Batman Elseworld's you'd like to see

So what are Elseworld's you'd like to see concerning Batman? Feel free to expand beyond just the premise or expand other's ideas!

For me:

1. Martha Wayne becomes Batwoman after Bruce and Thomas are killed

2. Bruce had a brother, the villainous Owlman

3. Batman refuses to let children become vigilantes

Medieval Fantasy

The Prince of Gotham

The Dark Knight
Knight and Squire

The Court of Owls
The Court Jester and Harlequin

The Gray Son

Red Hood and The Outlaws

The League of Hashasin
The Order of St. Dumas

I kinda like the idea of the Batman mythos re-imagined as a spy/political thriller.

Bruce Wayne's parents are killed in a terrorist attack, so instead of wanting to fight crime, he wants to fight terrorists. So he ends up becoming a rogue black-ops agent and mercenary codenamed 'the Batman' and goes on a crusade to rid the world of international terrorism. One of his key allies is CIA Director James Gordon. And the Joker is a real terrorist leader in this version, though no less insane.

Another crazy idea I have is for a reality where Harvey Dent became Batman. In this version, Harvey is a frustrated DA who's tired off being unable to secure any convictions for dangerous criminals due to a corrupt system. He also has deep-seated anger issues and a dual personality that manifest when, after a particularly trying day, a bat flies in through his window and the Batman is born. Dent's Batman is a much more brutal crusader who may not exactly have a code against killing. Also a key supporting character will be Harvey's close friend Bruce Wayne, a renowned criminologist who's hired as a consultant by the GCPD, led by a corrupt Commissioner Gordon, to help bring down the Batman.

Bruce Wayne has a brother Thomas Wayne Jr. Thomas wants his parents money so he hires Joe Chill to kill them. Alfred steps ion to raise the two boys not knowing of Thomas plan. Thomas then has Alfred killed..Bruce Vows to avenge the murder of his parents and long time butler. He travels around the world to train. Meanwhile Thomas uses his money to rise in the ranks of the underworld. When Bruce returns he becomes The Batman and vows to bring his brother down who he has learned killed his parents. Thomas is scared in a battle with his brother and uses the coffin of his father to fashion a mask and becomes The Black Mask.

Bruce Wayne being Batman and being happy at the same time.

Poison Ivy is Joker's dependent crazy sidekick.

- A modern version of Golden Age Batman (by wich I mean set in the 1930's and 40's)

- Jason surviving DITF

- [URL="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Bruce_Wayne_(Earth-Five)"]Batman Earth 5[/URL], on that earth Bruce parents were saved by the Batman from earth one, which inspired the Burce of this World to become Batman (would be actually fitting to do that in TEC 1000 since that was the Story they made in TEC 500)

I really want a DC Elseworld epic focusing on all the heroes fighting Nazis.

DC could explore some of it's past Elseworlds.

In Zero Hour, Barbara wasn't shot by the Joker, Jim Gordon was...and killed.

In the original Teen Titans, the world became Medieval...and all the heroes had different names.

Bruce Wayne has a League of Legends team composed of Dick, Tim, Barbara, Stephanie and Cassandra. They are going for the world championship facing big teams owned by their enemies.

Just imagine a Lex Luthor owned Team. A brainwashed Conner and other associates.

A Ras owned team, with Jason (ex member of Bruces team), Damian (who is conflicted and wants nothing more than joining his fathers team), etc.

Bet itd be a fun show to watch too, maybe even a movie.

[QUOTE=rev516;4134674]Bruce Wayne being Batman and being happy at the same time.[/QUOTE]

Woah now! That's just crazy talk!
(I'm all for it)

Bruce being an attentive father and having more than the emotional capacity of an egg in doing so.

Everything's the same, except Bruce is poor. I want to see him become Batman with no money or gadgets or resources.

Oh... and 90s sitcom version of the family, where there are no superheroing and the villains are annoying neighbors instead

Batman but afrofuturism.

