

Although it has had numerous administrators, some comic books have featured Jeremiah Arkham. Located in Gotham City, Arkham Asylum is where Batman's foes who are considered to be mentally ill are brought as patients (other foes are incarcerated at Blackgate Penitentiary). Its high-profile patients are often members of Batman's rogues gallery. The asylum serves as a psychiatric hospital for the Gotham City area, housing patients who are criminally insane, as well as select prisoners with unusual medical requirements that are beyond a conventional prison's ability to accommodate.


It first appeared in Batman #258 (October 1974), written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Lovecraft, and later appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in stories featuring the superhero Batman. The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane ( / ˈ ɑːr k ə m/), commonly referred to as Arkham Asylum, is a fictional psychiatric hospital/ prison, named after the city of Arkham which appeared first in the stories of H. Arkham Home for the Emotionally Troubled.
