birds that he saw around his neighborhood, and he preferred the company of books to his peers. He was an odd looking boy, tall and frighteningly thin, and was the constant butt of the jokes of the more popular kids in school. He was teased about his appearance, with jibes made at his similarity in name and appearance to Ichabod Crane, the protagonist of Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Crane grew up to study psychology and chemistry and eventually received his Ph.D. in these fields. He became a teacher at Gotham University and wrote numerous papers on his preferred subject within his field: fear. He performed many questionable experiments, and was finally dismissed from the University for pulling a gun in class to gauge the fear reaction of the class. Crane was driven mad by this final rejection and he began combining his two passions, fear and chemistry, into a plot for vengeance. Devising a chemical that created a fear reaction in those that were exposed to it, he began killing the regents of the University that had dismissed him, as well as members of the high school football team that had harassed him in his youth.
Revealed as Arkham inmates in Detective Comics #503, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness, in Batman Annual #19, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
When he was a child, Harvey Dent's father played a cruel game with him any night he drank and that was most nights. He would flip his silver dollar and if the coin came up heads he would beat young Harvey, and if it came up tails, he wouldn't. And the coin always came up heads. Harvey didn't fight back and he pent up all the anger he felt towards this abuse. Years later, he became the youngest district attorney in the history of Gotham City. Harvey worked alongside commissioner Gordon and Batman to stem the tide of crime and corruption that was overtaking the city. Bringing the indicted crime lord “Boss” Maroni to trial was Dent’s first (and last) step in cleaning up the streets of Gotham. While on the stand, Maroni hurled acid into Dent’s face, horribly disfiguring him and breaking the final link in a fragile mind that had suffered abuse as a child. With the left side of his face changed forever and the right unaffected, Dent became the criminal mastermind Two-Face. Two-Face became obsessed with the duality in all things and let all of his decisions fall on the flip of a coin, a double-headed silver dollar, scarred on one side, that was given to him years ago by his father.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #260, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Underworld Unleashed: Batman: Devil's Asylum, in Batman: Arkham Asylum etc.
When Eddie Nashton was a schoolboy, one of his teachers announced a contest to see which of her students could assemble a particular jigsaw puzzle the fastest. That night, Nashton secretly took a photograph of the assembled puzzle, which he found after breaking into the teachers desk. The next day, Eddie being the only student to know beforehand what the completed puzzle should look like, won the contest with ease. This was the first known example of Nashton’s dishonest use of puzzles and was most certainly a harbinger of things to come. Years later, the adult Nashton further parlayed his love of conundrums by running a rigged puzzle booth at a carnival. Yearning to make even bigger money, he decided to become a thief on a grand scale and chose to match wits with the Gotham City police and Batman. Changing his real name to Edward Nigma (E.Nigma), Nashton donned a costume festooned with question marks and became the Riddler, a wily crook that always sent the police clues to his forthcoming crimes in the forms of riddles and puzzles.
Revealed as Arkham inmate Batman #415, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness, in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, etc.
Waylon Jones was born with a rare hereditary disease that made his skin increasingly scaly as he aged. Once he reached adulthood, he resembled a green, humanoid reptile. Waylon was raised by his alcoholic aunt, who apparently did little or nothing to instil a sense of morality in the deformed boy. Bullied by other children over his hideous appearance, Jones finally fought back against his tormentors in a rage and crippled one of them with the increased strength his deformity gave him. As a result, Waylon was sentenced to reform school, where he encountered still more prejudice and abuse, further embittering him. Each time he was freed from the reform school, he turned to crime, was later captured, and was always sent back to juvenile hall. On his last stay there, Jones murdered another inmate who had taunted him over his appearance. Waylon was condemned to death and sent to state prison, but his sentence was ultimately commuted to life imprisonment. Finally, after eighteen years behind bars, Jones was paroled.
Waylon began to wander throughout the country, eventually finding a job as an alligator wrestler at a carnival, where he first gained the name of "Killer Croc," the human alligator. Tiring of working as a freak-show attraction, Croc returned to crime in hopes of finding greener pastures, eventually becoming a small-time extortionist in Gotham City with aspirations of moving into the world of organized crime.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #400, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Arkham Reborn mini-series, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Pre-Crisis, Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, a promising botanist from Seattle, was seduced by her high school professor Marc LeGrande into assisting him with the theft of an Egyptian artifact containing ancient herbs. Fearing she would implicate him in the theft, he attempts to poison her with the herbs, which are deadly and untraceable. She survives this murder attempt and discovers she has acquired an immunity to all natural toxins and diseases.
The seeds of Post-Crisis Pamela Isley's madness were sown under the tutelage of Jason Woodrue, a.k.a. the Floronic Man. An unwilling experiment in plant/animal hybridization, Woodrue transformed Isley into a beautiful creature whose veins pumped toxins, while her skin exuded pheromones which quite literally drove men wild. To support her own botanical whims and extravagant lifestyle, Isley began a life of crime, gravitating to Gotham City and an obsession with the Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmates in Swamp Thing Annual 4, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Batman: Battle for the Cowl mini-series, etc.
Pre-Crisis Victor Fries was a rogue scientist whose design for an "ice gun" had led to his inadvertently spilling cryogenic chemicals on himself, resulting in his needing sub-zero temperatures to survive. He called himself the Mr. Zero and turning to crime but his motives, were not explored beyond this.
Post-Crisis Victor Fries was a child who was fascinated with freezing animals. His father got so fed up with his experiments; he shipped him off to a strict boarding school. Years later Victor fell in love with and married Nora. Victor was devoted to Nora but she unfortunately developed a rare form of cancer.
Victor took a job working for Gothcorp, in cryogenics. Victor utilised his own untested cryogenics research to suspend Nora’s body in ice while he sought a cure. When cost overruns forced Fries' employers, to halt the project, Fries attempted a standoff in his laboratory, where an errant bullet bathed him in super-coolants and irrevocably altered his body chemistry. This had the strange effect of lowering his body temperature, but he survived. As a result, Victor had to wear a special refrigerating suit, too keep him cool.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #415, Arkham Reborn mini-seies, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, during Road to No Man's Land story arc, etc.
Harleen Quinzel was a gymnast who got a scholarship to Gotham University to study in the Psychology department. While interning at Arkham, she became fascinated with one particular inmate, the Joker and ambitiously volunteered to analyze him.She fell in love nearly instantly with the Joker during their sessions. After helping him escape from the asylum more than once, she was caught by her superiors, her license was revoked, and she was put in her own cell. During an earthquake in Gotham City, she fled and became Harley Quinn, The Joker's partner-in-crime.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Harley Quinn, Detective Comics #823, Detective Comics #831, etc.
Jervis Tetch is fascinated with hats of all shapes and sizes, as well as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, particularly favoring the chapter 'A Mad Tea Party'. He is obsessive-compulsive, highly delusional, suffers from psychotic manic depression and can even sometimes be homicidal. He exhibits delusions and thought processes typical of schizophrenia. Not only is he often known to quote and associate with Carroll's Wonderland novels, but he often fails to discern between these stories and reality. He will go to insane lengths to get what he wants. The graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth has a notable portrayal of Tetch with allusions to pedophilia.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #400, Batman: Arkham Asylum, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Batman: Knightfall, etc.
Born into a powerful Mafia Family, Arnold Wesker developed multiple personality disorder after seeing his mother murdered by an assassin from a rival Family. Growing up, his only outlet was ventriloquism as he could not express his feelings and he bottled them all up. Not much is known about him, except that he seems to be a quiet and calm man. Years later, after a barroom brawl, Wesker was sent to Black Gate Penitentiary. He was jailed with a murderer named Donnegan.
