when you’re a superhero sometimes one
reality just isn’t enough welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down the top 10 alternate reality
versions of Batman
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at some of the coolest and most
interesting Batman across alternate
realities parallel universes and else
worlds stories but we’re excluding
stories set in possible future versions
of Batman’s reality so sorry Terry
McGinnis number 10 dark claw in 1996
Marvel and DC engaged in a major
crossover story between the two
companies which saw some long-awaited
fights between the likes of Superman and
Hulk and Batman and Captain America but
it also saw the temporary creation of
the amalgams verse in which heroes were
created who are a composite of heroes
dark claw was emerging of Batman and
Wolverine in this universe after five
year old Logan Wayne saw his parents
killed he was sent with his policeman
uncle in Canada dark claw eventually
fell prey to the same Weapon X program
that gave Wolverine has adamantium
skeleton a wolverine version of batman
is about as badass as they come number 9
steampunk Batman your evening attire sir
that was not the suit indeed Alfred DC
inaugurated its Elseworlds series where
characters are imagined in very
different settings with 1989’s Gotham by
Gaslight the premise was simple Jack the
Ripper pops up in Victorian era Gotham
and Bruce Wayne becomes Batman to stop
him Mike Mignola’s atmospheric artwork
captured the story’s mood beautifully
and the character designs were in line
with steampunk fashions of the period
Batman seemed comfortable at home in the
Victorian era even if the story perhaps
had a few flaws however writer Brian
Augustine did a nice job of tying in the
main mystery with the origin of Batman
number 8 bat ninja some alternate
reality Batman appearance several
stories or issues others get a single
tale or part of a tale as here not to be
confused with the upcoming Batman ninja
anime what fans call the bat ninja is
included in a longer tail that features
a version of Robin from 19th century
Japan bat ninja is the sole protector of
the house of Hideyoshi whose young
master many sought to assassinate Robin
was his protege training to become his
successor honor was a primary concern to
the bat ninja who passed that sense of
honour to his assistant
man’s codes and beliefs fit neatly into
the ninja lifestyle and the
modifications to his costume give him a
visual appeal that is hard to resist
number seven Soviet Batman in Superman
red Sun the DC Universe was looked at
under the supers that Kyle’s rocket
landed in Russia not the heartland of
the United States raised under communist
rule
Superman believes strongly in the
Marxist philosophy with his superpowers
Russia had conquered most of the world
but a young boy whose parents were
murdered for espousing anti-superman
views grew up to become a Superman
hating version of Batman heading up
effective terrorist activities this
Batman even almost succeeded in
destroying the Man of Steel almost of
course isn’t enough and the Soviet
Batman sacrificed his life instead
number six
civil war Batman in this Elseworlds
story Bruce Wayne was sent a message by
Abraham Lincoln on the very night that a
bat flew in his window assuming this to
be an omen Wayne a colonel in the Union
Army disguised himself in a somewhat
familiar bat suit to complete his
mission protecting a vital shipment of
gold out west along the way he gets
assistance from a Native American who
goes by the name Red Bird rings a bell
doesn’t it throw in other historical
figures like Mark Twain and Wild Bill
Hickok and the result is a civil war
Batman with plenty of Wild West
trappings number 5 the Batman who laughs
what would happen if Batman became the
Joker that’s apparently what happened on
earth negative 22 the Joker of that
earth succeeded in infecting Batman with
a toxin which essentially turned him
into an embodiment of evil the Batman
who laughs killed almost all of his
friends and colleagues that eventually
conquered the world at which point he
was contacted by a being from another
universe who convinced him to lead a
group of evil Batman from other worlds
their mission was basically to bring
about the total destruction of well
everything the Batman who laughs is a
chilling gruesome and horrifying version
of The Dark Knight number 4 Green
Lantern Batman Batman is awesome without
them but did you ever wonder what would
happen if he had actual superpowers
Batman in darkest night provides one
answer to that question working under
the assumption that Bruce Wayne rather
than Hal Jordan should have become the
Green Lantern naturally Batman was a
more than capable heir to the lantern
mantle though inexperienced he learned
