In the "Arkham Reborn" miniseries, Arkham Asylum is rebuilt and financed by Dr. Arkham. But in "Batman" #697, Dr. Arkham is revealed to be the new Black Mask and is a patient in his own asylum. It was also revealed during "Arkham Reborn," that as both Dr. Arkham and Black Mask, he had begun to manipulate patients, a plotline that culminated in "Detective Comics" with Alyce Sinner becoming the new head of the facility, but secretly working with Arkham/Black Mask. It was also revealed that the "special" patients were figments of Arkham's imagination.