Excellent alternate Victorian Era universe Batman story. Good sequel to Gotham by Gaslight. Very recommended

The followup to "Gotham By Gaslight", this graphic novel revisits the Victorian-era Batman and Gotham City. This Brian Augustyn story takes place almost a year later, with some citizens being against Batman and some (including Bruce Wayne's fiance) recognizing the need for the vigilante. There is a world expo happening in Gotham and an unknown villain is out to sabotage it. All in all he story is pretty rote, and while Eduardo Barreto's art is solid, it doesn't have quite the same impact as Mign...

i was pleasantly surprised when my copy of Gotham By Gaslight contained a second story, a sequel i didn’t realise existed.Master of the Future is a great sequel to the first book and i loved it. the villain of the story is different to other villains within the DC universe and i thoroughly enjoyed reading about his escapades, even if they were short. the ending of this story was also very cute and i thought it was a great way to end it.highly recommend to anyone who’s read Gotham by Gaslight as

The artwork of this story is fantastic, if a little ill-matched for a tale of The Batman. The story was clear and well composed, but really just not very interesting. As a sequel to Gotham by Gaslight, it’s a little jarring, as it so different as to be unrelated. I enjoyed reading it, but I could have skipped it.

Everything here feels period appropriate. Images match our presumptions of the era as does their verbiage. Even though dates are never explicitly given, nine pages in we’re privy to a conversation that does indeed corroborate with any assumptions we've had: “We’re six years from the next century.” It’s 1894 kids, I’m stoked for the new era, are you?I was stoked until I read a single page more. The story fell apart faster than an electronic imported from China. With a shoddy construction to match...

Love the artwork. Very quick read.

Barreto's artwork is perfectly suited to this style of turn-of-the-century steampunk Elseworlds one-off story, although his composition is a bit questionable in certain dramatic panels. The writing, story and dialogue are competent enough and the 70:30 mix of Batman: Jules Verne worked quite well for me, despite being rather simplistic and short. Such a scenario may have worked better at 2 or 3 times the length. I'm not sure how that hang-glider thing would take Batman up to the aeronef though!

I didn’t realise there even was a sequel to Gotham by Gaslight until I saw it on here. Having read it, it’s not difficult to see why it’s never really spoken about.The story is slow and forgettable and the new villain LeRoi is a bit rubbish. That said, it’s a treat to see Victorian Batman again and surprisingly I enjoyed the return of his supporting cast, not just Gordon but Commissioner, now Mayor Tolliver. Rupert Thorne is snuck in here too as a little easter egg for Bat-fans.Bruce having lost...

Great aesthetic. Story was okay.

This story pales in comparison to Gotham By Gaslight (the first part of this Elseworlds series). The cover said this was about some mad prophet who wanted to stop Gotham from entering the new century but it really turned out to be about a Frenchman (complete with thin moustache) named LeRoi and his "only friend" which was a robot named Antonio. Nothing really happens and the stuff that does is neither new nor interesting. Adding in the steampunk theme, which was completely omitted from the first...

Barman set in a Jules Verne world. Great story, but the end is a little weak

I like the idea of a "villain" who can see the future and wants to stop industrialism, especially put in a historical fiction setting like this. But in execution, he wasn't... even... that? He was just some guy who kept announcing that he wanted to rule the city? For some reason? The subplot with Bruce's fiancee was equally pointless.

Fun little adventure. Slightly better storytelling than the Jack the Ripper Gotham by Gaslight. Rather than being a “One-Shot” both of the Gotham by Gaslight tales would have been better served as miniseries. But as a One-Shot it was enjoyable.

Yeah this wasn't even close to Gotham By Gaslight's Ripper story, and I didn't even really care for that one anyway. The plot made no sense, none of the characters heed the warning of a man who somehow appears on the NINTH floor of a super tall building? I mean cmon this guy has to be somewhat credible if he can do that in 1894. Also, the ending "resolution" was just stupid.

Very good! So not that many people talk about this one, it kind of gets swept under the original Gotham By Gaslight story which introduced a Victorian Batman! Well I got to to say, this was a very good sequel! So the story takes place a year after Gaslight, with Bruce Wayne engaged, and wandering whether he wants to continue his crusade. The Year is 1892, and a new villain appears, who doesn't want Gotham to go into the 2oth century, hence he's called The Master of The Future. This book is very

Summary: It's the turn of the 19th century, and the mayor of Gotham decides on having a fair to celebrate everything new and advanced. A mustached villain threatens the fair though, and only Batman can stop him.What I liked:- On a purely conceptual level I really like this book. There was plenty of resistance going into the twentieth century, and it's an interesting subject- All the usual Batman characters make an appearance- There are a lot of cool action scenesWhat I didn't like:- The executio...

In Master Of The Future, the sequel to Gotham By Gaslight, Brian Agustyn does it again with a great Elseworlds Batman story. Three years have gone by since Batman apprehended Jack The Ripper. He decides to retire from the Batman game until a madman shows up to disrupt Gotham’s world’s fair. Batman gets a love interest in this one and there’s even a brief appearance by Thomas Edison. 1892 Batman’s costume is super cool and he kicks a ton of old world butt. It would have been killer to see Mignola...

I've always liked "Gotham by Gaslight" where Batman fought against Jack the Ripper. I was surprised to find that there was a sequel to this story. "Batman: Master of the Future" is that story.Nearly a year after the events in Gotham by Gaslight, Batman is gone. Bruce Wayne has retired and is engaged. Having caught his parent's murders he is at rest. But, all is not well for Gotham. As the new mayor, Tolliver from the previous volume, wants to bring a worlds fair to Gotham to highlight modernity....

Yikes. Not bad, per se, but it lacks Mignola's unique artstyle, and the plot is riddled with too many holes and unanswered questions that couldn't possibly be explored in 50 pages. Pretty generic timekiller: Batman in steampunkland.Lots of potential in this version of Batman, though. I'm surprised he wasn't used more.

Picking up where Brain Augustyn's "Gotham by Gaslight," this bit of Batman Victoriana is not as interesting as its precursor. Released in 1992, the art seems less dated and Eduardo Barreto's artwork is strong although does have the atmospherics of Mike Mignola & P. Craig Russell's artwork in the prior book. The story here is much more obvious and fairly cliched, Alexarndre LeRoi, the self-styled Master of the Future, being a Victorian super-villain. LeRoi is obviously Jules Verne's Robur the Con...