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Warning ! Spoilers for Batman : Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age # 1 ahead!DC ’s belovedElseworldsline returns with a subsequence to one of its most iconicBatmanstories , Gotham by Gaslight . The original , indite by Brian Augustyn with artwork by Mike Mignola , was released more than 30 years ago to huge acclaim , kicking off theElseworldsimprint of alternate realism write up . The new series revivify the imprint and builds off of the straight-laced version of Gotham by adding in some familiar fount from the Batman mythos , tweaked to the fourth dimension time period .
InBatman : Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age#1 , Andy Diggle ( Batman : legend of Gotham ) , Leandro Fernández ( American Carnage ) , Dave Stewart , and Simon Bowland have stepped up to retake the conjuration of 1989’sGotham by Gaslight . They cleverly know that Batman ’s world works best with his most renowned friends and foes , including , as the title indicate , Superman .
The first issue also insure Selina Kyle live in high social club while supporting sex prole and abused women ( and still finding time to glom , adult female really can have it all ) . Talia al Ghul is in Gotham with the League of Shadows to steal a Kryptonian artefact , while Superman has yet to be glimpsed as more than a baby .
DC has finally announce the prescribed mirthful dismission timeline for its out - of - continuity Elseworlds stories , with its first story dropping this June !
The Kryptonian Age Is a Thrilling Continuation of Gotham by Gaslight
Panels fromGotham by Gaslightby Brian Augustyn & Mike Mignola, 1989
The firstGotham by Gaslightfeatured Alfred , Jim Gordon , and a mention of the Joker , butevery other fiber was a new conception , including the story ’s identity of Jack the Ripper . Bruce Wayne , newly returned to Gotham after a five - year absence condition around the world , becomes Batman in a newly industrialized city . However , at the same time that he arrives , Jack the Ripper seems to have made Gotham his young place , committing exchangeable murders . Bruce is framed for his killings , and has to solve the enigma ( from his gaol cell ) that has stump numerous constabulary departments , or face up carrying out .
The Kryptonian Age#1 picks up a shortsighted time after the previous book stop . “ The Bat Man ” has some more experience , and is more wide know among the criminal element of Gotham . He ’s also much more sure-footed : Bruce Wayne has set up the entire Kryptonian Age museum exposition asa trammel to draw out the League of Shadows . This means that Bruce thinks he ’s up to the labor of taking out an international syndicate of world - class assassins . As this upshot ends , it looks like he ’s bitten off more than he can jaw .
The human beings ofGotham by Gaslighthas appeared in a few other volume since its 1989 premiere : Batman : Man of the Future , and the Green Lantern crossoverThe Search for Ray Palmer .
TheKryptonian AgeExpands the World of Victorian Gotham
As writer Brian Augustyn said in the 2020 re - release ofGotham by Gaslight , the popular book has hardly ever been out of print since it was first released . While Batman vs. Jack the Ripper was a thrilling meeting of two Titan , The Kryptonian Ageshows how other DC characters would fill out and raise a Victorian - geological era Gotham . Issue # 1 has hit the mug utterly , and the sleep ofBatman : Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Agewill sure enough come after suit . You do n’t need to have read the originalGotham by Gaslightto pick up this series , and it ’s a must - learn for anyBatmanfan that protrude DC ’s new Elseworlds line off on the veracious note .
Batman : Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age#1is available now from DC Comics .
Batman : Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age#1 ( 2024 )
One of DC ’s most iconic heroes , Batman is the vigilante superhero part of billionaire Bruce Wayne . Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents , Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world ’s take warlike creative person , detective , and tactician . recruit an entire family of allies and sidekicks , Bruce wages war on evil as the dark horse of his hometown , Gotham City .
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
One of DC’s most iconic heroes, Batman is the vigilante superhero persona of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Forged by tragedy with the death of his parents, Bruce dedicated his life to becoming the world’s leading martial artist, detective, and tactician. Recruiting an entire family of allies and sidekicks, Bruce wages war on evil as the dark knight of his hometown, Gotham City.
