![]() ![]() Stripped of the modern technology that would normally give him superhuman advancements, the story is more about Bruce Wayne’s strength of character than Batman’s, focusing more on his willpower and his detective skills. It argues that Batman has and will always be the underdog superhero, a hero that society can never fully accept. Commonly within the revisionist genre, the superhero is used within a particular social setting to make contemporary commentary on our own, and this is also the case in Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola’s work, which uses the past as a mechanism to discuss the present.Īs is often the case with the new style of superhero, Batman’s sudden appearance in 19 th century Gotham is treated in much the same way as comics set in contemporary society, with a mixture of reverence and repulsion. Much like the timeless quality of the Dark Knight, 1800s Gotham retains its dark, gritty and dangerous aesthetic. The World’s Greatest Detective utilises his skills to uncover the murderous crimes but in doing so must face up to his own psyche. In Gotham by Gaslight the concept of Batman is transported to Victorianesque Gotham amidst the panic of the mysterious killer Jack the Ripper. ![]() These ‘what if’ one-shot titles took the traditional superhero into unknown realms and dissected and reshaped their moral code to adhere to different universes. Gotham by Gaslight is arguably the first Elseworlds publication in the DC franchise and is a prime example of the revisionist superhero genre. ![]()
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