Exploring the Madness of Batman: The Last Arkham

Shadow of the Bat was a new Batman comic that began in 1992. It featured the introduction of a new villain: Mr. Zsasz; an old idea: Batman insane; and Jeremiah: the last Arkham.
A story that explores the history and dark themes of Arkham Asylum!
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[@GabrielRodrigues-zn9zl]

Hello, Salazar Knight. I am a huge fan of your work and your Channel. I am also a psychologyst and, during college, I focused on studying behavioural analysis, the science whitch Skinner is father of. I know It may not have beeen your intention, but the thigs you said about Skinner give the wrong idea about him and his science. Yes, Skinner said that there is no mind, but what it means is that what society calls mind and thougths work (funcitionaly) the same way as what society calls behaviour, therefore, it is also behaviour. Also, what you said (and also this comic) indicates that Arkham is broken becouse Jeremiah follows what Skinner says, but he doesen't. Behavioural Analysis proved that punishment and coersion (and that was what Jeremiah was doing in the pannels you showed) doen't work as methods of changing behavior. Skinner and most of the Behavioural Analysts would be against Arkham and what happens there. I know it was not your intention, but what you said may give a bad impression about this science which helps many people and which had a huge impact on my academic life. So I was compled to write this comment.

[@SalazarKnight]

Much appreciated insight from someone more qualified than me to talk about this topic!

[@GabrielRodrigues-zn9zl]

@@SalazarKnight Thanks! As I said, I am a fan of your work and I want to thank you for teaching me so much about Batman's history and characterization!

[@DARTH_COMiX]

And i want to thank u for the same thing, salazar.

[@laurelsilberman5705]

I’ll never not love Nightwing working with Batman. They’re two halves of the original dynamic duo, and when they get put together on the same side of an issue, they’re almost unstoppable. No matter how long it’s been since they worked together-when the chips are down, things fall right back into place and their teamwork is great.

[@MutantsInDisguise]

Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle are my favorite creative Batman team ever!

[@eivor5453]

A death in the family is my all time favourite batman story but love this one too

[@jakeproven256]

Jerimiah Arkham was a really interesting character during the 90's era of batman.

[@jossnavarro7374]

I’ll never forget how zsasz frightened me in the Arkham games

[@jakeproven256]

Joss Navarro the Arkham games were my proper introduction to the character I was introduced to him in Batman begins but he only made short cameos in that film meaning he made far less than no impression in the movie. Heck I didn’t really know his name till later. Also he wasn’t in Batman the animated series, nor the Batman, nor Batman the brave and the bold ( mostly because he’s an extremely violent character) and I didn’t read the comics yet. Finally in 2011 I played Arkham asylum for the first time and he was creepy especially in his interview tapes.

[@DARTH_COMiX]

Victor zsasz is fucking terefying!!

[@loganwendigo937]

Every Bat media has Arkham but we almost never see Jerimiah himself which sucks. He’s an interesting character and either him or Hugo Strange should always be in charge of the asylum imo

[@loganwendigo937]

@Why Do I Even Look At The Comments Tbf Jereimiah somehow got his job back anyways and he is still in charge of Arkham asylum as reveled in a recent Detective Comic story. Hugo never tells anyone who Batman is and his mad scientist side is perfect for the asylum imo. Arkham needs a crazy or villainous person in charge to explain how horrible the place is. It also opens the door for some new interesting stories

[@chungkingexpress94]

This series was incredible. Batman crawling acorss the microwave floor wrapped in his cape. Incredible stuff

[@DanyTV79]

This was the first story of the modern era of Batman I read in the 90s. A masterpiece!

[@bibbyboxx2219]

Amazing video! The Last Arkham is definitely one of my favourite stories.

[@SalazarKnight]

Did you know you're the top commenter on my channel? At least, according to the analytics you are and I really appreciate you for that!

[@bibbyboxx2219]

That’s super cool! Glad I could contribute.

