We will also take a closer look at how far Batman himself moves on the edge of disorder and might even be consumed by the very forces that he tries to beat. the Joker), who are topologically different from the protagonistвЂ™s moral standards.

In case of the two comics, Batman, as a representative of social order, encounters and interacts with a chaotic or degenerate sphere and the villains therein (e.g. According to Lotman, the represented world consists of at least two opposing, demarcated and topological (i.e. LotmanвЂ™s вЂtheory of the transgression of boundariesвЂ™. More specifically, our aim is to employ a modified version of Jurij M. In our chapter we will provide insights into the character and the represented world within the cosmos of these graphic novels. A similarly vulnerable Batman is portrayed in Frank Miller and David MazzucchelliвЂ™s Batman: Year One, where the so-called Dark Knight earns his rite of passage by overcoming many (moral, physical) obstacles. The atmospheric opening not only illuminates BatmanвЂ™s insecurities, but also alludes to the otherworldliness of the adventure in the graphic novel. The game features an unique combination of melee combat, stealth. Shortly before Batman enters this place, he reveals his own inexorable psychological insecurities as he is afraid that he might rightfully belong in the asylum, and thus is a full-fledged inhabitant of the вЂmad worldвЂ™. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security 'home' for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. At the beginning of Grand Morrison and Dave McKeanвЂ™s Batman Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth the Joker lures Batman into Arkham Asylum, which signifies a confined space existing beyond the cogency and sanity of the outside world.

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