#51 - Great White Shark
First Appearance: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1 (Jul 2003)
"Arkham? What's "Arkham"?" ~Great White Shark
Another masterful creation from Spider-Man scribe Dan Slott, Great White Shark is more than anything, the perfect descent into madness. Slott's Arkham Asylum: Living Hell takes a perfectly sane man and drives him to utter distraction, turning him into a monster the likes of which only Gotham can churn out. His origin is truly his best storyline as it is a deep, dynamic tale the bears witness to a truly deep character study.
I think that White's appearances in the New 52 are a hopeful heralding of some good features for him in the future. Despite an amazing opening salvo, White really only had a few other appearances in the old DCU; luckily, White's been in Detective Comics as well as Arkham War in the New 52. A great character that produces sympathy from the reader as well as disgust doesn't come along often enough, and I thought White's origin was definitely one that ranks up their with Batman's other great adversaries. Hopefully the future is bright.
Greatest Great White Shark Story Ever Told: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell - A truly excellent, underrated mini-series that introduced several great new characters as well as telling my second-favorite story about Arkham Asylum. Good stuff.
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