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

Mr. Salazar I never really cared for Victor zsasz he came up as a generic serial killer until I read his backstory then I realize he's kind of interesting and I find his twisted philosophy very fascinating.

[@jamesfletcher3720]

Thanks for this latest video. I pulled this run out today to revisit and forgot how good it is. The Grant and Breyfogle collaboration was a tour de force back in the nineties. Would have been nice to see some of the cool Arkam blueprints and give-aways that came with the first issue, but great commentary as always.

[@eivor5453]

Batman is the best written character in DC history and this one of my favourite batman stories

[@entennstudio]

My absolute favourite era, Grant and Breyfogle is the Batman I grew up with. They were beautiful stories. Great times! Thanks for sharing this!

[@jossnavarro7374]

Yeeessssss. I love the shadow of the bat series

[@erykeryk279]

RIP Norm Breyfogle and Alan Grant .

[@TheGothamite3]

Another amazing analysis. Seeing your videos has become a must for me.

[@tonydaza8504]

I love how Jeremiah Arkham is going a little mad because this guy didn’t believe zsasz was escaping from Arkham and killing people well he did not he’s got glimpse what madness is

[@shoddyworkmanship4934]

Great video! Completely worth the wait!

[@chris_t2020]

With the level of your editing Knightfall is going to be a hell of a ride! Keep the good work Salazar. The N°1 Batman fan!!

[@makisdimakis333]

Amazing analysis of this story. It's so good you re back. Thank you !

[@Victor-qx3vx]

4:11 - old Jeremiah had a very poor understanding of that book and behaviorism in general.

[@michaelblaine6494]

I still have those schematics that came with the poly bagged issue 1

[@luchoabustos199]

Amazing story ! I love your channel, please keep the good work😊

[@SalazarKnight]

Thank you!

[@bujilou]

Damn, that rock intro with batman chained up crawling around, Badass.Always enjoy revisiting all your vids. Excellent Quality.

[@therussiancomicbookgeek]

This sounds like an awesome story

[@josesarango3408]

I remember having this first issue. Grant + Breyfogle couldn't go wrong in those times

[@jaredgarcia8638]

Honestly I'd take their run any day of the week

[@noahrothwell9349]

One of my favorite Batman stories, and perfect timing because I'm currently re playing Arkham asylum (2009)

[@SalazarKnight]

Man. that game is one of my all-time favorites!

[@noahrothwell9349]

@@SalazarKnight Same, and I have a question. Do you have any Arkham Asylum or Batman comic suggestions. I have read almost all the comics I could find but I'm looking for some very obscure comics. Any Suggestions?

[@SalazarKnight]

The Joker Asylum series was quite good imo. Also Dark Detective by Englehart and Rogers is among my favourites.

[@noahrothwell9349]

@@SalazarKnight joker asylum had something very good stories.Dark Detective looks awesome, I will check it out. Thanks!

[@ODDdiddle]

This was one of the first Batman comics i collected

[@PotterPointFilms]

Salazar Knight, massive Bat-fan, loving your videos covering not just the Golden to Bronze Ages of my favourite DC hero but also the ones covering the classic and obscure 70s-90s Batman tales! That said, would you by chance do a video on Kelley Jones' run on The Caped Crusader...?

[@SalazarKnight]

Absolutely. I intend to cover his run with Doug Moench! Maybe not right away, but someday.

[@PotterPointFilms]

@@SalazarKnight Glad to hear it. Not much Batman to look forward to with a second wave of COVID going around.

[@hammerite6418]

You can’t tell me this didn’t heavily inspire the Arkham games

[@cristobalv.7613]

NICE VIDEO

[@ryanw4039]

My favorite comic book series

[@rohanilame7236]

Beautiful panels

[@michaelblaine6494]

I bought 2 issues of number one because like so many number ones of the time it was polybagged with all the extra materials they used to include because of course we all thought we had to buy at least 2 of everything as collectors yet to this day I still have the copy I bought to read but have no idea where the bagged one went. Then the bubble burst and we all felt really stupid🤦🏻‍♂️ I regret nothing though😂

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

Mr. Salazar I didn't know Jeremiah Arkham was the ancestor of the original founder because in the Arkham games they made him the founder of Arkham even though he's not in the comics. also I'm surprised he's actually written as a serious character in the story because every time I've seen him mentioned he come up as a insane weak doctor.

