Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

As the Ripper stalks Gotham City, the Dark Knight reveals the face of terror.

RELEASED 12 Jan 20181h 18m★ 6.7 TMDB

In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.

Why it matters in DC

Moving Gotham into a Victorian setting changes the social world around Batman while preserving his investigative role. The alternative history makes this a useful example of how DC can reinterpret a character without making the resulting story part of his usual chronology.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is title 23 of 40 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Gotham by Gaslight relocates Batman to a Victorian alternative setting and should be treated as its own world. None of the modern Gotham film sequences is its direct past. Its place among separate animated adaptations lets viewers compare the character across settings without inventing continuity between those settings.

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