For nearly two decades, DC Comics published a series of comics called “Elseworlds,” out-of-continuity takes on their iconic characters. The first title to display the logo was 1991′s Batman: Holy Terror, but 1989′s Mike Mignola-illustrated Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is retroactively considered the first Elseworlds comic.
Some of DC’s most critically acclaimed material — JLA: The Nail, Superman: Red Son, Kingdom Come – are all Elseworlds books. Yet in recent years, neither the name nor the logo (or the concept, for the most part) have been seen in DC’s output. The last official Elseworlds title, Paul Pope’s 2006 Eisner-winning miniseries Batman: Year 100, didn’t have the logo on the cover.
The concept, name and logo are all back as of this Wednesday, though, with Superman: The Last Family of Krypton.
The set-up is classic Elseworlds: in this reality, it’s not just Kal-El that makes it to Earth from Krypton — Jor-El and Lara do, too. Read a preview here.
