Its a "pet peeve" of mine, but why the fuck does every

In the comics, at least, Bane isn't usually in Arkham, or if he is it's only because Arkham is better equipped to handle someone of Bane's deadliness than Blackgate Prison. Croc, meanwhile, is often portrayed as a bit crazy in addition to being a mutant, plus, again, specialized equipment to handle him.

Penguin goes to Blackgate when he gets arrested. So does Catwoman, in the very rare occasions she's been hauled in.

>>92816214
>or if he is it's only because Arkham is better equipped to handle someone of Bane's deadliness than Blackgate Prison.

follow up question would be, why is this the case then? No wonder nobody gets treated in arkham if their field of specialty is containing metahumans

... They don't.

Blackgate was invented in the 80's specifically to correct this issue.

It was started back with Bill Finger in the 40's because most of Batman's enemies were serial killers.

>>92816242
Arkham needs special meta-human containment equipment to treat mentally ill metas like Clayface. Wayne foundation probably shells out the cash and research nessesary to develop the stuff.

>>92816173
How come it is soooooooo easy to bust out from Arkham if it's the most secure prison

>>92819868
Where does arkham find employees to hire? I imagine after the 96th breakout pontential employees would say "fuck that" and look for work elsewhere

>>92820120
People who really want to help treat exotic weirdos?
People who really want to beat, belittle, and abuse exotic weirdos?
Who knows, maybe the place has some subtle Lovecraftian draw that tingles the brains of those nearby, making it seem like a career path you just can't get away from...

>>92820120
Why does anyone still chose to live in Gotham City at all?

>>92820250
>People who really want to help treat exotic weirdos?
Worked out really well for Harleen Quinzel, didn't it?

>>92820255
I doubt that many people move into Gotham in the first place and it can be hard to completely uproot your life and move to another city.

>>92816173
in the course of upgrading itself to accommodate those guys it wound up being one of the places best equipped to handle other superhuman criminals in Gotham

>>92820250
>getting paid for being allowed to bully Harley Quinn
Fuck the risks, sign me the fuck up.

>>92820250
>maybe the place has some subtle Lovecraftian draw that tingles the brains of those nearby
I think this has been downright stated, actually.
A lot of times Arkham is portrayed as a demonic Lovecraft.
A Serious House specifically mentions that the house was built because of a curse.

>>92816173
Depends on the media and writer.

In some universes, it seems like Arkham is all they have, there's not even prisions in Gotham.

In others, there's Blackgate prision, but only Arkham has the facilities to handle supers.

In the best written ones, sane criminals wind up in Blackgate, and the crazy ones go to the Asylum.

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>>92816173
Well Penguin usually goes to Blackgate

>>92822178
There was that whole hypercrisis mirrors thing, as well.

Beware the Batman had the complete opposite situation, where everyone gets thrown in Blackgate, even legitimately insane criminals like Magpie, Lunkhead, and Humpty Dumpty.

>>92816173
Bane is legitimately mad

And Killer Croc is definitely insane. How else would you describe an alligator that thinks he's a person?