In the past, inmates where sentenced to death by hanging in the Gallows Tree of Blackgate. In all, 313 men died on that cursed tree before a bolt of lightning brought it down. Donnegan took a piece of the blackened stump of the tree and carved it into a dummy. Then, as Arnold himself recounts, Scarface made him kill Donnegan and escape Blackgate. So began the criminal careers of one of Gotham City’s most ruthless duos the Ventriloquist and Scarface.
During Face The Face story arc(from Detective Comics), he was killed by second Tally Man. Hovewer, after the events of Flashpoint, Wesker's death appears to have been retconned.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #491, during Batman: Knightfall, in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Young Roman Sionis came from a rich family, his father a successful industrialist. When an infant Roman was dropped on his head mere moments after birth, for instance, his mother refused to sue the doctor, unwilling to slander the Sionis name in a "common lawsuit". Thereafter, people - including Roman's parents - would note that Roman's eyes contained a "strange dullness". His parents also hated other people like the Waynes though, but put on almost social masks in public to seem like more charming people. Roman hated the masks his parents wore. He would later inherit the prosperous Janus Cosmetics Corporation after his parents died in a suspicious fire. Roman quickly drove the company into the ground, leaving the company open to a Wayne Industries buyout. Driven mad by losing his legacy, he turned his hatred on Bruce Wayne. Donning a mask carved from his mother's coffin, he began murdering Wayne employees. In the ensuing battle with Batman, Sionis's mask became permanently burned into his face as a living death mask.
He was killed by Catwoman. Hovewer, after the events of Flashpoint, Simon's death appears to have been retconned.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, in Detective Comic (volume two) #9, in Detective Comic (volume two) #14, etc.
Dr. Sartorius was a wealthy member of Gotham City's exclusive Tobacconists' Club who invested his life savings in a private nuclear power plant being constructed at sea. The builders cut corners on the project, and when Sartorius inspected it he noticed a crack in the reactor core. As it exploded he dove behind a pile of sandbags, causing millions of red-hot sand grains to be driven through his body. The radiation changed the sand from silicon to phosphorus, and Sartorius' body was mutated into a pure phosphorus form. His mind became unhinged, and calling himself Dr. Phosphorus he began a campaign of terror against Gotham City.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #311, Detective Comics #825, in Arkham Reborn mini-series, in Titans (volume two) #28-30, in Batman and Robin #22, etc.
Pre-Crisis Garfield Lynns was a theatrical lighting expert, who decided to embark upon a career of crime after he was out of a job. Using his technical abilities to create the impression that a Gotham theater was ablaze, Lynns sat back and watched as his henchmen coolly robbed the panicking crowd.
Post-Crisis Garfield Lynns used to work in movies as an expert in pyrotechnics. His occupation hid his real obsession, Pyromania. Lynns took up arson as a hobby, but it soon turned to an obsession. He believes he can see visions in the flames. Being Hollywood’s master of explosion and fire effects wasn’t enough for him. Inspired by actual fireflies, he built a suit and became a professional arsonist.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #661, Batman #698, during Batman: Knightfall, in Titans (volume two) #28-30, etc.
Victor Zsasz is the most unrepentant of sociopaths, a serial killer whose body count is etched indelibly into his skin. He was the head of his own international company and had amassed a large personal fortune in addition to his family's wealth. At the age of 25 his parents died in a boating accident, sending him into a deep depression. While he was attempting to commit suicide by jumping from Gotham Bridge, a homeless man tried to assault him with a knife after he refused to give him money. Instinctively grabbing the knife, Zsasz saw in the man's eyes that all life is meaningless and that nothing nor anyone matters. He then proceeded to stab the man to death as a "gift" for saving his life. From then on, he dedicated himself to "liberating" others from their pointless existence (Zsasz often refers to victims as "zombies"). Highly intelligent and deceptively cunning, Mr. Zsasz as he is known among the cult of celebrity associated with prolific predators is indiscriminate in choosing his prey. However, he does prefer a carving knife for the slaughter, leaving his victims in natural “life-like” positions and marking their deaths as gashed tallies on his own body.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Batman: Knightfall, in Batman: Battle for the Cowl mini-series, etc.
Pre-Crisis Hugo Strange was a scientist who uses a stolen "concentrated lightning" machine that he uses to generate a dense fog, allowing him to rob banks unseen. He was later turned homeless test subjects into hulking zombies by administering a powerful artificial growth hormone. A side effect caused the victim to become almost mindless and brute - as if from the strain of the unnatural growth.
Post-Crisis Strange is reintroduced as a psychologist hired to use his skills to help bring in Batman. He eventually figures out Batman's secret identity, but instead of revealing it to the public, he keeps it secret. Strange became professor of Psychiatry at Gotham State University, but had his tenure suspended due to his increasingly bizarre theories in genetic engineering. At some point, he is approached by an Indian man named Sanjay, who seeks Strange's aid in curing his sick brother. Strange agrees to help, and Sanjay works loyally by his side from that point onward. Borrowing money from gangster Sal Maroni, who is in the employ of Gotham's criminal kingpin Carmine Falcone, Strange sets up a lab. He then bribes a corrupt orderly to give him incurably insane inmates from Arkham Asylum - who have been institutionalized so long that they will not be missed. Strange's experiments have literally monstrous results, with his test subjects turning into gigantic, mindless "Monster Men", possessing superhuman strength and cannibalistic instincts.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gotham Knights #11, Detective Comics #864, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Basil Karlo was the star of numerous horror movies, most notably the original version of The Terror. Many years after Karlo's career had essentially ended, director Morris Bentley asked the actor to serve as a consultant on his remake of The Terror. Karlo agreed, but was outraged by the idea that his greatest film role would be remade with another actor playing the role he created. Karlo planned to take vengeance by murdering the film's cast members. He adopted the identity of Clayface to try to mislead Batman and the Police. Much later, Basil gains abilities much like Clayface three and four and in addition crystals of quartz begin to grow all over his body making him even more deadly.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #496, in Arkham Reborn, in Batman: Battle for the Cowl: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Preston Payne, was born an acromegalic, suffering from chronic hyperpituitarism, which grotesquely distorted his physical appearance. Shunned and friendless throughout his life, Payne consulted plastic surgeons in vain. After persuading Matt Hagen (Clayface II) to donate a sample of his blood to him, Payne injected himself with an enzyme he had isolated from Hagen's blood, rendering his own flesh malleable. Payne fell victim to severe headaches and fevers, which he could only relieve by causing another person to dissolve into a pool of protoplasm at his now deadly touch. It goes without saying that this caused Payne to go mad. He created an exoskeleton that supported his clay-like flesh and gave him superhuman strength.
He was killed by Prometheus bomb in Justice League: Cry for Justice mini-series.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #400, in Batman Annual #11, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Shondra Fuller was transformed into a shape-changer by Kobra's technologies. She agreed to become a subject of because she hated her own face, which she found extremely disgusting. She possesses identical abilities to those of Matt Hagen, only with the advantage/disadvantage of having them permanently, without the requirement for a source of protoplasm.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #525, in Who is Who in the DC Univese #13, during Batman: Knightquest, etc.
After Preston Payne and Sondra Fuller fall in love and eventually have a child together named Cassius "Clay" Payne, who became the fifth Clayface. The boy is separated from his parents and held in a government laboratory. Currently, the bio status of Cassius shows that if a piece of him is separated from his body, it can grow a mind of its own, but it mostly thinks in a retarded form of what Cassius wants.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gotham Knights #71.