Bruce being an upbeat thrillerseeker and being Batman for the hell of it. His parents still alive. The city loving Batman like the Adam West show.

I like the story of bruce being batman without his money. Bruce being a street fighter like Ken Masters and his parents being alive would be nice and have a rivalry with Shiva who feels the same way beating strong oppenents sometimes saving the world other times not. Bruce in his later years instead of being holed up at home when he no longer can be batman physically actually teaches those with powers or not how to be heroes. Having a younger sister with magical powers and trying to protect her from the supernatural along side his girlfriend zatanna. Batman not having the no gun and not to kill ideals rescinded.

[QUOTE=byrd156;4134710]I really want a DC Elseworld epic focusing on all the heroes fighting Nazis.[/QUOTE]

I had an idea kind of like this in another thread:

[QUOTE=Vakanai;3865422]I kinda want to see a Jewish Batman set during Nazi era Germany, where he hides his Jewish identity during the day and fights the rising tide of antisemitism and Nazism at night, protecting and helping the German Jews flee the country pre-WW2 and sabotaging and attacking concentration camps during the war. He would have a slightly more soldier-y/militarized costume during the war half of the story versus a slightly more pulpy one during the pre-war portion, but both costumes would include the Star of David with the Bat-symbol somehow (either in the Bat or around the Bat).

I'd also want to include a very powered down, Captain America-esque Jewish Superman as part of the American and Allied forces during the second half. Still a little iffy on plot points though. Robin/Dick would be a concentration camp survivor Batman helped free, maybe even include a version of Jason and Tim somehow too. Actually make Dick a gypsy (they also were prosecuted under the Nazis) who Batman takes in during the pre-war period, and then introduce Jason and Tim during the war half.

Not sure if or how I would include other Bat characters in this though. Trying to fit in a Nazi Joker would probably be a bit too much (then again, having some poor sap turn white and crazy in a failed supersoldier experiment might work). But Gordon as a GI or something would be cool. Maybe make Catwoman an Allied spy (maybe Russian/Soviet) possibly. Alfred has to be in it somehow, and still British.

Anyways, something like that.[/QUOTE]

Expanding on it some more, I'd have Alfred as a senior military guy (not a general, but a veteran who's higher up than a soldier) in the British army who also happens to have had a friendship with Bruce's (or a good German name equivalent of "Bruce Wayne" really, but I don't know any good German names) parents back in the day (Bruce's father was a famous surgeon who often traveled outside of Germany for special cases and Alfred met him then). Batman saves his life during a Nazi ambush or something, and when the war is over becomes Bruce's butler after the war.

I'd end the story not with Batman hanging up the cape and cowl after the war is over, but getting ready to travel abroad with the implication being that he's going after escaped nazi war criminals. Alfred and Dick come along with him on the journey.

[QUOTE=Restingvoice;4135775]Oh... and 90s sitcom version of the family, where there are no superheroing and the villains are annoying neighbors instead[/QUOTE]

Would Joker be Kimmy Gibbler, Urkle, or someone else?

Would Bruce be single, divorced, or with Selina/Talia?

Would he just have the boys, or would Cass and later on, Helena, join in?

[QUOTE=Vakanai;4138883]I had an idea kind of like this in another thread:



Expanding on it some more, I'd have Alfred as a senior military guy (not a general, but a veteran who's higher up than a soldier) in the British army who also happens to have had a friendship with Bruce's (or a good German name equivalent of "Bruce Wayne" really, but I don't know any good German names) parents back in the day (Bruce's father was a famous surgeon who often traveled outside of Germany for special cases and Alfred met him then). Batman saves his life during a Nazi ambush or something, and when the war is over becomes Bruce's butler after the war.

I'd end the story not with Batman hanging up the cape and cowl after the war is over, but getting ready to travel abroad with the implication being that he's going after escaped nazi war criminals. Alfred and Dick come along with him on the journey.[/QUOTE]

I love ALL of this.