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Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams Hardcover – July 27, 2021

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The Dark Knight faces the strangest and most bizarre adventure of his career, as he meets comics' strangest and most bizarre hero, The Maxx!

A devious new doctor at Arkham Asylum is conducting unconventional experiments into the human psyche, and he kicks off a chain reaction of disaster when he experiments on Arkham's newest patient, The Maxx! The city of Gotham is starting to merge with The Maxx's psychedelic mental landscape, known as the Outback, blurring the line between real and unreal. It's up to Batman to save not just Gotham, but all of reality, and he and The Maxx are going to have to travel through some of the darkest places imaginable--the twisted minds of Batman's greatest enemies!

Join Batman and The Maxx on an off-kilter and unforgettable romp through the diabolical consciousnesses of Batman's greatest foes, including Harley Quinn, the Penguin, Killer Croc, and, of course, the Joker. Legendary artist Sam Kieth (The Sandman, Wolverine) returns to his greatest creation, The Maxx, after two decades, and to Gotham City as well.

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    Batman/The Maxx
  2. Print length
    144 pages
  3. Language
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    IDW Publishing
  5. Publication date
    July 27, 2021
  6. Dimensions
    6.94 x 0.59 x 10.5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    168405432X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1684054329
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“...as weird, twisted, and funny as you imagine it will be. It's exciting, dark, and full of twists and turns along the way.” —Pastrami Nation

“Sam Kieth makes a triumphant return to his beloved creation whilst at the same time pairing him with one of the all-time comic greats in Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams.” —Multiversity Comics

“Beautifully done in so many ways. Go treat yourself to a read as soon as possible. Just maybe not right before bedtime, yeah?” —Big Comic Page

About the Author

Sam Kieth is an American comic book writer and illustrator, best known as the creator of The Maxx and Zero Girl. Kieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner's Mage, and a year later as the inker of Fish Police. In 1989, he penciled the first five issues (the "Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of writer Neil Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman and collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in Secret Origins Special #1. In 1993 Kieth created the original series The Maxx for fledgling publisher Image Comics. The Maxx ran 35 issues, all of which were plotted and illustrated by Kieth. William Messner-Loebs scripted #1-15 and Alan Moore wrote #21. In 1995, The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV's short-lived animation series MTV's Oddities. After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests, Kieth created the series Zero Girl for DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint in 2001. He followed that with the drama Four Women later that year and Zero Girl: Full Circle in 2003. In 2010, Kieth wrote and illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel Arkham Asylum: Madness, which spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, reaching number five in the category of "Hardcover Graphic Books."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ IDW Publishing (July 27, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 168405432X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684054329
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.94 x 0.59 x 10.5 inches
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DG
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Art & Great Story
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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Loved the art & story!!
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Kuehnau
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing.
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2021
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I am very much biased when it comes to The Maxx. I grew up with this comic series, I loved it, the MTV cartoon was awesome too and I really wish we would have gotten more. I remember when they advertised a feature length film based on the comics we never got and I'm still bitter about that.

The Maxx is a rare and wonderful oddiety in a world of bog standard super hero comics and shows. I have always loved the gritty nature of the art of this series, better yet, The Maxx ended up doing several cross-overs. My favorite being Green Dragon.

I was never aware of the original run of Arkham Dreams until I happened to see this on Amazon as a pre-order. I was thrilled and overjoyed to know that there was more content from The Maxx I could consume, I am literally starving for more.

It's pretty much what you'd expect from The Maxx as far as art and writing goes. People complaining about the writing must not have ever read the OG series, as The Maxx is well known for exposition.

The people complaining about not having enough special features must have already had access to the first run of Arkham Dreams. For people who never even knew this cross-over existed, the collected comics are already enough.

Batman and his villains also cross-over and blend really well with this style of artwork. I'd really love to see more Batman work in this vein.

