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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham #1
Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham (2000) #1
Batman, 1920's Gotham.
"To prevail in this, Bruce Wayne must die...and through death, become himself. Beware dust come alive again. To save Gotham City...you must cut out it's heart."
In ELSEWORLDS, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.
"To prevail in this, Bruce Wayne must die...and through death, become himself. Beware dust come alive again. To save Gotham City...you must cut out it's heart."
In ELSEWORLDS, heroes are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow.
52 pages, Paperback
First published September 13, 2000
About the author
Mike Mignola
1,763 books2,388 followersMike Mignola was born September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 13 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered.
In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics.
In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries.
Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden.
Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.
In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics.
In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries.
Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden.
Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.
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February 22, 2024
(A-) 81% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-3 can be found here: Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham.
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-3 can be found here: Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham.
May 12, 2017
Batman vs. Cthulhu!
May 18, 2014
...aaaaand it's another Batman story! This time, it's steampunk-Lovecraftian Batman in the 1920's! It's got demons! Green Arrow! Not one, not two, but three Robins! Commissioner Gordon in a bowler hat! Chtulhu Himself! And much, much more.
Not for the faint of heart, as this will take some very familiar faces and stories - and then proceed to mix and match across genre, origin, and end in ways that make sense - somehow, a little too much sense, disturbingly so - but actually make you leap up and tear hair, and probably bounce off a couple of padded walls going 'What? What? WHAT!?' as your brain reels from metaphorically getting slapped with a dead fish in the face.
There are some interesting tips-of-the-hat to Bram Stoker, John Constantine, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but at it's core it's classic Lovecraft - a genre that fits surprisingly well with the Batman universe.
Pretty awesome, but read slow and savor every panel.
Not for the faint of heart, as this will take some very familiar faces and stories - and then proceed to mix and match across genre, origin, and end in ways that make sense - somehow, a little too much sense, disturbingly so - but actually make you leap up and tear hair, and probably bounce off a couple of padded walls going 'What? What? WHAT!?' as your brain reels from metaphorically getting slapped with a dead fish in the face.
There are some interesting tips-of-the-hat to Bram Stoker, John Constantine, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but at it's core it's classic Lovecraft - a genre that fits surprisingly well with the Batman universe.
Pretty awesome, but read slow and savor every panel.
September 7, 2010
+ Can't get enough of Mignola's visual style (dark and creepy), nice to see it applied to Batman and Gotham
+ Loved that staple Batman characters were reimagined to fit the style/time.
- Story/plot didn't do much for me. This big bad doom that came to Gotham doesn't seem all that big and bad, because for most of the story we're tied up with other characters.
- Many parts of the story seemed rushed, which lead to abrupt transitions in plot that didn't make much sense.
+ Loved that staple Batman characters were reimagined to fit the style/time.
- Story/plot didn't do much for me. This big bad doom that came to Gotham doesn't seem all that big and bad, because for most of the story we're tied up with other characters.
- Many parts of the story seemed rushed, which lead to abrupt transitions in plot that didn't make much sense.
May 31, 2012
It's Batman meets Lovecraft, what's not to love? Well, the overall story could have been better. Still, this was a good read.
April 29, 2015
disappointing :(
July 29, 2008
What would happen if H.P. Lovecraft could rewrite the Batman story? You'd get The Doom That Came to Gotham. This series is a re-imagining of the batman mythology in the 1920s, with old favorites coming back in different roles. The story itself reminds me of many Lovecraft stories like Call of Cthulu and the Necronomicon, with batman thrown in the mix as divine protector against an evil sorcery conspiracy led by Ra's al Ghul. A fun read, but nothing deep here.
February 2, 2013
Batman re-written as an HP Lovecraft character! Obviously it works perfectly. The art by Mike Mignola is also wonderful. Definitely check it out, even if you don't care for Lovecraft- but, word of warning, a used copy runs for like $30-50 on Amazon.
June 2, 2014
On the face of it, this once seems to have all the ingredients of a Batman thriller. However, the art was not very appealing and the story telling a little complicated for my liking. All in all worth a read but nothing memorable!
December 22, 2010
Batman vs The Elder Gods...AMAZING
February 3, 2011
Waks... ini Batman apa Hellboy?
Faktor artwok Mike Mignola, ngkali ya?
Faktor artwok Mike Mignola, ngkali ya?
May 5, 2011
An attractively creepy opening to what seems to be a fascinating twist to the Batman story.
October 5, 2011
Lovecraftian Horrors in the 30's meets Batman, written by Mike Mignola?
This comic is a treasure.
This comic is a treasure.
May 27, 2013
WTF!!! čistá katastrofa!
November 2, 2013
Interesting premise of combining Lovecraft with Batman. Execution was good too.
January 5, 2014
Really cool and unique way to look at the Batman and Lovecraft lore.
December 24, 2015
Brilliant. My favorite recasting og the Dark Night so far. Much better done than Gotham by Gaslight or Batman Noir.
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