The whole thing is brought to life visually by Dani and colorist Dave Stewart, and the two are a match made in horrifying heaven. Joy’s files to give readers an intro to the characters of the series is a smart narrative choice, as is the narration from an unseen-at-first narrator that introduces that character’s terrifying new iteration beautifully. This is a woman who clearly cares for her patients, and is doing the best she can to continue to help them, even if we come to realize that she may not be going about it in the best way, to say the least. Joy is an engaging point-of-view character, and her interactions with the GCPD’s Detective Stone give readers a great sense of who she is and what’s important to her. It’s those horror sensibilities that he brings to Arkham City, teaming with his Coffin Bound collaborator Dani to present a story that’s moody and creepy as hell while still remaining completely grounded in character. Writer Dan Watters ’s profile has been growing at DC, with a couple of Sandman Universe titles and entries in the Infinite Frontier Secret Files to his name, among other things, not to mention having a number of creator-owned horror series like Home Sick Pilots and Coffin Bound under his belt. It’s also an engaging, impressive comic from a strong creative team who are both really coming into their own at DC.

Jacosta Joy as they track down former residents of Arkham who escaped during the events of A-Day. It turns out Arkham City is none of those things, but is instead an in-continuity series that follows the GCPD and former Arkham employee Dr. Is it a video game tie-in? Is it a Black Label book? Is it yet another tWiStEd take on Batman’s rogues gallery? Will The Joker be in it? The Joker’s in pretty much everything.

I have a confession to make: For the longest time, I didn’t know what Arkham City: The Order of the World was.

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