In honor of all the boys, girls and Slave Leias currently cavorting about Comic Con, Concrete Minerals has released a limited edition quadruplet called The Arkham Collection. Arkham Asylum is the psychiatric hospital that appears frequently in Batman and Batman-related projects. (Bonus nerd points: The fictional city of Arkham, Massachusetts was created by H.P. Lovecraft for his stories. H.P. Lovecraft went on to influence, well, everyone.)
Here's a list of the shades, with descriptions from the Concrete Minerals website and brief name explanations by me (for the Batman-naive):
- Poisonous Kiss: (red-pink w/ bright pink sparkle) If you saw Batman and Robin, and you didn't immediately arrange a brain bleaching, you'll remember that Poison Ivy has a poisonous kiss. And red hair.
- Harley Girl: (satiny, true-red w/ pink sparkle) Harley is Harley Quinn, who you can read more about here. Short version: Former Arkham psychiatrist who hooks up with Joker and befriends Poison Ivy. Wears a red and black jester costume.
- Bat-Breaker: (steel-gray with flashes of turquoise and red) Former prisoner, and Venom junkie, Bane broke Batman's back at one point in the comics. Bane's WWE-esque costume includes the colors mentioned in the shade description.
- Ace of Knaves: (darkened purple with brilliant green and purple sparkle) The Ace of Knaves is one of the other nicknames for the Joker. If you don't know who the Joker is, at least a little, then we can't be friends. I'm sorry.
The Arkham Collection is on a super special sale for $22 through 11:59 PM on Sunday. Then the price will go back up to $28. Get yours soon because they'll go faster than the Scarecrow's mind.