Once upon a time there was this little tale called
Gotham By Gaslight. Not only the first Elseworlds, the first Elseworlds I ever read, because my awesome friend Care has a copy. I came for the steampunk and stayed for the awesome.
I figure this is a good time, since the crew traveling the 52 worlds just made a visit. But first, the original story.
Bruce Wayne has been studying in Europe with the greatest minds of the day, such as Freud, and we begin with Mr. "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" trying to psycho-analyze Bruce. As if.
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( That is my dream, doctor. It is always the same. )The sequel,
Master of the Future, is way more steampunk and interesting, in my opinion.
Steampunk!
It has a completely insane bad-guy with an awesome zeppelin and a robot, Bruce fighting in a ring, and sword fighting!
( Nothing sober or adult about watching two overgrown men beat the bejeezus out of each other. )Now,
Countdown Presents The Search For Ray Palmer: Gotham By Gaslight.
I'm so impressed at the treatment of this world, since I was totally expecting it to suck.
Kicking it off with Jason Todd on a frigate helped with that. A LOT.
( Bat-Man! Thank goodness... )That's not Ted, by the way. It's Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle. Which works for this world, I think.
I think I'd pass out from joy if they ever made a series out of this world. With Jason becoming Bruce's side-kick. They certainly insinuate that it's his world of origin enough, all he can think about is how he 'belongs here' and stuff. ::shrug:: That's just a speculation, of course.
Kick-ass.