Aaron Helzinger was born with a diminished mental capacity and was prone to violent rages while growing up. Early in his tragic life Helzinger underwent brain surgery in an attempt to reduce the number of violent outbursts. He suffered from a variation of KIuver-Bucy syndrome, which involves damaged amygdalae, leaving its victims unable to properly respond to stimuli. The doctor performing the operation mistakenly removed his amygdala--the collection of nerves the brain uses to control emotional associations--rather than the hypothalamus that was the intended target. Complicating matters was that the botched operation mysteriously left Helzinger with strength beyond the human norm.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Batman: Knightfall, etc.
Deever and Dumfree Tweed are cousins who resemble each other so closely that they seem like identical twins. The Tweeds are known as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, both as a play on their real names and because they so closely resemble Sir John Tenniel’s depictions of those characters in Lewis Carols through the looking glass. The two Tweeds always conduct their criminal activities in partnership with one another. Fat and Lazy, they prefer to mastermind criminal schemes and let their henchmen carry out any necessary physical activity. The Tweeds will often use their extraordinary resemblance to each other to dupe their opponents and victims into thinking there is only one of them.
Shortly before Infinite Crisis, Dumfree Tweed died and his twin brother Dumpson assumed his role as Tweedledum.
Dumfree Tweed is revealed as Arkham inmates in Secret Origins (volume two) #23, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Dumpson Tweed is revealed as Arkham inmates during The House of Hush story arc and in Detective Comics #841.
Deever and Dumfree Tweed are cousins who resemble each other so closely that they seem like identical twins. The Tweeds are known as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, both as a play on their real names and because they so closely resemble Sir John Tenniel’s depictions of those characters in Lewis Carols through the looking glass. The two Tweeds always conduct their criminal activities in partnership with one another. Fat and Lazy, they prefer to mastermind criminal schemes and let their henchmen carry out any necessary physical activity. The Tweeds will often use their extraordinary resemblance to each other to dupe their opponents and victims into thinking there is only one of them.
Revealed as Arkham inmates in Secret Origins (volume two) #23, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Jean Loring is the ex-wife of Ray palmer the Atom. Ray’s career had taken it’s toll on their marriage and they divorced. Jean suffered a mental breakdown and decided she wanted to resume her relationship with Ray, she believed that the surest way to do this would be to endanger a loved one of a hero, sending all of the superheroes running back to their spouses and other relatives. Using one of Ray's old costumes, she shrunk herself and attempted to cause a minor stroke in Sue Dibny, but accidentally applied too much pressure to Dibny's brain, killing her. Ray had to have her institutionalised at Arkham Asylum, where the supernatural entity known as Eclipso manipulated her into being his new host so she could seduce the Spectre into destroying magic.
After the events of Countdown, Jean Loring died.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Identity Crisis.
The unfortunately named Humphry Dumpler has suffered throughout most of his life from a string of almost supernaturally bad luck. A very large man with an egg-shaped head, Dumpler is compulsively driven to speak in rhyme and to disassemble then reassemble malfunctioning machinery in the hopes of fixing it. His criminal actions were not, therefore, intentionally malicious, but were instead misguided attempts to understand and "fix" the world that had so mistreated him. Nonetheless, his actions lead to various tragedies, such as the derailment of a train due to his inexpert reassembly. An attempt to fix the Gotham clock tower lead to a chain reaction of destruction that resulted in the deaths of several Gothamites. He also murdered and dissected his abusive grandmother, then sewed her back together with boot laces, again in an attempt to "fix" her.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Batman: Battle for the Cowl mini-series, etc.
Arnold Etchison is a serial killer who grew up convinced that his family members were evil. In result, he eventually murdered them believing that their deaths would protect the world from further perils. Etchison also believed that he absorbed the life force from each victim after his or her death.
He died during Batman: Knightfall.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #625, Detective Comics #628 and during Batman: Knightquest.
Jane Doe is a cipher who obsessively learns her victims personality and mannerisms, then kills them and assumes their identity by wearing their skin, eventually becoming that individual even in her own mind
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, in Batman: Battle for the Cowl mini-series, during The House of Hush story arc, in Batman and Robin #22, in Titans (volume two) #28-30, etc.
Maxie Zeus is reportedly a former professor of Greek and a foremost expert on their history and culture. Some unexplained events led Zeus to leave academia and turn to crime. It was about this time that his wife either left him or died and Zeus took to raising his daughter Medea alone. He quickly amassed a following, perhaps as a result of his charismatic personality.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #486, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, during Road to No Man's Land story arc, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, etc.
Roger Hayden was a young man who was sentenced to a year in prison for attacking his emotionally abusive father and ended up as a cellmate to Charles Halstead (Psycho Pirate I). Halstead's dying wish was to have a legacy, this prompted him to tell Hayden of a secret which he had divined in his jail years, the existence of the Medusa Mask. This golden mask bestows upon the wearer the power to project emotions onto others. Hayden found the mask and used its powers to become a super villain.
During Infinite Crisis, Hayden was killed by Black Adam.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Great White (also know as Great White Shark) was a crooked financier who thought he had scored a legal victory when his insanity plea went through. But when he got to Arkham Asylum, he realized his mistake.Once day he was trapped in a room that nearly froze him solid. Although he survived, it dove him insane and he pounded his face to the bone, turning his nose into a nub and destroying his upper lip. He now calls himself the Great White Shark because of his name and appearance.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series, Batman: Battle for the Cowl mini-series, in Batman: The Dark Knight (volume two) #1, etc.
Crazy-Quilt was a noted painter who led a double-life as a master crook. He gave the plans for his crimes to various henchmen through clues left in his paintings. That is until the day when one of his henchmen double-crossed and betrayed him. Blinded by a gunshot wound, he was sent to prison, until he volunteered for an experimental procedure that would restore his vision with a special helmet fused to his optic nerves.The procedure worked to a point, but had a tragic side effect. He could see, but the colours were blindingly vivid and disorienting. It drove him mad and upon release he took on the guise of Crazy-Quilt.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Road to No Man's Land story arc, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, in Batman: The Widening Gyre maxi-series, etc.
Winslow Schott was a quiet, nice little man who loved to make toys. One day, he is laid off by his employers, who consider his toys too old fashioned and useless. Schott desiring revenge and adopts the persona of the Toyman. He believes that it is the adults that are ruining the world for the children.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Action Comics #865 and Supergirl (volume five) 58.
In 1894, the wealthy Cyrus Gold was attacked by a man named Jem, who wanted Gold's money. Jem's girlfriend Rachel Rykel, was a prostitute Gold had once bought services from, and the two had tried to blackmail Gold about it. When Gold refused to pay her, Jem severely injured him, took his money, and left the body to die in the murky heart of Gotham City's Slaughter Swamp. In the moment before sinking under the mud, Cyrus Gold cursed his murderers and swore to God, he would somehow be revenged. Since the event soon became a legend, there have been many other versions of this story, but the main content is the same: Gold was killed and his body sunk into the swamp. Over the next fifty years, Gold's skeleton lay at the swamp's bottom, accumulating decaying leaves, rotting wood, and other debris, and gradually formed into a gigantic creature that somehow imitated a strange form of pseudo-life. In 1944, this creature rose from the swamp, with tremendous strength and some dormant memories. He has had many appearances in which he has different levels of strength and intelligence.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: The Long Halloween maxi-series.
Drury Walker was a second rate villain, who took on the identity of Killer Moth. However during Underworld Unleashed, Neron metamorphed him into a huge insect-like monster with great flight and strength called "Charaxes". He consumes humans and spins cocoons in which to keep his prey.
In Infinite Crisis, Charaxes is ripped in half by Superboy-Prime during the Battle of Metropolis and killed.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Robin (volume two) #23 and Arkham Asylum: Tales of Madness.
