SPOILER WARNING: The following article gives away almost the entire story of Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham, so if you have not seen the new animated DC movie, proceed with caution before you go batty over the plot details.
I will admit that I have a bit of a personal bias, but I really do believe that, out of all the most iconic superheroes from DC Comics (or superheroes in general, I might say), Batman is the most dynamic and versatile. Being an ordinary man of extraordinary skill, the costumed crimefighter can be thrown into just about any situation a writer might think of and it could make sense — whether it would be a straightforward crime thriller or some Lovecraftian fantasy tale, which is exactly what Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and co-writer Richard Pace did with their Elseworlds story, The Doom That Came to Gotham.
