Arkham Asylum: Living Hell Vol 1 4

"Chapter 4: Tic Toc": There's a big riot in Arkham. Jane Doe, still dressed as a Security Guard, kidnaps Warren White in the confusion. Aaron Cash is able to put most of the riot down, but is stopp

"Chapter 4: Tic Toc"
Arkham Asylum: Living Hell Vol 1 #4
October, 2003
Executive Editor	Dan DiDio
Cover Artists	Eric Powell
Chapter 4: Tic Toc
Writers	Dan Slott
Pencilers	Ryan Sook
Inkers	Wade Von Grawbadger
Colorists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Michael Heisler
Editors	Dan Raspler Valerie D'Orazio
Previous Issue	Arkham Asylum: Living Hell # 3
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You silver-tongued bastard. You had me at Clayface.

— Aaron Cash

Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #4 is an issue of the series Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2003. It was published on August 6, 2003.

Synopsis for "Chapter 4: Tic Toc"

There's a big riot in Arkham. Jane Doe, still dressed as a Security Guard, kidnaps Warren White in the confusion. Aaron Cash is able to put most of the riot down, but is stopped dead in his tracks by his scourge, Killer Croc himself. Two-Face and The Joker escape, and the Joker decides he's going to kill everybody in the phone book whose name is palindromic. The Ventriloquist gets Scarface back from his cell, and the two of them express their mutual anger towards Lunkhead. In flashback, we see more of how Cash lost his hand protecting Dr. Anne Carver from Killer Croc, and how despite his depression afterwards, he returned to the Asylum because it's what he's best at. At the Gotham City Morgue, Harvey Bullock and Jason Blood discuss the recent serial killings, and Blood believes the killings have only stopped because the murderer is in Arkham Asylum. It is also revealed that the last time he encountered something like them was in his role as the demon Etrigan. Poison Ivy and Magpie begin digging a tunnel to the outside world.

Appearing in "Chapter 4: Tic Toc"

Featured Characters:

• Aaron Cash (Flashback and main story)
• Warren White

Supporting Characters:

• Jeremiah Arkham
• Junkyard Dog

Antagonists:

• Jane Doe
• Killer Croc (Flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Anne Carver (Flashback only)
• Harvey Bullock
• Jason Blood
• The Joker
• Two-Face
• The Riddler (Cameo)
• The Ventriloquist (Cameo)
• The Mad Hatter (Cameo)
• Lunkhead (Cameo)
• Humpty Dumpty (Cameo)
• Doodlebug (Cameo)
• Death Rattle (Cameo)
• Etrigan (Flashback only)
• Demons (Flashback only)
  • Skarva (Flashback only)
• Poison Ivy
• Magpie

Locations:

• Gotham County
  • Mercey Island
  • Arkham Asylum

Items:

• Scarface
  

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell.

Trivia

• When Killer Croc confronts Aaron Cash, his two words are "Tic Toc." This is a reference to "Peter Pan," in which the character Captain Hook also loses his hand to a crocodile and has it replaced with a hook. The story goes that the crocodile also ate an alarm clock, and Captain Hook was constantly listening for clock noises as the crocodile was always trying return for the rest of him. Similarly, in the comic, Croc tells Cash that likes him because he "tastes like chicken."
• One of the guards mentions real-life actress Sean Young showing up at Arkham dressed up like Catwoman. This is almost certainly a reference to Young's notorious failed bid to get cast as Selina Kyle in Batman Returns, which culminated in her dressing up in a Catwoman costume.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Arkham Asylum: Living Hell series
• Images from Arkham Asylum: Living Hell Vol 1 4

Recommended Reading

• Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
• Underworld Unleashed - Batman: Devil's Asylum
• Batman: The Last Arkham
• The Joker's Asylum