Calendar Man is fascinated by dates and calendars – even his real name is a pun on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. His crimes always have a relationship to the date that they are committed. The theme may be related to what day of the week it is or to a holiday or to a special anniversary on that date; he will plan his crime around that day.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #400, in Batman: The Widening Gyre maxi-series, in Batman: The Long Halloween maxi-series, in Batman and Robin #22, etc.
Cornelius Stirk is a serial killer in Gotham City who thrives on the chemicals produced by the human body as a reaction to fear. He suffers from a hypothalamic disorder that allows him to project images from other people’s minds. He uses this to torture and kill people, kidnapping his victim and literally scaring them to death, eating their hearts when he has done so.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #592, in Batman: The Widening Gyre maxi-series, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, etc.
According to Jason Woodrue's own account he was a political extremist on an other-dimensional world called Floria. That world teamed with races, which had long since passed into mythology on our own world. Woodrue described himself as a revolutionary, but there can be little doubt that he was a racist who hoped to usurp Floria's matriarchy of Floral Spirits and replace it with his own human dominated regime. He was eventually captured and sentenced to exile on the planet Earth. Woodrue later developed a serum that could transform fauna into flora. Ingesting the elixir transformed Woodrue into a being he called the Floronic Man.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Swamp Thing (volume two) #52.
A lonely and introverted research scientist Dr. Simon Ecks discovered that the energy auras that surround every human being could be amplified, strengthened given enormous power and enabled to function separately from their host body. Ecks without waiting to test his invention used it on himself and created an energy duplicate he dubbed Double X and his fragile mind unhinged by the experiment and now dominated by his energy duplicate went on a crime spree.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in World's Finest #276, Detective Comics #316, Batman #400, etc.
Leader of The Circus of Strange. Lazlo Valentin has an obsession with making people "perfect", which he accomplishes by transforming them into Dollotrons, a process that bonds false "doll" faces to their own, presumably permanently. It appears the operations he performs involve brain surgery or a form of lobotomization and possible gender realignment.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman and Robin #3, Batman (volume two) #1, in Resurrection Man (volume two) #6, in Detective Comic (volume two) #14, in Detective Comic (volume two) #18, etc.
Professor Achilles Milo (also know as Dr. Milo) was a great chemist who turned to crime. He used a variety of chemical and medical-related schemes to kill Batman. He was later exposed to chemicals that drove him insane.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #327 and Batman: Arkham Asylum.
A former special forces, black bag operative. He returning from the desert and became a serial killer.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #690.
Dr. Destiny was once a petty criminal scientist who used his genius to create astounding devices for crime. He created the Materioptikon, a device that, allowed him to create reality from the fabric of dreams. In truth the device took it’s power not from the Doctor’s technological skill but a ruby belonging to Morpheus Lord Of Dreams. Doctor Destiny’s own obsessions robbed him of his own ability to dream and he wasted away to a shrunken skeleton.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Justice League of America #175, Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc.
Growing up, Margaret loved shiny things and wanted them all for herself. She was ridiculed for her obsession, and nicknamed Magpie. This obsession just got stronger as she grew up, and she took a job as curator of the Gotham City Museum of Antiquities to be surrounded by the valuables she loved. This love turned to jealously when she realized she would never possess the antiques around her. Her mind snapped and she started a crime-wave as Magpie.
She was killed by second Tally Man along with other members of Penguin's gang, by order of the Great White Shark.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Man of Steel #3 and Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Mortimer Drake was a man of exotic and idiosyncratic taste. When he found himself unable to purchase more exotic valuables for his collection legally, he resorted to theft. Donning a costume resembling that of a Musketeer, he called himself the Cavalier.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #600, during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc, during Batman: Knightfall, etc.
Pre-Crisis Paul Sloane was actor, who was engaged to play the role of Dent in a movie based on Two-Face's criminal career. During the filming, Sloane was hideously scarred in almost exactly the way Dent was and in his delirious mind became convinced that he was the real Two-Face. When the real Two-Face had returned to his criminal career, Dent assigned the Crime Doctor to perform plastic surgery on Sloane, once again transforming him into Two-Face duplicate. Sloane committed several crimes before apprehended by Batman and Robin. Dent was ultimately apprehended by the Batman and Sloane's face was returned to normal.
Post-Crisis Paul Sloan was a successful actor, who was persuaded to impersonate Two-Face by a number of Gotham's villains and encountered Batman briefly in the process. He was then tortured by Two-Face and experimented on by Scarecrow, returning years later and attacking the various villains who had recruited him, all in an attempt to get to Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #782.
Wax man, was a man who still had though that he was ugly.
He had to many plastic surgeries that his head looks very destroyed now.
During No Man's Land he was killed by Joker.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Road to No Man's Land story arc.
A sidekick of Wax man. He has very big and strong body, but his head is very small.
During No Man's Land he was killed by Killer Croc.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Road to No Man's Land story arc.
Crazed vigilante with a variety of different types of axes and hatchets at his disposal who screams like a toddler.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gotham after Midnight maxi-series.
As a child, Benjamin Wiley lived with his abusive grandmother. She would lock him in the cellar for days at a time, with nothing to eat or drink but a faucet and stacks of canned goods. His grandmother also cmmonly read him the poem "The Raggedy Man" by James Whitcomb Riley. As an adult, Wiley became a serial killer, targeting young children and taking souvenirs from their rooms after he killed them with a can opener to make a patchwork suit for himself. When he was caught, he was deemed mentally ill and sent to the newly improved Arkham Asylum.
He was killed in Arkham Reborn #3.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Reborn mini-series.
Victor Goodman was an Egyptologist, working for the Gotham Museum of Antiquities, who was known for his radical theory that King Tut was murdered for his belief in Aten. Goodman was incensed that the trustees of the museum would not bring a King Tut exhibit to Gotham because of its high crime rate and the fact that the Riddler had robbed the museum numerous times. He was removed from a meeting by the head of the Museums trustees and in the ensuing struggle he received a head injury. Victor was then fired by the museum. Goodman became unhinged by this incident believing himself to be the reincarnation of the Pharaoh King Tut, who would bring Atens light to purge Gothams darkness. As Tut he set out to have his revenge on the trustees, the Riddler and the embodiment of Gothams darkness the Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman Confidential #28.
Mitchell Mayo is a comedic villain who uses various condiments to commit crimes.
After Final Crisis, he is seemingly killed by the Human Flame.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Birds of Prey #37.
From all appearances, Michael Patten enjoyed an uneventful childhood, and as an adult, entered the field of civil engineering. As a hobby, he pursued research into ancient civilizations, a hobby that his wife and daughter supported. He became convinced that at some point in history, more than 15,000 years ago, there had been a great civilization on the planet Earth, which had been destroyed by a cataclysm of some kind. Tragically, when a massive earthquake destroyed his hometown of Gotham City, Patten's wife and daughter were killed right before his eyes. This trauma apparently unhinged his mind and he became obsessed with the idea that another cataclysm or perhaps a series of them was due to destroy modern civilization. But when his peers refused to believe his wild stories, Patten determined that mankind must be shown that the end is near and thus.
He became the Answer to make them take notice. He also began to commit spectacular crimes to finance his further research into his theory.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman Villains: Secret Files and Origins.
Ivo is a mad scientist who invented Amazo along with a number of other impressive androids. For Ivo, avoiding death became his life's obsession. He discovered an immortality potion and drank it, but found that the immortality brought with it horrible disfigurement that made his skin scaly.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Justice League of America #218.
Egghead is one of the smartest men in the world, a genius by anyone's standards. He was identifiable by his pale bald head and white and yellow or white suit. His crimes would usually have an egg-motif to them as well as including egg puns in his speech where appropriate such as "egg-zactly" and "egg-cellent". Additionally, he would use a wide assortment of egg-shaped weapons, such as laughing gas eggs and tear gas eggs.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc.
