In Elseworlds heroes are taken from their usual settings & put into strange times & places—some that have existed or might have existed & others that can’t couldn’t or shouldn’t exist The result stories that make characters who are as familiar as yesterday seem as fresh as tomorrow Gotham City is caught in a vortex of corruption & decay & those who feed on blood & despair are about to suck any remaining life from her dying veins All that stands against them is the Batman their legendary companion in the darkness the last line of defense between the innocent & the screaming chaos of mindless appetite To combat this primeval threat however the Dark Knight must give up everything he holds dear including life itself—for death is only the first step toward the final reckoning between good & evil Written by Doug Moench & illustrated in full gothic glory by Kelley Jones John Beatty & Malcolm Jones III ELSEWORLDS BATMAN VOL 2 gives free rein to the darker side of the World’s Greatest Detective collecting BATMAN & DRACULA RED RAIN BATMAN BLOODSTORM & BATMAN CRIMSON MIST Meet the Author Doug Moench has written novels short stories newspaper feature articles weekly newspaper comic strips film screenplays & teleplays His first published work was My Dog Sandy a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper Moench has worked for DC Comics Marvel Comics Dark Horse Comics & many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics & created dozens of characters such as Moon Knight