There had been upheaval and change throughout the decade, with The Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Death in the Family,Â Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle’s work on Detective ComicsÂ and of course Tim Burton’sÂ tour de force was about to hit the cinema screens.Â In between these major events, was a little one shot, that arrived with little hoopla and went on to create a whole set of universes, or Elseworlds, if you will.īased onÂ the tried and tested “What if” question Gaslight took the ball and went in a completely different direction.Â Rather than do the kind of “imaginary” stories we had seen in the past, such as “WhatÂ If Dick Grayson was Batman” or “WhatÂ If BruceÂ Wayne lost his fortune”,Â theÂ set up was to introduceÂ The Batman to a totally different era.Â This being the time of Jack the Ripper. The late 80, especially 1989, wereÂ particularly goodÂ for Batman fans. Loren Lester, the voice of Robin in Batman: The Animated Series, returns as Nightwing.By Brian Augustyn (Author), Mike MignolaÂ &Â Eduardo Barreto Â (Artists), DC Comics (Publisher) The result is a thrill ride of action, adventure and comedy no Batman fan has seen before.īatman and Harley Quinn features a stellar voice cast led by Kevin Conroy ( Batman: The Animated Series) reprising his role as the Dark Knight, alongside Melissa Rauch ( The Big Bang Theory) making her debut as the irrepressible Harley Quinn. But Batman's patience is put to the test by the unpredictable and untrustworthy Harley during the twists and turns the reluctant companions face during their bumpy road trip. To save humanity, Batman and Nightwing are forced to enlist Harley Quinn to catch Poison Ivy, Harley's BFF and frequent partner-in-crime. The Floronic Man) embark on an ecological quest to save the planet – and, unfortunately, eliminate most of humankind along the way.

From an original story by animation icon Bruce Timm, comes an all-new DC Universe animated movie.

Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Augustyn