The boy who was to become the first Tally Man lived with his mother and sister, in constant fear of the criminals who threatened the family for the money his father had borrowed from them years before. After his father died, those same criminals extorted his weekly fee from the deceased man's wife. The boy begged his mother not to pay, but she tearfully replied, "Everybody has to pay the tally man." One night, when the collector came, his mother could not afford to pay and the criminal beat her. Filled with rage, the boy attacked and brutally killed the money collector with a fireplace poker. The 12-year-old boy was arrested for murder, and abused horribly by the others in the boy's prison, who called him a "mama's boy." After his release, the boy returned home. When he discovered his sister had died of starvation and his mother had committed suicide, his mind snapped. Years later, a figure dressed in the strange dark robes of an old-fashioned tax collector emerged in Gotham City, calling himself the Tally Man.
Note: In the novelization of No Mans Land arc, it is revealed that Two Face killed him, however he was seen along with the other villains during the Infinite Crisis in the Battle of Metropolis.
After Infinite Crisis, a new Tally Man performs a series of hits knocking off supervillains in the Penguin's employ. Unlike the first Tally Man, he is of African descent.
Second Tally Man is revealed as Arkham inmate during Face the Face story arc(from Detective Comics).
(I'm not sure about orginal Tally Man, but I think he could be send to Arkham)
Val Kaliban is one of the world's greatest escape-artists and has used his extraordinary abilities together with special effects to commit spectacular crimes and make people believe he is a real ghost. He was also an architectural draftsman for a legal engineering firm involved in city planning for Gotham City. Kaliban tampered with the plans for its maximum security prison, to permit the construction of a network of secret passages throughout the prison. After the prison was built, Kaliban intended to use the secret passages to release convicts for a high price. Kaliban then made certain that the Gotham maximum security prison was built the way he desired. Ten years after his supposed execution, Kaliban, in the costumed guise of The Spook, offered "escape insurance" policies to criminals for a price.
He was killed by Damain Wayne during Batman and Son story arc.
Second Spook was a government operative who went mad and believed himself to be dead. As the Spook, he murdered several corporate heads whose companies he blamed for his "death".
Val Kaliban is revealed as Arkham inmate during Batman: The Last Arkham story arc.
(I'm not sure about second Spook, but I think he could be send to Arkham)
Burt Weston is a wannabe actor who dreams of getting a big break by playing quirky villains, because those kinds of villains were rich. When each of his plans failed, he faked his death in a method similar to one used by Paul Newman's and Robert Redford's characters in the movie The Sting. Years later, he committed every crime known in films and the Gotham newspapers dubbed him "Film Freak". One of his signatures was a pair of earrings in the shape of film cans.
During the Knightfall story line, Weston was killed by Bane.
After Infinite Crisis, a new Film Freak going by the alias "Edison", appears as a television show host, similar to Elvira nad fight against second Catwoman. This is later revealed, that this Film Freak had no actual memories, only "film clip after film clip".
Burt Weston is revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #395 and during Knightfall story arc.
(I'm not sure about second Film Freak, but I think he could be send to Arkham)
As a child, Floyd Lawton idolized his brother. His mother convinced his brother to kill their father. His brother locked Floyd outside, but Floyd, wishing to save his brother from a grim future, took a rifle to shoot the gun out of his brother's hand. He was sitting in the tree branch when it broke and Floyd accidentally shot his brother in the head. Lawton inadvertently kills the brother he loves to save the father he hated. He become a hired assassin, regularly boasting to "never miss". He is capable of using a large variety of weapons, but prefers using a pair of silenced, wrist-mounted guns.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Suicide Squad #34.
Porter Vito was a funerary agent who resurrects people from the dead. He was trying some reanimation techniques to raise his dead parents. When one of his zombies kills someone however, he feels remorse and gives up his plans.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #864 and in Batman: The Dark Knight (volume two) #1.
The Key was originally a scientist working for Intergang. He began experimenting in an attempt to increase his already remarkable intelligence. He was able to create psycho-chemicals that opened the doors to the untapped areas of his brain. Adopting the identity the Key he embarked on his attempt to rule the world only to be defeated by the Justice League. Deciding that in order to control the world he needed to destroy the Justice League the Key designed more powerful psycho-chemicals. After taking the chemicals he slipped into a coma for years and allowed them to expand his consciousness.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in JLA #120
A psychotic killer from Germany who dresses in a Santa suit and can allegedly read minds to determine whether a person had been good or not.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #596.
Terrible Trio are three brilliant criminal inventors who are known as the Fox(Fisk), the Shark(Sherman Shackley) and the Vulture(Volpar). They use their scientific gadgets to commit extraordinary crimes. Each member of the Terrible Trio concentrates his inventions for a particular battleground. The Fox specialises in inventions for committing crimes on land, the Shark devotes himself to commiting crimes at sea or underwater and the Vulture concentrates on advanced aircraft for committing crimes in the sky. The Trio do not wear costumes except for head masks resembling the animals for which they are named.
Revealed as Arkham inmates in Detective Comics #832.
Daedalus Boch is an artist who believes he receives visions of inspiration and then compulsively recreates them on whatever canvas they indicate, including people.
He was later killed during an escape attempt.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Tucker Long is completely obsessed with scavenging prizes and treasures from garbage. He apparently has the ability to create all manner of functional things from junk.
He was killed by his fellow Arkham inmate Doodlebug.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Barbara Ann Minerva had carved out a reputation as an archaeologist and treasure hunter, but at a great cost. Her final expedition took her through Africa toward the lost temple of Urzkartaga, home of a legendary tribe who reportedly worshipped a mystic cat-goddess who took the form of a human cheetah. Minerva’s party was attacked by people of Urzkartaga, who planned to use the explorers as blood sacrifices for the cat-god. Despite overwhelming odds, Minerva and Dr. Leavens escaped the ambush and later returned to the temple under cover of darkness. From their vantage point, they saw the sacrificial ceremony that revived and resuscitated Urzkartaga’s cat-god, when, suddenly, another group of natives, a band armed with semi-automatic weapons burst from the jungle to massacre the Urzkartagans, whose sacrifices had taken the lives of many of their own people. In the melee, the cat-god was killed, the temple razed and Minerva found herself trapped within the temple’s ruins along with Leavens, Chuma and the slain cat-god. At Minerva’s command, Chuma explained the ritual and history of the cat-god. Minerva, wishing to command the cat-god’s power, demanded to be subjected to the ritual herself, even though part of the ritual required her to kill Leavens and drink his blood. Painted with sacred designs and dressed in the skin of the cat-god, she took the potion and became the Cheetah.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #35.
Lyle Bolton was a wannabe cop who always gets kicked out for brutality and overzealous behavior. He used to work as a security guard but got fired for breaking a shop lifter's legs. In the end, he decided to build their own prison, where he caught all kinds of criminals.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Robin (volume two) #167.
Mortimer Kadaver is a murderous criminal possessing a morbid and sadistic obsession with inflicting pain and death. His hideout is filled with a wide variety of means of murder and torture, including an iron maiden, a guillotine, a hangman’s noose, and even a pool of quicklime. Kadaver enjoys feigning his own death by methods such as dressing as a vampire and emerging from a coffin, but he takes even more pleasure in meting out suffering and death to others who cross his path.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #12.
Alexander Percy Tuttle was bright and had a particular talent for science. His father, business man Morris Tuttle, was only interested in making money and threatened his son if he "wasted his time" with scientific concerns. The younger Tuttle had used the father's company's fund for a vacation village project to develop a glove that operated from the energy from his central nervous system. With his mechanical glove, the Crumbler could cancel the force that binds atoms together.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Green Lantern (volume two) #117.
