Who Is Jeremiah Arkham? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jeremiah Arkham is a DC Comics comic book character, with over 278 comic issue appearances. The head of Arkham Asylum and recently he has been operating secretly as Black Mask, until he was captured and thrown into his own Asylum.

Who is Jeremiah Arkham?

Origin So he blows his brains out When Jeremiah was a teenager he walked into a corner store being held up at gun point by an escaped inmate of the nearby Arkham Asylum, which was coincidentally run by his uncle. The gunman had already killed the store owners, but when he went to shoot him, Jeremiah seemed to know all about the gunman's hurt and past and talked the gunman out of shooting him. The gunman then proceeded to commit suicide and Jeremiah knew he would be destined to succeed his uncle as the head of Arkham Asylum. This destiny came true after Jeremiah's uncle Amadeus Arkham died after going insane.Jeremiah proceeded to demolish the asylum before rebuilding it with state of the art systems to keep Arkham's criminals, such as The Joker , The Scarecrow and Cornelius Stirk , contained. Character Evolution Jeremiah Arkham first appeared in and had his his longest and most significant appearance in the story arc "The Last Arkham" which was the first story arc of Batman: Shadow of the Bat . In this series Jeremiah is portrayed as the somewhat sadistic administrator of Arkham Asylum who has delusions that the criminals he houses could one day be housed in society. Jeremiah, would.

Key facts

Jeremiah Arkham is of human origin and first appeared in "The Fear Part Two: Diary of a Madman". The character is published by DC Comics. With 278 recorded issue appearances, Jeremiah Arkham ranks among the most featured characters in comics.