History ComicBook / TheBatmanOfArkham

* StrawMisogynist: Unlike Bruce, who thinks that Poison Ivy has a point when it comes to women's rights, Jonathan Crane thinks it just makes her insane.

''The Batman of Arkham'' is an Creator/{{Elseworlds}} comic written by Creator/AlanGrant set in the year 1900. ComicBook/{{Batman}} prowls the streets of Gotham to save the innocent and fight crime, but by day Bruce Wayne is a respected psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, turning it from a BedlamHouse into a place where those housed in its walls receive the compassion and help that they need.

''The Batman of Arkham'' is an {{Elseworld}} comic written by Creator/AlanGrant set in the year 1900. Batman prowls the streets of Gotham to save the innocent and fight crime, but by day Bruce Wayne is a respected psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, turning it from a BedlamHouse into a place where those housed in its walls receive the compassion and help that they need.

* StrawFeminist: ComicBook/PoisonIvy is very outspoken about her contempt for how society thinks she should act. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Though, considering that it's 1900]] and she has [[StayInTheKitchen no right to vote, no right to a job and is considered a second-class citizen]], at least some of what she has to say is [[JerkassHasAPoint pretty valid]].

* GoodDocBadDoc: Bruce Wayne uses psychology - surmised from a mix of UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud and Franz Mesmer’s methods - to treat his patients. His humane, personal methods are shown to work wonders on the patients, turning the once savage and violent Killer Croc into a more polite individual with hope of integrating into society. When Jonathan Crane takes over, he turns Arkham into a BedlamHouse (not unlike most other mental institutions back in those days) where he strips the inmates of their privileges of their rights and rules over them all with an iron fist under the assumption that fear is more effective than compassion.

* BedlamHouse: Bruce is determined that Arkham Asylum ''not'' return to its previous state of abusing and mistreating its inmates. naturally, it returns to this state under Crane's rule.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Instead of being shot by Joe Chill, Bruce Wayne's parents in this continuity were killed when an insane seaman stabbed them to death.

* BedlamHouse: Bruce is determined that Arkham Asylum ''not'' return to this state. naturally, it returns to this state under Crane's rule.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: ARkham goes right back to being the horrible place it once was (and usually is in other works) after Crane steps in due to Wayne being out of commission.

Meanwhile, ComicBook/TheJoker is spreading his maniacal brand of madness through the city, and [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Jonathan Crane]] is a subordinate member of the asylum staff with his own views on patient care. When Wayne falls victim to the Joker and is left in a manic state, Crane has the chance to work his harsher will on the patients. However, Bruce recovered from the gas and captured the Joker. Bruce then dedicated his life to curing the Joker.

Meanwhile, ComicBook/heJoker is spreading his maniacal brand of madness through the city, and [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Jonathan Crane]] is a subordinate member of the asylum staff with his own views on patient care. When Wayne falls victim to the Joker and is left in a manic state, Crane has the chance to work his harsher will on the patients. However, Bruce recovered from the gas and captured the Joker. Bruce then dedicated his life to curing the Joker.

Meanwhile, the Joker is spreading his maniacal brand of madness through the city, and Jonathan Crane is a subordinate member of the asylum staff with his own views on patient care. When Wayne falls victim to the Joker and is left in a manic state, Crane has the chance to work his harsher will on the patients. However, Bruce recovered from the gas and captured the Joker. Bruce then dedicated his life to curing the Joker.

* GoodDocBadDoc: Bruce Wayne uses psychology - surmised from a mix of Sigmund Freud and Franz Mesmer’s methods - to treat his patients. His humane, personal methods are shown to work wonders on the patients, turning the once savage and violent Killer Croc into a more polite individual with hope of integrating into society. When Jonathan Crane takes over, he turns Arkham into a BedlamHouse (not unlike most other mental institutions back in those days) where he strips the inmates of their privileges of their rights and rules over them all with an iron fist under the assumption that fear is more effective than compassion.

* StrawFeminist: Poison Ivy is very outspoken about her contempt for how society thinks she should act. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Justified, considering that it is 1900]] and she has [[StayInTheKitchen no right to vote, no right to a job and is considered a second-class citizen.]]

* StrawFeminist: Poison Ivy is very outspoken about her contempt for how society thinks she should act. [[StrawmanHasAPoint Justified, considering that it is 1900 and she has no right to vote, no right to a job and is considered a second-class citizen.]]

* DeadlyGas: Joker's gas, as usual.