* The DC Comics Elseworlds ' story, " Superman: The Feral Man of Steel ", is based loosely on the Jungle Book stories, as well as the Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Tarzan stories.

Meanwhile, DC has published occasional stories called Elseworlds, which often presented alternate versions of its characters.

A number of other alternate universes in the 52 Multiverse may also contain versions of the Question from DC Comics previous Elseworlds stories or from variant " themed " universes, such as the gender-reversed world of Earth-11.

However, rather than follow What if tradition of using a divergence from a specific plot point, Volume 4 more closely resembled the DC Comics equivalent, Elseworlds which presents stories that are continuities based on alternative versions ( in time or place ) of DC Comic's canon.

Two Elseworlds stories, Kingdom Come and Brotherhood of the Bat, feature two alternate versions of Ibn as an adult, coming to terms with his dual heritage.

Unlike its Marvel Comics counterpart What If ...?, which bases its stories on a single point of divergence from the regular continuity, most Elseworlds stories instead take place in entirely self-contained continuities, with the only connection to the canon DC continuity being the presence of familiar DC characters.

The Elseworlds series of self-contained stories are essentially Imaginary Stories under a newer label and a wider scope of possibilities.

Although Elseworlds was created to be separate from the " regular continuity ", there have been specific examples where Elseworld stories have been placed into continuity.

" scenarios, revisit popular Elseworlds stories and allow these characters to interact with the mainstream continuity.

" scenarios, revisit popular Elseworlds stories, and allow these characters to interact with the mainstream continuity.

* Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons ( collects stories from # 215 – 216, 221 – 222, 224, 228, 230, 231, 233, 238, 242, 263 as well as Elseworlds 80-Page Giant # 1, ISBN 1-4012-1502-5 )

" scenarios, re-visit popular Elseworlds stories and allow these characters to interact with the mainstream continuity.

With the exception of several Elseworlds stories he wrote for DC Comics, including Batman: Dark Allegiances which he wrote and drew in 1996, his comic output became minimal as he became more involved in film and television work.

The ’ best-known of the " similar theme, individual stories " annuals may be DC Comics ' 1994 Elseworlds annuals, in which stories of alternate reality versions of DC characters appeared.

** Many of the Elseworlds stories

The series was created as part of DC's Elseworlds line ; stories that are considered non-canonical.

Superman: The Man of Steel Annual # 3-" Unforgiven "-an Elseworlds tale Jor-El convinces the Science Council to relocate selected Kryptonians to Earth, somewhat retold this same tale, with the introduction of Batman.

The first — and to date, only — new Elseworlds to be told under this initiative is titled " Superman: The Last Family of Krypton " which tells the story of baby Kal-El reaching Earth with his mother and father, and how the world handles the emergence of a super-powered family.

In 1994, DC Comics Elseworlds collaborated with the DC yearly summer Annual edition comic books.

It also corresponded with the Legends of Batman collection, which was largely based on Batman Elseworlds and the Knightfall saga.

With Gotham by Gaslight, and in tandem with writer Brian Augustyn, Waid co-created DC's " Elseworlds " franchise.

* In the Elseworlds tale Batman: Crimson Mist-the third part of the trilogy that began with Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, which saw Batman become a vampire -, Mad Hatter makes a cameo during the vampire Batman's assault on Arkham Asylum, where he is killed and then beheaded by the vampire Batman.

* Batman: Nevermore ( with Len Wein, 5-issue mini-series, Elseworlds, DC Comics, June-October, 2003 )

Between Elseworlds, Layton worked with Marvel Comics on an Iron Man reunion, which saw him produce the four-part limited series Iron Man: Bad Blood with his long-term Iron Man collaborator David Michelinie.

The Elseworlds Batman & Captain America, co-published with Marvel Comics and written / drawn by John Byrne was released in 1996.

It is referenced in three Elseworlds storylines: Kingdom Come, its sequel The Kingdom, and Brotherhood of the Bat feature two alternate versions of the child as an adult, coming to terms with his dual heritage.

An Elseworlds tale in Superboy Annual # 1 ( 1994 ) shows a Wally West that had lost the use of his legs and had them replaced with bionic ones.

As with all Elseworlds it tells a non-canon story of a DC hero, this time Wonder Woman, outside of regular continuity and is set in the 19th Century.

* As with several other Elseworlds titles, JLA: The Nail has been incorporated into the new Multiverse, although as yet, its world's formal alternate Earth numeric designation is unknown.

* Carr also appeared, with his given name of Lucas, in the Elseworlds title The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Williams collaborated with inker Mick Gray on two DC Elseworlds graphic novels, Justice Riders, written by Chuck Dixon, and Son of Superman, written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman.

His Elseworlds mini-series The Doom That Came to Gotham reimagines Batman in a confrontation with Lovecraftian monsters.

** Superboy of the Super Seven: This Elseworlds version of Kon-El is one of the " Super Seven ", a group of heroes which include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and a Lex Luthor / Metallo hybrid, who help humans fight off " The Horde ", an alien race that occupies Earth.

* In the Elseworlds series Superman & Batman: Generations, " Knightwing " is the identity adopted by Clark Wayne ( Superman's biological grandson, adopted by Bruce Wayne, Jr .) after he grows out of the Robin identity.

* Krypto can be seen briefly in the DC Elseworlds story Superman: Red Son in the Fortress of Solitude.

" There readers saw possible pasts that could have happened but did not happen such as Superman being raised by apes in imitation of Tarzan, an idea that would be recycled into a later Elseworlds wherein Tarzan and Superman were switched at birth.

( 1986 ), The Batman Chronicles # 21 ( May 2000, solicited as Elseworlds, but has no logo ), Bizarro Comics ( June 2001, which featured the story " Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter " from the cancelled Elseworlds 80-Page Giant ), Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again ( 2001 ), Batman: Digital Justice ( 1990 ), and Superman: Secret Identity ( 2004 ) were referred to as Elseworlds in the DC Universe without the name brand logo.

The latest Elseworlds story to be published is Superman: The Last Family of Krypton, a 3 issue series published beginning in August 2010.

Superman: Red Son is a three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their Elseworlds imprint in April 2003.

Rejoining Frank Miller in mid-1994 on Martha Washington Goes to War, the following year Gibbons wrote the Elseworlds title Superman: Kal for José Luis García-López, melding Arthurian legends to the Superman mythos in an " out-of-continuity " tale set in an alternate DC Universe.

* Mister Miracle also appeared in the Elseworlds Superman: The Dark Side, in which he becomes Metron's successor and Justice League: Another Nail, in which he achieves the ultimate escape by downloading his consciousness into Barda's mother box, just before he is tortured to death by Darkseid.

Superman & Batman: Generations is the umbrella title of three Elseworlds comic book limited series published by DC Comics in the United States, written and illustrated by John Byrne.

* Doom Link ( DC Comics, 1995 )-( Superman & Batman Elseworlds one-shot )

* Superman: The Man of Steel Annual # 3 ( DC Comics, 1994 )-( Elseworlds story )

Byrne would later reuse OMAC in Superman & Batman: Generations 3, an Elseworlds mini-series.

* Snapper once portrayed a JLA talk show host in the Elseworlds comic Son of Superman.

", while many Elseworlds suggested what would happen if known heroes had existed in completely different situations ( e. g. Superman: Kal which grafts the Superman mythos onto the story of King Arthur ).