Bat-Mite and Mxyzptlk get in a battle over who is best, and end up destroying the universe. And a bunch of other universes. In fact, I daresay this one-shot has the highest death-toll of any DC book, including Crisis.

Anyway, I'm including my favorite bit of the story, where Bat-Mite is introduced, rather rudely, to the anti-heroes of the current DCU. Including one guy with a bit of a harpoon-hand.

By Evan Dorkin and Friends.

This Aquaman is basically identical to the Silver Age Aquaman, right down to Mera, Vulko and the gallery of enemies that includes Black Manta, The Shark, and Marine Maruader.

In fact, this guy probably shouldn't be on the list as an Else-Aquaman, because except for the fact that he's never met Superman (since there isn't one in this world) he's identical to the mariner we know and love.

But he is on this list for one really big reason. Alan Davis. This gorgeous art was almost ours, because Alan Davis was going to do an Aquaman mini-series once. Can you imagine?? A whole Aquaman mini with Alan Davis' artwork?

Well, the mini didn't happen, but at least we get a taste of what could have been with the art from this Elseworld. Enjoy.

By Alan Davis and Mark Farmer.

This two-part Elseworlds series included an interesting pair of cities: Atlantis and Amazonia. But I'm getting ahead of myself...

League of Justice is about four teenagers (three upstanding, decent kids, and one junkhead) who are magically transported into a realm where Magic is the source of power for a group of Super-Heroes that aren't really a group at all.

The teenagers job? To bring together the League to fight against the evil Sovereign, and to survive, despite the dire warning that one of them will not return home.

The first book is mostly set up, and a wonderous quest for the magical heroes. The second book continues the quest, ending with the finding of Atlantis and Amazonia, two parallel cities, one entirely populated by men, the other by women. Guess which was which? As the teenagers arrive, they find only two survivors of a war between the cities, still fighting in the ruins of their homes...

By Ed Hannigan and Dick Giordano.

In Kingdom Come the heroes of the Golden Age and Silver Age have retired to let the new heroes, their offspring, take over the task of keeping the world running smoothly. But the new heroes have done their jobs too well, and there aren't that many villains left. These new offspring kill their enemies, and the result is a world full of super-powered "heroes" that fight each other out of boredom, desperation, frustration, or any other number of terrible reasons. It is a world without hope.

The preview says:

According to Alex Ross: "Aquaman is the only original hero who keeps himself out of the loop regarding the problems facing his old friends. But Mark (Waid) provided great motivation for Arthur's refusal to help. The others worry only about the land - he has to protect the other seventy percent of the Earth. Having THE SEA KING become a classical monarch seemed an obvious evolution - and with his given name, way too natural to ignore." From the sketchboard in the Kingdom Come trading card set.

Aquaman makes his appearance in the second issue of the mini-series, as ruler of Atlantis. He has turned over the mantle of "Aquaman" to Garth, his friend and adopted son. Dolphin rules as his queen, and it is clear from Arthur's attitude toward Wonder Woman's request that the problem the rest of the world is having with the new heroes is not a problem in the Oceans.

By Mark Waid and Alex Ross.

Another Elseworlds appearance of Arthur is in Batman: Holy Terror, a truly frightening Elseworld in which Oliver Cromwell didn't die on time, resulting in England remaining Puritan to the present day, and the United States never existing as it does in our world.

Bruce Wayne, an acolyte, uncovers the existence of many strange beings, hidden by the government and used as test subjects, in his quest to discover who had his parents killed. He helps free a strange young man named Barry Allen, and Barry shows him the others in the prison, including Arthur, a water-breather, who is so deep in shock he no longer can respond to his environment.

A terrifying and sad story, nonetheless worth seeking out, especially if you are a fan of the Batman.

By Alan Brennert, Norm Breyfogle, and Lovern Kindzierski.

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