how to handle the ring quickly a bigger
problem was that his own moral compass
personal beliefs came in conflict with
those of the guardians of OA in the end
Batman ended up becoming the kind of
galactic policeman the Guardians need
and also helped earth field help from
new superheroes number three Superman
Batman Batman is Green Lantern is one
thing but as Superman in this alternate
reality Thomas and Martha Wayne are the
ones who found baby kal-el rocket and
raised him as their son Bruce when they
were murdered Bruce retaliated by using
his uncontrolled heat vision on Joe
Chill leading to his death shut away for
years with the horror of this memory his
guilt shame and anger threatened to
drive him insane
he emerged from years of solitude and
began a career fighting criminals but
doing so in a manner which verged on the
psychopathic lex luthor became this
world’s Joker and Lois Lane became the
moderating force that toned Bruce’s
raged to an acceptable level number two
vampire Batman Batman’s fearsome
appearance can’t help but bring to mind
images of a vampire so it’s only natural
that one alternate reality Batman would
indeed be one of the Living Dead when
Dracula and a brood of vampires came to
Gotham Batman collaborated with one of
the vampires to defeat the count this
required him to be bitten and drained of
almost all his blood thus keeping him
human but giving him vampire powers he
succeeded in killing Dracula but in
doing so lost the last of his blood and
thus became a vampire himself and even
Batman wasn’t able to resist the
bloodlust that wracked his being number
one flashpoint Batman not saying I
believe you but in your reality is my
son Bruce is alive he’s Batman
the flashpoint storyline created a world
in which Barry Allen had never been the
flash but also one in which Thomas Wayne
had to watch his son be murdered
this caused Thomas to become the
avenging Batman of that earth and his
wife to become the Joker the flashpoint
Batman was even angrier than the regular
Batman he had no mercy for criminal scum
and killed with ease but that ended up
being very important it was his killing
of the reverse-flash that enabled Barry
to reset the timeline sure this wiped
out flashpoint Batman’s existence but
since he knew it would bring back his
son the real Batman he was happy to do
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
reality just isn’t enough welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down the top 10 alternate reality
versions of Batman
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at some of the coolest and most
interesting Batman across alternate
realities parallel universes and else
worlds stories but we’re excluding
stories set in possible future versions
of Batman’s reality so sorry Terry
McGinnis number 10 dark claw in 1996
Marvel and DC engaged in a major
crossover story between the two
companies which saw some long-awaited
fights between the likes of Superman and
Hulk and Batman and Captain America but
it also saw the temporary creation of
the amalgams verse in which heroes were
created who are a composite of heroes
dark claw was emerging of Batman and
Wolverine in this universe after five
year old Logan Wayne saw his parents
killed he was sent with his policeman
uncle in Canada dark claw eventually
fell prey to the same Weapon X program
that gave Wolverine has adamantium
skeleton a wolverine version of batman
is about as badass as they come number 9
steampunk Batman your evening attire sir
that was not the suit indeed Alfred DC
inaugurated its Elseworlds series where
characters are imagined in very
different settings with 1989’s Gotham by
Gaslight the premise was simple Jack the
Ripper pops up in Victorian era Gotham
and Bruce Wayne becomes Batman to stop
him Mike Mignola’s atmospheric artwork
captured the story’s mood beautifully
and the character designs were in line
with steampunk fashions of the period
Batman seemed comfortable at home in the
Victorian era even if the story perhaps
had a few flaws however writer Brian
Augustine did a nice job of tying in the
main mystery with the origin of Batman
number 8 bat ninja some alternate
reality Batman appearance several
stories or issues others get a single
tale or part of a tale as here not to be
confused with the upcoming Batman ninja
anime what fans call the bat ninja is
included in a longer tail that features
a version of Robin from 19th century
Japan bat ninja is the sole protector of
the house of Hideyoshi whose young
master many sought to assassinate Robin
was his protege training to become his
successor honor was a primary concern to
the bat ninja who passed that sense of
honour to his assistant
man’s codes and beliefs fit neatly into
the ninja lifestyle and the