Erasmus Rayne was a cult leader and a serial killer. He was a self-proclaimed psychic and founder of his own religion, completely amoral and wildly unpredictable. Rayne was convinced he could commune with the dead, and listened when the voices in his head told him to kill 56 members of his own ministry.
He died in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Geoff Shencoe is a former policeman tortured by the Joker into insanity.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman Confidential #30.
Kobra is an international terrorist and mad scientist who has crossed paths with the majority of Earth's costumed heroes during his attempts to usher in the Kali Yuga. Jeffrey Franklin Burr was born part of a set of siamese twins, but was stolen at birth by the Cult of the Kobra god, since a prophecy claimed he would lead them to rule the world. Under their teaching, he became a dangerous warrior and a sadistic criminal mastermind. He led the cult into using advanced technology to menace the world.
He was killed by Black Adam.
Jeffrey's twin brother Jason is re-animated by the Kobra Cult possibly through the use of Kobra's Lazarus Pits and beacome a new Kobra.
Jeffrey Franklin Burr is revealed as Arkham inmate in Suicide Squad #33 and Birds of Prey: Black Canary/Batgirl.
Lunkhead was clearly stupid, but exhibited massive strength imposing somewhat deformed bruiser of a man.
He was killed by the Ventriloquist as revenge for destroying his Scarface puppet.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell mini-series.
Tommy Elliot grew up with Bruce Wayne, and was one of his only true friends.
The two played strategy games, and Tommy would always beat Bruce. Elliot hated his parents as a boy. Driven by his want for independence and wealth, he cut the brakes on his parents' car and convinced their chauffeur to stay home that night, which led to the death of his father. However Bruce promised Tommy his dad would save his parents and even though he failed to save his father he was able to his mother. However this enraged young Elliot. Elliot's rage was fueled by the murder of the Waynes, which put Bruce Wayne in just the situation Elliot wanted himself. His hopes for ruined, he decided to wait for a lucky day. He created for himself the identity of Hush, a mysterious, trench-coated criminal with his head wraped in bandages who often quotes Aristotle. His identity came from Scarecrow singing, "Hush Little Baby", (which is incidentally a nursery rhyme about a child who couldn't be pleased) around Elliot.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gotham Knights #74, in Batman: Gates of Gotham mini-series and during The House of Hush story arc.
Martin Hawkins was abused by his father at a young age, it is for this reason he went insane. He claimed to see visions of the Virgin Mary , who told him to go and kill women and destroy thier faces and sexual organs in order to stop slut from spreading diseases, this is of coarse refering to sexualy transmitted diseases like AIDS. He killed Amedeus wife and his daughter and stuck her head in a dollhouse.
After he was captured, Amedeus Arkham killed him during shock treatment.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Ra's al Ghul is born 700 years ago in a tribe of nomads in a desert somewhere in Arabia, near a city whose inhabitants' ancestors have journeyed to the Arabian Peninsula from China. He was a physician and interested in science from an early age and abandons his tribe to live in the city, where he can conduct his scientific research. He was called before a mighty sultan to cure his sons ailment and when he could think of no way to do it, he wandered into the desert to seek some divine breakthrough. While there, he stumbled across the knowledge that pools of chemicals set at certain ley lines would raise the dead. Calling these Lazarus Pits, he summoned the sultan, for a pit could only be used once, and only when certain prerequisites were set. The prince, who is sadistic to begin with, is driven completely insane by the Lazarus Pit. The sultan's son lashed out at the nearest person, the physician wife, for whom he lusted and he killed her. The sultan, refusing to believe his son a killer, had the man and his wife interred underground with raiders. Only the intervention of one whom the physician had saved years before allowed him to escape. Taking command of the band of raiders that were his family, he laid siege to the sultan's city, killing all within and smashing the statue of the demon the people worshipped. He took the head of the statue, and the raiders began worshipping him, calling him Ra's al Ghul, The Demon's Head.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #840 (committed as "Terry Gene Kase").
Two-bit costumed crook in Gotham City.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Robin (volume two) #167.
Also known as the Scourge of the Seven Seas. The boy who would become Black Manta was an orphan who has autism and was placed in Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. He felt comfortable in freezing cold water, while cotton sheets were excruciatingly painful. Because the attendants at Arkham didn't know how to deal with autism, they would end up restraining him to the bed as he struggled and screamed whenever they tried putting him there. The boy was also fascinated when he saw Aquaman on television. He would end up being subjected to experimental treatments. One treatment seemed to clear the boy's head, but left him violent as a result. He killed the scientist who had administered the treatment and escaped from Arkham. He later designed a costume, fashioned a high-tech submersible inspired by black manta rays and taking the name Black Manta.
Note: This orgin was given by Rick Veitch and I'm not sure he is cannolitly.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Aquaman (volume six) #8.
Joe Coyne had a business selling newspapers for a penny but he was fired fro pilfering said pennies. He started his a career in crime by robbing a cash register stuffed with pennies. Coyne learned to embrace the symbol of his failure. He carved out a corner of the underworld by specializing in penny-themed crimes. His giant penny is often shown in the Batcave as a trophy.
He died in the crossfire of a battle between Two Face and the Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Two-Face: Year One mini-series.
Son of Merry Pemberton and the original Brainwave, from whom he inherited his powers. As Brainwave Jr., Hank is a founding member of Infinity, Inc., doing so in an attempt to bring honor to his family name. When Hank's father dies, he passes on his mental powers to his son, greatly increasing them and causing him to become somewhat unhinged. Henry King, Jr. is portrayed differently over his many appearances, being heroic at first, appearing as a villain secondly, and with a third portrayal as a mixture of the two, but largely heroic.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in JSA: Secret Files #2.
For some unknown reason, Abner Krill decide to launch a crime spree in Gotham City revolving around spots and dots by assuming the identity of Mr. Polka-Dot. He ended up in conflict with Batman and Robin and used his polka-dots to fight them.
After Final Crisis, he is seemingly killed by the Human Flame.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Justice League of America (volume two) #21.
As a child, Amadeus Arkham lived with his mother, Elizabeth Arkham in a family mansion. Elizabeth was very sick and suffered from debilitating mental illness. Eventually Amadeus murdered his mother to relieve her. He would go on to repress this memory, instead believing that she had committed suicide. Because of his mother's illness, Amadeus gained a growing interest in the study of mental illness, and decided to treat the mentally ill in hopes of avoiding going through what his mother went through. He had convicted murderer Martin “Mad Dog” Hawkins brought from prison to his house for an interview. He found Hawkins to, indeed, be mentally ill. Soon after when returning from an errand, Arkham found his wife and child brutally raped and murdered, with his daughter's head severed and placed in her doll house. This was the work of Hawkins. He later treats "Mad Dog" Hawkins for months until finally electrocuting him in a shock therapy session. Although this incident is treated as an accident by the authorities, Arkham freefalls into madness. He continues his mission even after he is incarcerated in the Asylum himself; he scratches the words of the binding spell into the walls and floor of his cell with his fingernails until the day he dies.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Jeremiah Arkham is the nephew of Amadeus Arkham and the inheritor of the Arkham legacy. Namely, he became the administrative director of Arkham Asylum. After years of running the facility, it became apparent that Jeremiah Arkham was going insane as he predicted and began suffering from dissociative identity disorder. He took the mantle of Black Mask after the previous, Black Mask was murdered. The mask itself is supposedly the original Black Mask's personality and Arkham is it’s faithful servant.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #697, in Detective Comics #684-685 and in Gotham City Sirens #23.
