Top 10 Elseworlds Stories
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Today on Variant, we are counting down the Top 10 Elseworlds Stories of all-time! Also, get our Buy List for the week!
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Red Son doesn't need a sequel. The ending was perfect.
Alternate timelines make good stories.
I have an I idea for a Batman elseworld story where instead of Batman being rich he is poor and his parents die when he was ten so he has to try being Batman on a budget, and Alfred is a ex mia agent who helps him
you mean Alfred being an ex MI5/6 agent ?
But actually that's a freakin great idea !!!
friggin boom toys
That's a freaking awesome idea
Dc needs to hire you
I'm surprised that isn't a story done by Elseworld or anyone else
Gotham by gaslight is one of my favourite Batman stories, period
Used to dislike it but it has grown on me
Thomas Hallett the comic or the movie?
@@playco_armboy1278 both
Mine to
Me too
Doesn't "The Dark Knight Returns" fit the Elseworlds guidelines as much as "Joker" does?
Ye I thought that too
WHO ELSE LOVES THE DARK KNIGHT METAL SERIES?!
Rman Nayr, METAL!!!!
Me
Yesss! Great read and that soundtrack! Setting sun and Red Death are bangers!!!🤯
BRO ONLY 44 LIKES WTF!!!!!!!!!!!
not really ur stupid
@@Tactic2099 rude
I had feeling Kingdom Come would be number 1.
fanofpink I thought Dark Knight Returns would be #1.
My fav is Injustice. Such a good story!
my favorite elsewolrd story is Superman the Darkside, on which superman was rised by darkside
Darkseid*
Raised*
The first elseworld story I ever read is also my favorite. It was the original version of _Superman Red, Superman Blue_ from the early 1960s. The story has Superman split into two beings, both of them good. Modern readers would likely consider it too honey, but my 8-year-old self loved it.
Justice League: New Frontier. Such a beautiful tale and artwork by the legendary Darwyn Cooke. It's amazing.
Wally West Had the same thought. Deserved at least an honorable mention.
Absolutely
AJ Deacon is it tho? 🤨
Yes it is.
I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED INJUSTICE!!!!!
*"Batman in Nine Lives"* is in my opinion an underrated elseworlds story. It's like two parts Chinatown and one part Batman, so anyone who loves flim noir and Batman should enjoy it. Strongly recommended!
Now do Alternate versions of Alfred Pennyworth.
Estoy de acuerdo con el desconocido
Dijo el barsinso
omg this needs to happen
ahhh elseworlds ... some of the best work dc does.
You guys partnering with VRV was one of the best things to happen to my life in 2018. I have used it so much in the last few months its insane.
Red Son is most definitely my favorite! Such a good book!
Awesome video!!! This stories i must read!!!!
Vrv isn’t available in my country 😢
Just like DCuniverse...
Guess Im moving to the states 🤷♂️
Sketch that you can only use vpn
don't this is a terrible place.
DAT BOI any reasons you wish to provide?
I still read my copy of RED RAIN. One of my favorite batman stories.
Excellent Eleworlds list!!
1) Kingdom Come
2) JSA: The Golden Age
3) Superman: Red Son
Great list
you nailed all my main favs. but i also sometimes catch myself re-reading JLA Created Equal, Batman - the Doom that came to Gotham, and Elseworld's Finest - Supergirl & Batgirl
I highly recommend "World's Funnest," an Elseworlds story in which Mister Mxylplk and Bat-Mite have a magical superfight which results in the reckless destruction of a couple dozen universes. To me, it feels like an eccentric tour of DC's storied past, and seeing how characters in each era Mxy and Mite go to react to the fight is half the fun. Even better, the recent "World's Funnest" collection packaged this tale with a bunch of key appearances from our two favorite imps, including an arc from "Superman/Batman" which might be even better than the main attraction.
VARIANT I LOVE YOUR VIDS
Besides that can you PLEASE make a history of kalibak episode? Sorry if you did
Same here
Now I'd like to see the same thing for "What If?". Those are awesome, too.
Can you do a history of Azrael please I just did the Azrael mission and i want to know more as I think that he is an interesting character
I LOVE THE ALTERNATE TIMELINES!!!!
I like the Elseworld line. It made the best annual series. The one I like was Generations. It followed Superman and Batman's friendship through the centuries.
5:20 I just had to let you all know that I stop this video and play it back three times to make sure I got that correctly and now I'm pausing it to let you know that I just went to VRV and subscribed
I do miss your WTF segments, they were so good. Bring it back, please!
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
"Kal'" and "The Batman Of Arkham"; my two personal favorite
Elseworld stories of all-time. And not even one of these made
your list. Why?
Late reply lol but there's many stories to cover. It's his list too
Love ‘Batman of Arkham.’ Croc and Bruce’s friendship’s very wholesome and I love seeing how Bruce treats the patients.
Do a history of Kick-Ass!
Yes and kingsman!!!
Crimson Hunter kingsman was a comic?
@@estevangarcia1089 yes
Crimson Hunter I never knew that.
I love Red Son but I can definitely see why KC got the #1 spot (awesome artwork). Good list.
Really like your videos. Have you ever done or thought of doing an episode on the DC war comics? SGT Rock, G I Combat, Blackhawk, Losers, Unknown Solider, etc.
Great list! Now we need a What If list too. I personally would love to see DC & Marvel revive both titles & publish those instead of Annuals.
Keep up the good work😉
Batman: White Knight, it is a smart exploration of Batman and Joker’s relationship, and has commentary on how Harley Quinn is seen nowadays, rather than when she was first introduced.
No Dark Knight Returns?!?!
i have the same thought
It's art isn't good
Calum Sharman The film is better
Bethzida Velez bruh are you ok the art is amazing and the film is good but the comic is fucking fantastic
Thinking the Same thing
Interesting idea 💡
Batman: Vampire is a favorite of mine.
Top 20 DC Elseworlds Stories:
1. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (Batman vs. Jack the Ripper in Victorian-era Gotham)
2. Batman/Houdini: The Devil’s Workshop (Batman teaming up with Harry Houdini to track down a supernatural menace in 1909)
3. Superman’s Metropolis (Reimagining of Fritz Lang’s classic sci-fi film “Metropolis” with Superman’s origin thrown in)
4. Batman: Nosferatu (Sequel to #3 on this list; Batman created as a literal “Creature of the Night”. Took influences from “The Cabaret of Dr. Caligari”)
5. Batman: Detective #27 (Bruce Wayne as a pulp novel style detective working to stop a plot that stretches straight back to the American Civil War)
6. Elseworld’s Finest (Reimagining of the Superman/Batman team and most of the DC universe in the 1920’s)
7. Superman & Batman: Generations (Trilogy of stories told over the course of decades and centuries starting in 1939 or 1929; Shows what would happen if the World’s Finest Team and the rest of the DC universe had aged normally and continued to pass on their legacy as heroes to their descendants).
