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  <title><![CDATA[Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (Elseworlds)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Presenting for the first time the adventures of the Victorian Era Batman in one 112-page edition! This volume includes the breakthrough Elseworlds specials GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT and MASTER OF THE FUTURE that pit the Dark Knight againt Jack the Ripper and a death-dealer from the skies over Gotham! </default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">30</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">8</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (Elseworlds)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Mike Mignola]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very good read. If you like Victorian settings and adventure, then this book is for you. This particular edition collects two stories: the title story, and its sequel, &quot;Master of the Future.&quot; It is part of the DC Elseworlds series, which is basically an alternate history/setting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63318222">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 11 01:22:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This may be the first Elseworlds story, placing Bruce Wayne (and Batman) into the Victorian Era. The premise is that Jack the Ripper has moved from London to Gotham and now Batman must track him down, all while his daylight alter ego Bruce Wayne is one of the prime suspects for Jack's murders. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12225351">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 18 19:53:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’m a pretty big fan of DC’s Elseworlds books, though my favorite by far are those that set Batman in the late 1890’s/early 1900’s.  I have an earnest fascination with the 19th century and the idea of the great detective, the caped crusader, the dark knight existing in the later decade of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30507231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59521645">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 13 10:57:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first (?) of DC's &quot;Elseworlds&quot; stories, GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT imagines a Batman of the late 19th Century, confronting Jack the Ripper, who has found his way to Gotham City.  The hook: the Gotham police are convinced that Bruce Wayne is Jack!  The pace is quick, the artwork is beautiful (e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59521645">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44327131">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jan 25 16:03:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the second part more than the first, even though the first is what drew me to this in the first place (the Jack the Ripper storyline).  Mostly because a) I figured out whodunit early on in the first part and b) because it was nice to see a smart girl paired up with a superhero.  Not that w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44327131">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71177931">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting and alternate take on Batman.  Set in Gotham near the end of the 19th century, Jack the Ripper has come from England to America and is causing havoc in Gotham City.  This comic was beautifully drawn, slightly macabre and Gothic, but rather predictable.  Not the best Batman co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71177931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54049950">
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    <body><![CDATA[Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham after traveling the world at the turn of the 20th century.  Prepared to avege the death of his parents as the Batman, the hero faces Jack the Ripper and the Master of the Future in Victorian Gotham. <br/><br/><img src="http://societyofdave.com/uploaded_images/batman_master3-792452.jpg" class="escapedImg"/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54049950">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this alternate Batman story, Batman is active in the 1800's and ends up tangling with Jack the ripper.<br/>Nice gritty art really helps create a great atmosphere for this story. Good story. wish it had been longer or there were more sequels.]]></body>
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    <review id="65589736">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Gotham By Gaslight&quot; itself is very good, about Gotham City and Batman if he had come into existence in 1892.  The included sequel, &quot;Master of the Future,&quot; is pretty lame.]]></body>
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    <review id="70679445">
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    <body><![CDATA[A cool look into a Batman &quot;What if?&quot; story. He fights Jack the Ripper, and then fights on a blimp. That alone should get you to read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="60145817">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great imagining of Batman in the 1800s. This is also an origin story of sorts. Good stuff.]]></body>
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    <review id="11060731">
    <user id="715897">
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;19th century batman&quot;<br/><br/>interesting batman elseworld, which includes two stories of batman in the past-era.  however, i wish the first was fleshed out a bit or lengthened somehow, because by the end, the resolution seemed very hurried or anticlimactic.  as far as the sequel story ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11060731">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1427059">
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    <body><![CDATA[I kind of have a nerd-boner for anything Mike Mignola does and an even bigger one for Batman. This combines the two and is fairly ridiculous. If you want a gritty, gripping, edge of your seat Batman drama then this isn't the book for you. If you want to see Batman fight Jack the Ripper or save Gotha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1427059">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54998974">
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  <read_at>Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Batman set in the era of the stovepipe hat and the denizens of the gaslit city bustle from place to place in horse-drawn carriages.  Its an excellent concept, however, one which is poorly executed.  The tales are uninspired and The Bat himself occasionally looks out of place, an anachronism in lycra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54998974">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23193636">
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  <read_at>Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting idea but kind of short and missing elements in the story telling that could have made this really work.  There seems like so much more that could have been made between the Batman and Jack the Ripper, but instead the story breezes through to a very unsatisfying but obvious conclusion.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="12232785">
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    <body><![CDATA[Since I got a kick out of Marvel 1602, I figured Batman plugged into the same idea would work...kinda...I prefer Batman's &quot;vigilante detective&quot; novels anyway...this was right up my alley...kinda]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[pre hellboy art. great story. lost it *sniff* in the craptastic rain deluge last week! WAAAAHHH!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very creative (tiny) graphic novel, but I loved the idea more than the writing and plot.]]></body>
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