Gotham by Gaslight

[Benstamania]

Found the TPB at my comic shop today, I was just wondering what you guys thought about it. I tend to be picky about my elseworlds tales, but this seemed....interesting to say the least.

Anyway, any of you guys give it a read? Is it worth the 5 bucks it's going for?

 

[Flexo]

Found the TPB at my comic shop today, I was just wondering what you guys thought about it. I tend to be picky about my elseworlds tales, but this seemed....interesting to say the least.

Anyway, any of you guys give it a read? Is it worth the 5 bucks it's going for?

Gotham by Gaslight is special.

If I'm not mistaken, it was DC's first elseworlds tale, plus it has art by Mike Mignola. That alone makes it worth the five dollars.

 

[Benstamania]

Ha, "special" eh? I'll probably pick it up, just to add to my collection.

 

[Motown Marvel]

didnt like it. thought the story was lame and (being a jack the ripper fan) there were so many missed oppertunities, and so many things mis-handled. but at least you got mignola art...so thats pretty sweet.

 

[Ben Urich]

Loved it.

 

[Punch]

I think its great, mostly for the Mignola art. It was Elseworlds before there was such a thing.

Reading it now, after something like From Hell, it seems rather juvenille, but damn, that Mignola art makes it all ok

 

[batmaluco]

I loved it!
The story is OK and the art is amazing.

 

[Nightwing92]

elseworlds is kinda cool... because it tells about the things that could've existed and existed..... gotham by gaslight is very unique though...

 

[LorDZeeD]

amazing book. Batman: Master if the Future is the follow up. Gaslight is a must have.

 

[Benstamania]

Hold up...It's a Jack the Ripper story involving Batman? Interesting.

 

[batmaluco]

Hold up...It's a Jack the Ripper story involving Batman? Interesting.

Yes.
Only for the premise it is already worthwhile to take a look.
And I think it's a really classic stuff.

 

[The Fonz]

I tried to google Gotham by Gaslight and came up with another Superherohype thread from a few years back about the same story.
http://superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74566

 

[Motown Marvel]

Hold up...It's a Jack the Ripper story involving Batman? Interesting.

the premise is about as interesting as it gets. being a jack the ripper fan, i was totally let down. it had little to nothing to do with jack the ripper lore, other than the fact that there was a dude named jack the ripper in the story and he killed people.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

its my favorite elseworlds story. get it.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I loved it. I wish it was longer though.

 

[dr.strange]

i have it somewhere.not bad,but back then i gave a shot to damn near all the batman books.how old is that book anyway?

 

[Comic Book Boy]

Liked it, but it could have been more.

 

[ab38416]

Classic.

 

[BubbaGump]

Mignola is a god.

 

[Magic Griffin]

it was interesting... enjoyed Master Of the future much better though... the Jack The Ripper story was a bit of a let down...

the costume design was excellent though...

 

[Mladen]

its just okay.
design and artwork are great, story is a bit forgettable.
there are better elseworld stories

 

[CorpusBlack]

Found the TPB at my comic shop today, I was just wondering what you guys thought about it. I tend to be picky about my elseworlds tales, but this seemed....interesting to say the least.

Anyway, any of you guys give it a read? Is it worth the 5 bucks it's going for?

I liked it. I wouldn't consider it a classic by any means, but it was an interesting tale.