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The Berlin Batman
"The Berlin Batman" is an ''Elseworlds'' tale published in ''The Batman Chronicles'' #11 in 1998 by DC Comics. It is written and illustrated by Paul Pope. Characters * Baruch Wane, the Batman: By day, Baruch is a wealthy socialite/cubist painter and closeted Jew to the public. By night, he is the mysterious Batman, a foe to all criminals and unjust minds. * Robin: Baruch's female aide. In 1938, she was training to help Baruch fight crime. By 1998 she had written an unpublished series of memoirs. * Komissar Garten: The police komissar who had helped confiscate the works of Ludwig von Mises and has a "friendship" with Baruch Wane, unaware that he is both Jewish and the Batman. Plot summary In Berlin, Germany in the year 1938, wealthy socialite Baruch Wane learns from his friend Komissar Garten that the police have confiscated the library, works, and notes of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, due to his stance against the Nazi Party policy of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Batman Chronicles
''The Batman Chronicles'' is a series of comics published by DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ... from 1995 to 2001, which lasted 23 quarterly issues. Publication history With a larger page count than typical comics of the time, most issues contained three separate stories, with Batman usually featuring in at least one of them, and others featuring Batman's friends and foes. The additional four issues of a quarterly title allowed DC to, along with the four existent monthly titles, publish a Batman comic every week of the year. Collected editions * ''Batman: Anarky'' (''The Batman Chronicles'' #1) * ''Batman: Contagion'' (''The Batman Chronicles'' #4) * ''Batman: Arkham - Two-Face'' (''The Batman Chronicles'' #8) * ''Batgirl: The Greatest Stories Ever Tol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of government, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elseworlds Titles
''Elseworlds'' was the publication imprint for American comic books produced by DC Comics for stories that took place outside the DC Universe canon. Elseworlds publications are set in alternate realities that deviate from the established continuity of DC’s regular comics. The "Elseworlds" name was trademarked in 1989, the same year as the first ''Elseworlds'' publication. History ''Imaginary Stories'' From 1942 to the mid-1980s, particularly during the 1960sthe era of the Silver Age of Comic BooksDC Comics began to make a distinction between the continuity of its fictional universe and stories with plots that did not fit that continuity. These out-of-continuity stories eventually came to be called ''Imaginary Stories''. The title page of "Superman, Cartoon Hero!" (a slightly retooled reprint of 1942's "Superman, Matinee Idol"), stated that the story was "Our first imaginary story", and continued to say: "In 1942, a series of Superman shorts started showing throughout the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Elseworlds Publications
This is a list of ''Elseworlds'' publications from DC Comics, grouped by main character, and in alphabetical order by title. Each title was originally released as a one-shot comic book unless otherwise noted. Batman ''Elseworlds'' *'' Batman: Thrillkiller'' – one three-part miniseries and one one-shot collected into one volume (SC): **''Batgirl and Robin: Thrillkiller'' (1997) – Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and Dick Grayson (Robin) as part of the 1960s counterculture. (three issues) **''Batgirl and Batman: Thrillkiller '62'' (1998) – Bruce Wayne becomes Batman in the sequel. *''Batman & Captain America'' (1996) – A Golden Age adventure teaming Batman and Robin with Captain America and Bucky of Marvel Comics against the Joker and the Red Skull of Marvel Comics. *''Batman/Demon: A Tragedy'' (2000) – Bruce Wayne is possessed by Etrigan the Demon. *'' Tales of the Multiverse: Batman – Vampire'' (2007) – three graphic novels collected into one volume (SC): **''Batman & Drac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |