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5. Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

“…were a "˜20s pulp hero?”

The Doom that Came to Gotham is a fun-times pulp story about 1920s Batman fighting Lovecraftian monsters by shooting them and kicking them. Written by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, DCG is equal parts funny (Cthulu-penguins) and scary (Etrigan's apperances). Plus, we get a bunch of interesting Lovecraftian takes on various villains, from Two-Face to Poison Ivy to Mr. Freeze.

Bruce Wayne witnessed the brutal stabbing deaths of his parents at a young age when they were stabbed to death in front of him. He spent years traveling the globe with his three young wards, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake as the deck crew for his ship until returning to Gotham to prevent an ancient prophesy from coming to pass. The rest of the mini is a fun adventure story full of adventure, humor, and tentacled monsters. It's pretty great.

Plus, the idea that if Batman's parents were stabbed instead of shot, he would just go around gunning people down is kinda hilarious as a concept.