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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Absolute Edition
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781799509202
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $340.00

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: Absolute Edition

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Fog. Fire. Fear. In a Gotham reborn in gaslight and shadows, Brian Augustyn (JLA: Year One) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy) deliver the definitive Elseworlds masterpiece—now presented in a definitive Absolute Edition worthy of its legacy.

A chilling reimagining of the Dark Knight takes shape in an 1889 Gotham engulfed in smoke, paranoia, and industrial ambition. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight—the groundbreaking story that launched DC’s Elseworlds imprint—places the World’s Greatest Detective on the trail of history’s most infamous killer. Jack the Ripper stalks the city’s darkened alleys, while Bruce Wayne navigates a Gotham caught between technological progress and the terror hiding beneath it.

Brian Augustyn crafts a taut, atmospheric detective saga, while the haunting visuals of Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell frame Gotham as a gothic labyrinth of fog and danger. The tale’s companion sequel, Batman: Master of the Future, expands this Victorian world as an obsessed prophet threatens Gotham’s leap into the 20th century.

Epic, elegant, and ominous, this Absolute Edition presents both stories restored at dramatic scale—capturing every shadow, flourish, and whisper of dread that defines this genre-shaping classic.

Collects Batman: Gotham by Gaslight #1; Batman: Master of the Future #1.
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781799509202
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $340.00

About the authors

Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola's fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered. Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist. By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse. There are thirteen Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman. Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Mike's books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries. Mike lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.
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