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''Elseworlds'' is a group of are taken from their usual settings and put into strange times and places - some that have existed, and others that can't, couldn't or shouldn't exist. The result is stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow." Unlike its Marvel Comics counterpart '' What If...? '', which bases its stories on a single point of divergence from the regular continuity, most ''Elseworlds'' stories instead take place entirely self-contained continuities whose only connection to the canon DC continuity are the presence of familiar DC characters. HISTORY The first ''Elseworlds'' title was '' Gotham By Gaslight '', by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola and edited by Mark Waid , which featured a Victorian Age version of the Superhero Batman hunting Jack The Ripper , who has come to Gotham City . This title was not originally published as an ''Elseworlds'' Comic , but the success of this concept lead to the ''Elseworlds'' concept and this title was retroactively declared the first ''Elseworlds''. The first book to feature the familiar Elseworlds logo is ''''. DC published various Elseworlds titles on-and-off up to 2004, but as of 2005, no other ''Elseworlds'' books have been planned. Around the time of the release of ''Batman Detective No. 27'', editor Mike Carlin noted that DC had scaled back the production of Elseworlds books in order to "put the luster back on them." Several titles that were announced as Elseworlds books prior to this have yet to see publication, such as ''Generations 4'' (Announced by Swingin' Elseworlds Special'' (cancelled, possibly due to controversial material concerning John F. Kennedy ). NOTED TITLES Other ''Elseworlds'' titles include '''' ponders Superman growing up in the Soviet Union and later succeeding Stalin as Soviet Premier . One of the most famous ''Elseworlds'' titles is '' Kingdom Come '', a Miniseries in which a new, violent generation of superheroes replaces the aging idealism of DC's classic heroes, and the conflict between the two groups ignites an Apocalyptic battle. '' The Kingdom '' is the sequel to ''Kingdom Come''. To readers of DC comics, Elseworlds can fall under any writing style not affiliated with the DC comics universe. Titles like ''Batman: '' are not considered canon even though this series does not use the Elseworlds logo. In 1994, DC Comics Elseworlds collaborated with the DC yearly summer Annual Edition comic books. SEE ALSO
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