Arkham Reborn #1

David Hine and Jeremy Haun kick off this three-issue DC miniseries with a cover by Frazer Irving that immediately signals something deeply unsettling: a human face assembled from jigsaw puzzle pieces, half of it disturbingly split to reveal the grotesque, wide-eyed visage of the Joker lurking beneath an ordinary exterior. It's a striking visual metaphor for Arkham Asylum's fractured psyche — the madness hidden just beneath a seemingly composed surface. If the opening chapter's title, "Part One...The Raggedy Man," is any indication, 2009's examination of Gotham's infamous institution promises to be as psychologically layered as that haunting cover suggests.