10 Comics & Novels That Answer MAJOR Video Game Plot Points

10. Batman: Arkham City - How And Why Was Arkham City Made?

There's a pretty hefty time jump in between the events of Rocksteady's Batman games, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The sequel doesn't really do a great job of explaining why a massive super-prison has been erected in the city, so along comes expanded media to fill in the gaps!

To tie-in with the sequel's release, Rocksteady and DC Comics released a comic entitled Batman: Arkham City. This was designed to fill in the blanks between the games, and was penned by legendary comics writer Paul Dini (writer of Batman the Animated Series).

At the end of Asylum, the Joker injected himself with a huge amount of Titan formula and destroyed a significant part of the Asylum itself. This, meant there was absolutely no place for Batman's dangerous supervillains to be housed.

In the confusion surrounding the evening, Quincy Sharp, warden of Arkham Asylum, takes the credit for Batman's actions and becomes mayor of Gotham.

Sharp is manipulating the people all along - Sharp uses the public anger to declare martial law and give himself complete control of the city. He then begins the process of walling off a significant portion of the city to create a new super-prison: Arkham City.