10 Best Elseworlds Batman Movies That Take the Dark Knight to New Places

“Elseworlds” is a term for DC stories that take place outside the main canon. Set in alternate universes, these stories tend to deviate from the established continuity set in either the comics or the movies. The idea began as early as the 1940s, with a notable story playing out in Action Comics #60, where Lois Lane gains superpowers from a transfusion of Superman's blood. However, the first official Elseworlds imprint title was the 1989 one-shot, Gotham by Gaslight, which featured a Victorian Age version of Batman hunting the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper in Gotham City.