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| publisher = [[DC Comics]]
| date = Nov. 2000 – Jan. 2001
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| main_char_team = [[Batman]] <br> [[Ra's al Ghul]]
| writers = [[Mike Mignola]] <br> Richard Pace
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| pencillers = [[Troy Nixey]]
| inkers = [[Dennis Janke]]
| colorists = [[Dave Stewart (artist)|Dave Stewart]]
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'''''Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham''''' is a three-issue comic book miniseries published from November 2000 to January 2001 under DC Comics' ''[[Elseworlds]]'' imprint.<ref name= "elseworlds">{{cite news |last=Zachary |first=Brandon |url= https://www.cbr.com/batman-elseworlds-dc-supernatural-dark-knight/ |title=Batman: How Elseworlds Made Him DC's Supernatural Dark Knight |work=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=May 5, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> Written by [[Mike Mignola]] and Richard Pace and illustrated by [[Troy Nixey]] (pencils) and [[Dennis Janke]] (inks),<ref name= "panels">{{cite news |last=Weisberg |first=Drew |url= https://tuftsdaily.com/arts/2019/03/08/hidden-panels-doom-came-gotham/ |title=Hidden Panels: 'The Doom That Came to Gotham' |work=[[The Tufts Daily]] |date=March 8, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2020}}</ref> with Mignola providing covers, the story deals with an alternate Batman in the 1920s fighting against mystical and supernatural forces that are taking Gotham by storm after he accidentally reawakens the being known as the [[The Lurker at the Threshold|Lurker on the Threshold]]. The comic was loosely adapted into an [[Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (film)|animated film with the same name]] in 2023. 

Mignola's third work for the character, the story is full of many [[H. P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]]-inspired renditions of both the Dark Knight's friends and foes, including [[Green Arrow]], [[Etrigan]], [[Two-Face]], [[Ra's al Ghul]], and so on. In addition, the story's title is an allusion to Lovecraft's "[[The Doom That Came to Sarnath]]". In 2015, the story was collected into one full volume by DC and published as a [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]].

==Plot==
Set in the 1920s, [[Bruce Wayne]] travels abroad for twenty years following the murder of his parents in his search for answers behind the criminal mind. While investigating the disappearance of an expedition crew under [[Oswald Cobblepot]], Bruce subdues an undead crewman named [[Mr. Freeze|Grendon]] who was freeing an otherworldly creature encased in ice. Bruce's investigation in Cobblepot's journal expedites his return to [[Gotham City]], which triggers a series of events where he learns a mystery that stretches back to the founding of Gotham and of a cult led by [[Ra's al Ghul]] seeking to unleash an ancient evil to usher in the end of the world. The logic-driven Batman, aided by [[Green Arrow]], [[Etrigan]], and [[Commissioner Gordon|James Gordon]], battles these supernatural forces and ultimately sacrifices his humanity to save Gotham.

==In other media==
An animated film ''[[Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (film)|Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham]]'' based on the series was released in March 2023.<ref name="SDCC 2022">{{Cite web |first=Jim |last=Johnson |url=https://www.cbr.com/sdcc-green-lantern-beware-my-power-world-premiere-panel/ |title=SDCC: Green Lantern: Beware My Power World Premiere, Panel and Upcoming Features |work=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/01/trailer-batman-the-doom-that-came-to-gotham-pushes-the-dark-knight-to-the-limit/ | title=Trailer: 'Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham' Pushes the Dark Knight to the Limit | date=19 January 2023}}</ref> It is the 51st film in the [[DC Universe Animated Original Movies]] line and stars [[David Giuntoli]] as the voice of Batman.

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