modifications to his costume give him a
visual appeal that is hard to resist
number seven Soviet Batman in Superman
red Sun the DC Universe was looked at
under the supers that Kyle’s rocket
landed in Russia not the heartland of
the United States raised under communist
rule
Superman believes strongly in the
Marxist philosophy with his superpowers
Russia had conquered most of the world
but a young boy whose parents were
murdered for espousing anti-superman
views grew up to become a Superman
hating version of Batman heading up
effective terrorist activities this
Batman even almost succeeded in
destroying the Man of Steel almost of
course isn’t enough and the Soviet
Batman sacrificed his life instead
number six
civil war Batman in this Elseworlds
story Bruce Wayne was sent a message by
Abraham Lincoln on the very night that a
bat flew in his window assuming this to
be an omen Wayne a colonel in the Union
Army disguised himself in a somewhat
familiar bat suit to complete his
mission protecting a vital shipment of
gold out west along the way he gets
assistance from a Native American who
goes by the name Red Bird rings a bell
doesn’t it throw in other historical
figures like Mark Twain and Wild Bill
Hickok and the result is a civil war
Batman with plenty of Wild West
trappings number 5 the Batman who laughs
what would happen if Batman became the
Joker that’s apparently what happened on
earth negative 22 the Joker of that
earth succeeded in infecting Batman with
a toxin which essentially turned him
into an embodiment of evil the Batman
who laughs killed almost all of his
friends and colleagues that eventually
conquered the world at which point he
was contacted by a being from another
universe who convinced him to lead a
group of evil Batman from other worlds
their mission was basically to bring
about the total destruction of well
everything the Batman who laughs is a
chilling gruesome and horrifying version
of The Dark Knight number 4 Green
Lantern Batman Batman is awesome without
them but did you ever wonder what would
happen if he had actual superpowers
Batman in darkest night provides one
answer to that question working under
the assumption that Bruce Wayne rather
than Hal Jordan should have become the
Green Lantern naturally Batman was a
more than capable heir to the lantern
mantle though inexperienced he learned
how to handle the ring quickly a bigger
problem was that his own moral compass
personal beliefs came in conflict with
those of the guardians of OA in the end
Batman ended up becoming the kind of
galactic policeman the Guardians need
and also helped earth field help from
new superheroes number three Superman
Batman Batman is Green Lantern is one
thing but as Superman in this alternate
reality Thomas and Martha Wayne are the
ones who found baby kal-el rocket and
raised him as their son Bruce when they
were murdered Bruce retaliated by using
his uncontrolled heat vision on Joe
Chill leading to his death shut away for
years with the horror of this memory his
guilt shame and anger threatened to
drive him insane
he emerged from years of solitude and
began a career fighting criminals but
doing so in a manner which verged on the
psychopathic lex luthor became this
world’s Joker and Lois Lane became the
moderating force that toned Bruce’s
raged to an acceptable level number two
vampire Batman Batman’s fearsome
appearance can’t help but bring to mind
images of a vampire so it’s only natural
that one alternate reality Batman would
indeed be one of the Living Dead when
Dracula and a brood of vampires came to
Gotham Batman collaborated with one of
the vampires to defeat the count this
required him to be bitten and drained of
almost all his blood thus keeping him
human but giving him vampire powers he
succeeded in killing Dracula but in
doing so lost the last of his blood and
thus became a vampire himself and even
Batman wasn’t able to resist the
bloodlust that wracked his being number
one flashpoint Batman not saying I
believe you but in your reality is my
son Bruce is alive he’s Batman
the flashpoint storyline created a world
in which Barry Allen had never been the
flash but also one in which Thomas Wayne
had to watch his son be murdered
this caused Thomas to become the
avenging Batman of that earth and his
wife to become the Joker the flashpoint
Batman was even angrier than the regular
Batman he had no mercy for criminal scum
and killed with ease but that ended up
being very important it was his killing
of the reverse-flash that enabled Barry
to reset the timeline sure this wiped
out flashpoint Batman’s existence but
since he knew it would bring back his
son the real Batman he was happy to do
it do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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