8. Batman: Vampire (Trilogy that shows the Dark Knight as a vampire and the consequences of such a radical change).
9. JSA: The Golden Age (Alternate telling of the last days of the Justice Society in the late 40s’ and early 50s’, as the U.S. begins to move into a uncertain future amidst the Cold War and McCarthyism)
10. Batman: The Order of Beasts (1939 Batman works to uncover a secret order of Nazi spies in WWII-era London)
11. Batman: Scar of the Bat (Batman in 1920’s Chicago taking down Al Capone)
12. Superman: Red Son (Superman’s rocket crash lands in 1938 Russia and he becomes a hero of the Soviet Union)
13. Robin 3000 (Focuses on the Robin of the 31st Century after his mentor Bruce Wayne XX (or Bruce Wayne the twentieth, the Batman of this era) is killed in the midst of an alien invasion)
14. Superman: Speeding Bullets (Superman is adopted by the Wayne family and becomes a super powered Batman)
15. JLA: Shogun of Steel (Reimagining of the DC heroes as warriors in feudal Japan)
16. Batman: Holy Terror (Batman and the rest of the DC universe takes shape in a U.S. run under a strict Christian Theocracy. Think the Puritans of Colonial era America, only allowed to grow in number and thrive for 400 more years)
17. Superman: Kal (Superman becomes a part of Arthurian legend when his story inspires a young apprentice wizard named Merlin)
18. “Batman: Brotherhood of the Bat” and “Batman: League of Batmen” (The son of Batman Tallant Wayne assumes the mantle fifty years into an ongoing apocalypse created by Ra’s Al Ghul and creates his own squad of Batmen to fight back)
19. Batman: Castle of the Bat (The tale of Frankenstein with Bruce Wayne as the mad scientist bent on revenge for the murder of his parents)
20. Son of Superman (18 years after the Man of Steel goes missing, his son Jon Kent develops superpowers and recklessly takes hold of the title)
Great vid
Never got to say thank you for the vs episode, so... thanks :)
Man, this channel is amazing to practice my English listening. You speak insanely fast lol
I walked past Kingdom Come for years and marveled at the beauty of the art work.
I would like to see a DC game like that
Just got my dad the library version of Kingdom Come for Christmas because he lost his original issues back in the early 2000s!
I had so many dumb ideas for alternate Batman stories like:
-Batman: Zodiac (Batman vs Zodiac Killer)
-The Taxicab Hero (Batman: Taxi Driver)
-A Dark Month In Compton (Batman: Gran Torino)
-Batman: FOLKPÜNK (Batman: 1920s, Batman: Requiem For A Dream/Pi)
The Zodiac one sounds really cool!!
@@s.p.d.magentaranger1822 thanks, it was going to have the Zodiac coming to Gotham and 1970s Batman fighting him.
That first pitch is pretty much just ‘The Batman’ film. Like these pitches, though.
Always loved Kal. My first elseworlds graphic novel.
OMG, Yes!!! Kingdom Come is my absolute favorite Elseworld story.
My sister lent me her copy of the Kingdom Come graphic novel ages ago and I've never given it back. There's something about that world, and that version of Superman I really like. Also, I just love the art of Alex Ross.
A little disappointed Batman Holy Terror didn’t make the list but I’m not mad! Good work!
I love Elseworlds! I only have a few original copies and three compilations (Superman, Batman & Justice League). But I'd rather have the original issues collected
I loved the two-part Age of Wonder. Essentially, it's the Justice League at the turn of the 20th Century and Clark Kent (called The Superman) is the symbol of a growing Cyberpunk society as he fast-forward's technology ultimately leading to an atomic bomb attack in 1913! The art is a little minimalist (only the close-up characters have fully-realized faces), and the pieces don't entirely fit together -- the series really should have been much longer - but it's a pretty good interpretation of a very different JSA.
Justice League: Gods and Monsters for sure! That should be a motion picture by now!
Thanks for this for top 10 list, Variant.
I actually read only one "Elseworld" storie. And that was "Batman: Gotham by Gaslight".
VARIANT I love ya'll dudes!
Can we have the history of plastic man plzzzzz?
Definitely agree on Kingdom Come. Never was into DC other than Batman, but the artwork was so amazing I had to get it. Every comic book lover should own it for the artwork alone.
BTW, can you ask when VRV will be available outside of US? I want some of that 90's Nick toons!
Love what you do Variant comics and I have a question how can you tell if the DC stories are elseworld stories
If it’s different from main canon and/or bills itself as non-canon, it’s an Elseworld.
Where supermans ship Landed changes everything
Kingdom Come is actually brought into the multiverse by the Convergence series, however I still love the list
I love the pirate one with leather wing
I've never been able to find Justice Riders in print... some day...