Malochia is a prophet of doom. He believes that the world will end around the year 2014. Previously, however, will shake the world of huge natural disasters, wars and terrible accidents. He also believes that, he must make them began to occur now as it has been revealed to him in his vision.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Shadow Of The Bat #41.
Sorensen is a telepathic pedophile. He was one of many Arkham inmates, who attacked Deathstroke and his Titans team.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Titans (volume two) #29.
Brazilian girl and daughter of mercenary Wavelength. Like her father, she can control the electromagnetic spectrum.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Titans (volume two) #28.
Rupert Thorne was an influential city councilman from Gotham City. He stands as Gotham City's long standing top crime boss. With various "business ventures" being undone by the Batman, he has a steady interest in seeing the Bat take a dirt nap.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comics #477.
A member of New York's elite, Rothschild was arrested 15 years ago and is rumoured to be a magician. Later, he was linked to a series of murders in Gotham City, which involved mob financiers being murdered in a fashion which suggested Gotham super-criminals. When Batman investigated the crimes he eventually learned of the crime group made up of several super villains as well as mob financiers.
When the Riddler joined the heroes as a private eye his search brought him back to Blackspell. Riddler then proceeded to concoct an elaborate plan to use his associations with Blackspell to goad Blackspell into attacking and killing the old members of the group.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #699.
Number One of female rock musicians band called "World Public Enemy".
She changed her career and become third-rate super-villainess.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story arc.
Number Two of female rock musicians band called "World Public Enemy".
She changed her career and become third-rate super-villainess.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story arc.
Number Three of female rock musicians band called "World Public Enemy".
She changed her career and become third-rate super-villainess.
Revealed as Arkham inmate during The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul story arc.
Doctor Gruener was a German Jew who had been the inmate of a concentration camp run by Nazi Colonel Kurt Schloss, the murderer of Gruener's parents and sister. After the War, Gruener settled in the United States. He took on the masked identity of the Reaper and killed Schloss. When Batman interfered, the Doctor regretted that he had become a cold-blooded killer himself. Shortly afterwards, the Reaper fell off a cliff, the Batman being unable to prevent his death. Several years after this, he was removed from cryogenic suspension by the second Black Mask, as a weapon against the Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman #706 and in Batman: The Dark Knight (volume two) #1.
Born to Gotham City crime lord Carmine Falcone, Alberto Falcone was an outcast in his family of mobsters, a nonexistent part of the family business. His father favored his older siblings Mario and Sofia Gigante, igniting a deep, pathological jealousy. Alberto was always eager to follow in his father's footsteps and offered his service, but Carmine refused to let Alberto get involved in his "business", wishing for Alberto to live a normal life. He later become a Holiday, who kills various Gotham City criminals on major holidays. He believed that, his new reputation as Holiday will make him much bigger than his father and all the gangsters in the mob put together. He was killed by his sister, in Batman: Dark Victory maxi-series
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory maxi-series.
Pre-Crisis Jason Todd was the son of Joseph and Trina Todd, two acrobats who tragically met their deaths at the hands of Killer Croc. After this tragedy, he was taken in by Bruce Wayne much like Dick had been previously. Left with a powerful desire to fight crime from his parents' deaths, Jason began doing so with such disguises as his old circus uniform before having any superhero identity of his own. Eventually, he received Dick's blessing to be the new Robin along with the costume and Bruce trained him to be part of a new Dynamic Duo.
Post-Crisis Jason Todd was an orphan living on the streets of Gotham. He first encountered the Batman after boldly stealing the tires of the Batmobile. Batman took Jason under his wing. As the second Robin, Jason distinguished himself in battle with such adversaries as Two-Face and Killer Croc. Jason's short career met a tragic end while he was searching for his long-lost mother. Upon finding her, he learned that he was a criminal. She betrayed Jason to the Joker, who then killed them both. However, the effects of Superboy Prime attempting to escape from a dead caused a ripple in reality, which awoke Jason Todd in his coffin brain damaged and with no memory of his true identity. He wandered for years until Ra's and Talia al Ghul submerged him in a Lazarus Pit and reawakened his memories of his true self. When he learned that the Joker was still alive, despite his own murder, Jason was enraged and took on the identity of the Red Hood, a scourge of Gotham's underworld.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman and Robin #23.
Lews Bayard, was the son of an Arkham Asylum guard. As a small child, he often went to work with his father, because he had no one to look after him. Unfortunately during a riot, Lewis' father was murdered by Doctor Phosphorus, who leaving two hand prints on his back that looked like angel wings. Years later, Bayard has returned as the White Knight, with the intention of purifying the city by the light. He wanted to cleanse all the bad people, through their flight to the light, like his father. His first act of doing so, was to take control of Gotham citizens, relatives of patients Arkham, dress them as angels and forced to jump from buildings, committing suicide.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman and Robin #22.
The Veil was a villain who had the power to phase through solid objects and to manipulate darkness. He was the partner of Red Mask until his powers eventually drove him insane. After his phasing had caused him to have strange visions, he was driven to the point that he clawed out his own eyes and had to be put away in Arkham Asylum.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Animal Man #7.
Matatoa past history is almost completely unknown, with all being known is he came from Europe after a voice in his head told him to seek out an "undefeated warrior" so he could absorb their life force. Matatoa not understand how he finds his victims, but receives orders about what to do. One day he receives orders to go to Gotham City, behind an invincible warrior: Batman.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gotham Knights #17.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #93.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gates of Gotham mini-series.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: Gates of Gotham mini-series.
Eduardo Flamingo was an ordinary man with his own family who used to struggle with some criminal organization named the Mob. It lasted until they caught him and brainwashed into serial maniacal killer who eats faces of his victims. He killed all members of his family and then became contract killer whose "kill record is impeccable". According to Gabriel Santo, Flamingo has an impeccable kill record. He went to Gotham City to deal with such major threats to the criminal underworld as Batman and Robin.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman (volume two) #1.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman (volume two) #1.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman (volume two) #1.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman (volume two) #1.
Linda Friitawa specialised in genetics but lost her license for unauthorized experiments on human beings. Disgraced yet still consumed by her research, the albino Friitawa agreed to work for the Penguin. She was to assist Scarecrow with creating a new toxin. Friitawa who slept by day to avoid direct sunlight, worked all night, learning much from Crane. He responded to her kindness, which was a marked contrast with the brutal manner shown to him by the Penguin. She coordinated her research with his, the performed an experiment on Crane turning him into the Scarebeast. Friitawa also used the results of her experiment to treat her albinism, which resulted in her gaining super powers. Friitawa then adopted the name Fright.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: The Dark Knight (volume two) #1, Resurrection Man (volume two) #6 and Detective Comic (volume two) #9.
Jake Baker was originally a high-tech scientist whose machinery irradiated his body and gave him super-powers. His powers were "magnetic", but he could not only attract or repel metal, but also wood, stone, or human flesh with the same ease. The name "Zebra-Man" came from his new appearance - covered by black and white stripes highlighted by a glowing aura. Years later, international terrorist organization Kobra creating a new Zebra Man modeled after the original. This new Zebra-Man alongside the other Strikeforce Kobra members fought the Outsiders.
Jake Baker (possibly) was revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman: The Dark Knight (volume two) #1.
A young girl abducted by Dollmaker and brainwashed into his family.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comic (volume two) #4.
Born in Viceroy, South Carolina, Mitchell "Mitch" Shelley became a lawyer who found himself an unwilling test subject for experimentation in nanotechnology, involving specialized devices nicknamed "tektites" by an organization known only as "the Lab". The experiments cost Shelley his memory for several months but also rendered him immortal albeit with a twist: he could still be killed but the death would last a matter of seconds (perhaps minutes at most due to the tektites) and he would be reborn with a superpower infuenced by the way he was last killed.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Resurrection Man (volume two) #5-6.
