In Batman: Master of the Future, Brian Augustyn and Eduardo Barreto continue the story begun in Gotham by Gaslight in which the Victorian-era Bat-Man continues the fight for justice. Having beaten Jack the Ripper, Bat-Man must again don the cape and cowl to defend Gotham's World's Fair at the turn of the century from Alexandre LeRoi, the Man of Tomorrow, who feels the increasing pace of modernization will destroy society. This story has even more steampunk elements than Augustyn's first Elseworlds tale, with LeRoi using an airship as his base of attack. Fans of the first will likely enjoy this, although Eduardo Barreto's art is markedly different from that of Mike Mignola in the original volume. ( )

A sequel to the "Batman" graphic novel, "Gotham by Gaslight", which postulates a Batman who arises a century earlier. This is an interesting and entertaining premise, fairly well done, this story about an early "Unabomber" type who tries to prevent the coming Gotham World's Fair by terrorism. A slight plot, too easily resolved, but intriguing for the look into a Batman and Bruce Wayne of another time period, and what the differences - and similarities - might have been. ( )