Monster Mayhem CHAPTER 1
On the outskirts of Gotham City, high atop a hill, stood the dark and foreboding institution known as Arkham Asylum. It took a special type of criminal to end up at Arkham. Within the asylum’s walls were some of the most dangerous foes ever to fight Batman, villains who were too dangerous and sometimes too insane to be held in regular prisons.

It was Halloween night, and the stillness surrounding Arkham was abruptly disrupted by a loud crash.

BLAM!

It was the sound of a giant fist crashing through a wall of the asylum building! Bricks fell to the ground as Solomon Grundy used the sheer force of his body to smash the rest of the way through, creating a huge, jagged hole in the side of the building.

Standing seven feet tall and weighing 517 pounds, the zombielike Grundy had been one of Batman’s strongest and most dangerous enemies, and now the asylum’s exterior wall was the only thing that separated him from the innocent people celebrating Halloween in nearby Gotham City. And he wasn’t alone.

“Come on!” he yelled behind him as he ran toward the concrete wall that stood between him and the outside world.

“Hold up, Grundy,” called a female voice. “I’m coming.”

The sorceress Silver Banshee stepped through the hole, her long white hair whipping in the wind and her dead eyes blinking in the moonlight. Silver Banshee possessed superhuman strength and the power to create a sonic boom just by using her voice. As soon as she was free from Arkham, she was going to seek revenge against the heroes who had imprisoned her.

She caught up to Grundy, who was already pounding his massive fist against the concrete wall. He quickly knocked a gaping hole in it, and the two villains stepped through. Solomon Grundy and Silver Banshee quickly disappeared into the woods before anyone even knew they had escaped.