The first recorded whereabouts of the mighty sorcerer now known as Felix Faust is from circa 5.000 B.C., at which time he appeared in the legendary African empire of Kor. King of Kor was Nommo, prime wizard of his time, and the guardian of the mystic power called the Flame of Life. The evil sorcerer battled Nommo, attempting to use the Flame's power to his own corrupt ends. Nommo then called the Flame of Life into himself, defeating the sorcerer by banishing him to another dimension. In the mid-1920s, a madman and wannabe-magician named Dekan Drache stumbled upon the dimension and managed to open a portal to it. Released, the sorcerer destroyed Drache's soul and entered his body. However, though alive on Earth once more, the sorcerer found his powers drastically reduced. Obsessed with restoring his mystic might, the sorcerer read the story of how the man called Faust had sold his soul to the devil for supernatural powers, and decided to do the same. Inspired by the story's main character, the sorcerer now called himself Felix Faust and began a never-ending quest for mystical knowledge.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in JLA Annual #2.
After the Jervis Tetch had been sent to Arkham following his debut, a very different Mad Hatter appeared, who claimed to be Jervis Tetch. Unlike the original, was sane and sported a gaudy mustache. He was primarily a thief, apparently obsessed with completing his private collection of hats from all nations, cultures, and historical periods. He often constructed various weaponry concealed inside his hats like flame-throwers and buzzsaws. The headgear he wanted most was, of course, Batman's cowl. When the real Jervis Tetch returned, he claimed to have killed his impostor, but the second Mad Hatter appeared one last time as a featured character in Detective Comics #573.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Secret Origins #44 and in Resurrection Man (volume two) #6.
Crux was the child of two prominent alien research scientists, but his life changed when a Tamaranean space craft crashed down to Earth, killing his parents. He would spend the next few years continuing his parent's research, trying to find out a way to enact revenge on all aliens. He eventually found away to splice his DNA with that of other alien species, giving him the ability to transform into a giant beast, giving him the powers he needs to attack those who blames for his parent's death.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Red Hood and The Outlaws #7.
Little is known about Steeljacket's origins. He is a bio-engineering experiment, a cross between man and bird. His hollow bones make him extremely lightweight, allowing him to fly. However, he must wear metallic armour to protect his frail body.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comic (volume two) #9.
Natalia was a child of the streets until the criminal Charles Knight took her in. She grew up with Knight's natural son, Anton, eventually falling in love with him. An accident with laser radiation drained Natalia Knight's skin of all pigment and rendered her sensitive to sunlight, an accident not entirely unfortunate for an astronomer romantically drawn to twilight. From dusk till dawn, Natalia and Anton's alter egos of Nocturna and Night-Slayer engaged in thievery to enjoy the witching hours luxuries. A course of action that drew them to Batman's attention.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comic (volume two) #9.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batgirl (volume four) #11-13.
Ambush Bug's true name was supposedly Irwin Schwab, but it must be noted that he suffered from mental problems that prevented him from truly understanding reality around him, so even his true identity might be no more than a delusion on his part. His origin is disputed, although the most commonly accepted origin is that Brum-El of the planet Schwab sent his clothes from his supposedly doomed planet, hoping that his wardrobe would survive, only to have it intercepted by a giant radioactive space spider. In the resulting crash, only two articles of clothing survived: the Ambush Bug suit, which was subsequently found by Irwin Schwab and Argh!Yle!, an argyle sock with a metal mask. At first, Ambush Bug was a villain, named after a type of insect, and dressed in a green, skintight suit (with two orange antennae) that covered his whole body. After attacking Superman and other heroes (and being little more than an annoyance to them) Ambush Bug decided instead to be a superhero as well.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Action Comics #560.
Brian Durlin, better known as Savant, is the spoiled heir to an enormous fortune. Savant had moved to Gotham to become a self-styled vigilante. However, after Batman discouraged his involvement in vigilantism because of his lack of care to protect others, he turned his own formidable computer skills into a profitable blackmailing business.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Birds of Prey #37.
Tenzin Wyatt was Tibetan immigrant who creates demon dopplegangers to steal the money. He digs deep inside himself for something nastier. After fight with Batman and Etrigan, his mind was heavy injured and he was sent to Arkham Asylum as catatonic. He later sees on a T.V. the Demon trial of Glenda and Randu which sparks his memories. Deep inside he wants revenge and joined to Klarion's Gang.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in The Demon (volume three) #9.
Tommy Carma became a detective after he saved a young woman from a street gang, though his harsh methods usually led to the perps he collared to get off on police brutality charges. At one point, he did go by the book and managed to catch a mob hitman in the act, though he was the only eyewitness. The mob tried to murder him in a car explosion, but it was his wife and daughter who were killed instead. Becoming disillusioned, he left the force and took up a Night Watchman job as a cover for his real plans. Stealing a Batman costume from a costume company, he took to the streets and started to murder thugs that got out on a technicality, with the media and cops thinking it was the real Batman killing these men. Eventually, the real Batman tracks Tommy to his next target and the two start to fight, with Tommy believing that he is the real article and that he is facing an imposter.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batman 403.
Jonathan Mills was once a war hero and federal agent, but on a fateful night, he was involved in a car accident that left him as the sole survivor, as nearby bystanders managed to only rescue him from the engulfed vehicle. Mills snapped, trying to to jump back into the fire so he could die with his family, but was stopped by the paramedics on the scene. He only could to watch his wife and children burn in the fire. Sometime later, he returns to Gotham City to enact his twisted sense of retribution, by killing those who had also miraculously escaped death.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batgirl (volume four) #13.
Doctor Byron Meredith was a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum. He was infamous for his violent ways of treating his patients. While most doctors feared the madness of The Joker, Meredith and Dr. Harleen Quinzel were the only ones willing to take on the Clown Prince of Crime. While Harleen later went mad with The Joker and became his girlfriend and sidekick; Dr. Meredith opened private practice for the Joker obsessed. Soon he convinced his patients that it would make the Joker proud to cause chaos in Gotham but in reality he was using the chaos as a diversion so he could kill people who had wronged him. Dressing as the Merrymarker, he became the leader of the gang known as the Leauge of Smiles.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Detective Comic (volume two) #17.
Bio will coming soon.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batwoman (volume two) #17.
An infamous arch-enemy of the Golden Age Vigilante and a skilled inventor of weapons. The Dummy is a criminal mastermind and inventor whose diminutive size and somewhat grotesque features make him resemble a ventriloquist's dummy. In fact, originally his hired thugs thought he was only a lifeless dummy throuhg which their unsen employer spoke; of course, the Dummy himself was the true boss.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in World's Finest #247.
Sally Sarasota was a former female wrestler with twin daughters that wound up being killed by a drunk driver while walking home from school one day. She tracked down the driver, chained him to the rear bumper of her car, and drove around his neighborhood at 20 mph for half an hour until the police cornered her. She was incarcerated at Arkham Asylum.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batgirl (volume four) #12.
Bleak Michael was a former prodigy, a genius when it came to chemicals. At one point he created a toxic nerve gas and brought it to his school to show the shocking lack of awareness of potential biological terrorism. It was fully functional however and went off, killing twelve students and four teachers.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batgirl (volume four) #12.
Kulap Vilaysack, a former cop, was kicked off the GCPD force for castrating a suspected pedophile and did time in Arkham Asylum after the man was proven innocent.
Revealed as Arkham inmate in Batgirl (volume four) #12.
