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** And the postscript from an incredibly minor character, read in context of the whole book, is incredibly frightening: {{spoiler|Dr. Milo's gotten through his insanity, but nobody believes him.}}

** I found Maxie Zeus' [[Psycho Electro|portrayal]] in that book to be the scariest. Maybe it was the indecipherable graffiti outside his cell, or the electroshock machine which stuck dozens of searing-hot electrical wires into his body (including a few which I'm fairly certain attached "down there"), or his disturbing-as-hell messianic complex, or [[Body Horror|what said electroshock machine was clearly doing to his body and mind]].

*** The real creepy thing is how he is holding a bucket of his poop and telling Batman how he will fertilize the earth, and the guard is saying "More, please, do it again..." Then he throws some at Batman...

** You know what, this entire freaking book is insanely just plain ''scary.'' The way that Mad Hatter is hinted at being a pedophile, the way that the book is drawn so loose, shadowy, and surreal, the way that Two Face is shown unable to make any decision; even one as simple as going to the bathroom due to how his coin has been replaced with a deck of cards, Clayface as above, Maxie Zeus as above, the twisted flashbacks of asylum founder Amadeus Arkham; who had to slit his own insane and sick mothers throat; and eventually goes insane himself. The creepiest thing though? The Joker. The way that he has high heels, long fingernails, [[Foe Yay|and he slaps Batman's ass.]] The way that he is drawn, pale skin contrasting with the dark tones, surreal art that frequents between detail and everything being blurred makes it ''the'' most terrifying way the Joker is drawn ''ever.'' [http://1uponu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/rev_batman_joker_arkham_asylum.jpg Don't believe me? Take a look yourself.] Above all the creepiest thing about him though? What he says, does, and how he says it. He [[Painting the Fourth Wall|doesn't have speech bubbles at all, he has demented blood red letters splattered all over the page in all caps;]] it really gives you a feeling about how he talks and his manner. How he talks about stabbing eyes out, divine madness, men who are pranked into thinking that their wife gave a safe pregnancy and then the doctors and nurses yell "April Fool's, your wife is dead and the baby's a spastic!" while at the same time blowing a guards head off, this is one of the scariest portrayals of the character. All in all, this is one of my favorite comic books, even if it is bloodcurling.

** In Scott Snyder's run on the 2011 reboot of Batman, we're introduced to an [[Ancient Conspiracy]] in Gotham. [[Up to Eleven|One who knows Gotham better than Batman.]] This, in of itself, isn't particularly terrifying. However, the more Batman investigates, the more he discovers just how powerful they are. And then they capture {{spoiler|Batman himself, drug him}} and start to drive him completely insane in an enormous maze beneath Gotham. Seeing {{spoiler|someone as cool and collected as Batman}} raving and terrified is shocking, and pure nightmare fuel.

 

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