Overview

• Batman is confined in Ark M, an experimental prison whose nightmarish experiments outpace Arkham Asylum’s horrors
• Each escape attempt ends in a brutal showdown with Bane, trapping Batman in a cycle of violence that edges him toward insanity
• Batman resorts to increasingly gruesome self-harm and improvised tactics to break free, underscoring the series’ body-horror focus
• Nick Dragotta’s stark layouts, Frank Martin’s contrasting colors and Clayton Cowles’s lettering heighten the issue’s unsettling atmosphere
• Issue #10 sets the stage for a climactic final clash, ramping up tension within DC’s Absolute Universe imprint