Crimson Mist

Batman: Crimson Mist
2001

Crimson Mist (Elseworlds OGN; w Doug Moench; a Kelley Jones & John Beatty). [From DC Comics: The vampires have been defeated, and the undead no longer stalk the streets of Gotham. The creature that was once Batman -- now with a stake through is heart -- had earned his rest. Or so it seemed. When the undead return to Gotham, James Gordon and Alfred Pennyworth must remove the stake from Bruce Wayne's heart... but will reviving Batman unleash an even greater threat? The answer to this and other questions is revealed in the long-awaited softcover edition of BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST, an exquisitely rendered tale that concludes the Elseworlds trilogy of a dark Batman's battle with demons both within and without that began in the pages of BATMAN AND DRACULA: RED RAIN and in the pages of BATMAN: BLOODSTORM. Produced by the award-winning team of writer Dough Moench and artists Kelley Jones and John Beatty, CRIMSON MIST finds a revived Batman pursuing the monsters that plague Gotham with a bloodlust that threatens to consume him. As he drinks the blood of the marauding creatures, Batman finds that purging Gotham of evil may require an even greater sacrifice than the one he made before.]