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Great tale but be warned - this is not the Batman you are accustomed to Great tale - loved it. But this is an alternate universe tale set in the 1800s - Batman's rules do not apply. Realize that and you are in for a ride!
Elsewords is an old DC series where writers and artists could take popular characters like Batman or Superman and try whatever out-there concept they could come up with as they were safely outside continuity. Some Elseworlds titles have been amazing like Mark Millar’s Superman: Red Son but most were kinda so-so in a fun way, like Batman: Castle of the Bat. Jack Harris riffs on Mary Shelley’s classic 19th century novel Frankenstein and puts Bruce Wayne in the role of Victor Frankenstein. Bereaved...
Nice gothic otherworld Batman story. Recommended
Elseworlds takes place outside of DC's main continuity (and thanks to Grant Morrison, it takes place on another earth), which allows for playing with classic tales, featuring new twists and turns with every page.Castle of the Bat is a commentary of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. But in it's current context, it's a whole different story of Batman's creation.Bruce Wayne's experiment leads to the "return" of an important figure from his past—but with a ghastly twist.This is a marvelous Elseworlds reim...
A lot of the Batman Elseworlds are great, but you can skip this one.
Very dark with truly amazing realistic painted art, a must for any horror fan.
Another good Elseworlds novel that mixes Batman with Frankenstein. Does get a little silly towards the end though
The Frankenstein myth recreated with Batman in the monster role and Bruce Wayne as Victor Von Frankenstein. Bo Hampton's art is suitable murky for this Gothic retelling.
Perhaps it is the Halloween mood, but I really enjoyed this one. It's an older graphic novel from the '90s. It is also an Elseworlds setting. That can be a bad thing on both counts. Thankfully this was anything but.In Elseworlds, familiar characters are placed in strange settings. No less the case for this story. Set in the 1890's it borrows heavily from mary Shelly's "Frankenstein", with Bruce Wayne playing the mad doctor. I enjoyed the "recast" of Alfred as "Alfredo", an Igor-like servant. The...
Batman: Castle of the Bat is an Elseworld one-shot published by DC Comics in 1994. The story is written by Jack C. Harris and illustrated by Bo Hampton. In 1819, a troubled Bruce Wayne revives his father from the dead. The story is loosely based on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and the classic black-and-white film of the same name.Set in Germany in the early 1800s, it imagines Bruce Wayne as a driven doctor who's dedicated his life to science following the highway robbery and murder of his p...
I generally enjoy the many iterations of the Batman origin story, there being so many to reference. I also enjoy Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and most of its pastiches. This was a decent & enjoyable mash-up of the two in as far as the story is paced & told.My only dislike is the art style. It is a very loose painting style with a feel of a watercolour or gauche look to it. I am not sure a modern CGI render would be better. Perhaps I am just conditioned to a crisper, computer generated presentatio...
Picked this up for £2, thought I deserved a read. I did enjoy it, Batman but Mary Shelly's Frankenstein where Bruce takes on the role of the creator (Victor Von) and The Batman is you guessed it, the monster. The art in the comic is perfect for the setting and I could quite happily read another set in the same time. Perhaps something like Sleepy Hollow with the same art style.
If Batman took place in the 19th century
Ignore the low rating. This a strong Elseworlds one-shot, only let down by a slightly rushed/convoluted ending.
An elseworld tale set in 1820 Germany where someone called Bruce Wayne (the name is just about all he shares with the beloved character) becomes a Dr. Frankenstein kind of person and does crazy things. I didn't like this one at all.
An Elseworlds story set in 1819 which combines the story of the Batman with Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Traumatised by the murder of his parents as a child, Dr. Bruce Wayne dedicates himself to unconventional scientific study. Using his knowledge of life-energies and the preserved brain of his father, Bruce attempts to return Dr. Thomas Wayne to life. However, the experiment goes awry and instead creates a creature known as the Bat-Man.The problem with this book is that it never really gets b...
In this 200th anniversary of Frankenstein, I finally got around to reading this 'Batman-ised' version of Mary Shelley's story. It starts off well, set in a castle with Bruce playing the doctor, Burgermeister Gordon, Alfredo the hunchback servant. It's all quite inventive and amusing... for a while. The watercolour artwork is pretty decent throughout and must've taken ages to illustrate. However, the story quickly deteriorates and by about halfway, I was wishing for it to end, as it became rather...
A thoroughly entertaining blend of Batman and Frankenstein lore. I only wish it could've been longer so we could have seen more combinations of Batman villains with classic Universal monsters.
Bo Hamptons art as usual outstanding in this best or tied for best (out of the dozen or so I've read) Elseworlds!
Etwas langweilig. Haben Sie nicht wissen , wo diese wurde bis fast zum Ende gehen . Dr. Wayne macht ein Frankenstein-Monster von seinem toten Väter Gehirn. Jemand, der vor fünfzehn Jahren gestorben. Sprechen Sie über die seltsam. War ein sehr langsamer und Art der intensiven Lese am Ende . Ich habe besser lesen .