[@SalazarKnight]

Yeah, Jeremiah is complicated. But the stories with him in the 90s were pretty cool.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I completely agree that mankind is not ruled by their mentality they are ruled by their actions. As in too many compulsory action figure dolly purchases 😂❤

[@joshuariccio9754]

This story would make an amazing animated movie

[@SalazarKnight]

The closest thing we got was the episode from BTAS called "Dreams in Darkness".

[@entertainmenttime6728]

I've only heard how good this story is... Maybe i'll read it sometime.

[@SalazarKnight]

You won't be disappointed!

[@jakeproven256]

You know Quincy Sharp from the Arkham games? Dose anyone aside from me feel he could've been a new version of Jeremiah Arkham? The character arc given to Sharp could've been a cool new take on Jeremiah Arkham.

[@arcademcfly1039]

YEESSSS

[@dcmarvelcomicfans9458]

Mr. Salazar is there any more Batman stories in Arkham Asylum that took place in the early 2000s

[@tonydaza8504]

I really like this comic anyone’s does

[@makisdimakis333]

Since the last stories you covered recently are in the 90s era, is it safe to assume that you re going to do No Man's Land or Knightfall for one of your next videos ??

[@SalazarKnight]

Knightfall is coming soon. But because I cover comics in chronological order, No Man's Land is far from happening.

[@makisdimakis333]

@@SalazarKnight Oh yeah. There are Prodigal, Troika, Contagion, Legacy before that. I forgot. I m looking forward..

[@entertainmenttime6728]

Are you going to talk about more Legends Of The Dark Knight next?

[@SalazarKnight]

Indeed!

[@Facade953]

Jeremiah Arkham = Black Mask 2

[@cuevagrafica]

Hey man i need your help, i cant remeber the comic name or number issue but is about batman against a inmortal/ posibly vampire movie star actress. The issue takes place in a old Filming studio and she Wants batman to be his husband or someting Like that. You know what comic is that story from?

[@SalazarKnight]

That sounds a lot like "Sunset" from Legends of the Dark Knight #41 (1993) by Tom Joyner and Jim Fern.

[@cuevagrafica]

@@SalazarKnight omg thats the one! Tanks man!

[@SalazarKnight]

No problem. That story is part of the next video!

[@cuevagrafica]

@@SalazarKnight oh realy? I tought you have make one Like that already bit Cool can wait to see it! Ps: i can recomend you this obscure elseworlds Batman comic if you want: Batman two faces! Is bonkers

[@rikardandersson5582]

Why didn't they remove his mask though?

[@syedrayyan6136]

So want are you going to cover next?

[@SalazarKnight]

Maybe some Legends of the Dark Knight. It's about time.

[@jamesfletcher3720]

@@SalazarKnight Will you be covering Night Cries by Archie Goodwin and Scott Hampton? I recently bought and read it and think it's worth covering. Plus it's from this point of the timeline you are currently reviewing.

[@SalazarKnight]

Yeah, I just came across that one. Should be interesting.

[@leonacont6150]

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[@danielwunder]

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[@DavidRPitt]

Your description of Beyond Freedom and Dignity is completely inaccurate. Broadly speaking, the book is about how everything has a cause, and those causes have causes, and that even behaviour is caused by other things. That's it. This offended people's idea of freedom of choice and hence some people's sense of dignity, if their dignity relied on believing they caused all their own behaviour with nothing influencing them. B. F. Skinner was only controversial in the same way that Jack Kevorkian was controversial: he pointed out a thing that was probably true but that no one wanted to acknowledge at the time.

[@eliastzanis7711]

First 🤣🦇

[@koichix2745]

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