Elseworlds

Batman: Red Rain review
Jay Yaws
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October 14, 2017
on Batman: Red Rain review
It's Halloween, so what better time is there to read some spoooOOOoooky Batman stories? And really, when else should you read about a guy who dresses up like a vampire bat and then literally becomes one? Such is the concept behind the second Elseworlds: Batman volume. Collecting the Batman/Dracula trilogy of Red Rain, Bloodstorm, and…
Elseworlds: Batman, Vol. 1 review
Jay Yaws
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September 3, 2016
on Elseworlds: Batman, Vol. 1 review
Now all but defunct, DC's Elseworlds imprint was a line of out of continuity stories that allowed creators to try some different and, occasionally, truly bizarre things with established characters. Beginning with 1989's excellent Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, which is sadly missing in this collection, the line ran for the better part of a decade…
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham review
Jay Yaws
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January 25, 2016
on Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham review
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham Written by Mike Mignola and Richard Pace Illustrated by Troy Nixey Inked by Dennis Janke Colored by Dave Stewart Lettered by Dave Oakley What would Batman be like had he been written by H.P. Lovecraft? That is the question that the recently collected miniseries Batman: The Doom That Came to…
A Tale of the Batman: Gotham by Gaslight review
Andrew Asberry
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April 16, 2013
on A Tale of the Batman: Gotham by Gaslight review
Did you read Alan Moore's From Hell and think "Man, this is really great but it needs fewer annotations and more Batman. A LOT more Batman!" Well I have good news for you! Gotham by Gaslight is considered a Batman classic and one of the finest Elseworlds tales ever released. Originally published in 1989, Gotham…