DC Announces Elseworlds Imprint Revival at NYCC
DC Comics has announced during their New York Comic Con “Elsewhere in the DC Multiverse” panel that they are bringing back their beloved Elseworlds line of comics, which will feature a variety of upcoming titles. Among the titles revealed are Gotham by Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age, Batman the Barbarian, and Green Lantern: Dark, with more to be announced in the future. These comics are scheduled to be released in 2024.
The original Elseworlds line was established in 1991 with the release of Batman: Holy Terror, written by Alan Brennert and illustrated by Norm Breyfogle. For over two decades, Elseworlds provided a platform for new and innovative stories featuring DC superheroes in alternative settings outside the regular DC continuity.



Some notable examples from the original Elseworlds line include Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, by Doug Moench and Kelley Jones, Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, and Killian Plunkett, and Justice League: The Nail by Alan Davis, plus many others.
DC Executive Editor Ben Abernathy expressed his enthusiasm for the return of the ELSEWORLDS line. He stated that out-of-continuity stories have always been an important part of DC’s publishing history, allowing creators to explore the vast and imaginative corners of the DC Universe. The new ELSEWORLDS lineup in 2024 will feature both fresh titles from top storytellers and sequels to the current DC line, all maintaining the same out-of-continuity aesthetic that has captivated fans for years.
Check out the covers and more details about the upcoming series below:
Gotham by Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age

Andy Diggle and Leandro Fernandez expand the mysterious and gothic world created by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola beyond the confines of Gotham City, introducing DC’s greatest heroes as they come together for the first time to form a 19th-century Justice League. As they unite against the greatest threat the world has ever known, they will learn their world’s secret Kryptonian history.
Batman the Barbarian

Batman the Barbarian is a six-issue series, a brutal and remarkable retelling of Batman’s origin set against a rugged, medieval Earth, written, and drawn by Eisner Award-winner Greg Smallwood (The Human Target).
Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter

New York Times best-selling writer Jay Kristoff (Empire of the Vampire, The Aurora Cycle, The Nevernight Chronicle) and artist Tirso Cons make their DC series debut, in Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter, a six-issue miniseries.
In this new series, the snows fall thick, blood runs black, and color itself is only a distant memory. The legendary assassin Deathstroke stalks a frozen wasteland, killing for coin among a nation of ever-warring jarls. But when our murderer for hire finds himself cast in the role of reluctant guardian, will he fight to end the icy curse destroying his land, or be consumed by the sins of his own dark past?
Inspired by Norse myth and set in Tom Taylor’s ground-breaking world of Dark Knights of Steel, Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter continues the tradition of casting iconic DC characters in a thrilling epic fantasy setting.
Green Lantern: Dark

Green Lantern Dark by Tate Brombal and Werther Dell’Edera reimagines the DC Universe as a dark fantasy wasteland where monsters overrun a post-apocalyptic earth. The battle between good and evil ended long ago.
Now, darkness prevails as humanity struggles to survive on a corrupted planet. Only one hero remains, the one who wields the green flame that can return light to a dark world—The Green Lantern. But she’s been missing for years, and, on the isolated island of New England, the horrors only get worse by the night. Green Lantern: Dark will be a seven-issue miniseries.
Batman: Nightfire

What happens when twin brothers, Seth & Clay Mann, are turned loose in Gotham City?
They burn it all down.
Batman: Nightfire sees superstar Clay Mann unleashed in a mind-expanding mystery, beautifully counterbalanced with explosive action, in this unflinching reimagining that sees Bruce Wayne try to rectify a devastating tragedy by traveling to the past.
What secrets does this Batman hold so tight that he would watch Gotham be reduced to ashes? What truths are exposed when there is nowhere left to hide?
Batman: Nightfire by Clay and Seth Mann is a six-issue miniseries of obligation and the ultimate burden that promises to set the Batman world ablaze!
DC vs. Vampires: World War V

DC vs. Vampires was the brutal first chapter in a larger war for the fate of Earth! In this upcoming sequel by Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt, sunlight is restored to the Earth, but was it too late? As a new Ice Age dawns, humanity faces their most deadly threat yet—Barbara Gordon Queen of the Vampires! This will be a twelve-issue miniseries kicking off the new chapter.
You can expect more news on these exciting new Elseworlds series in the coming months but 2024 just got even more exciting for DC fans!

Jackie Daytona
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