Milo proves it by asking Batman to break out of the straitjacket (which he can’t do because Milo tampered with it) and to pick the correct shell in the old shell game (which Batman screws up because of all the drugs in his system). To that end, Milo insists Batman isn’t really the Caped Crusader, he’s just another mentally disturbed inmate of Arkham. Milo has decided that breaking Batman’s mind and leaving him confined in Arkham is more fun than just killing him. Apparently, the tea wasn’t drugged, the entire cup was, and Batman absorbed it through his pores. He wakes up in another straitjacket, surrounded by inmates. But Batman doesn’t get far before he gets dizzy and keels over. Once he’s back in his cell, Batman breaks out again and steals a Batman costume from Joker’s room. Batman pretends to go nuts again (smashing the suspect teacup) and is dragged away by the guards. Since Shank Taylor is a well-known jewel thief, Milo wants him to participate. Milo explains his scheme (although it’s fairly obvious): he releases Arkham inmates so they can commit various crimes and takes fifty percent of their loot for providing them with airtight alibis. He assumes it’s drugged and only pretends to drink it. The guards take Batman to see Milo, who offers Batman some tea. Back in the Batcave, we see the real Shank Taylor being kept tied up and gassed by Alfred., who’s quite worried that he hasn’t heard anything from Batman. Unfortunately, Professor Milo has a camera in the cell, so he knows “Shank Taylor” went for a stroll around the Asylum and vows to learn what Taylor is up to. He can’t find any evidence and has to rush back to his cell when the guards appear. He wanders through the Asylum, speculating on who the mastermind behind this new scheme could be. As soon as he’s recovered, Batman shimmies out of his straitjacket and uses a lockpick he had concealed under his tongue to break out of his cell. He pretended to be a homicidal maniac and was taken to Arkham, drugged, and tossed in a cell … before discovering the new administrator was his old foe, Professor Milo. Recent crimes had been committed by people who were supposed to be incarcerated at Arkham, so Batman figured he’d investigate from the inside. Last issue, Batman disguised himself as a criminal named Shank Taylor to infiltrate Arkham Asylum. Batman #327 – “Asylum Sinister” – Len Wein/Irv Novick/Frank McLaughlin
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