Editing Arkham Asylum (section)

== Publication history ==
[[File:Arkham Asylum (Batman -258 (October 1974)).jpg|thumb|Arkham Hospital in ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #258 (October 1974). Art by [[Irv Novick]].]]

In ''Batman'' #258, it is named as Arkham Hospital, although it is not clear what kind of hospital it is. ''Arkham Asylum'' first appeared in another [[Dennis O'Neil]] story the following year, but it was not until 1979 that Arkham Asylum completely replaced Arkham Hospital, and the occasional Arkham Sanitarium, as the institution's name. Also in 1979, the move to have the asylum closer to Gotham had begun; that was completed in 1980, when ''Batman'' #326 by [[Len Wein]] described the asylum's location in the [[suburb]]s of Gotham City.

Arkham Asylum has been demolished or destroyed several times in its history, including ''Batman: The Last Arkham'', ''[[Batman: Knightfall]]'', and ''[[Batman Eternal]]''.<ref>{{multiref2|''Batman: No Man's Land Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (December 1999)|''Batman: Battle for the Cowl'' #1 (May 2009)|''Arkham Reborn'' #1–3 (October - December 2009)|''Arkham Manor'' #1 - 6 (December 2014 - May 2015)
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