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Arkham asylum *runs*
Depends if you consider AA to be an adaption of the comics or the 90's animated series.
AA wasn't better than most comic runs, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (same overall setup as the game) or Batman: The Animated Series.
AA laid a great groundwork for what 3D Batman should play like, but the game never does much with the core gameplay (just normal predator room, fight, repeat with more enemies), the boss fights themselves blow, the plot goes nowhere and the final encounter with Joker was atrocious in every way.
If the game had made the Warden plotline the focus for the ending, it may have kept that experience from souring in my eyes. As it is, it just doesn't hold up to my initial experience with the game, and doesn't compare to most other Batman media.
I'd say the Arkham City, Origins and Knight are better than some of the live action movies taking into consideration their action and how well they realize Batman's gadgets/physical abilities, but not better than Mask of the Phantasm, Sub-Zero, or Under the Red Hood. Knight actually is the only Arkham game I felt really loved up to the theme of insanity set by the first game because of its ending (even without it being set in the Asylum itself).