If I have even a single complaint, it's more along the lines that Amazon sent me a damaged hardcover book with a huge dent in the spine. I was really upset by this, but I can't judge the product poorly based on Amazon's subpar shipping.
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Blindsublime89
5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
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Being a life long fan of batman and also loved the maxx, I enjoyed this crossover very much! Batman and the maxx together is trippy and hilarious ! I highly recommend this book to any batman fan and if you love THE MAXX it's a must read !
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Uncle Jerk
4.0 out of 5 stars A collection... and not much else.
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021
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So for fans of the series, and people who pre-ordered this, you know it's been a looong wait for Sam Kieth to get this series out. It faced repeated re-soliciations and many of us thought that it would never actually finish. Then when it did, we were convinced we would never see a collection. Kieth and IDW have happily proved all of us wrong though, and I was pleasantly surprised to come home to this book on my porch after pre-ordering it more than 6 months ago (convinced it would never ACTUALLY come out, haha). Now on to the actual book:
The Good: This book collects the entire series, including all of the alternate covers that Sam Kieth produced for store exclusives and retailer variants on the series, as well as 4 pages of black and white ink in the vein of IDW's world famous Artist's Series releases. The reproduction of the art is solid, and IDW wisely chose to go with the slightly sturdier library styled binding rather than the thin profiled cheaper bindings that you find on the majority of Marvel and DC's basic Hardcover releases. All 5 issues are collected in chronological order here for the first time. Reproduction on the art is clear and vibrant and there's not a lot of gutter loss because of the bindery choices. That's about all you get though. No bells, no whistles, you don't even really get anything exclusive to this release.
The Bad: The entire "extras" section of this book is nothing more than a cover gallery really. There's no words from Kieth about the delay, and in fact, no words about the series at all. The 4 pages of original art were originally printed in the IDW Lost Year book, so if you were picking up all the releases as they came out - you already own it. Yes, the cover gallery includes a host of variant covers (some presented in a "virgin" format with no Title Heading). Yes, getting all of those covers will set you back a pretty penny - but there's only 2 of them that are by Sam Kieth. The rest basically equates a pinup gallery by other artists. I was really hoping we would get something interesting in the back of this release that would give some insight into Kieth's process on the book, and maybe why it had fallen almost a year behind schedule. Instead we get a glorified pinup gallery and 4 precious reprinted pages of original art. If this were a Marvel or DC release I likely wouldn't have found this lack of extras to be very pronounced, but I know I, as well as many others, kind of hold IDW to a higher bar for their collected releases. They usually do a pretty amazing job, and I get the feeling there probably just wasn't a lot more to offer though.
If you're looking for a solid reprinting or collection of this series for a nice price that won't fall apart on you, this book will suit you just fine. For those of us that picked up the issues as we went along and were hoping to get something new from this release, you might be a little disappointed. A solid, but unremarkable release for better or worse.
So why 4 stars? Well, at 16 dollars, and free shipping if you're a Prime member, you legitimately can't pick up the issues cheaper than this at your local shop. Heck, at 16 dollars, it's actually cheaper than most of Marvel and DC's trade paperback collections. This along with the higher quality binding (would have been nice to get an actual dust jacket though, just saying IDW!) and the attention paid to stuff like gutter loss and presentation make it a no brainer for people who just want to read this series. And that's the REAL point of a collection, so it gets a solid 4 out of 5 stars for quality and pricing. I would pay more for a "Deluxe" style edition of this book with more extras, especially more original art page though just in case anyone at IDW is reading this, haha!
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Dinosaur And The Door
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Sam Keith fans. Artwork is amazing.
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2022
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Sam Keith's artwork is amazing and truly unique. If you are a fan, this is a must have for your collection.
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TylerandHeather
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2022
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Great!
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Joe Garza
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional condition!
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2021
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Book arrived in condition advertised and on time!
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Kerry
3.0 out of 5 stars Great artwork, mediocre story
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2022
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I was really drawn to this book for some reason, and I don't know anything about the Maxx. He's a fun character but the story is not the greatest. It's still worth checking out, I can see the appeal but I'm more of a straight ahead DC fan for better or worse
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Aldo Raul Mireles Delgado
5.0 out of 5 stars Sam's Kieth Rulws
Reviewed in Mexico on August 21, 2021
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Llegó en excelente estado, un buen trabajo de Sam Kieth
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Superquerk
5.0 out of 5 stars Eine skurrile Reise durchs Unterbewusstsein.
Reviewed in Germany on October 10, 2021
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Wer The Maxx kennt und liebt, braucht dieses Buch. Wer Batman liebt, braucht dieses Buch. Beide gehen zusammen auf eine Reise durch ein Unterbewusstsein. Das alleine sollte schon Anreiz genug sein, um einige Zeit in diesem Comic zu verbringen. Grundvoraussetzung ist von beiden Charakteren ein fundiertes Wissen zu besitzen und einige Werke mit besagten Charakteren in der Bibliothek zu haben, ansonsten funktioniert dieser Comik nicht. Tut mir leid für Quereinsteiger, dieses Buch ist nicht für euch.
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Marc Turner
3.0 out of 5 stars As confused as the Maxx himself
Reviewed in Australia on April 1, 2024
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This was a strange crossover. It wasn't bad, but i think Batman kinda muddied a lot of the Maxx's organic symbolism and established motifs and just became... I don't even f***ing know. Kinda ended in a very strange, almost Soprano-esque manner on the Batman angle, too.
This wasn't Batman's finest hour. I think the Maxx needs to stay in his Outback.
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