One of my all-time favorite comics is not just an Elseworlds story, but a crossover to boot. It’s “Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman”. Not only does Bruce Wayne meet John Clayton, the Earl of Greystoke, but there’s cool variations of both Two-Face and Cat-Woman, too, as Batman and Tarzan trek to a lost city in Africa.
Great nr. 1 pick.
Nice video
All of Alex Ross's 3 DC books are to die for
@@MIrfanPerdana well technically it's more than that. I'm referring to "world's greatest superheroes" which is a trade that collects all the DC books Ross did with Paul Dini (superman:peace on earth, batman:war on crime, etc)
I would have loved to have seen you mention the Leather Wing story with Robin Redblade
I haven't read the Gotham by Gaslight comic, but the movie was amazing, I'll have to check it out, if they changed the twist then I'll definitely need to read it.
Love The Nail.
Superman Red Son and Kingdom Come are my favorite DC Elseworlds!
I always felt that Last Son Of Earth was interesting - completely flipping Supes' origin by asking more than just "what if his ship didn't land in Kansas?"
Vampire Batman is by far the most villainous version of him. The trilogy is a literal bloodbath. Would love to see the trilogy animated.
Have you heard of the the three jokers by jeoff johns hope you do a review on it in the future love your videos
Personal fave? World's Funnest, where Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk battle across the multiverse. It has Alex Ross painting Bat-Mite and the denizens of Bizarro world saying "We are doomed. Yay!" What else could you ask for?
The golden age is my favorite!
My top 4 made it to this list
They need to make an updated list of this video. Series like injustice and dceased should be included as well
The Injustice story line is still my favorite 😊
Red Son is my favorite Superman story, but I love Kingdom Come as a story altogether.
I’m here because of the flash crossover
k
Same
I've forgotten what it's called but when Bruce Wayne is the host for a demonic batman entity and Alfred is Merlin x loved ready it x ps merry Christmas buddy keep up the amazing content.
Batman and Demon: A Tragedy. That’s the one you’re thinking of.
In 1994, DC's anuals were al Elseworlds stories. The best for me were 1) The Legion of Super-Heroes Annnual 5 ("The Long Road Home"), a stoy within the story set in an Oz like world, and 2) "The Super Seven", told in Adventures of Superman Annual 6 and Superboy Annual 1, that featured an Earth invaded by aliens and had some super cool renditions of Batman and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan).
Kingdom Come has the potential for a animated movie.
When they bring the late 70's and early 80's stuff from Nick, I will get more excited. I would love to see them include every episode of 'You Can't Do That On TV'! That show is what made Nick what it is today. If it were not for it, we would not have the famous Nickelodeon Green slime and several other series might have never made it to Nick if it hadn't been a hit.
So many of these I never heard of, I just ordered all if them. Thanks for ruining my bank account :3
The Dark KNIGHT RETURNS , JLA LEAGUE OF ONE , JLA Act of God , Wonder Woman Amazonia , EARTH ONE graphic novels
Red Son has a sequel. Its every Superman comic ever written. Red Son is a prequel
I'm not ecstatic about VRV's 90s channel... You are Arris! 😂
Please make a video on the Marquis of Death! He's considered more powerful than The Beyonder and Molecule Man!
4:00 queen hippolyta, Clark Kent, Barry Allen
Lee Bermejo's art is just .... Gorgeous.
Kingdom come & the golden age are my top favorites.
Red mostly all of these Elseworlds back in the 90s… Golden Age though it’s the best!
i am amazed you didnt include the the dark knight returns story...you love that one to death...
I love Gotham by Gaslight but I’m also a big fan of it’s follow up: Master of Tomorrow. Both focus on Batman the detective and I wish they’d play up that aspect of him in the movies rather than the screwed up rich kid with nice toys.
Another honourable mention would be batman as Leather wing a 17th century Buccaneer fighting the laughing man (joker).
Can we get a new updated elseworld list?